Sustainability Training for Technical Educators (STTE)

最大限度地减少对自然资源的影响的发展对俄勒冈州和华盛顿西南部的经济未来至关重要。该地区现在发现自己正处于一个关键的十字路口，面临着管理人口增长的挑战，既要保护环境，又要保持美丽和高质量的生活，这是太平洋西北地区价值观和经济的核心。技术工人需要不断增长的劳动力在可持续发展，其中包括替代能源技术人员，景观和自然资源管理人员，建筑设计，施工和制造技术人员，以满足可持续发展劳动力的区域需求。波特兰社区学院和许多合作机构和企业已经为技术教育工作者开发了一个可持续发展培训项目。该项目有助于确保参与的教育工作者了解可持续性与他们的STEM领域的关系，以及如何通过问题、案例研究和绿色替代方案在他们的课程实验室和实践中整合可持续性科学。与可持续发展相关的行业标准和工作场所能力在科学、技术、工程和数学学科的课程中教授。项目的三个主要重点区域围绕；1)面向高中和大学教师的暑期可持续发展研究所；2)教师行业实习项目；3)发展一个由教师、工业和商业代表组成的社区，共同努力推动该地区的绿色发展。

Development which minimizes the impact on natural resources is critical to the economic future of Oregon and Southwest Washington. The region now finds itself at a critical crossroads facing challenges of managing population growth in a way that preserves the environment and maintains the beauty and high quality of life that is central to that of the Pacific Northwest values and economy. Technical workers are needed for the growing workforce in sustainability which encompasses alternative energy technicians, landscape and natural resource managers, building design, construction and manufacturing technicians to meet the regions demands of a sustainability workforce. Portland Community College and many partner institutions and businesses have developed a Sustainability Training for Technical Educators project.The project helps ensure that the participating educators understand how sustainability relates to their STEM fields and how to integrate the science of sustainability through issues, case studies and green alternatives in their course laboratories and practices.Industry standards and workplace competencies relating to sustainability are taught across the curriculum in courses within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three main focus area for the project center around; 1) A Summer Sustainability Institute for high school and college level faculty; 2) An industry internship program for faculty and; 3) The development of a community of faculty, industry and business representatives working together to move the region Green.