The Minnesota West Carl Perkins Consortium has received funding to provide a staff development workshop on “Green Building Science” for high school teachers with construction programs. The workshop will be taught by John Dahle, Carpentry Instructor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, and will focus on sustainable construction and building performance.
Green Building is a growing trend among homebuilders and incorporates a whole building design approach into every phase of the building process, including design, construction, energy, water efficiency, and lot development. All this is done to minimize negative impacts on the community, occupants, and natural environment.
The training will be held June 9 on the Pipestone Campus- home to Minnesota West's Carpentry program. Attendees will receive instructional supplies, curriculum, and equipment valued at several hundred dollars that can be used to teach a unit on sustainable construction with an emphasis on energy audits. Mileage reimbursement (for instructors of approved programs), meals, and CEUs will also be available.
The Minnesota West Consortium has recently completed articulation agreements for several construction courses and will be designing a Program of Study in the Construction pathway that links secondary and post-secondary during the 2011-2012 school year.
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