Chicago Teachers: Still Time to Join the Conservation Corps
Good news for Chicago middle school and high school teachers who want to teach their students about the environment and earn a bit of extra cash: the city has extended its deadline for applications to its 2008-2009 Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) Student Club.
Teachers now have until Friday, Sept. 19, to apply for the C3 Student Club program.
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Part of C3’s mission to “recruit, train and support a network of volunteers who work together to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods through environmental service projects,” the Student Club program pays 8th through 12th grade teachers a $500 stipend and provides them with the materials they need to help their students find ways to green their schools.
Some of the projects Student Clubs have undertaken include “What’s in the Trash?” waste surveys to track and reduce the amount of garbage a school generates each day; rain barrel programs to collect water for outdoor school landscaping; and energy conservation campaigns to improve school weatherization and reduce electricity consumption.
You can learn more about the C3 Student Club program and find new teacher applications here.
