Red Rocks Institute for Sustainability in Education (RISE)
Creating problem-solvers for sustainability
The Red Rocks Institute for Sustainability in Education (RISE) is an institute dedicated to developing teachers and students with knowledge, skills, and mindsets to create innovation for sustainability. RISE seeks to engage best practices of 21st century learning for sustainability, such as problem-based learning, connecting local to global, partnerships with community, and a focus on design.
Through RISE, Red Rocks Community College engages its educational partners, Jeffco Public Schools and Colorado School of Mines, to collaborate on teacher development, STEM education, and 21st c. learning for sustainability.
RISE seeks to:
- Provide professional development for educators on 21st century learning and sustainability
- Create spaces where Red Rocks Community College faculty and students collaborate and learn with K-12 and university educational partners, business/industry, and community
RISE Programs
- Faculty Fellows Program for Red Rocks Community College, Colorado School of Mines and Jeffco Public Schools
- Professional Development on Innovation in Education for Sustainability
- STEM and Sustainability Partnerships
- Faculty and Student Mini-grants
Center for Sustainability and STEM Education
RISE partners work to create a Center for Sustainability and STEM Education as a collaborative teaching and learning site. Plans for the Center include greenhouses, a community garden, sustainable design projects, outreach vehicle on renewable energy, and hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning. For more about the Center, visit http://jeffcosustainabilityandstemcenter.org/index.html
RISE 11/11 from WarrenTech Video Class on Vimeo.
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Contact Director Liz Cox, liz.cox@rrcc.edu, 303-914-6230
