Ms. Tholen is currently driving the FCPS district-wide, preK-12 program (Get2Green) to promote environmental stewardship among students and staff. She is formalizing regional and national partnerships to provide tools to schools to create student driven environmental action around topics such as: energy, waste reduction, transportation, wildlife habitat and sustainable food, etc. The job also includes: coordinating efforts across instruction, facilities, food and nutrition, etc. to streamline procedures and support to schools, developing and implementing professional development programs for teachers and administrators and providing technical assistance to schools. Tholen is participating on regional and state task forces on environmental education. She acted as an environmental education resource teacher for Centreville Elementary School and Marshall High School for two years prior to working for the entire school district where she ran student environmental action teams. Get2Green was formally established in 2010. FCPS currently has over 140 schools engaged in student driven stewardship projects. Fairfax County Public Schools has over 75 registered Eco Schools, five of those being Green Flag schools, the highest honor to achieve in that program.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:26:29 +0000
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