This course is brought to you through a collaboration with City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga Community College *textbook costs $50

Roots of Success is an empowering environmental literacy and job readiness curriculum that connects adults from communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment to become college and career ready. The curriculum strengthens core academic skills, increases knowledge about environmental problems and solutions, inspires behavioral change, and prepares people for environmental careers in multiple sectors of the economy. By doing this, Roots of Success addresses two of the most pressing issues of our time – the workforce demands of a 21st century economy and providing relevant education and preparedness.

Roots of Success is an innovative, multimedia curriculum that integrates classroom discussion with videos, visuals, group work, oral presentations, academic exercises, and activities that stimulate student engagement and retention. The focus is on student success, making learning relevant, building on student’s prior experience, and connecting education to employment. The curriculum works because it is engaging, adaptable, affordable, easy to teach, and works well for students with different learning styles. Roots of Success can be offered at the community college towards continuing education credits and complements other stackable certificates. It consists of 10 modules:

Fundamentals of Environmental Literacy

Water

Waste

Transportation

Energy

Building

Food, Health, & Agriculture

Civic Engagement & Leadership

Application & Practice

Financial Literacy & Social Entrepreneurship

Training and Professional Development for Instructors: Focus on Student Success and Academic Achievement:

Train-the-Instructor Training: Instructors go through one-day training, are provided with materials and resources to teach the course, and receive ongoing technical support.

Student Resources: Textbook Includes glossary of terms, handouts, exercises, activities, quizzes, notes section, and resource materials for students.

An evaluation of 6,000 students revealed that after completing Roots of Success:

98% had a better understanding of environmental issues

86% significantly improved their academic skills

86% had more confidence and motivation in an education or employment setting

86% significantly improved their job readiness skills

Graduates are working in every sector of the green economy

ROOTS OF SUCCESS IS BEING OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE AS A NON-COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE*

WITH 5 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

THE UPCOMING 2014 SUMMER SEMESTER CLASSES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON

FOR INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL PHILENA SELDON, (216)554.0352 OR EMAIL, RootsofSuccessCLE@gmail.com.

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“The moral challenge of the next century is to connect the people who most need work to the work that most needs to be done, creating green pathways out of poverty and into prosperity.”

- Van Jones, Green For All and Rebuild the Dream

Fighting poverty and pollution through environmental education

“Roots of Success gave me the tools I needed to be employable in the green industry.”

- Lawrence Dahu Harris, Roots of Success Graduate, hired by Green City Force

“Roots of Success job seekers are better prepared for energy efficiency technician and related technical courses and for success in energy efficiency jobs.”

- David Hepinstall, BPI Founder and President of Association for Energy Affordability

“The curriculum built a baseline of environmental awareness and engagement at the beginning of each student’s program experience and sparked interest and enthusiasm for environmental issues that was palpable in the classroom.”

- Consortium for Worker Education, Department of Labor Evaluation, February 2013