This cohort, consisting of leaders from across Washington and Oregon, is tasked with reviewing and refining innovative and equitable tools for engaging students in the rapidly innovating Pacific Northwest offshore wind energy sector. Primarily taking the form of curriculum development and assessment, this process leverages the expertise of regional industry leaders, natural resource management groups, as well as the localized educational knowledge of Fellows to broaden public understanding of the critical role that offshore wind technologies play across the region in shaping the economy both past and present and what the future of this industry will look like. This project emphasizes equitable, values-driven stakeholder inclusion, offering students the opportunity to engage with varying community perspectives to draw their own conclusions about the roles of new technologies in coastal communities and their potential impacts.

Clean Energy Fellows in the Pacific Northwest Offshore Wind Cohort work in a small cohort to collaboratively discuss the implementation and integration of energy curriculum and identify ways to increase the use of that curriculum across the state. This cohort works with existing curriculum and resources to build connections between the curriculum, students, the emerging energy workforce, and the advanced grid. Educators align their work with CE’s Leadership Priorities, incorporating place-based issues of justice in their final product.

Fellows complete this experience equipped with the capacity to share findings and outcomes that they develop with statewide and national educator and industry audiences. Starting with professional development in their home districts, Fellows will continue to expand the reach of the program and tools through additional trainings and conversations in educational conferences, industry circles, CE trainings, and Fellow mentorship opportunities.

Collaborative Partners

Puget Sound Energy

Funding Partners

Bonneville Power Administration