Construction+Phase

=Construction Phase = ==//Student Involvement & Education//==

Hello, Sunnyville! Thank you so much for including me in this project. Collaboration has been extremely effective thus far, and I look forward to things getting underway over the next few months. On this page you will find the plan for student involvement and education during the construction phase as we collaboratively developed in Meeting 6.

// **Goal:** // to present a collaboratively-developed plan for student involvement and education during the construction phase. 1. Meeting 6 Agenda and Collaboration 2. Finalized Plan Presentation 3. Collaboration Plan Table and Details below.

=Collaboration Plan Table= = = = = =**Collaboration** **Plan Details**=

**1. Evaluate Structure**
> This work has been performed by a specialist contracted by the Town Planner. > EverGreen will provide all member groups with pre-designed Living Roof Safety learning modules prior to construction beginning. While EverGreen cannot share documentation or schematics regarding the structure evaluation, the Industry Educator will design a presentation to students on this phase as well as be available for F2F Q&A on the process. > The Town Planner emailed the engineering report and documentation to EverGreen and will play a role in design considerations.
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**2. Design - Select Plants & Finalize Design**
> Students from Elementary through the College levels are invited to submit ideas regarding the design of the living roof using Google Drawing, Google Sketchup, or AutoCad. Submissions to EverGreen will be at the discretion of member group representatives, as the number of submissions must be limited in some way as to not overwhelm. Final design plans will be drawn by an industry professional but will incorporate selected student designs. > At the college level, students will present ideas F2F as a 'sales pitch' to industry professionals. > Member group representatives for Elementary, Jr. High, and High School are in the process of developing an Understanding by Design plan using Google Docs to collaboratively build the instructional design to support their students in this phase. As well, the Garden Center stakeholder will provide expertise to students F2F, via email, Skpe, and Google Docs. > The industry educator will make online industry materials available to students, including the EverGreen blog and Twitter feed to keep them posted on progress and decisions regarding the living roof. As well, she will make herself available for asynchronous and synchronous communication using email and via Skype for a maximum two hours/week with students. > Outside of collaboration regarding student involvement and education, the Industry Educator, Garden Center, and College Horitculture Instructor will collaborate via Skype and email over plant selection. The Industry Educator can provide insight on plants that typically fair well on a living roof, while the Garden Center and Horticulture Instructor can advise on plant selection based on their knowledge of the region.
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3. Waterproof & Insulate
> Thanks to the gracious endowment by our funder, Margo, to upgrade insurance on this project, students of all age groups are welcome to visit the site for a tour during this phase. These tours will be scheduled using a Google Calendar, and arranged with the Industry Educator so that she will explain the waterproofing and insulation process during the tour. > EverGreen will provide industry learning modules (DVD's) on the waterproofing and insulation phase of living room construction. Member groups can use these for student education at their discretion. As well, students will have access to EverGreen's live web cam feed of the site to learn about and document the waterproofing and insulation phase. > Town Planner will need to obtain signoff, via email or F2F, on the waterproofing results with the prime contractor.
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4. Lay Soil & Plant
> Again, thanks to our funder's willingness to upgrade the insurance on this project, students are welcome to partake in planting activities. Scheduling and division of work can be collaboratively determined using a Google Calendar. The College Horticulture Instructor has offered her students to help with supervision and support of younger students partaking in the planting phase. > Student instruction on soil compositon, plant selection, planting techniques, plant propogation, hardiness zones, and microclimates appropriate to their age level will be coordinated by the member group representative, with subject matter collaboration from the Garden Center representative and Industry Educator via email, F2F, and Skype. As well, students will have access to EverGreen's live web cam feed of the site to learn about and document the planting process. > Industry Educator and Garden Center to collaborate with member groups on subject matter expertise for instruction, via email and Skype.
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5. Maintain
> Member groups have all expressed interest in helping out with the living roof maintenance, and incoporating learning experiences into this at their discretion. > A range of ongoing projects and learning opportunities are planned during living roof maintenance. This includes students partnering with other community groups to partake in maintenance tasks, elementary school students developing QR code learning modules on the roof for community members, high school students taking ownership of the living wall, college student giving tours to younger students, and much more. More information can be found on these plans one each respective member group page. > Scheduling and communication regarding these ongoing projects has been incorporate into the plan and is available on the respective member group pages.
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Kaylea Howarth Industry Specialist