社区 Changemaker Challenge

的 Challenge Process:

1. Open to New England high school students
2. Submit your idea (a 2-page summary and 3-minute video); see the Judges' Rubric
3. Final Round: finalists present their idea to a panel of judges with Q&A and prizes are awarded

的 Challenge is built on three pillars:

1. 主持人培训: We will train 老师, Extended 学习ing Opportunity (ELO) coordinators, other youth-serving community leaders to work with students to address challenges in their communities.
2. 课程: Facilitators will use our curriculum and materials that are based on design thinking to help identify and develop solutions to their community challenges. 的y will have access to a wealth of resources 和活动 that they can put their own personal spin on.
3. 最终事件: Facilitators and students from around New England will come together to present their unique solutions and meet like-minded changemakers.

的 社区 Changemaker Challenge has the potential to enrich the education of many high school students and enhance the professional development of 老师. We would like to further the success of this program by making it available to more public schools, especially schools in districts lacking non-traditional learning opportunities for students, such as the project-based learning the competition provides.

的 Derryfield School, Exeter High School, Oyster River High School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Portsmouth High School have participated in previous years. We hope to increase the number of partner schools for 2022.

1. 学校津贴: All participating schools would be eligible for a stipend ($500-$1,000 depending on available program funds) paid after the culminating event. This money would partially compensate the school for the  time and energy spent engaging with our curriculum, provide resources for school programming, even could allow for the implementation of student ideas within their schools and communities. In this way, funding would directly and tangibly provide contributions to New England high schools.
2. Professional Development Day for Teachers at UNH: We envision the development and delivery of a professional development day for 老师 and facilitators at UNH, supporting them with a “train the trainer” approach. This would be a CEU-granting 培训 upon request, from which all educators can benefit.
3. 网络资源: In these uncertain times, making our curriculum available online (via Canvas) ensures that all participants have uninterrupted access to program materials such as readings, recorded presentations, 和活动. 

的 可持续性 Institute has partnered with the UNH Cooperative Extension and NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) to make this program even more robust and far-reaching than the piloted SVIC High School Track.

Each member of this partnership has unique skills and connections that will work to create a sustainability-focused entrepreneurial ecosystem that is of great benefit to students, 老师, 社区成员.

• 的 可持续性 Institute brings diverse people and ideas together to make UNH a model sustainable learning community that reaches beyond campus to engage state, 区域, 国家, inter国家 partners to advance sustainable solutions
• 的 NH SBDC offers programming and consulting for budding small businesses and is a vital part of entrepreneurial development in the state.
• UNH Cooperative Extension 社区 and Economic Development team is focused on connecting and supporting entrepreneurs, developing sustainable innovation spaces, creating communities that support entrepreneurs, increasing entrepreneurship among individuals throughout New Hampshire. 

联系  布伦特·鲍威尔, Director of School 合作伙伴hips, at Brentnall.Powell@wxyxsteel.com for more information and to take on the Challenge!