Since 1997, Alcoa Foundation support to The Keystone Center's Key Issues Institute has equipped more than 200 educators from Alcoa communities in the U.S. and Canada with the knowledge, skills and confidence to investigate complex environmental issues with their students.

Alcoa Foundation is sponsoring 30 teachers to attend the nationally accredited, Key Issues Institute in Colorado.

2012 Selected Teachers

  • Bates, Kristin – North Central Educational Service District, Wash.
  • Bennett, Julie – Kulshan Middle School, Wash.
  • Borgfeld, Chris – Rockdale ISD Jr. High, Texas
  • Chênevert, Martine – Centre d’Éducation des Adultes du Chemin-du-Roy, Canada
  • Cohen, Heidi – Walter Turnbow Elementary, Ark.
  • Courtney, Tim – Castle South Middle School, Ind.
  • Dooley, Kathy – Kulshan Middle School, Wash.
  • Ercolani, Lee – Central Columbia High School, Pa.
  • Fellnstein, John – Cleveland Early College High School, Ohio
  • Forslund, Criss – Kulshan Middle School, Wash.
  • Gedeon, Shelley – Entrepreneur Preparatory School, Ohio
  • Gentrup, Samantha – West Ashley Middle School, S.C.
  • Gill, Tom – Central Columbia High School, Pa.
  • Hansen, John – Whitehall Middle School, Mich.
  • Johnson, Aimee – Castle South Middle School, Ind.
  • Komichak, Luck – Whitney M. Young Gifted and Talented Leadership Academy, Ohio 
  • Knipfer, Sally – Science Resource Center Wenatchee School District, Wash.
  • Lutz, Becky – Landisville Middle School, Pa.
  • Holly Mast, Holly – Walter Turnbow Elementary, Ark.
  • Mynar, Tanya – Rockdale Intermediate School, Texas
  • O'Boyle, Caleb – Montague Middle School, Mich.
  • Peifer, Kristin – Landisville Middle School, Pa.
  • Poudrier, Claude – Program Environmental Education and Citizenship (PEEC), Canada
  • Poudrier, Mylène – Program Environmental Education and Citizenship (PEEC), Canada
  • Richardson, Lynn – The Gilbert School, Conn.
  • Sholl, Kathy – Centerville Middle School, Pa.                
  • Smith, Julie – Seneca Valley Middle School, Pa.
  • Stedman, Laura – Berkely Middle School, S.C.
  • Sternadel, Adam – Seadrift School, Texas
  • Sternadel, Aimee – Travis Middle School, Texas

Teachers Bring Exploration to the Classroom

Fresh from their outdoor adventures at The Keystone Center in Colorado, teachers from Alcoa communities are bringing their experiences back to the classroom to engage and inspire their students in the fascinating world of environmental science. Watch the video to view highlights from the 2010 program.
Featured in the video are:

Audra Leach
Northwestern Regional High School
Winsted, Conn.
Tiffany King
Whitehall Middle School
Whitehall, Mich.
Julie Gielow
James A. Garfield School
Cleveland, Ohio

Anne Love
Program Director
Key Issues Institute
Reta Berry
Empire Computech Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Joy Hobbins
Facilitator
Key Issues Institute

 

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  “The Alcoa Foundation is impacting their local communities through the curriculum the teachers bring back to their students.” Anne Love, Program Director, Key Issues Institute.  
 
 
  “This program has given me the experience to experience science education as a student, but also to create a huge network of other teachers that we can call upon afterwards. I’ve been amazed at how much I’ve learned this week.” Julie Gielow, Science Teacher, James A. Garfield School, Cleveland, Ohio.  
 
 
  “The best part of the Keystone program is that you are not told how to teach it. You are pretending to be the kids, which is more engaging and exciting. You are actually thinking like the kids.” Audra Leach, Northwestern Regional High School, Winsted, Conn.