OC WASTE RECYCLING/OC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM-BASED OUTREACH PROGRAM

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The curriculum-based program was designed to:

• Align with the County’s goal to provide critical regional leadership in response to industry-transforming legislation
• Maximize existing County and OCDE educational resources and materials to control costs
• Support both OCWR and OCDE’s education requirements

Key deliverables included:

• An OCWR materials analysis
• An OCDE assessment and determination of target grade levels
• Identification of target science standards and related EP&Cs
• Identification of pilot schools and teachers
• Teacher marketing plan
• Measurement and analysis plan (established KPIs)
• Standards-based curriculum development
• Pilot launch and analysis
• County wide launch by year two
• Ongoing evaluation, revision and expansion in subsequent years

 

Timeframe for development and implementation

Year One: PILOT YEAR PROJECT PLAN

Month One (7/01/2020-7/31/2020)

1. Materials audit (for initial grade level target)
2. Implementation plan (to identify participating school districts)
3. Teacher focus group recruitment (pre-publication review of all materials)
4. Teacher marketing plan
5. Assessment and evaluation plan (Logic Model with Key Performance Indicators)

Months Two – Five (8/01/2020-11/30/2020)

1. Curriculum design – -- to support academic content frameworks and integrate OCWR resources
2. Family engagement – develop take-home activities that expand on existing OCWR resources
3. Create print and digital, mobile-friendly formats
4. School and Family rewards program – -- to incentivize classroom and take-home activities
5. Expand language to Spanish and Vietnamese

Months Six – Ten (12/1/2020 – 4/30/2021)

1. Launch of digital marketing and outreach campaign (pilot school recruitment)
2. Implement pilot program
3. Distribute pilot phase curriculum
4. Ongoing outreach via open houses, science nights and PTA meetings
5. Two teacher workshops (one prior to start, one at end of pilot)
6. Highlight student, teacher and family stories to increase awareness and demand for resources

Months Eleven and Twelve (5/1/2021 – 6/30/2021)

• Evaluation and report/analysis

Year Two (21-22 School Year):

• Expansion of 5th grade curriculum to more requirements and family engagement activities
• Full scale launch of 5th grade program to all schools
• Created new programs for kindergarten, second grade and sixth grade levels