Training opportunities.
Stop by to meet the Jones family and tour their energy-efficient home! After participating in Energy Upgrade California, they are now enjoying a more comfortable house throughout.
Continue reading Spring Valley – Energy-Efficient Home Tour Saturday, June 15
Comments closedThis second workshop in the two-part series, customized for homeowners looking to go solar, will provide the details of purchasing a solar electric system. After learning the fundamentals of solar in Solar for Homeowners 1, this workshop will provide the resources and information necessary for a homeowner to confidently enter into negotiations with solar contractors.
Continue reading Solar for Homeowners 2 – Be a Smart Solar Customer Thursday, June 13
Comments closedThe San Diego Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Alliance has been awarded $3,500 from San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) as part of their Energy Solutions Partners Network. The partnership entails providing important energy-savings messages as well as to help promote solutions – programs, services and tools – to some of the county’s most diverse, and often times, hard to reach households and businesses.
Comments closedGet Connected! Free technology fair for 50+ year olds Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. San Diego OASIS Macy’s Department Store Mission…
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Comments closedSDG&E recently hosted a celebration lunch recognizing dozens of Workforce Education & Training partners involved with the grant program A Green Future Project. SDG&E awarded Green Future grants to several organizations over the past several months. The grant program aimed to provide funding for green job training and education to organizations supporting K-12 schools, trade schools, colleges/universities, underserved communities, veterans, minority and low-income groups.
SDG&E received 60 responses to the RFP solicitation that was sent out, and 24 proposals were approved representing more than $500,000 in awards.
“SDG&E is proud to collaborate with and support our Workforce Education & Training partners and help make our sustainable future a little greener,” said Caroline Winn, SDG&E’s vice president of customer services.
Comments closedThe purpose of the training academy was to expose a diverse group of college level students in the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) programs at San Diego State University, San Diego City College, and Southwestern College to Pratt & Whitney, its’ business development, and the concept of ACE/Lean Six Sigma.
A total of 19 MESA students attended the Training Academy: 10 students from San Diego State University, 4 students from San Diego City College, and 5 students from Southwestern College.
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Comments closedFriday, March 22, 2013
9:00 – 2:00 pm
Pratt & Whitney AeroPower
4400 Ruffin Road
San Diego, CA 92123
This MESA Training Academy will focus on the business/managerial concept of Lean Six Sigma that can apply to any business/company and any discipline.
Eligibility:
1) You must be a MESA/MEP/MSP student at either San Diego City College, Southwestern College, or San Diego State University.
2) You must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident and bring proof of status to the Training Academy.
3) You must be free from 9:00 – 2:00 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013 (plus ~1 hour before and after to account for travel time).
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Comments closedThe Green Academy is a model ‘train-the-trainer’ academy for understanding “what is energy efficiency and sustainability.” The Green Academy will provide hands-on training in energy efficiency and sustainability to 30 high school, community college, and university students in the MESA pipeline (High schools with MESA Schools Programs in San Diego and Imperial Valley, and MESA programs at San Diego City College, Southwestern College, and San Diego State University).
In addition to receiving hands on training and a training packet, the trainees will be exposed to energy efficiency and to green careers at San Diego Gas & Electric.
The Green Academy is developed, organized, and implemented by 2 MESA staff, in collaboration with the San Diego State University PowerSave Green Campus.
The goal of the Green Academy is to prepare the trainees to deliver presentations on energy efficiency and sustainability to their peers at their respective institutions. Through these school presentations, the Green Academy outreach is expected to impact over 1,000 students from kindergarten through the college level.
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Comments closedSDG&E Civic Leadership Mentors will be trained on Mentoring, Admissions and Leadership. All of the training will be self-paced, and it will be conducted online. For each training module, mentors will need to complete a reaction & reflection form.
The Culture of Effective Leadership has the following books:
Leading Change
The Culture of Collaboration
Crucial Conversations
Here are the links to the introductory outline presentations for each of the books. Please view the presentations and complete the associated “reaction and reflection form”. All forms are attached.
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Comments closedCongratulations to the following students for having been selected as mentors for the SDG&E/MESA Civic Leadership Program!
These mentors will commit 75 hours through Spring 2013, for which they will receive a stipend of $825. This is a great opportunity for these students to serve as peer mentors for high school and middle school students in the MESA Schools Programs (MSP) in San Diego and Imperial Valley. The focus of the mentoring will be on college preparation and leadership development.
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