YOUTH & LEADERSHIP
OEC invests in your kids with L.E.A.R.N.
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EC L.E.A.R.N: Leading, Educating, Advancing and Rewarding the Next generation, encompasses all educational and leadership opportunities offered to teachers, students and schools in OEC's service area. It includes Get Charged!, YouthPower Energy Camp, Leadership Summit, Youth Tour and more. OEC's youth programs accommodate students of all ages and emphasize the importance of electrical safety while showing them how exactly electricity is made and distributed. The programs are also designed to promote the cooperative business model and develop future leaders who will positively impact their communities. "In addition to the four programs listed, we also have Co-opoly, a fun, interactive game that enhances students' understanding of co-ops and our unique ways of doing business," said Tory TedderLoffland, OEC's education and outreach programs director. [7602100115] OEC's Live Line, a portable high voltage demo, travels to schools and local emergency personnel stations to demonstrate real-life dangers to kids, first responders and the general public. "All of our programs offer quality education and leadership opportunities to thousands of students in our service area," said Tedder-Loffland. "I am happy to bring these programs to classrooms across our service area this school year." If you have any questions about the educational opportunities of OEC L.E.A.R.N. or would like to schedule one of OEC's programs in your child's classroom, contact Tory Tedder-Loffland at 217-6726 or tory@ okcoop.org. Information is also available on the OEC L.E.A.R.N. Facebook page (facebook.com/OECYouth). Visit www. okcoop.org to download the complete youth programs guide.
ENERGY CAMP AGE | Eighth graders • Four-day camp at Canyon Camp and Conference Center near Hinton, typically held the week following Memorial Day • Campers form their own co-op, divide into "districts" and elect board trustees • Electrical safety, bucket truck rides, pole-climbing with certified linemen, team-building exercises and cooperative history and education • Applicants write up to 500 words on “What Kind of Leader I Want to Be” • Contest details available in the spring semester
YOUTH TOUR AGE | High school juniors • Week-long, all-expenses-paid educational trip to Washington, D.C. with 70 other Youth Tour winners from co-ops across the state • Three-part contest: Part I—Essay; Part 2—Eight finalists attend half-day speech workshop; Part 3—Presentation and awards banquet • Four Youth Tour winners, four Camp RYLA winners • Contest details available in the fall semester
GET CHARGED! AGE | Elementary K-5 • Science-based electricity education program • Meets state STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) requirements • Promotes the learning of electricity through science experiments, such as constructing a circuit and a telegraph • Taught in-person by OEC Education and Outreach Programs Director Tory Tedder-Loffland in the spring semester
More info
www.okcoop.org
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