CUE Education
Shortridge Magnet School
The
CUE is working closely with Indianapolis public Schools' Shortridge
Magnet School for Law and Public Policy, assisting in the development of
its curriculum, forging partnerships between Butler and Shortridge
faculty, and developing outdoor learning experiences. The school will
open in fall, 2009 and the CUE is committed to working with Shortridge
faculty and administration well into the future, mentoring them and
providing professional development opportunities.
The CUE will
initiate a Field Experience Program for Shortridge faculty and
students. Funded by a grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Trust, this
program will team Shortridge faculty and students with CUE members
conducting field research in urban ecology. These field experiences
will serve to expose Shortridge participants to field research and
areas of urban ecology that have not been previously accessible.
Further, this program will likely add to the skill set of Shortridge
faculty and, ultimately, result in the incorporation of ecological
exercises into the classroom curriculum. Shortridge students and
faculty can participate in long-term projects in collaboration with the
CUE, such as Cornell University’s Nest Watch Project, a national
long-term data collection study of bluebirds and other box nesting bird
species, or the Hoosier RiverWatch stream monitoring program.