Bring your expertise to the classroom
Help connect students to real work, real people, and real possibilities. Clean Economy Educators is building a Minnesota network of partners who can help make learning joyful, accurate, and connected to real careers.
Partners share their expertise, connections, stories, and ideas. We turn those contributions into reviewed, classroom-ready lessons and experiences that trained substitute teachers can teach.
You don't need a finished proposal. Tell us what you know, where you are seeing skills gaps, who you can connect us with, or what support you might offer. Together, we can help students see where what they're learning can take them.
Partnerships can take many forms
A useful partnership starts with a shared interest in helping young people understand the growing clean economy and the roles they can play in it.
Schools and youth learning settings
Help shape a practical model that fits real classrooms, supports educators, and gives young people useful ways to explore clean-economy careers.
Employers, trades, and workforce organizations
Share career pathways, workplace context, skilled-trade perspectives, and connections to people doing the work across Minnesota.
Curriculum and subject experts
Review concepts, strengthen lesson accuracy, and help turn complex topics into accessible, age-appropriate classroom experiences.
Nonprofits and public agencies
Connect community priorities, public resources, and local expertise to learning that reflects the places students call home.
Funders and sponsors
Support the nonprofit broadly through funding, donated services, materials, introductions, or other in-kind resources.
A straightforward way to begin
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Share an introduction
Tell us about your organization, interests, and possible contribution.
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Explore the fit
We identify a useful opportunity and confirm student-safety and editorial safeguards.
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Build together
We translate relevant expertise and connections into classroom-ready materials or support.
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Pilot and learn
We test thoughtfully, gather educator feedback, and improve before expanding.
Education comes first
How organizations may appear in learning
A company or organization may appear as a factual career example, case study, interview source, or site connection when it genuinely supports the learning goal. We review the context, verify claims, and disclose material sponsorship. General funding does not guarantee inclusion in a lesson, favorable treatment, or influence over what students learn.
What partnership does not provide
Partnership does not provide direct promotion, student recruitment, access to student data, or control over curriculum. Student safety, privacy, accessibility, and educational value guide every decision.
Support the work
General donations, sponsorship, donated services, and in-kind resources help us develop lessons and build the network needed to reach Minnesota classrooms. Online payment and tax-receipt handling are not available here yet, so contact us to discuss the right next step.