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Education for Sustainable Development in Evergreen School Division

Learning Today to Improve Tomorrow . Education for Sustainable Development in Evergreen School Division. Post SEdA Meeting April 27, 2010. Sustainable Development A Priority in Evergreen for 3 years. Sustainability - a priority in Evergreen's Strategic Plan in 2007-2009.

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Education for Sustainable Development in Evergreen School Division

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  1. Learning Today to Improve Tomorrow Education for Sustainable Developmentin Evergreen School Division Post SEdA MeetingApril 27, 2010

  2. Sustainable DevelopmentA Priority in Evergreen for 3 years • Sustainability - a priority in Evergreen's Strategic Plan in 2007-2009. • Initiatives undertaken included: • Division “Green” initiatives • School-based ESD initiatives • Our Division Planning process identified need for a more comprehensive division plan for Education for Sustainable Development • Division Teams attended Sustainability and Education Academy in November, 2008 and October, 2009 • New Division Foundations approved in 2008-2009(with linkages to Sustainable Development) • Sustainable Development has been identified as priority as part of our 2009-2010 and 2010-2013 Strategic Plan

  3. Evergreen Foundations

  4. Why are “Foundations” important to us? • To communicate: • the purpose of our work • the values and beliefs that underpin our work • To inform our practice • To provide a reference point that helps us to evaluate our practices • To guide our decision-making

  5. Priorities and Action Areas 2009-2010

  6. Action Area – Domain 1Governance • A systemic approach to implementing Sustainable Development is implemented. • Priority in Division Strategic Plan • Board Policy Development • Committees • Budget • Community Partnerships • Evaluation and Monitoring

  7. Action Area – Domain 2Education for Sustainable Development • Students will acquire and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, attitudes and life practices that contribute to a sustainable future. • Cross-curricular focus of ESD in all subjects • MECY scope and sequence is implemented • Problem-based learning focused on ESD • Pedagogy focused on systems thinking, inquiry, active learning, futures thinking, problem solving from a local and global perspective • Connections to Student Engagement, Citizenship, Relevance

  8. Action Area – Domain 3Human Resources • Human resources policies, practices and development plans are aligned with sustainable development principles. • Professional development is provided for professional and support staff • Education for Sustainable Development practices are profiled and recognized • Succession Planning (e.g. Leadership Development) • Staff Wellness plan is developed and programs are implemented at each work site

  9. Action Area – Domain 4Facilities and Operations • Sustainability principles are applied to the design, construction and renewal of division buildings and all aspects of facility management, procurement, resource use and transportation. • Facilities and operations assessment • Facility renewal plan developed based on LEED or equivalent standard • Operations plan developed that includes actions in procurement, energy efficiency, water conservation and waste reduction. • Schools structures and outdoor spaces are “facilities that teach” sustainability practices • Develop a sustainable transportation plan

  10. Contributing citizen?Vision for Education for Sustainable Development • Students will become informed and responsible decision-makers, playing active roles as citizens of our communities, Canada and the world, and will contribute to social, environmental, and economic well-being, and an equitable quality of life for all, now and in the future.

  11. What Kind of Citizen?

  12. “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer

  13. What we have accomplished this year in Evergreen in ESD • Post SEdA Division Workshop with Chuck Hopkins, Brian Kelly and Anne MacDiarmid • Board Policy – Sustainable Development • Sustainable Development identified as one of our 3 Priority Areas in 2010-2013 Strategic Plan • Facilities and Operations Audit • Division Committees Formed and Active • Education for Sustainable Development • Facilities and Operations • Staff Wellness

  14. Policy – Sustainable Development • To implement strategies to ensure that operations, activities, programs and facilities are sustainable without compromising the ability of present and future generations to fulfill their own goals. • To implement a systemic approach to sustainable development. • To equip students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and life practices that will contribute to a sustainable future. • To align human resources policies, practices and development plans with sustainable development principles. • To apply sustainability principles to the design, construction and renewal of division buildings and all aspects of facility management, procurement, resource use and transportation.

  15. ESD Committee Membership • The ESD Committee for Evergreen School Division consists of 10 members. • Each school is represented on the committee. • Divisional Aboriginal Education Coordinator sits on the committee to help include an aboriginal perspective.

  16. ESD Committee Goals • Provide support for schools to implement divisional strategic plan strategies. • Promote ESD at each school. • Collect school activities to become recognized as ECO-GLOBE Schools. • Disseminate ESD information to staff. • Plan a Youth forum for Grade 4,6, & 8 students. High school students will be invited as leaders, presenters, and food preparation.

  17. Promote ESD at each School • The committee invited Anne MacDiarmid to attend their first meeting in November 2009. • Based on this meeting committee members returned to their schools to highlight the provincial ESD website with teachers. • Shared Manitoba Education Scope and Sequence with staff members to show the connections with their curriculum being already taught and promote a ESD focus in the classroom. • Committee provided the Manitoba Education and posters to all teachers and provided information on how to use in their classrooms.

  18. ECO-GLOBE Schools • To celebrate our success, the committee decided to work towards being recognized as Eco-Globe Schools. • Committee members at each school keep a record of school initiatives and classroom activities that focus on ESD • Committee met on April 21 and together applied to be recognized as ECO-Globe schools.

  19. Wonders of Water Youth Forum • The committee decided to plan a youth forum to help promote ESD • Grades 4,6,8 students will participate and some high school students will act as group leaders and assist with activities. • Being situation on Lake Winnipeg the forum will focus on the importance of water on various aspects of ESD.

  20. “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see” Neil Postman How are we preparing them?

  21. Questions?

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