Support and Resources in VIC

Australian Youth Climate Coalition

AYCC’s transformative summits, led by AYCC volunteers, are an inspiring and informative experience for high school students.

http://switchedonschools.org.au/teachers/summits/

 

Catholic Education Office Sandhurst Diocese

Kinship with the Earth is a holistic approach to Education for Sustainability. 

www.ceosand.catholic.edu.au/component/content/article/49-catholic-education-office/learning-teaching/307-kinship-of-the-earth.html

 

CERES Education

CERES Education is made up of a dedicated and expert team of educators that deliver a range of inspiring programs for early childhood centres, schools, tertiary institutions, adult groups and individuals. 

http://sustainability.ceres.org.au

 

Environment Education Victoria (EEV)

EEV is the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Association for Environmental Education. EEV offers professional support to, and promotes the development of, environmental education and sustainable behaviour change in both the formal education and community settings. EEV also has a growing range of teaching resources.

http://eev.vic.edu.au

 

Sustainability Victoria

ResourceSmart Schools

A Victorian Government program that helps schools benefit from embedding sustainability in everything they do, and take action on climate change:

http://www.resourcesmartschools.vic.gov.au/

 

ResourceSmart Schools Networks

Support is available from a range of networks to get your school started and progressing on its sustainability journey:

http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/services-and-advice/schools/networks

 

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Whole school curriculum planning 

Hints and tips to support the school leadership team to more fully understand the layers within the whole-school curriculum planning process and the interrelationships between these layers:

curriculumplanning.vcaa.vic.edu.au/global/hints-and-tips#importance

 

Sustainability as a cross curriculum priority in AuSVELS 

Sustainability in AusVELS English, Mathematics, Science and History:

http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Sustainability

 

Yarra Ranges Shire Council

Yarra Ranges Learning for Sustainability framework

lfs.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/lfs/LFS_Program/Follow_the_Program_by_Step

 

Case Studies from Victoria

 

Aitken College

Year 10 classroom case study - creating an interactive nature walk:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/year-10-nature-walk

 

Profile - Julie Wynne, Primary classroom teacher, sustainability and wellbeing coordinator:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/julie-wynne-profile

 

Bentleigh Secondary College

Profile - Bill Thomas, secondary science and Head of Sustainable Practice

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/bill-thomas-profile

 

CERES

CERES Sustainability Hub case studies:

http://sustainability.ceres.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CERES-Sustainability-Hub-Great-Examples-of-Case-Studies-and-Learning-Stories.pdf

 

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College

Whole-school case study - Vintage fashion leads to recycling:

www.enviroweek.org/vintage-fashion-leads-to-recycling

 

Glen Huntly Primary School

A whole school case study - a green evening:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/green-evening

 

Melbourne Girls College

A perspective on running waste-wise events:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/zero-waste-school-events

 

Mentone Girls Grammar

Grade 6 Science Inquiry:

www.aitsl.edu.au/australian-professional-standards-for-teachers/illustrations-of-practice/detail?id=IOP00392

 

Mill Park Secondary College

Whole-school project - fifty per cent reduction in water bills:

www.myswep.com.au/case-studies/mill-park-secondary-college

 

St Louis de Montfort’s Primary School

Whole school case study - community sustainability vision:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/community-sustainability-vision

 

Toorak College

Grade 1 classroom case study - biology, systems and responsibility:

http://www.sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/year-1-sharing-the-planet