THANKS to Cenovus Energy, who is the sole corporate sponsor of this event. Thanks also to EcoAction for its support of the leadership clinic.
- Groups who attended and their goals
- Photos of the event
- 2011 Agenda
- Powerpoint Presentations
- Key Documents
- Websites
- Workshop Resources
2011 Attendees at the 4th annual Cenovus Energy Environmental Education Leadership Clinic
The following groups attended the Clinic in November 2010. Read about their goals…..
| Rocky View Schools | Developed strategies to engage its 18,000 students and 1800 staff in a sustainable model of global stewardship. |
| Cenovus Energy | Developed an education strategy that will help ensure that it continues to consider impact on the environment in all business plans, project development, and operations. |
| Calgary Science School | Incorporated environmental attitudes and competencies into all areas of student learning across the school. |
| Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation | Broadened, deepened, and enhanced their education programs to reach a wider audience |
| Queen Elizabeth High School | Developed a student-led initiative to use technology and carbon taxation to reduce carbon emissions by the school. |
| Manachaban Middle School | Worked towards zero waste through waste audits and waste minimization and a student-led campaign |
| Battle River Watershed Alliance | Developed a community-oriented tour to encourage watershed stewardship. |
| Canadian Rockies Public Schools | Developed strategies to ensure that environmental stewardship is embedded and “lived” in all its schools. |
| Alberta Parks | Developed a framework for a new Environmental Education program that connects the field component of their existing programs with in-class/ community environmental action projects. |
Powerpoint Presentations
These two presentations by Gareth Thomson were offered to participants to address the Clinic theme of ‘moving to action,’ and to help participants describe and measure the success of their work.
Key Documents
- Some Emerging Best Practices in Environmental Education – this document is offered as an informal guide as you consider taking your teaching and program ‘to the next level.’
- The Case for Environmental Education – this summarizes some ‘lines of evidence’ for why there should be more education about the environment in Alberta schools
- Excellence in Environmental Education – Guidelines for Learning (K-12) Executive Summary and Self Assessment Tool – This does a great job of articulating what environmentally literate students should learn by the time they hit Grades 4, 8, and 12.
- Excellence in Environmental Education – Guidelines for Learning (K-12) Full Report A great summary – and you can use the tool to identify gaps in the environmental education at school.
- Leap Into Action Simple Steps to Environmental Action Grade 4-8
- Educating for Action – Green Teacher Article
- Measuring the Success of Environmental Education
- ACEE Polling Results
- Logic Model blank
- Evaluation Plan Blank
- Barriers to Global and Environmental Education
Websites
- EETAP Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines
- My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA)
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Environmental Education On-line Courses
Workshop Resources
Personality Activity
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Personality Plus sheets – includes the initial sheet, scoring sheet and list of strengths of each letter.
- Summary fill in sheet A
- Summary fill in sheet B
- DISC Information – General summary of characteristics.
Youth Engagement with Christina Pickles
- GreenStreet Youth Engagement Manual – 95 page manual detailing how to engage youth in your programs.
- Process of Youth Engagement – one page visual summary from the Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement.
- Model of Youth Engagement – two page summary from the Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement.
- What is Youth Engagement? – 8 page summary from the Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement.
- Adults as Allies – 6 page summary of how adults can effectively support youth.
- Youth Engagement Poster – Visual summary of a national study on youth engagement.
- Backgrounder on Youth Engagement in Alberta – 14 page document created for Alberta Ecotrust in 2008.
- Unicef Youth Participation Study (1992) – 41 page study from UNICEF, original location of the Youth Engagement Ladder.
Diversifying Your Audience with Don Carruthers Den Hoed
- Jim Collins Good to Great article
- Canadian Parks Council Youth Engagement Report - English
- Canadian Parks Council Youth Engagement Report – French
- The Constellation Model of Collaborative Social Change
- The Centre of Social Innovation
- Healthy by Nature
OAT – Organizational Assessment Tool Resources
