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Our 2008 Leadership Clinic was a big success!
About the 2008 Leadership Clinic
Alberta's first leadership clinic was a success! ACEE and the leadership clinic planning committee hosted a transformative event that was lauded by participants, resource people and presenters as a very valuable opportunity for professional development, capacity-building, and program development.
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| Above: 2008 ACEE Leadership Clinic participants |
What the teams accomplished: 
1. Campus Calgary/Open Minds optimized their program so that teachers and students will more consistently ‘get to action’ in their classrooms.
2. Banff National Parkapplied social marketing principles to create a science-based outreach plan for the Cave and Basin National Historic Site.
3. GreenLearning Canada used logic models and a collaborative relationship with Campus Calgary/Open Minds to create a plan that will more deeply engage teachers in valuing, supporting, and implementing Greenlearning.
4. The City of Calgary environmental education team developed a collaboration framework that will guide, enhance, and nurture the partnerships that are essential to their work.
5. Calgary Board of Education EcoTeam developed Action Plans and projects that not only will save a million dollars in the 2008/9 school year (through a 10% reduction in the CBE electricity bill), but will also help teachers and students learn about and practice energy conservation.
6. Team WPAC (Watershed Planning and Advisory Council) will increase stewardship in four Alberta watersheds though a logic model and plan to engage First Nations, stewardship groups, and government.
7. The Recycling Council of Alberta will engage organizations and individuals, and generate much more participation in Waste Reduction Week (October 18 -24, 2009) through their new logic model and evaluation scheme.
8. First Nations (Alberta) Technical Services Advisory Group generated a detailed plan to create and nurture ‘community stewardship champions’ in First Nations communities throughout Alberta.
Feedback from the leadership clinic participants:
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"This clinic was such a worthwhile opportunity for me as an individual and for my team. Through the expertise of presenters and facilitators we were able to successfully work towards our action goal. The other participants also provided a wealth of information and expertise. The location, format and content of this clinic was extremely valuable." -Linda Hut, Green Learning Pembina Institute/Westglen School Edmonton |
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"The great opportunity to share, learn and network with other environmental educators is invaluable for continuous action in the community. It facilitates PD and formalized processes to be shared as a logic model and a toolkit." - City of Calgary Team |
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Some adjectives used by Leadership clinic participants: "Entertaining, collaborative, cooperative, educational, unique, valuable, creative, action-oriented." |
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"For me, the session was incredibly rich in diverse professional development, generated great synergies between groups who attended and helped transform initial ideas to concrete, doable action plans." -Johan Stroman, GreenLearning Canada |
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"Fantastic opportunity to network with teams to find a way to work together to get our message out." -Joanne Walroth, Recycling Council of Alberta |
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"The most valuable benefit from the event is the collection of contacts gathered and numerous resources." -Recycling Council of Alberta |
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"It afforded us the chance to overcome obstacles in a way that moves us forward in a positive, exciting direction." -Anne Ruzicka, The Recycling Council of Alberta |
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"Green Learning teachers will receive more effective and longer-term support from Green Learning as a result of this clinic. This will help other teachers become more engaged." -GreenLearning Canada team member |
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"All presenters as well as participants were excellent, cooperative, and the entire clinic was very exciting." -TSAG Edmonton |
Leadership Clinic Activities
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| The Kananaskis Biogeoscience Centre was an ideal location for the clinic. |
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| Team WPAC members begin bonding |
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| The Alberta Recycling Council hit some 'speed bumps,' but boldly overcame them and accomplished their goals. |
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| Soon everyone was making friends... |
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| Teams worked together to create 'Share Fair' posters |
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| The Banff National Park team presents their 3D 'Share Fair' poster to the clinic |
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| "The medium is the message..." |
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| The participant-driven 'Open Space' workshop was lauded by one participant as "one of the most useful parts of this leadership clinic." |
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| The formal workshops were compelling too... |
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| Pat Christie and Aliza Weller pose before Pat's fundraising PD session. |
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| The hands-on group action project gave us a chance to 'walk the talk..' |
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| The team action project (the removal of an invasive species from the area) helped give us a model experience of working together to tackle a common problem... |
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| ...with big results we could see almost immediately! |
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| In just two hours we made a big impact. |
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| ...and most importantly: the projects gave us a sense of satisfaction and completion, helping us remember what it feels like to reach milestones in our long-term program goals! |
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| Teams were encouraged to be creative in their final presentations... |
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| ...and gained a deeper appreciation for each other. The City of Calgary team tells Greenlearning how AWESOME they are! |
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| Above: we're all members of the same community... so let's collaborate where we can! |
On-line Resources used by the 2008 Teams:
Click here to view on-line clinic resources>>