Element 3.4 Professional development

• Professional development opportunities that advance Learning for Sustainability are available to all teachers and staff.

Professional development opportunities to advance teachers’ and school staff members’ knowledge about Learning for Sustainability are available. Learning for Sustainability is a cross-cutting concept with potential applications in all subject areas and in school management. Professionals must explore these opportunities, through structured professional development opportunities, in order to facilitate learning that best meets pupils’ needs and to manage schools in ways that model sustainability practices.

• Stewart the sustainable student (340 KB), Ansford Community School, Somerset
• Developing an ESD curriculum in a junior school (42 KB), Brixington Junior School, Devon
• Organising a secondary school Eco-Day (329 KB), Fallibroome High School, Cheshire
• Transforming primary school playtimes (433 KB), St Mary’s Primary and Nursery School, Manchester
• Developing positive playtimes through the use of an Infant School Council (320 KB), Tolworth Infants School, Kingston-on-Thames