Getting started with sustainability in schools

• This rich website is an outstanding resource for the Sustainability cross-curriculum priority in the F-10 curriculum. The website's 'In the curriculum' section helps teachers understand more fully what the cross-curriculum priority is about and how it connects with EfS. It usefully expands upon the Australian Curriculum's definition of sustainability, provides a compelling rationale for incorporating sustainability, outlines seven principles underpinning EfS, and describes how the Sustainability cross-curriculum priority is organised and plays out in various learning areas and subjects. The Resource portal uses the priority's key concepts for search.
• The resource is also of considerable value for the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, in particular Standard 6 Professional engagement, at all career stages. The teacher profiles are particularly useful in this respect and the website provides opportunities for teachers and school leaders to contribute examples of their own professional practice. The Support section helps teachers connect with professional networks.
• The website succeeds in achieving its stated aim of helping teachers get started in embedding sustainability into the classroom, school and community. It embodies good practice in adult learning and is presented in ways likely to engage the intended audience. The Steps section, in particular, is exemplary in the way it brings together a range of supportive advice, strategies, profiles and resources.

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