What does Sustain-Ed do?
Sustain-Ed is a private educational consultancy created specifically to support the kaupapa of education for sustainability. I established this Christchurch based business in 2008 after 25 years of teaching experience in New Zealand and UK schools.
Sustain-Ed offers a variety of services aimed primarily at the secondary education sector. These include:
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Peer review of papers and educational texts
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Development of experiential learning programmes
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Achievement & Unit Standard assessment task writing
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Presentations & workshops on learning, sustainability and the social sciences
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Development of sustainability initiatives with students in schools
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Online professional dialogue
Over the last six years I have been closely involved with the development of the new NZ Curriculum, Education for Sustainability Achievement Standards and EfS programmes in schools. When developing resources and programmes I actively seek new information, drawing on local and international research.
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Current and previous clients include:
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Education for Sustainability Assessment team - I am currently a member of this team, working on the development of Achievement Standards for Level 3.
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Sustainable Living Programme - I am a tutor for this adult education programme and also adapting SL resources for use in secondary schools
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Untouched World Charitable Trust - I facilitate week long immersion camps for students aged 14-18, liaise with the local Youth Environment Forum and develop web resources to support young people wishing to actively engage with sustainability issues.
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Department of Conservation - I have developed learning activities and assessment tasks targeted at senior Geography for the Aoraki and Waitaki Regional offices.
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Social Science Conference [SocCon'09] - I am convenor of the 2009 SocCon conference to be held in Christchurch 27-30 Sept. '09.
I also write papers on EfS, which I place on my wiki. |