A Practical Guide to Leading Green Schools: Partnering with Nature to Create Vibrant, Flourishing, Sustainable Schools

ISBN-13: 9780367422639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 202 str.

Cynthia Uline; Lisa A. W. Kensler

Opis

This practical guide for educational leaders explores how you can transform your school or district into a vibrant center of learning and socio-ecological responsibility with only three manageable actions: taking students outside, bringing nature inside, and cultivating a mindset of awareness, responsibility, and empathy.

Spis treści

Action 1: BRING NATURE INSIDE  1. LEAD: Cultivate Living Systems-Minded Leadership  2. DESIGN: Choose Sustainable Building Systems and Design Features  3. MAINTAIN AND OPERATE: Operate and Maintain Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Learning Environments  ACTION 2: TAKE STUDENTS OUTSIDE 4. TEACH: Prepare Teachers to Teach in Nature  5. LEARN: Invite Students and Teachers to Learn in Nature 6. PLAY: Restore Nature Play into the School Day  ACTION 3: CARE  7. MODEL: Cultivate and Model Care, Awareness, Responsibility, and Empathy  8. PARTNERS: Build Caring Partnerships  9. START SMALL: Start Small and Stay Anchored in a Vision of Vibrant, Flourishing, Sustainable Schools