Course summary
Sustainability is part of every primary teacher's brief. Find out how to integrate it into your curriculum and use it to ignite your students' love of learning.
You will learn:
- A holistic definition of sustainability, which goes beyond compost bins and solar panels.
- Why sustainability education is important in Foundation to Year 6.
- How sustainability is included in each subject area as a cross-curriculum priority.
- How to use sustainability to enrich your current curriculum, without it being an add-on.
Course time:
This course will take 1 hour to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard
Accreditation:
This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:
Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW:
- 3.3.3 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning
- 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.
ACT – Please be advised that this course is not accredited by TQI as it is a one hour course. You may however be able to accredit it yourself with teacher identified learning through your portal. Please read here for more information.
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Getting started
Understanding sustainability and the curriculum
Enrich your teaching
Reflection
Course instructor
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will this take to complete?
This course will take 1 hour to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
How does it work?
This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Is this course accredited?
This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:
Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW:
- 3.3.3 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning
- 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.
ACT – Please be advised that this course is not accredited by TQI as it is a one hour course. You may however be able to accredit it yourself with teacher identified learning through your portal. Please read here for more information.
What are the curriculum links?
- Foundation to Year 6: all subject areas
- General capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding
- Cross curriculum priorities: Sustainability
