Course summary
Climate change is here to stay, and our students are increasingly worried about it. In this course we will explore strategies to support students experiencing climate anxiety, as well as ways to support parents, colleagues and ourselves.
You will learn:
- about your role as a teacher in supporting students with climate anxiety
- strategies to support students at different developmental stages (Junior Primary, Middle Primary, Upper Primary)
- how to build a supportive school community.
Course time:
This course is expected to take between 30 to 45 minutes. Perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Accreditation:
This course is mapped to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
- 2.1.2 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
- 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
- 3.3.2 Use teaching strategies
- 5.1.2 Assess student learning
- 6.4.2 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
- 7.3.2 Engage with parents/carers
- 7.4.2 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
Course instructor
Elinor Hasenfratz is an educator with a particular focus on climate education and community resilience. She has led climate programs in schools across Victoria, emphasising not just climate science but fostering determined optimism in her students as well as leaning deeply into the creativity and possibility of climate solutions.
Elinor helps young people and the adults around them envision and explore potential futures in which we don’t just survive, but thrive.
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Course Content
Managing Climate Anxiety in Primary School Students
Frequently asked questions
Can I log this PD with my states teaching authority?
Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
How long will this take to complete?
This course is expected to take between 30 to 45 minutes. Perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Will I get proof of completion?
Is this course accredited?
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 2.1.2 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
- 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
- 3.3.2 Use teaching strategies
- 5.1.2 Assess student learning
- 6.4.2 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
- 7.3.2 Engage with parents/carers
- 7.4.2 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.
Cool.org's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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