ESD ~ the HSD story Post SEdA Meeting April 27

“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token save it from ruin which, except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and young, would be inevitable. Education is where we decide whether we love our children enough not to expel them from our world and leave them to their own devices, not to strike from their hands their chance of undertaking something new, something unforeseen by us, but to prepare them in advance for the task of renewing a common world.” Hannah Arendt

SEdA

Our Action Plan Make ESD an HSD priority. Make ESD an HSD priority. Conduct an ecological audit of HSD. Conduct an ecological audit of HSD. Create an HSD Admin Office “Green Team” Create an HSD Admin Office “Green Team” Profile and share school ESD Practices. Profile and share school ESD Practices. Partner with the community. Partner with the community.

Our Action

Make ESD an HSD Priority Priority #3: Building strong school communities and enhancing individual engagement in those communities through strengthening of relationships at all levels and a commitment to social responsibility and education for sustainable development. And … our Board is working through the Whole Board Approach to ESD document.

Profile and Share ESD Practices We have created a.5 ESD Curriculum Support Teacher position. We have created a.5 ESD Curriculum Support Teacher position. That teacher has already begun to gather over eighty different ESD practices in the various schools and there are plans to place these on a central place on the website. That teacher has already begun to gather over eighty different ESD practices in the various schools and there are plans to place these on a central place on the website. Our annual Admin Retreat featured ESD as the theme. Anne McDiarmid joined us and principals took time to share their schools ESD initiatives with one another. Our annual Admin Retreat featured ESD as the theme. Anne McDiarmid joined us and principals took time to share their schools ESD initiatives with one another. HSD students participated in the 2009 Manitoba Envirothon for the first time and will again in HSD students participated in the 2009 Manitoba Envirothon for the first time and will again in 2010.

Partner with the Community Developing a local former landfill site together with the Hanover Municipality and Seine/Rat River Conservation District as a Middle Years ESD exploration site. Developing a local former landfill site together with the Hanover Municipality and Seine/Rat River Conservation District as a Middle Years ESD exploration site. Active and Safe Routes to School Pilot in one school Active and Safe Routes to School Pilot in one school Steinbach Mayor is on the committee. Steinbach Mayor is on the committee.

Over and above our Action Plan

ESD, LEED and our new Middle School The LEED report card offers an innovation credit for designing the school to be a learning tool, itself. Mechanical and electrical systems will optimize energy performance, and students will have asy access to monitoring systems that will provide data for their authentic learning. Cut-outs will allow students to observe working mechanical systems. The school itself will become a walking field trip destination for other division students and will serve as a rich resource for many areas of the curriculum. The LEED report card offers an innovation credit for designing the school to be a learning tool, itself. Mechanical and electrical systems will optimize energy performance, and students will have asy access to monitoring systems that will provide data for their authentic learning. Cut-outs will allow students to observe working mechanical systems. The school itself will become a walking field trip destination for other division students and will serve as a rich resource for many areas of the curriculum. We have a Curriculum Support Teacher developing curriculum for all of our teachers and students to use to this end. We have a Curriculum Support Teacher developing curriculum for all of our teachers and students to use to this end. See article titled Ethical School Design by Ken Klassen in education CANADA. See article titled Ethical School Design by Ken Klassen in education CANADA.

Steinbach Middle School Project

Professional Development Our Fall 2010 Superintendent’s PD will focus on ESD. Our Fall 2010 Superintendent’s PD will focus on ESD. Chuck Hopkins will speak to all HSD employees that day. Chuck Hopkins will speak to all HSD employees that day. Chuck will work with students and parents the day before. Chuck will work with students and parents the day before.

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