Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow
A Policy Framework for Environmental
Education in Ontario
"To prepare students academically and provide them skills, perspectives and practices they will need to meet the social and environmental challenges of the future"
Teaching and Learning
- increase student knowledge
- develop skills,
- foster environmental stewardship
- integrated approach
- collaboration in developent
of resources and activities
Student Engagement and Community Connections
- build student capacity to
take action on environmental
issures
-provide leadership support
- enhance student engagement
and community involvement
Environmental Leadership
- increase the extent to which environmental
education is integrated into school board
policies, procedures, and strategic plans
- enhance the integration of environmentally
responsible practices into the management
of resources, operations, and facilities
Measuring Progress
Status Indicators
- indicate where you are at the beginning of the process
- provide the baseline information against which future progress can be measured
Facilitator Indicators
- describe the supportive context and processes in place
- context indicators:
describe the general supportive context.
- process indicators:
describe the level of engagement of the ministry, the school
board, the school, and other stakeholders in the process.
Effect Indicators
- measure short-term (output indicators),
mid-term (outcome indicators), and
long-term results (impact indicators)