Kick Start Sustainability in your Early Childhood Service
Sick of the doom and gloom of lock down? Why not do something positive?
Join us for some Professional Learning during this lock down!
If you an Educational Leader or Sustainability Champion ready to level up sustainability in 2021...
OR
Your a passionate educator that wants to improve your professional practice but needs someone to hold you hand, cheer you on or show you how...
Join the Sustainability Kick Start Program during Lock Down!
Have you been feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start...?
Are you frustrated, doing it all on your own because no one else seems to care or wants to put their hand up..?
Have you tried the "usual" things - the recycling, the worm farm - and are now ready to take it to the next level?
The Sustainability Kick Start Program will give you all the knowledge, confidence and tools you need to build the foundations for a whole of service approach to sustainability, that is engaging, consistent, manageable and most of all embedded.
Starting Sustainability can be tricky.
It's easy to get overwhelmed - sustainability is an idea that can be challenging to get your head around, let alone working out how to manage it with children.
Maybe you're the passionate sustainability champion, feeling unsupported. Left to do everything yourself. Exhausted and frustrated. You're at a loss to know how to get others on board and engaged...
Perhaps you've worked really hard just to get the basics done - worm farm, veggie garden, recycling. Worried, thinking that adding anything else to your ridiculously long to-do list is just not doable...
There is another way...
What if I told you there was a way that you could create a whole of service approach to actually embedding sustainability, not just implement random ad-hoc or tokenistic actions...
An approach that builds on your strengths, engages your team, is driven by the interests of the children and connects you to your community…
Would you be interested..?
Yes, I'm interested!Imagine...
The opportunity to build your knowledge so that you can confidently bring sustainability to life in your service - for your team and children.
Exploring sustainability themes and concepts in your program and embedding them in your daily practice and routines. Building your understanding together.
Engaging your team so that you’re not trying to do it all on your own. Getting them interested, maybe even excited, about the opportunities embedding sustainability brings for exploring their interests, utilising their skills and talents and supporting children to do the same.
Connecting to families and your broader community, working together to make the world a better place.
Introducing the Sustainability Kick Start Program?
This Program has been designed to support you to:
- Build your sustainability knowledge - what it means to you, your team and your service so that you can get everyone on the same page and move forward in the same direction;
- Learn strategies for engaging your team, children, families and community so that you're not doing all the work yourself (which isn't embedding sustainability anyway!); and
- Move forward with clarity, confident that you know where you’re going and what you need to do to get there.
This is not a one size fits all approach. I will give you the knowledge and know-how to effectively implement this approach in your setting - in a way that works for you and your team. Choose your own adventure!
Our approach is flexible and adaptable to a range of settings, and applicable no matter where you are on your sustainability Journey.
I’m not going to teach you the ins and outs of climate change, what you can and can't recycle, or what goes in your worm farm. I will focus on the mind set, skills and tools you need to effectively embed sustainability across your service.
I support you to build your understanding of sustainability themes and concepts as you explore, discover and learn with the children - you don’t need all the answers to get started.
I always start with action. Creating opportunities for discussion and building momentum for your sustainability program. We’ll support you as you implement your first steps and make sure you have all that you need to get things moving in the right direction.
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Kathy McKrill
"I would recommend this Program to anyone who is wanting to make their sustainability plans and goals a reality in 2021. The program helped our Service clarify what sustainability means to us, assess where we were currently at on our sustainability journey, what aspects of sustainability were achievable for our Centre’s needs and resources, and provided tools to help us reflect, plan and carry out sustainable practices that included all of our stakeholders. At the end we were able to transfer all of the documentation into Quality Area 3 of our Quality Improvement Plan. We really enjoyed the program and felt a great sense of achievement and clarity at the end.We encourage everyone to have a go! Thanks Bron"
Strong Foundations
Deepen your understanding of sustainability so that you can move forward with confidence and embed a whole of service approach. Set your program up for success and maintain momentum for the long term.
Support and engage your team, families and community.
Practical Strategies & Tools
Access to a range of practical and flexible strategies and tools that can be implemented in a way that suits you and your team.
Adapt them to use at any stage of your sustainability journey. This is not a one size fits all approach!
Support
Get support from Bron, with over 20 years experience in sustainability education and program development and implementation via Online Portal. Join the exclusive Facebook Community for Q&A sessions and peer support from like minded educators.
About Bron
Hi, I’m Bron. I'm an environmental scientist and sustainability educator specializing in early years sustainability - my focus for the past 8 years. I founded Real World Learning in 2016 after many years working with Local and State Government, Small Business, Not-For-Profits, Community Groups and of course early childhood services.
I love helping passionate educators and leaders embed sustainability across their service - engaging their team, children, families and community.
I have been developing and implementing sustainability education and engagement programs for over 20 years. I’ve learnt all the tips, lessons and strategies I’ll share with you, the hard way. I’ve felt the frustration and pain of banging your head against the wall, getting nowhere fast; and the challenge of getting others on board. I’ve heard all the objections. But, over time, I discovered the most effective strategies for addressing them all, and saw some amazing transformations!
Why choose the Sustainability Kick Start Program?
The Kick Start Program is for Early Years Educators who are leading their service's response to sustainability - Sustainability Champions, Educational Leaders, Room Leaders, Directors, 2IC's or passionate advocates.
The Program is self paced online learning that fits around you, as well as group support via the Sustainability Kick Start Facebook Group, so there is plenty of opportunity to ask questions, get feedback and implement the strategies discussed.
Dive deeper into some of the big ideas and strategies during the Masterclasses for even deeper knowledge and insight, not available in any of our other programs.
Digital tools that make understanding and embedding sustainability easier mean you’re not starting from scratch or wasting your time reinventing the wheel;
Connect with other like minded educators and support each other as you build your capacity and implement your ideas.
Personalised expert advice and feedback when you submit your Sustainability Action Plan and Catalyst Project Plan via the online portal.
Sounds great, sign me up!What's Included?
- Starting Sustainability Online Course - Guides you through the development of your Sustainability Action Plan (Value $47)
- Getting Others On Board Online Course - Guides you through strategies for engaging your team, families and community (Value $47)
- Sustainability Toolbox practical tools that make understanding and embedding sustainability easier. (Value $75)
- Exclusive Facebook Community for peer support and networking. (Value $47)
- 4 Exclusive Masterclasses (Value $120)
- Defining Sustainability;
- Creating a Bold Sustainability Vision;
- Planning for Action;
- Quick Wins & Catalyst Projects.
- Personalised feedback when you submit your Sustainability Action Plan and Catalyst Project Plan via the Online Portal. (Value $97)
Total Value of $433.00
Investment:
Learn In Lock Down Special Price $197
Contact Bron at [email protected] if you'd like info about our Better Together Discounts for multiple Team Members.
Get Started Right Now!
I'm ready to learn & embed sustainability!
Are you ready to take action and do something positive during lock down?
If you're ready to stop going in circles, fighting to make any progress or doing sustainability all on your own, join us for the Sustainability Kick Start Program!
Get the knowledge, tools and support you need to make a real difference and don't spend another day feeling stuck.
I'm Ready! Sign me up.Self Paced Online Learning
You'll get ongoing access to our two Introductory Online Courses - Starting Sustainability and Getting Others On Board which will guide you through the process of getting everyone on the same page and developing your Sustainability Action Plan. This can easily be incorporated into your existing documentation and QIP.
You will also learn a range of strategies for engaging your team, families and your broader community in your sustainability program. You'll identify a Catalyst Project that will help you get some quick wins and build momentum as you take you next steps towards embedding sustainability.
You will have access to the Online Courses, Masterclasses and Tools from the time of your registration for 12 months.
Practical Tools
You will also get the Sustainability Toolbox. This includes 14 digital tools that will make understanding and embedding sustainability easier. Download and use them to support you and your team as you develop and deepen your understanding of sustainability and embed sustainability into your policies, programs and practices across your service. You will have access to the Sustainability Toolbox from the time of your registration for 12 months.
Key Dates and Info
You will have 12 months access to the Courses, Masterclasses and the Toolbox.
Access is available from the time of your registration.
Get Started!This is for you if...
- You play a role in leading your team towards embedding sustainability;
- Embedding sustainability is in your to-do list and you’re not sure where to start or what to do next;
- You want to build your knowledge and confidence to better lead your team towards embedding sustainability;
- You’ve been struggling to engage others in your sustainability initiatives and you’ve been doing it all on your own; or
- You’ve done some of the basics and you want to take sustainability to the next level.
- You've been looking for a flexible approach that can support you through implementation as you embed sustainability across your whole service.
It might not be for you if...
- You’re looking for a quick fix, or to tick sustainability off your list - sustainability is a journey, not a destination, and there’s always more we can do;
- You don’t want to get others involved, and you’d really just prefer to do it all yourself; or
- You’re not interested in improving your current practice or implementing change.
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Are you ready to Learn In Lock Down?
Do something positive and Kick Start Sustainability in your service!
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