This planner is designed to provide a snapshot of where your school is on its sustainability journey. It is designed to be read across the page. Read the
question in column 2 and then tick or highlight which of the statements going across that line best sums up your schools current position. Once completed it
will act as a guide in planning your schools next sustainability step(s).
Sustainability and Environmental Education School Planner
NOTHING
School:.................................................. Date:................................................
STARTING
DEVELOPING
(challenging)
ADVANCED
(committing)
SELF-SUSTAINABLE
(transforming)
Leadership
Who drives and promotes sustainability
and/or environmental education in the
school?
No one in the school
takes responsibility.
We have a small number of keen
individuals.
We have an informal group.
Vision and
values
Has our school community identified our
sustainability vision and values?
No we haven’t.
We are thinking about it.
We are starting to collect input from
our school community.
Sustainable
Schools
Are we involved with the Australian
Sustainable Schools Initiative - AuSSI SA?
We’re not.
We are aware of AuSSI SA.
We have signed up to AuSSI SA.
Australian
Curriculum
Is sustainability and/or environmental
education included in the school’s
curriculum plan?
It’s not.
We are interested in including this in
our curriculum plan.
Teacher PD
How is our staff involved with NRM
Education professional development?
We’re not.
We are aware of the PD sessions.
We are in the process of including this
in our school’s curriculum plan. (eg.
each class will do some work toward
sustainability and/or environmental
education)
Some teachers are attending some of
the sessions.
Student voice
in
sustainability
How do we support student voice and
leadership in sustainability and/or
environmental education?
We don’t.
We are investigating opportunities.
We provide some student voice and
leadership opportunities however
students are not involved with
decision making.
We have students involved with a
range of student voice activities and
with decision making at our school.
NRM
Education
Programs /
Sessions
How are we involved with NRM Education
programs/sessions? (eg. Waterwatch,
Weed Warriors, class education sessions)
We are not involved in
anything.
We are involved with occasional
sessions/programs which are
delivered by NRM Education staff.
Links and
partners
How are we linked with other sustainability
and/or environmental service providers
and community organisations (eg
Landcare, Wipe Out Waste, etc)
We don’t have any links
We are investigating opportunities
for links and partnerships
We are involved with regular
sessions/programs but still rely on
support from NRM Education staff.
We have some teachers attending
training to be able to run programs.
We have made some links and
partnerships but have limited
involvement with programs.
Auditing
Have we collected our baseline data for
each environmental theme area (energy,
waste, water and biodiversity)?
Are we taking action to address the theme
areas of energy, waste, water &
biodiversity (PTO for more detailed
information).
How do we record and plan our
sustainability and environmental actions
(eg. School Environmental Management
Plan/SEMP)?
How do we promote sustainability and/or
environmental education achievements to
the broader community?
Not yet
We are learning about how to do this
We’re not.
We are starting to take some actions
to address some theme areas.
We have started auditing our progress
on some of the environmental theme
areas.
We have developed detailed action
plans for some theme areas.
Teachers and students have the
knowledge and skills to run a
number of sessions/programs with
minimal support from the NRM
Education staff.
We have multiple links and
partnerships . We are involved with
some community programs (eg
Landcare, Wetland monitoring, Wipe
Out Waste)
We have audited and collected
baseline data on all environmental
theme areas.
We are committed to taking action
on each theme area.
We don’t.
We are starting to learn about
SEMPs.
We are developing a SEMP. (not all
theme areas covered)
We have a SEMP in place around all
theme areas.
We are continuing to implement and
review our SEMP around all theme
areas.
We don’t.
We celebrate achievements within
the school.
We are starting to promote our
achievements throughout our local
community.
We regularly promote our
environmental achievements through
our school newsletter, website and
local media.
We have a regular spot in our school
newsletter, prominent info on our
website and regular articles in the local
media.
Action
SEMPs
Promotion
We have a formal group with a
cross-section of members from the
school community.
(eg. school environment group/team)
We have developed a school
sustainability vision and values
statement.
We have signed up to AuSSI SA and
we are learning about the
framework.
Our curriculum plan includes this
already. (eg. Term 1 focus on water:
Yr1 = Water is precious, YR 2 =
Water cycle etc).
We have a formal group with
representatives from all sections of the
school community. The group has
significant influence on decision making.
We communicate and demonstrate our
sustainability vision and values in
everyday practice.
We are an AuSSI school and we are
following the framework.
We have good teacher
representation at all of the sessions.
Our teachers present at some of the
sessions and we have good teacher
representation at all of the sessions.
Students are actively involved with
student voice activities, have significant
influence on decision making at our
school and have an active voice within
our community.
Our school community runs a number of
sessions/programs independently with
little or no support from NRM Education
staff.
Sustainability is an underpinning
principle that is embedded in the
school’s curriculum plan. This is
continually reviewed and reformed.
We have formalised links and
partnerships. We have ongoing
involvement in a range of community
programs (eg community recycling,
Landcare, frog census, etc)
We have collected baseline data for
each theme area and have a constant
review process in place.
We are continually reviewing and
updating our actions for each theme
area.
1.
This planner is designed to provide a snapshot of where your school is on its sustainability journey. It is designed to be read
across the page. For each topic Tick the boxes next to the activities/infrastructure that apply to your school.
Once completed it will act as a guide in planning your schools next sustainability step(s).
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE and OTHER SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES – Tick those which your school is implementing or involved with
Waste and
Litter
Recycling
Water
Energy
Waste and Litter
Policy
Waste Audit Conducted
Litter Free Lunch Days
Canteen Strategy
Purchasing Policy
School Garden
Composting
Worm Composting
Reduction Practices
Reuse Practices (eg. Art
Materials)
Any other waste programs/service providers involved with school (eg.
Wipe out Waste)
Paper
Plastic
Cardboard
10c Refundables
Aluminium
Printer Cartridges
Other materials recycled at school:
Other recycling programs at school (eg. community recycling):
Water Policy
Reduction Practices
Reuse Practices
Rain Water Tanks
Plumbing From Tanks (eg.
Into toilets, taps)
Efficient Irrigation
Retrofitting (eg. Half flush
Systems (eg.
toilets, low use taps)
Drippers)
Any other water saving measures:
Mulched Gardens
Pool Cover
Auto-off Taps
Aerators on taps
Energy Policy
Energy Audit Conducted
Behaviour change programs
Energy monitors in
classrooms
Shade Trees
planted
Isolation switches installed
Light timers
Light movement sensors
(eg. Automatic lights)
Water Audit Conducted
Other water programs/service providers involved with school:
Retrofitting (eg. Skylights,
insulation, double glazing
or other improvements)
Any other energy saving measures:
Renewable energy in use (eg.
Solar, wind)
Other energy programs/service providers involved with school:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity policy
Biodiversity audit
conducted
Indigenous garden
Bird Boxes
Propagation
shed/equipment
Butterfly garden
Weed Control
activities
Indigenous food/plant trail
Frog pond/wetland
Habitat conservation
activities
Animal surveys
Bush block/revegetation site
off school grounds
Any other biodiversity activities:
Other biodiversity programs/service providers: