This course will help participants to gain confidence in incorporating ecology as a theme in their teaching and leadership. We will explore the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, Brisbane Archdiocese Religious Education Curriculum P-12, the Catholic Identity Framework and Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. Participants will learn more about ‘education for sustainability’ and ‘ecological conversion’ and what this means as an educator along with how to integrate this concept across all learning areas. Participants will be provided with case studies from schools and planning time to develop a unit of work.

Assessment & Accreditation Criteria

This course has been approved by Brisbane Catholic Education as a Professional Development Program for Maintaining Accreditation to Teach in a Catholic School and Maintaining of Accreditation to Teach Religion in a Catholic School.

This course has been approved by Cairns Catholic Education Services for Accreditation to Teach Religion in a Catholic School. Staff who complete a course and would like the hours to contribute to their Accreditation hours need to email their certificate of completion to reaccreditation@cns.catholic.edu.au so that the hours can be recorded on iLearn.

This course has been approved by Townsville Catholic Education. Teachers who complete online modules through Little Earthies are eligible to receive six hours per course towards Accreditation to Teach RE up to a maximum of 12 hours. To have modules included for Accreditation to Teach RE purposes, teachers must forward the certificate of completion via email to the Administration Assistant, Catholic Identity and Indigenous Education Services, Townsville Catholic Education.