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PLTGreenSchools!の背景


PLTGreenSchools!プログラムは、「学校全体アプローチ」という全米で州ごとに展開していた取り組みから始まりました。全米およびコミュニティに対するサービスに対する協力(Corporation for National and Community Service)からの助成金で始まったこの取り組みは、その後米国森林局からの助成金とAFFからのPLT運営資金の予算によって続けられました。


PLTGreenSchools!は、2008年の緑の学校調査から始まりました。そこから、わたしたちは学校認証プログラムをスタートさせたのです。


この調査を通じた学校からのフィードバックに応えて、この年、わたしたちはGreenSchools!認証プログラムを改定し、カリキュラムへの環境教育の統合、生徒のリーダーシップ、環境行動を取り入れました。学校は、生徒、教員その他の学校関係者の省エネ、廃棄物削減、リサイクル、水の利用削減、学校校庭の改善、その他のプロジェクトへの取り組みをたたえるためにPLTによって認証されます。

PLTGS認証プログラムの改定はどちらかというと、教員に対するPLTを通した専門性の向上、PLTと環境教育を学校カリキュラムに取り入れていくこと、Green Teamの構成や会合や宣誓、報告の作成などに積極的に参加していくことなどに焦点がありました。さらに、認証するだけでなく、「継続校」制度も取り入れました。

また、認証申請をオンラインで申請することで、学校の環境フットプリントや地域社会への影響などを量的に捉えられるようにしました。


Hello State Coordinators,

I’m following up on Naoko’s excellent GreenSchools! questions. Answers to her questions are below in PLT purple. In addition, we do welcome school registrations from countries around the world. We can share the country/state data with the coordinator(s) from that country or state (as long as your organization has signed our privacy policy agreement, from which state agencies are exempt). Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any additional questions.

1. Is there any other certificates like GS in USA?

Yes there are a substantial number of both state and national Green Schools programs in the US with certification requirements. We have MOU’s with a number of state Green School programs allowing reciprocal recognition of each other’s investigations and/or certification status.

2. Is there any other countries which has GS certification system?

There are many countries with Green Schools programs and certification systems. This movement has grown nationally and internationally in recent years. The Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative is an example.

3. Is it possible to cut some of the items in an investigation, or is everything needed to be completed?

In order to become a certified PLT GreenSchool!, we ask that all of the investigations, in their entirety, be completed. However, if you have completed investigations from another Green Schools program, those can be used towards meeting the PLT GreenSchools! requirement (we don’t want to ask school’s to do the same work twice!).

4. Teachers would be frightened to see the high level of investigation contents, that they are not qualified for them as professional. What do teachers deal with this problem in USA?

As with all PLT materials, our GS investigations have been used by both formal and non-formal educators. Educators can utilize the on-line resources provided by the program such as archived webinars and webcast which they can access after registration. They can also reach out to their local PLT coordinator and network for additional support. In addition, we are working on creating an online GreenSchools! professional development course with our USFS partners.

Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing everyone in NY!

Regards,

JRM

James Riley McGirt

Manager of Education Programs

Project Learning Tree

American Forest Foundation

2000 M Street, NW Suite 550

Washington, DC 20036

jmcgirt@plt.org



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2014年11月22日

by eric-blog | 2017-05-29 12:57 | ☆PLTプロジェクト
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