Advanced Certificate in the Role of the Designated Climate Education Lead for Secondary Schools

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Paul Turner Geographer, teacher and environmental activist
Course 40min 8 modules

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand your role as a climate education lead and develop excellence in leadership to support high-quality teaching and learning in line with DfE curriculum expectations.

CPD Certified

As part of the DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy and the National Climate Education Action Plan, every school and college should identify a senior staff member to lead on climate education. The climate education lead should be a specialist role which helps their setting access the best and most up-to-date support for teaching about sustainability and climate change.

In this course, Hannah Tombling provides you with the knowledge and skills to understand your role as a climate education lead and develop excellence in leadership to support high-quality teaching and learning in line with DfE curriculum expectations.

Please note: The course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process and complete all relevant activities to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting.

Designed in line with the following policies:

  • Sustainability and Change Strategy

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this course reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.