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What to do ?
Submissions for portfolio assessments each year should be forwarded
through to the Regional Coordinator via your Eco-Schools Node
Coordinator or supporter. If you do not have a Regional or Node
Coordinator then your portfolio should be posted through to the
National Coordination Office in Howick, KZN. Contact the National
Coordinators to ensure that it has arrived on 033-3303931 or ecoschools@wessa.co.za .
All portfolio's must be submitted for assessment by no later
than 31 October each year!
The assessment process takes approximately one month, after
which time the Regional or node Coordinators will contact your
school and return your portfolio. Should this not occur after
the time given, then please contact them directly.
The portfolio is the property of the school and must be returned
to the school after the assessment process is completed for their
records.
When compiling your portfolio at the end of each year please
ensure that you have considered the following so as to ensure
success:
- Follow the instructions given in the Handbook in the Toolkit
- Ensure that each part of your portfolio is linked or relates
to the previous;
- Don't forget the 7 steps when compiling your portfolio:
Establish an Eco-Committee; Develop an Eco-Code; Do your
general and then the specific audits; choose your theme/s; create
lesson plans; take action and teach lessons; compile your
portfolio on the work done in the year.
- Ensure that your review/ reflection and forward planning
are included wherever necessary - we want to know your thoughts
and plans for the next year!
Read through your Handbook carefully for advice on how to prceed
throughout the year and how it all works.
Remember to include copies of lesson plans (minimum of
3 per theme) on your theme/s and some evidence of learners
work per lesson plan submitted. In this way we can see how much
environmental learning was achieved at your school. Allow
your learners to lead this process as much a possible whilst
the educator facilitates this learning and action taking in the
school.
If you start with you portfolio at the start of the year it
makes the work load less at the end. All that your portfolio
is, is a record of what you have achieved throughout the year.
The work has to be done anyhow in order for learning to have
taken place in the year so besides doing photocopies it should
not really be that much more work - and at the end of the year
you have a really good record of events and achievements! WELL
DONE.
A portfolio can be a very useful tool when addressing your school
governing body, requesting funds from sponsors or keeping a record
of lesson plans used in the year that you may need at some other
point. There are many other uses for it as well besides being
a very good reflection of how your school is developing and ensuring
positive environmental change.
At any stage, should you need any assistance or advice please
contact your Regional or Node coordinator who will gladly help
you.
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