Assessment Criteria
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Indicator
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Scoring
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Points awarded
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Formation and Functioning of Eco-Schools Committee |
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10 |
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Establishment |
Schools details including the process of formation and involvement of children-lessons in democracy |
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Diverse Representation |
Class, Gender, Different skills available with the committee due to diverse representation |
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No. of Meetings Arranged (To help understand how active is the committee of ESP) |
Minutes of meeting kept by students, follow-up actions in minutes of meetings, No. of Meetings arranged |
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Environmental Audit |
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10 |
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Audit conducted for all thematic areas |
5 audits (Adequate)
4 or less (Not Adequate)
Not taken (Not Considerable)
*Linking to Climate Change |
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Develop an Action Plan |
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20 |
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Implementation of Action Plans in min. 3 Thematic Areas
Indicate by tick (√) which areas were the covered
Biodiversity |
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Energy |
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Water |
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Waste |
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Healthy Living |
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Link to Climate Change |
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Number of activities undertaken per theme
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Theme 4
Theme 5
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- Develop an action plan based on audit results that has quantifiable targets and a timeframe Planning and prioritizing of activities to be implemented
- Most importantly planning and working on action based activities
- No. of students engaged and understanding of students to lead the programme
- Assessment of delivery of activities based on the outcomes as indicated in the approved action plan (Meeting the goals decided and timeframe mentioned)
- No. of activities undertaken bull; Positive outcome and skills development
- Min. requirements is 50% of students between classes 1 to 5 are covered as well as adopting the whole school approach while implementing
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Establish linkage with the School Curriculum (Most important) |
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10 |
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Linkages of all activities to curriculum/all subjects |
- Environmental issues are already integrated in the curriculum of classes 1-5 across discipline
- The curriculum incorporates student experiences that should be inquiry-based and hands-on
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Inform and Involve |
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20 |
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Showcasing and informing the work undertaken by students (frequency of engagement of other students/teachers/community)
Daily/Weekly/Once/Once in fortnight/Once a month/None
Feedback form from students/parents/stakeholders
How many of the people you reached while implementing this step inform and involve? (Give numbers and brief) |
- Frequency of communication
- No. of people/stakeholders connected with
- Feedback
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Using different platforms to communicate about the progress of the Eco-Schools Programme
Within School |
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(During school assembly/Displayed on notice board/through any days celebration/fair or actions taken)
By engagement of parents |
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(Involvement of parents through action based activities at homes, schools, emails, circulars, workshop, sessions as well as through surveys)
Involvement of Wider Community |
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(Local stakeholders/Social Media/Websites/Newsletters/School Magazines, etc.)
Involvement of Wider Community |
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(Local stakeholders/Social Media/Websites/Newsletters/School Magazines, etc.)
Informing other schools about this International Eco-Schools Programme and encourage them to join |
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- Evidence and keep record of impact created
- Reach out to wider community is most important step
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Monitor and Evaluate |
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10 |
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To check whether you have reached to decided goals or designed action plans, school have to keep monitoring |
- The team will monitor and review the progress against timeframes and targets outlined in action plans
- Students are engaged in monitor and evaluation steps
- Data must be used in curriculum linkages
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Produce an Eco-charter/Eco-code |
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10 |
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Reflection of a statement that shows schools commitment to the sustainability
Single location |
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Multiple locations (two, four, more) |
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None |
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- Understanding the importance of Eco-code and representation of it at various places to promote sustainability
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Presentation of Eco-Schools Portfolio (1-10) |
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10 |
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Very Good |
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Good |
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Fairly Good |
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Average |
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Bad |
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- How sustainability has adapted through this programme in the academic year
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