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Teaching for Tomorrow
This component of our education program provides
professional development for teachers and interested community members. Discover exciting and innovative ways to meet your curriculum requirements and prepare your students to live a sustainable lifestyle.
What do I get?
Teaching for Tomorrow training sessions provide participants with hands on experiences and practical ideas for projects, as well as enough theoretical background knowledge of the topic to enable you to teach it with confidence.
All participants take home a free resource package including a range of curriculum-linked activities in hard copy and online format.
Who should attend?
Although designed for teachers, members of the broader school community such as grounds staff, teacher aides and parents are encouraged to attend.
When and where?
A range of Teaching for Tomorrow workshops will be offered in Toowoomba, Roma, Goondiwindi and Warwick throughout the year.
We can also visit your school to deliver tailored packages to suit you. Most workshops are two hours long and we are happy to run these after school hours. Costs will vary depending on number of participants.
What do past participants say?
“Practical, useful workshop which can directly be applied to work with students”
“Great to have an expert who really knows her stuff”
“Real life demos—great to see how it works before taking it to students”
“Outdoor activities and information sharing from start to finish”
“Interactive activities, methods, reasons and practical examples”
Teaching for Tomorrow Topics
Biodiversity for School Teachers
Learn exactly what biodiversity is, why it is so important, and gain an understanding of threats to biodiversity in Australia. Participants take part in hands on techniques for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Case studies and ideas for the many activities schools can undertake to improve local biodiversity add a real-life element to the training. There is a strong emphasis on strategies for applying this knowledge to school activities and projects.
Climate Change – What can I do?
An Introduction to Climate Change that provides up-to-date information on what climate change is, why it is happening and what we can do about it. Definitions and explanations of the carbon cycle, green house effect, and climate change, and a selection of hands-on activities are included to provide participants with a practical and theoretical understanding of climate change.
Water Quality Monitoring
Participants learn how to assess the health of their local waterways by measuring water quality parameters such as pH, salt content, turbidity and temperature. Participants also learn how to sample and investigate macro-invertebrate water bugs what these creepy crawlies can tell us about the the health of our water.
The Water Quality Monitoring training session includes the option for accreditation as TAFE module RTD3507A.
Soil, Worms, Compost and Gardens
This module provides teachers with an overview of what soil is, why it is important and how to measure a variety of soil characteristics such as pH and texture. Learn what it takes to keep a soil healthy, and how to set up a worm farm, compost heap and vegetable garden.
Worrying Weeds and Pesky Pests
What makes a weed a weed? Why are weeds and pest animals such a problem in Australia? And what can you and your school do to help? Links with Weed Warriors – an innovative program that enables your class to grow biological control agents in the classroom and release them onto weed infestations in your area.