Getting feedback can be a tricky thing. Taking on feedback can be even trickier, especially if it means that one needs to change course and do things differently.
Over 250 educators responded to our Junior Landcare Survey and we have spent the last little while analysing the data and your considered comments.
As an educator myself, I am always keen to find out how other educators engage with the curriculum, plan lessons and approach environmental learning. There is a myriad of resources out there for literacy and numeracy, but sometimes finding the right resources for an enviro ed session can be virtually impossible.
We want our Learning Centre to better engage with educators and also educators to think of us as their first port of call when it’s time to plan a topic.
Your feedback from the survey told us:
Web Research
Many of you use websites and web searches to find the information you need; this tells us that we need to be more visible to educators when you’re in the research phase of planning.
Curriculum Delivery
You need resources to be curriculum-linked and easy to understand and deliver. We will be establishing a focus of educators group to review our content; please keep your eye out for our call to be involved in this group.
Links to Lessons
Many educational organisations send out tailored emails with links to lessons, especially with regard to important events in the calendar. This is something that we will be able to do to help you keep us and our important calendar dates such as Tree Day front of mind.
We would like to announce the winner of the Virtual Excursion offered by one of our community partners, Australian Environmental Education, along with a $500 contribution to a Junior Landcare project. The lucky winner is: Tim Walsh from Central Coast Sporting College.