Course curriculum

  • 1

    1. About the LfS Learning Academy

    • Welcome to our Online Learning Academy

    • How this course can help you

    • How this course can help your school

    • Our Learning Pathways

    • About Leaders for Sustainability

    • How to navigate this course

    • Module 1 Quiz
  • 2

    2. Introduction to Flick the Switch

    • Welcome from Thom Fox at Hume City Council

    • Intro to Flick the Switch in Hume City Council - How it works

    • Flick the Switch - Pathways & Tools

    • What is your current understanding of sustainability and leadership?

    • What do you hope to learn from this course?

    • School Survey of Environment and Leadership Initiatives

    • Parent Survey of home energy initiatives

    • Module 2 Quiz
  • 3

    3. Background Information - Energy & Climate Change

    • Intro to Energy & Climate Change

    • VIDEO - A Guide to the Energy of Earth

    • Resource: Energy Terms - basic info about energy

    • Energy Quiz - To test your energy knowledge before you start

    • VIDEO - Intro to Climate Change

    • VIDEO - Project Drawdown: “Climate Solutions 101”

    • About energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change

    • Survey results: Energy, climate, and leadership

    • Examples of how other schools are reducing their energy consumption

    • A look at the future – Examples of schools leading the way in energy reduction and renewable energy

    • Tracking your school’s energy use, costs and CO2 emissions

    • Resource: Reading Energy Bills

    • Summary Module 3 Key learnings

    • Module 3 Quiz
  • 4

    4. Integrating Energy & Climate Change into your school’s curriculum

    • Energy & Climate Change into your school’s curriculum

    • Resource Collection

    • Module 4 Quiz

  • 5

    5. How to guide change in your school

    • Intro - How to guide change in your school

    • Part A. Introduction to leadership through guiding

    • Resource: How to guide Flick the Switch in your school Part A

    • Resource: What are your current capabilities

    • Part B. Leadership development tools

    • Resource: How to guide Flick the Switch in your school Part B

    • Guiding Change for Sustainability

    • Resource: Guiding Change for Sustainability

    • Module 5 Quiz

  • 6

    6. How to build the capacity of student leaders in your school

    • What are the key learnings for this module?

    • A short quiz before you start this module

    • Student leadership on display

    • Understanding student leadership (principles, capabilities, styles)

    • How student leaders can enhance your school’s sustainability programs

    • How to prepare a student leadership policy

    • Tools to build the capacity of your student leaders

    • Resource: Cultivating Student Leadership

    • Strategies to engage the student body in sustainability

    • Optional: Developmental framework for adolescent leadership for sustainability

    • Resource: Student Leadership Notes

    • Module 6 Quiz
  • 7

    7. How to introduce and plan Flick the Switch in your school

    • How to introduce and plan Flick the Switch in to your school

    • What are the key learnings for this module?

    • Case Study: Melbourne Girls College

    • QUIZ: What are the main sources of energy consumption in your school?

    • How to engage your whole school community in the Flick the Switch program

    • Case Study: Albert Park College

    • School Energy Audit

    • How to use tools to develop your plans

    • Resource: Introducing and Planning Flick the Switch in Your School Notes

    • Energy consumption in Victorian schools

    • Monitoring and reviewing your program plans

    • Comparing your school’s energy consumption and costs before and after

    • Communicating the success of your Flick the Switch program

    • How to develop a proposal for implementing the energy saving recommendations

    • Final comments

    • Module 7 Quiz

  • 8

    Flick the Switch Certificates

    • Flick the Switch Certificate