ASCL Conference for a Sustainable Future

£225 + VAT per person
Multiple delegate rate: £199 + VAT per person

ASCL reserves the right to amend the programme should circumstances dictate.
 

8.30am			Registration, exhibition and refreshments
9.30am			Welcome Emma Harrison, ASCL Business Leadership Specialist
9.40am			How to Teach the Future Phoebe L Hanson, Climate and youth empowerment advocate
10.10am			Healthy people and a healthy planet go hand in hand Rachel Musson, Founding Director, Thoughtbox Education CIC
10.40am			Headline sponsor - Barker Associates
10.45am			Refreshment break and exhibition
11.05am			Movement time
11.10am			Workshop session 1 - delegates can attend one session Climate Change Education: Provision for high-quality implementation Heena Dave, Co-founder, Climate Adapted Pathways for Education (CAPE) Professor Leigh Hoath, Chair, Association for Science Education and Co-Founder of  CAPE How to Decarbonise your School and Create your Climate Action Plan Rob Gould FRCIS, Partner, Barker Alex Green, Head of Schools, Asden Boosting Biodiversity with the National Education Nature Park Dr Jessica Tipton, Head of National Education Nature Park, Natural History Museum
12.00pm			Movement time
12.05pm			Keynote and Q&A Laura Tobin, TV weather presenter, meterologist and author
12.50pm			Lunch and exhibition
1.50pm			The Journey to a More Sustainable Future: The role of educational establishments Chris Berry, Director of Operations, Windsor Academy Trust
2.20pm			Movement time
2.25pm			Workshop 2 - delegates can attend one session Sustainable Futures: Building green career pathways Amy Ball, Teaching and Community Manager, WWF UK Sustainable Procurement Helen Burge, Interim CFO and COO, The Priory Learning Trust, Emily Brunton, Senior Sustainability Lead, United Learning, David Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Value Match Using your School's Grounds to Teach About and Address the Impacts of Climate Change Mary Jackson, Head of Education and Communities, Learning through Landscapes
3.10pm			Refreshment break and exhibition
3.30pm			Sustainability and Climate Change in Education: Climate action and ambassadors Joe Billington, Deputy Director, Strategic Policy Directorate, DfE Charlotte Bonner, CEO, EAUC The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education Paul Edmond, Chief Finance and Sustainability Officer, HEART Academies Trust
3.55pm			Closing remarks

11.10 Workshop Session 1

Climate Change Education: Provision for high-quality implementation
Heena Dave and Prof Leigh Hope, Co-Founders, Climate Adapted Pathways for Education (CAPE)
 
This session will consider the implementation of high-quality climate change education through considering resourcing, supporting staff and sensemaking.  We will examine the role of leaders to facilitate and be accountable for the quality of climate change education in their settings and have an impact on pupils so teachers and learners alike feel equipped to respond to the rapidly changing planet.
 
How to Decarbonise your School and Create your Climate Action Plan
Rob Gould FRICS, Partner, Barker
Alex Green, Head of Schools, Ashden

Everyone wants to take action on climate change. Put simply, doing nothing is no longer an option. However, with many technologies, suppliers and funders in the market, many organisations do not know where to start or are worried about making the wrong decision.

In this session, experts from the schools climate change campaign, Let’s Go Zero and property consultants Barker will demystify sustainability and decarbonisation for schools and trusts.

You will gain a clear understanding of the terminology, the support and resources available and take away a clear roadmap for developing your own Climate Action Plan.

In the session you will learn:

• the fundamentals of sustainability​ in schools
• how to create your Climate Action Plan​
• how to save costs and reduce carbon emissions​
• how to engage your whole organisation, lessons learned and sharing best practice

Boosting Biodiversity with the National Education Nature Park
Dr Jessica Tipton, Head of National Education Nature Park, Natural History Museum

Come and find out how to get your school or college on the National Education Nature Park map! Your students and staff will join a growing network across England mapping, monitoring and enhancing their spaces for nature. Hear about the free learning resources and digital tools we’ve developed as part of the Nature Park programme that will enable young people to take the lead in improving their school site for people and for nature. We will talk about the numerous co-benefits of taking part. The development of creative, green and digital skills is embedded in the programme, as well as curriculum learning in a range of subjects across key stages. Young people will contribute to real scientific research, develop an increased connection to nature, and enhance their wellbeing. Taking part in the Nature Park will also contribute to your setting’s work on climate and sustainability, including your Climate Action Plan.

14.25 Workshop Session 2
 
Sustainable Futures: Building Green Career Pathways
Amy Ball, Teaching and Community Manager WWF UK

Tackling the climate and nature crisis and delivering on net zero will take a skilled and diverse workforce, and every job can play its part. Sustainable Futures is a free careers programme for UK secondary schools and colleges that prepares young people to thrive in a future green economy, regardless of their career path. This session will cover:

• context of sustainability and the climate and nature crisis
• the future ‘green’ net-zero job market
• overview of the Sustainable Futures programme including a look at some of the resources
• ways you can embed the Sustainable Futures programme in your school

Sustainable Procurement
Helen Burge, Interim COO and CFO, Priory Learning Trust
Emily Brunton, Senior Sustainability Lead, United Learning
David Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Value Match
 
This workshop will focus on the Operations and Supply Chain aspect of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change strategy. A focus on the circular economy, global supply chain, carbon footprints and case studies from schools that have successfully overcome some of these challenges. Sustainable procurement should be combined with ensuring all schools achieve value for money, rigorous compliance, and greater efficiency. This workshop aims to inform and inspire sustainability procurement as well as provide an opportunity for you to ask your procurement sustainability questions.
 
Using your School’s Grounds to Teach About and Address the Impacts of Climate Change
Mary Jackson, Head of Education and Communities, Learning Through Landscapes
 
School grounds are the place where your pupils can see the impacts of climate change first hand. They are also the place where they can make a difference themselves.

This workshop will look at how pupils can learn about the impacts of climate change through hands-on activities in their school grounds, and how they can be engaged with researching, planning and making nature-based changes to their grounds in response. This could be looking at how to reduce the impact of overheating of the grounds, buildings and people, how to capture carbon through planting in and managing the grounds, managing water, or improving air quality.

By developing the skills and knowledge to make a difference, pupils feel empowered and engaged with the issues and learn skills that will last a lifetime, whether in ‘green jobs’ or in their everyday lives.

The conference is suitable for Business Leaders (including Director of Estates and Sustainability Leaders), CEOs, Headteachers, Senior leaders, Trustees and Governors.

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