International School Manila

Case Study 1

Contents

Part 1: Questions for you

Part 3: Questions for me

Part 2: Manila Case Study

Part 1

Questions for you

Question 1

What is the purpose of a school?

3mins

Question 2

How do schools know when they are successful?

3mins

2 Key Linking Points

To succeed Initiatives must:

1. Be compatible with the existing values of the school

2. Provide clear evidence that they are assisting the school complete its mission

Raised awareness

Empowered students

Included more people

Embraced perspectives

Adopted a framework

Scaled up

Raised profile

Institutionalized

Sustainability

Analyzed what was happening

School Year 2009-2010

Pre Tom

Attended EARCOS, met Alan Atkisson and introduced to Pyramid and Compass

Hit them in the Heart

Source: http://www.nature.com/news/specials/planetaryboundaries/index.html

Hit them in the head

School Year 2010-2011

Blog

Homeroom

Inquiring and reflective problem solvers

Knowledgeable and skilled learnersEffective communicators

Self-directed and balanced individuals

Responsible caring and ethical contributors

Assemblies

Inter club communication

Curriculum

News letters and publications

School events

Whole School Vision What are we being?What are we doing?

Service Partners

EventsGlobal Issues

Community Garden

Resource Efficiency

How do we communicate it?

Curriculum connections

School Year 2011-12

School Year 2012-2013

With permission, AtKisson, Inc

McLean Tom

Mike Flynn, YiHua this is your section please stick to no more than 3mins

Society

Outcome: Practical campus behaviors that will make safeguarding our environment accessible and easy

Outcome: To improve through an economical perspective we must try to reduce resources to the bare essentials

Economy

Well Being

Outcome: Being open-minded and having a greater awareness of how our habits and mindsets affect the environment

Nature Indicator: Energy consumption as expressed by kilowatt hours billed per month

Society Indicator: The number of students taking the bus and the number of cars entering the campus on the first day of each semester.

Economy Indicator: Reams of paper used per department and per grade level

Produced by Search Institute

Well Being Indicator: Attitudes and behaviors survey

Economy- Paper

ADB Involvement

Why is it happening? Systems

Why is it happening? Feedback loops

Nature Innovation:

•Solar panels

Society Innovation:

•School bus fees incorporated into school fees

•School bus centralized pick up points

Economy Innovation:

•Share information on paper use more regularly and openly

•Support teachers in developing alternative options to using paper

Well Being Innovation

Society Strategy

Emphasis on promoting benefits of new way

Safer

As quick

More sociable

Better for environment

Positive impact on whole of the school neighborhood

A set of conditions and trends in a given system

that can continue indefinitely.

Definitions

Sustainability

With permission, AtKisson, Inc

School Year 2013-2014

• 20% Release time from full time teaching

• Write job description for position as K-12 Sustainability Coordinator

School Year 2014-2015

Leave ISM in a state where the initiatives evolve without me

Part 3: Questions for me