Adult education providers can promote green skills and support staff and trainers to take action through sustainability policies, strategies, programmes and practices.
What you see below are six sub-areas related to areas of ‘Green Skills of Trainers and Staff’. Have a look at them briefly – does your institution have policies or practices in these sub-areas? If you’re interested in finding out how your organisation performs in this overall area of sustainability, you can take the self-assessment test that corresponds to the entire matrix.
Developing the organisations' HR policies and/or strategies to include principles, practices, rights and responsibilities that facilitate the integration of sustainability aspects in work-related actions.
Providing user friendly tools, resources and materials that enable learning for sustainability.
Facilitating opportunities for trainers and staff to develop their green skills and practices.
Providing opportunities to trainers and staff to explore and implement sustainability practices in their daily work. They are given the tools and knowledge for the green transition and are able to promote the initiatives.
Integrating green aspects into various learning processes while equipping trainers with sufficient knowledge, tools and inspiration to design enviromentally sustainable content and learning culture.
Establishing internal networking processes for continuous advancement and cooperation between trainers and staff to aspire further innovation and inspiration.
Developing the organisations HR policies and/or strategies to include principles, practices, rights and responsibilities that facilitate the integration of sustainability aspects in work related actions. The following could be included under this:
CELEBRATE: Recognise the progress that trainers and staff make when it comes to working sustainably.
WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT: Develop roles and responsibilities related to sustainability.
ONBOARDING: Support new recruits in immersing themselves in institutions’ sustainability work.
TRAINING: Provide and facilitate training based on sustainability principles.
GUIDELINES: Offer clear policies and guidelines for everyone to follow.
MOTIVATION AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT: Encourage staff to explore and develop new green skills and implement them in the day-to-day work process.
INCENTIVES: Relate advantages to green behaviour of trainers and staff.
TIME AND SPACE: Provide time and space for trainers and staff to establish new processes and for them to meet up with learners and brainstorm new ideas
Providing user friendly tools, resources and materials that enable learning for sustainability. This could be included under this:
TOOLS: Provide pedagogical tools for teachers.
MATERIAL: Reduce the use of material, encourage circular practices and purchase environmentally friendly products.
AVAILABILITY: Make online and onsite tools, resources and materials available to all trainers and staff.
Facilitating opportunities for trainers and staff to develop their green skills and practices. This can be included under:
PROMOTION OF CAPACITY BUILDING:
Inform trainers and staff about available training opportunities.
RESOURCES:
Provide time, space and funding for trainers and staff to undertake sustainability training.
IN-HOUSE TRAINING:
Establish internal capacity building.
EXTERNAL TRAINING:
Facilitate regional, national and international exchange, training and job shadowing opportunities.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT:
Suggest relevant strategies for green learning.
Providing opportunities to trainers and staff to explore and implement sustainability practices in their daily work. They are given the tools and knowledge for the green transition and are able to promote the initiatives. The following could be included under this:
INNOVATION:
Promote alternative methods of working that include sustainable and circularpractices.
EXPERIMENTATION:
Provide space and trust to employees to experiment with and implement sustainability initiatives.
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES:
Propose guidelines and examples of sustainable work practices.
EXPERTISE:
Get support from external experts in sustainable and circular practices at work.
Integrating green aspects into various learning processes while equipping trainers with sufficient knowledge, tools and inspiration to design enviromentally sustainable content and learning culture. The following could be included under this:
INNOVATION:
Promote alternative methods of working that include sustainable and circular practices.
EXPERIMENTATION:
Provide space and trust to employees to experiment with and implement sustainability initiatives.
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES:
Propose guidelines and examples of sustainable work practices.
EXPERTISE:
Get support from external experts in sustainable and circular practices at work.
Establishing internal networking processes for continuous advancement and cooperation between trainers and staff to aspire further innovation and inspiration. The following could be included under this:
COLLABORATION:
Promote a working environment that facilitates trust and opportunities for mutual sharing of inspiration and experimentation.
TEAM BUILDING:
Facilitate team-building activities that deal with green and sustainable issues.
CAPACITY BUILDING:
Provide opportunities and tools for peer learning.
SHARING CULTURE:
Promote informal staff exchange and internal networking.