We strongly value the process of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment in our work with clients. It is very important to be able to clearly evaluate to what extent individuals or organizations currently educate for sustainability.  Our diagnostic tools assist in the analysis process. 

Our assessment tools are designed to create a baseline of your current reality and ask you questions that will help us assess the degree to which you are educating for sustainability.

These tools can be revisited over time so that you can see changes in your school or individual work and show evidence of evolution and success.

Whole School Sustainability Assessment Tool

Developed by Sustainability Consultants at Metanoia in collaboration with The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

We love to collaborate with colleagues and combine forces to achieve Whole School Sustainability. This new Strength Assessment Tool is the result of our collaboration with Metanoia in Hong Kong.

This assessment tool provides a baseline assessment of the 'stage of change' your school or district is in on the journey to educate for sustainability through curriculum design, organizational policy, and the built environment. It creates a shared frame of reference for some of the essential elements of whole school sustainability, and sparks ideas for short and long-term planning.

Center for Sustainability and Climate Education | Strengths Assessment

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This assessment was developed along with our DC BOCES Regional Partners.

It does three things:

  1. Provides a baseline assessment of the 'stage of change' your school or district is in on the journey to educate for sustainability through curriculum design, organizational policy, and the built environment.

  2. Creates a shared frame of reference for some of the essential elements of Education for Sustainability

  3. Sparks ideas for short and long-term planning

➟ Schedule a Facilitated Session with an EfS Educator

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The Qatar Foundation in Doha, Qatar adapted this Strengths Assessment recently with their constituent schools as part of one of the elements of the ongoing work to "sustainabilize" curriculum and instruction there. Check it out: Qatar Foundation Strengths Assessment

Online School Sustainability Assessment Tool

Developed by Sustainability Consultants at Metanoia in collaboration with The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

EfS Curriculum Strengths and Aspirations Assessment Tool

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Here we are just assessing current reality to determine what you are already doing so you can determine what and where you want to improve your ability to educate for sustainability through teaching and learning.

Once the faculty has identified the EfS Standards that are aligned to what they teach, they can conduct a formal strengths assessment using the EfS Strengths Assessment and Aspirations Template. This can take a few formal sessions all together, or teachers can do this assessment on their own time over a few weeks.

Baseline EfS Survey (School Level)

This short 10 question baseline survey was designed with the help of  Center for Green Schools at the US Green Building Council.  It does three things:

  1. Baseline Self- Assessment (of the “stage of change” they are in, and the broad dimensions of EfS curriculum & instruction, organizational policies, youth leadership attributes, and school/community partnership. *It does NOT focus on the physical plant and operations.

  2. A Shared Frame of Reference for some essential elements of Education for Sustainability

  3. Ideas for short and long term planning

 

The School District of Philadelphia adapted it recently for use with their constituents to gather baseline data for a five year sustainability plan. Check it out: Baseline Survey Philadelphia

EfS “Whole School Sustainability Wellness Check” 

This assessment evolved out of work done between The New Jersey School Boards and Sustainable Jersey for Schools. Schools and districts that have registered for Sustainable Jersey for Schools can get points for each of these actions toward certification in that program. The Cloud Institute joined the team and embedded elements from the new EfS Benchmarks soon to be published by the Journal of Sustainability Education. This is a much longer and much more comprehensive assessment tool for Whole School Sustainability. John Henry (NJ School Boards) and Jaimie Cloud (Cloud Institute) have administered this tool several times with District and school leaders, School Board Members and the Facilities Managers. It has been met with great enthusiasm and humility as well as new questions and collaborations.