The Take 1 Programme is a professional learning programme developed from a desire to support senior leaders, middle leaders and teacher leaders in Irish second-level schools to embed ESD in learning and teaching across the lower second-level school curriculum.
Conscious of an already overcrowded curriculum the Take 1 Programme highlights how ESD and GCE themes are already part of prescribed learning and teaching and do not need to be presented as additional content for consideration and inclusion. The Sustainable Development Goals are used as the conduit for learning and teaching about the many key issues surrounding ESD. The learning outcomes from all subject syllabuses have been mapped to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, demonstrating ESD concepts as an embedded construct. Sustainability themes are interwoven throughout, exposing all students in the class group to ESD learning and demonstrating that ESD is the remit of all subjects, moving away from a siloed and subject-specific approach. The Take 1 Programme approach supports whole-school engagement offering opportunities to engage every student, in every subject and every classroom.
The Take 1 Programme is supported by the Department of Education in Ireland as part of government strategy on Education for Sustainable Development - ESD to 2030 under Priority 2 - Transforming Learning Environments – ‘learn what we live and live what we learn’. Training opportunities are spread through education networks and engagement and learning is promoted and showcased on social media platforms. Currently almost 45% of post-primary schools in Ireland have participated in training.
Contact the programme director Valerie - take1programme@outlook.com
Explore programme engagement to date in the gallery on the Take 1 Programme website (take1programme.com)
