How do system leaders move outdoor learning from a "token field trip" into the institutional DNA of a school? This interactive workshop delivers the blueprint. Drawing from a 33-year career and the empirical validation of the "Limehouse Model" (a five-year consecutive EcoSchools Platinum site), this session tackles the specific challenges school leaders face: navigating bureaucracy, managing risk anxiety, and shifting staff mindsets.
Participants will discover how to dismantle systemic barriers to outdoor education by centering student and staff mental health, LSF goals, and Indigenous ways of knowing. We will explore how land-based learning naturally drives high academic achievement, proving that standardized testing metrics shouldn't compromise the human spirit. Leaders will leave with actionable strategies to mentor their own teams, protect staff well-being, and turn holistic sustainability into a living reality.
