Green skills at the heart of strategy
Make a public commitment to green skills.
Colleges should ...
Make a public commitment, either individually or collectively, to work at pace in supporting the development of green skills in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
Make green skills a strategic priority.
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Take a strategic approach to the development of green skills by recognising green skills in their mission and vision statements, and/or by specifying green skills as a strategic priority in their strategic plans.
Engage governors in green skills.
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Ensure governors are fully engaged in the colleges’ approach to the development and delivery of green skills.
Implement an ambitious green skills operational.
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Ensure the college has a wide and ambitious green skills business/delivery plan and that green skills are clearly incorporated into all curriculum area business/delivery plans.
Weave green skills into all job roles.
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Ensure that green skills are appropriately referenced in all job descriptions, that staff can participate in effective staff development, and that the leadership of green skills is suitably resourced.
Collaborate on a green skills professional development programme.
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Develop and deliver a collaborative green skills professional development programme across Warwickshire and the West Midlands building on the successful Green Changemakers programme.
Collaborate regionally around the EAUC Climate Action Roadmap.
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Take a common approach, regionally, to the application of the EAUC Climate Action Roadmap and participate in peer assessments of institutional progress against the roadmap.
Map key regional players in green skills.
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Map out the key regional players in green skills – ‘who is doing what’ – and agree collaborative ways of working.
Celebrate green skills achievements widely.
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Seek out every opportunity to celebrate the green skills achievements of the young people, adults, apprentices, communities, and employers they support.