Earthcare-Certified Schools Program

Resources for the Earthcare schools certification program for Catholic schools. 

Here you’ll find resources and guiding documentation to support your school pilot program. The program structure is listed below. Click on each hyperlink to download the associated file for each Level of certification. We suggest starting with the Introduction. 

Introduction

About the Program (the Earthcare Steps to Ecological Dialogue)
Download an example of the Level 2 certification process.
Start Here: User Guide to Documents and Levels

Certification of Schools Levels 1 to 5

The Catholic Earthcare Schools Certification Criteria
Catholic Earthcare Themes for Certification with SDGs

Level 1

Level 1 Self-Assessment
Environmental Audit (Early Years)
Environmental Audit (Primary)
Environmental Audit (Secondary)
Basic Curriculum Audit

Level 2

Level 2 Self-Evaluation Tool
Environmental Audit (Early Years)
Environmental Audit (Primary)
Environmental Audit (Secondary)
Basic Curriculum Audit
Detailed Curriculum Audit (Optional)
Level 2 Action Plan

Level 3

Level 3 Self-Assessment Tool
Environmental Audit (Early Years)
Environmental Audit (Primary)
Environmental Audit (Secondary)
Basic Curriculum Audit
Detailed Curriculum Audit (Optional)
Level 3 Action Plan
Peer Validated Evaluation Tool

Level 4 and Level 5 school certification is not available in the 2020 trial program.