Secondary Schools
Welcome to our secondary schools resource hub.
Find out about the resources, programmes, and partnership opportunities we offer specifically for secondary school students and teachers, including career pathways and work experience through the Secondary Schools Employment Partnership (SSEP), and sustainability education to support learning about the environment and regional initiatives.
Waikato Enviroschools Facebook group
Join the 'Waikato Enviroschools' group on Facebook for regular tips, ideas and inspiration from local schools taking environmental action.
Secondary Schools Employment Pathways (SSEP)
Waikato Regional Council is a host employer in the Smart Waikato’s SSEP programme. We are keen to connect with all Waikato secondary to support youth explore environmental careers. If interested, please contact Smart Waikato or Waikato Regional Council's Youth and Secondary Advisor (email catherine.brown@waikatoregion.govt.nz).
The format for SSEP is a three touch programme and is designed to support teachers with practical application of curriculum as well as expose students to career opportunities they probably didn’t know existed.
Visit 1 is a classroom visit where we introduce the programme, the concept of water quality testing, what happens and why, and also introduce the purpose and scope of the work done by Waikato Regional Council.
Visit 2 is at a waterway where the students conduct several practical tests that indicate the health of the waterway and prepare for visit 3.
Visit 3 is to the Regional Council where students are welcomed by whakatau and meet and hear from a number of Regional Council experts who share what they do for their jobs and their journey from student to current job. The students then have an opportunity to share their thoughts with Regional Council staff and decision makers about what they did, what they learned, any new things they discovered from their water testing experience, why clean waterways are important to them and what they think Council should be doing to make sure the waterways stay clean and healthy for their generation.
Audience: secondary school
Format: Three touch programme of in-person visits led by Waikato Regional Council
Mātauranga whakauka taiao – mā te katoa, mō āke tonu atu
Sustainability education – enough for all, forever
‘Sustainability education – enough for all, forever’ is a resource for New Zealand secondary schools, created to help teachers navigate the NCEA Education for Sustainability (EFS) Achievement Standards.
It’s intended to help build the confidence of new and experienced educators alike to successfully scaffold student learning in environmental education
Key features
- Build students’ Action Competence
- Explore culturally responsive pedagogies
- Innovate with interdisciplinary modules
What’s inside?
- Achievement Standard tips
- Case studies
- Thinking templates
Audience: Secondary school teachers and educators
Format: PDF resource and support webinar
