Peter Milne, Founder and Director of Target4Green Educational Consultancy andTraining will be leading an expert panel of speakers on a session about 'Sustainable Schools: Building from the outside in' at the NEW IPSEF Design and Build Conference in Dubai.   Peter will also be speaking in the IPSEF Middle East Conference about 'Adopting sustainability through a whole school approach'.

We caught up with Peter and asked him some questions.....
 

 SPOTLIGHT ON..

  PETER MILNE 

 

With 25 years of teaching experience behind me, I have always had a passion to make a difference to how children, and school communities in general, understand the importance of living in a more sustainable way of life and why it is so crucial to their futures. This led me to form my own company that specialises in cross-curricular, whole school workshops and training in ESD.

Teaching brings a lot of very important skills to the role of a consultant/trainer. In particular, the ability to communicate confidently and clearly to a range of audiences, organisational and logistical skills and, most importantly, the understanding of how schools work and what the staff and students' particular needs are.

The market is rapidly expanding and I see a greater focus on the quality and delivery of diverse curricula which has come from a more effective monitoring and evaluation process. The challenges are the recruitment and retention of quality teachers/management and the greater focus schools need to have on relevant and up to date local and global issues which include education for sustainable development. 

Similar to the last answer, but in addition, a long term vision for the types of schools that are being developed; not just to quality of what they offer in the curriculum and how it is taught, but also on the sustainable design principles of the school building itself.

Come and hear Peter's talks at the 
IPSEF Middle East and the NEW Design and Build Conferences 
You can read Peter's career biography here
 

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