NZAEE Webinar: Sustainability Education in Secondary Schools
Exploring Change and Support in 2026
This webinar took place on Feb 11th, 2026 with NZAEE facilitators Becky McCormack and Lyn Rogers. This session was an introduction to our work with secondary teachers this year, with more sessions to follow across Terms 1 - 2 (these will be advertised in our Events section).
Our session had a focus on:
- Building understanding - curriculum and assessment
- Sharing questions, concerns and solutions
- Networking/communications
- Support we can provide this year
Click on the link above to watch the recording and you can access the links from the chat and a summary of the discussion in the sections below.
Key Resources and Links
For more support from NZAEE please complete this Secondary Teacher Survey
Teaching resources:
Secondary Education: Inspiration and Support
Sustainability education - enough for all, forever Lyn also has some hard copies available on request (email us) and a you can watch a webinar unpacking the resource here.
Support from Providers:
Curriculum and Assessment:
Tāhūrangi: Curriculum Consultation
Education for Sustainability - NZQA
Reviewed NZC & TMoA Achievement Standards and assessment materials published for 2026 - check this for updates to NCEA changes - RAMP (review and maintenance programme for NCEA).
Summary of Discussion
We had 25 participants who attended live, with a mixture of secondary teachers and environmental education providers.
How could we manage networking and sharing ideas?
- Padlets have been a great way to collate resources for sharing
- Regular zooms like this would be useful
- Subject based
- Standards based
- Sometimes regionally based?
- Time for general discussion and sharing resources / advice
Regional and in person support
Secondary education PLD and support across Terms 1 - 2 will be taking place in collaboration with other providers such as Enviroschools, Go Eco and Town Belt Kaitiaki, with locations confirmed in Waikato, Ōtākou and Porirua. If you're based in these areas and want to find out more, please connect with your regional Enviroschools team (see here) or get in touch with NZAEE and we'll connect you with the right person. For other regions, we will be planning other events and working with local providers to support teachers and schools.
Question from secondary teacher: How can teachers and kura support you in advocating for Education for Sustainability to be maintained as a senior subject? (4 others support this). Answer from NZAEE: please let us know about the EfS courses, projects etc that you're currently using with students and we will share these to help advocate for the subject and also to inspire and support other schools.
