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What spawned the Green Educator Course in Green School Bali?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green School<\/a>\u00a0has been educating for sustainability since 2008. Along the way, it has attracted hundreds of educators from around the world to learn the Green School Way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe receive many inquiries every single day from educators around the world who want to learn more about our school,\u201d said Sanne van Oort, Green Educator Course manager. \u201cWe hear from the US to Latin America, from Europe to Asia, from South Africa to Australia. So, we decided we need to initiate a program that allows us to share our journey in integrating sustainability into our learning program and how we develop our own holistic and child-centred curriculum. Hence, the\u00a0Green Educator Course<\/a>, a professional development program for educators was born in 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five years running now, Green School has hosted 19 Green Educator Courses with 536 participants from 51 countries.<\/strong>\u00a0It has built a global network of inspired and like-minded educators.<\/p>\n

Now, we run the course six times a year, which comprises five international courses and one course in Bahasa Indonesia specifically designed for Indonesian teachers.<\/p>\n

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What have Green Educator Course Alumni said about the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cMost stimulating, heartening, and purifying experience, one that echoes with Balinese culture. The Green Educator Course was conducted with heartfelt care and gentleness, down to every single detail.<\/strong>\u00a0The staff was full of humility, openness, and passion for life. In those five days, I lived the secret of Green School.\u201d<\/p>\n

Annie (Green Educator Course Alumna from Hong Kong)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIn Feb 2018, I had the pleasure of joining a group of passionate educators from around the world in Green School\u2019s Green Educator Course. Not only did I get the chance to spend a week on the Green School campus and learn about the amazing approach to holistic education for sustainability, but\u00a0I also had an amazing opportunity to meet with people from all around the world, including South Africa, Madagascar, Dubai, Canada, USA, Brazil, Chile, Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia and, of course, Indonesia<\/strong>. This experience has opened my mind to a range of new challenges and possibilities which I hadn\u2019t fully considered before, though to be honest, I\u2019m still processing the experience. Thank you, Green School.<\/p>\n

Robert Hewat, Green Educator Course Alumnus from Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s nearly a year since I joined the Green Educator Course and I missed Green School every day. I have applied 90% of the course takeaways into Alam Riang Library, a library project that provided alternative literature for children in Jombang, East Java. Now, I am onto the next step to expand the library through a national competition.\u00a0<\/em>I wish I could come back and join the Green Educator Course again to obtain even more knowledge and inspirations.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Thank you Green School Bali.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/em>– Wiwik, Green Educator Course Alumna from Indonesia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How is the Green Educator Course different from other teacher training?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The five-day professional development programme is unlike any other teacher training.<\/p>\n