ECO Schools checklist

EcoSchools Certification Checklist

This checklist supports your school’s application to become a Certified Ontario EcoSchool. It is a quick summary of documentation you may need to submit depending on the points you have achieved according to the Certification guide. Keep this checklist at the front of your Certification portfolio and use it to organize your submission.

The checklist below summarizes all of the documentation listed in the Certification guide. Depending on your school’s activities, all of the document listed below might not be relevant. For example, if your school did not have an environmental festival in the current year (Part VI. Question 2) you would not submit a copy of the festival agenda.

Parts I, II and III: EcoTeam, Energy Conservation and Waste Minimization	Date
Copy of meeting minutes
Initial Energy Conservation EcoReview
Initial Waste Minimization EcoReview
Follow Up Energy Conservation EcoReview
Follow Up Waste Minimization EcoReview
Copy of the Waste Monitoring Documents and/or announcements
Copy of your board’s Energy Conservation Guidelines or Standards
Copy of your board’s Waste Minimization Guidelines or Standards
Part IV: Curriculum
Description of each teacher’s environmental education curriculum. Attach samples of student work if possible. A maximum of 7 submissions are possible in this category
Part V: Staff Development
List of workshops that were attended, topic of workshop and who attended them. A maximum of 4 PD sessions are eligible in this category
Part VI: Enriching your Program
Copy of Site Plan for school ground shade and energy conservation project
Copy of an agenda, notice or planning notes pertaining to the environmental festival
Copy of the letter from Clean Air Partnership confirming participation in the 20/20: Way to Clean Air program
Part VII: Innovative Projects
Brief description of each innovative project. A maximum of 2 submissions are possible for this category
Certification guide (checklists and Verification Statement must be completed)