Learning for Sustainability Scotland

Making Connections through Learning for Sustainability
2019-03-22 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
NEW facilitated online CLPL for teachers starting 22nd March 2019.
Click here to reserve your place here on Eventbrite.

Aligned with Scotland’s education priorities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this professional learning supports you to develop the confidence to plan for, and implement, Learning for Sustainability in your practice, making connections at individual, school and global levels, and inspiring students to collaborate on the issues that shape our world.
Available at three levels:
Level 2 (6 hours over 6 weeks) 22nd March – 10th May 2019
Level 3 (12 hours over 10 weeks) 22nd March – 7th June 2019
Level 4 (18 hours over 3 terms) 22nd March – 20th December 2019
Why participate?
Scotland is unique internationally in having a requirement for all teachers and education professionals to address Learning for Sustainability (LfS) in their practice. This fully funded professional learning, created by the University of Edinburgh and Learning for Sustainability Scotland, for the British Council Connecting Classrooms programme, will:

Support you to create an enabling environment for Learning for Sustainability and significantly enhance your learners’ educational experience
Inform your PRD and GTCS Professional Update
Support whole-school and community approaches to Learning for Sustainability
Give access to an international network of like-minded teachers

Your engagement in the programme could, in time, lead to Professional Recognition from the GTCS.
Who can participate?
All teachers in Scotland. You will be supported by skilled facilitators with a background in Learning for Sustainability and online learning and do not need any advanced technical expertise to take part.
What will be asked of you?
The course involves participation in online discussions and activities at a time that is convenient for you.
Level 2 (6 hours over 6 weeks) 22nd March – 10th May 2019
Level 3 (12 hours over 10 weeks) 22nd March – 7th June 2019
Level 4 (18 hours over 3 terms) 22nd March – 20th December 2019
We will ask you to try out some activities and ideas with your learners and to share your learning with others throughout the course. In addition at Level 3 you will be asked to present your activities and reflect on their impacts and at level 4 to submit a portfolio of learning.

Course Participants will:

In the context of Learning for Sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, reflect on how to develop the skills and dispositions required of teachers and learners to live in an interdependent world
Critically consider practical approaches to learning and teaching for Learning for Sustainability
Apply in practice and reflect on the impact of approaches to Learning for Sustainability at an individual, whole school and global level
Develop confidence in your teacher leadership for Learning for Sustainability and engage in peer learning opportunities through an established practitioner network for Learning for Sustainability

Course Programme

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For further information contact Betsy King, Development Manager, Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

Making Connections through Learning for Sustainability
2019-02-08 08:00 - 17:00
NEW facilitated online CLPL for teachers starting 8th February 2019
Click on register to reserve your place here on Eventbrite

Aligned with Scotland’s education priorities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this professional learning supports you to develop the confidence to plan for, and implement, Learning for Sustainability in your practice, making connections at individual, school and global levels, and inspiring students to collaborate on the issues that shape our world.
Available at three levels:
Level 2 (6 hours over 6 weeks) 8th February – 22nd March 2019
Level 3 (12 hours over 10 weeks) 8th February – 3rd May 2019
Level 4 (18 hours over 3 terms) 8th February – 13th December 2019
Why participate?
Scotland is unique internationally in having a requirement for all teachers and education professionals to address Learning for Sustainability (LfS) in their practice. This fully funded professional learning, created by the University of Edinburgh and Learning for Sustainability Scotland, for the British Council Connecting Classrooms programme, will:

Support you to create an enabling environment for Learning for Sustainability and significantly enhance your learners’ educational experience
Inform your PRD and GTCS Professional Update
Support whole-school and community approaches to Learning for Sustainability
Give access to an international network of like-minded teachers

Your engagement in the programme could, in time, lead to Professional Recognition from the GTCS.
Who can participate?
All teachers in Scotland. You will be supported by skilled facilitators with a background in Learning for Sustainability and online learning and do not need any advanced technical expertise to take part.
What will be asked of you?
The course involves participation in online discussions and activities at a time that is convenient for you.
Level 2 (6 hours over 6 weeks) 8th February – 22nd March 2019
Level 3 (12 hours over 10 weeks) 8th February – 3rd May 2019
Level 4 (18 hours over 3 terms) 3rd May – 13th December 2019
We will ask you to try out some activities and ideas with your learners and to share your learning with others throughout the course. In addition at Level 3 you will be asked to present your activities and reflect on their impacts and at level 4 to submit a portfolio of learning.

Course Participants will:

In the context of Learning for Sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, reflect on how to develop the skills and dispositions required of teachers and learners to live in an interdependent world
Critically consider practical approaches to learning and teaching for Learning for Sustainability
Apply in practice and reflect on the impact of approaches to Learning for Sustainability at an individual, whole school and global level
Develop confidence in your teacher leadership for Learning for Sustainability and engage in peer learning opportunities through an established practitioner network for Learning for Sustainability

Course Programme

Click here to reserve your place here on Eventbrite. You can find information about our Data Privacy Policy here.
For further information contact Betsy King, Development Manager, Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

LfS Scotland AGM & Networking Event
2019-01-16 10:00
BOOK NOW for our popular Annual Gathering Meeting.
This year’s theme: The Power of Storytelling: Learning from the Past to Inform the Present and Inspire the Future.
Our 2018 AGM will be packed full of celebrations and stories. We’ll be celebrating our 5th birthday and inspiring you with stories about how we got here, and where we’re going next (with input from you, our members of course!). We’ll be hosting inspirational speakers who will share with us the power of storytelling (including visual, spoken, written and more) – inspiring you to try new ways to share your own stories.
After a tasty networking lunch we’ll be providing lots of ways to learn new storytelling skills in our Creative Connections skills market place. And as if that wasn’t enough, we’ll be celebrating our birthday with a big tasty cake afterwards.
A formal agenda will be released shortly – in the mean time, book your place now to avoid missing out. Our events always reach capacity, and it won’t be the same without you!

How to engage the Press in the SDGs and other Sustainability Initiatives
2018-11-13 13:30 - 16:30
Working on sustainability issues can be exciting and immensely rewarding. It can also be frustrating. We spend so much of our time and energy working on projects – and aligning them with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and other sustainability measures and yet…nobody in the mainstream seems to know anything about it!
Sound familiar?
Join Rob Edwards – international political and environmental journalist for The Guardian, The Herald, Channel 4 and much, much more – and Fiona Ross, community activist and TV / media expert, as they give you insight on ways to reach more than your immediate audience by engaging the press.
This entertaining and insightful workshop will cover:

What engaging with the media really involves
How to write your press release so it hits the mark
Rephrasing what you do to make the press interested
How to engage the local, national and international press

This afternoon event will be illuminating for anybody who feels that engaging with the press could be a rewarding and fulfilling experience, if only you could get them to see the bigger picture!
Price: £20 + Booking Fee, includes light refreshments
Book here: https://engagewiththepress.eventbrite.co.uk

Member Hosted Event: The Green Team Woodland Arts & Crafts CPD
2018-10-13 10:00 - 16:00
The Green Team is a voluntary organisation providing outdoor experiences for young people, supporting them to learn about and connect with nature.
Green Team training offers bountiful opportunities to gain new skills and ideas for delivering outdoor learning, learning for sustainability, environmental activities or woodland skills. For more information about the courses featured below, click on the Green Team Website link.

Woodland Arts and Crafts, 13th Oct

Member Hosted Event: The Green Team - Nature Connections & Wilderness Skills CPD
2018-10-06 10:00 - 16:00
The Green Team is a voluntary organisation providing outdoor experiences for young people, supporting them to learn about and connect with nature.
Green Team training offers bountiful opportunities to gain new skills and ideas for delivering outdoor learning, learning for sustainability, environmental activities or woodland skills. For more information about the courses featured below, click on the Green Team Website link.
– Nature Connections and Wilderness Skills, 6th Oct
– Woodland Arts and Crafts, 13th Oct

Raising Funds in the Face of Brexit: Financial Planning in Uncertain Times
2018-09-27 09:30 - 16:30
Fundraising has never been straightforward – and in the face of so much uncertainty, we can be sure it’s giong to get even more complicated.
Don’t despair – with some savvy planning and know-how, you can work around any potential issues and stay in a strong position, despite the changing landscape.
Join us for a full day workshop, considering how BREXIT will affect us and looking at effective ways to work round potential problems.
9.30am registration for a 10am start.
Morning Session: Planning for Uncertain Times

Outline of the ‘facts’ – analysing the information we already know about Brexit and what it will mean for those of us looking to raise funds.
Group activities around Risk Assessments – what areas of work and funding will be affected by BREXIT
Risk Mitigation & Financial Planning – what practical measures can be taken to offset the risks / problems.

Lunch
Afternoon Session: Funding Applications – what do Grant Assessors really want to see?

Analysis of the grant-maker’s models, processes & timescales. The full process from receipt of application to issuing the cheque
What does the Assesor do, and what does it mean for your application? Looking at check lists, scoring, references and communications.
Useful, tried and tested tips and templates to work with
Question & Answer sessions on your own specific scenario

Important information:
In order for this event to run we require a minimum number of participants to attend. In the unlikely event we don’t reach that number we will cancel the event (with full refunds provided to all who have purchased tickets). Notice will be given 2 days prior to the session.
Please note: refreshments and lunch are included (options available for those wishing to bring own lunch).
To book your place click here.

TEESNET 11th Annual Conference: ‘Getting to the Heart of the SDGs’
2018-09-11
TEESNet welcomes UNESCO’s lead on Education for Sustainable Development to speak at its 11th annual conference on 11th September 2018 at Liverpool Hope University.
UNESCO’s Alexander Leicht will be joined by educator, teacher and NGO delegates as well as fellow speakers Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser for Oxfam and Manju Patel Nair, Education Consultant & Trainer from HEC Global Learning Centre, to explore the conference theme: ‘Getting to the Heart of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs).
The conference will focus on the SDG’s and the role of teacher education in prompting critical engagement and action. The flyer is attached to this email.
View the Flyer for information on speakers and workshops.
Click on the link to book your place.
Questions can be sent to karen@liverpoolworldcentre.org We’d love to meet some of you and support the sharing of experience and development of knowledge in this area of work.

Member Hosted Event: The Green Team - Using Stories & Literacy Outdoors CPD
2018-09-01 10:00 - 16:00
The Green Team is a voluntary organisation providing outdoor experiences for young people, supporting them to learn about and connect with nature.
Green Team training offers bountiful opportunities to gain new skills and ideas for delivering outdoor learning, learning for sustainability, environmental activities or woodland skills. For more information about the courses featured below, click on the Green Team Website link.

Using Stories and Literacy Outdoors, 1st Sept
Nature Connections and Wilderness Skills, 6th Oct
Woodland Arts and Crafts, 13th Oct

Member Hosted Event: Green Team Well Being in Nature CPD
2018-06-16 10:00 - 16:30
The Green Team is a voluntary organisation providing outdoor experiences for young people, supporting them to learn about and connect with nature.
Green Team training offers bountiful opportunities to gain new skills and ideas for delivering outdoor learning, learning for sustainability, environmental activities or woodland skills. For more information about the courses featured below, click on the Green Team Website link.

Well Being in Nature, 16th June
Using Stories and Literacy Outdoors, 1st Sept
Nature Connections and Wilderness Skills, 6th Oct
Woodland Arts and Crafts, 13th Oct

Member Hosted Event: Good Food Nation Gathering
2018-06-15 15:00 - 19:00
Members: RSPB Scotland with The Power of Food Festival
In collaboration with The Power of Food Festival, RSPB Scotland’s Giving Nature a Home team would like to invite you to an afternoon full of exciting discussions and workshops around wildlife, food production and sustainability.
This year, the Scottish government will be consulting on a new law for the food system, the Good Food Nation Bill – we need your help to change our food system for the better. This event aims to bring together organisations, community gardens and food producers in Edinburgh. Click on this link to book your place at this member hosted event.
Location: Madelvic House, 33 Granton Park Avenue, Edinburgh, EH5 1HS

Member Event: Professor Stephen Sterling Triple Change and Sustainability: Re-booting the response of Higher Education to a different world
2018-05-24 17:00 - 18:00
“There can have been very little thinking, writing or policy development in the sustainability education field, world -wide over the last 30 years that has not been informed to some extent by Stephen’s work. The impact on practitioners has been immense”.
Dr Stephen Sterling is:

Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education at the Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth, UK.
Former Senior Advisor to the UK Higher Education Academy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD),
a National Teaching Fellow,

He has worked in environmental and sustainability education in the academic and NGO fields nationally and internationally for over four decades, including as a consultant and advisor on UNESCO’S ESD programmes.
He is currently co-chair of the UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD International Jury, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute. He is widely published in this area, the most recent book being Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education: Remaking Education for the Future, (co-edited with Bob Jickling, Pivot/Palgrave, 2017).
For further information contact: beth.christie@ed.ac.uk

Annual Learning for Sustainability Conference
2018-05-11 09:00 - 17:00
Open to all teachers & practitioners, across all forms of education, this is the ideal conference to learn new skills, develop ideas, network with like minded people and hear about inspiring case studies and projects and enhance your practice and understanding of Learning for Sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
As always, this event will be full of workshops and interactive networking sessions, inspiring discussions with sector leaders and opportunities to share your skills and knowledge with others. This is a free event – but always books up fast, so don’t delay!
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select workshops of your choice that will be delivered at different times throughout the day. Workshop descriptors are available to download by clicking HERE.
Please take the time to familiarise yourself with these workshops as only the titles of the workshops will be displayed when booking your place through Eventbrite (link below) and you will have limited time to make your selection. Each workshop is limited to 20 places and as this has proven to be a popular event in the past, we would suggest that you register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
After registration and prior to the event, you will receive a further email with the conference programme and travel arrangements.
We are delighted to be involved in organising this event and we look forward to seeing you on 11 May.
Book your place HERE.

LfS Connecting Classrooms - fully online course
2018-04-20 09:00 - 2018-06-20 18:00
From the comfort of your own home, at a time and location that suits you, you can now take part in the LfS Connecting Classrooms course in a way that fits around your other commitments.
Join the hundreds of teachers in Scotland who have participated in the Learning for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms course and are now eligible to apply for funding for overseas partnership projects and continuing to work towards GTCS Professional Recognition for Learning for Sustainability.
The Learning for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms course is an opportunity to grapple with what Learning for Sustainability means, what existing and new skills are required and how this might look in your school context. Connecting with Curriculum for Excellence and the National improvement Framework it will enable you to plan and implement LfS approaches in your classroom and school.
Teachers from all over Scotland are finding LfS: Connecting Classrooms to be an inspirational opportunity to enhance their teaching practice, and to open up learner’s passions in a new and natural way.
Watch our video to see for yourself – click here.
For more information & to book your place, visit our booking page here. If you would like to discuss this course before booking, please email Abi Cornwall, Development Officer.

Embedding Sustainability in Vocational Courses: Colleges and Universities Task Group Meeting
2018-04-17 09:30 - 13:30
EAUC-Scotland’s Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network, which is delivered in partnership with Learning for Sustainability Scotland’s Colleges and Universities Task Group, will be meeting on 17th April 2018 at the University of Edinburgh.
Find out more about the Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network here.
This free event focus is on embedding sustainability within vocational courses. Contributions include:

Launch of Workbooks to support Embedding Sustainability in College Courses, Elaine Crawford (Dumfries and Galloway College)
Embedding sustainability education into core and elective routes in undergraduate teacher education course, Dr Alan Britton (University of Glasgow)
Embedding Sustainability within veterinary medical education, Sharon Boyd (University of Edinburgh)
Embedding Sustainability into core and specialist law modules and adding SD law into SD modules, Professor Andrea Ross (University of Dundee)

For more information on the launch of the final College Education for Sustainable Development Workbooks series read the EAUC’s news article here.
To receive event location details please book your place here. This is to monitor attendee numbers to ensure appropriate venue size and refreshments. The agenda will be sent out to all registered attendees before the event.
