Learning for Sustainability Scotland

LfS Connect: Responding to the ‘Call to Action’ in secondary settings

Mon 29th April 2024 - Blog Posts, Courses & Events Summaries, News, Schools and early learning & childcare settings

The General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Hub, developed in partnership with LfS Scotland, provides a one-stop-shop to help educators across the 3-18 continuum to ‘explore, engage, enact & embed, and connect’ with Learning for Sustainability in their individual practice – and the wider life of their setting.

A key element of the Hub is ‘LfS Connect’: which includes monthly online sessions; offering educators a space in which to network and collaborate with others, and explore key aspects of Learning for Sustainability.

The Connect session on 25th April 2024 offered participants an opportunity to hear more about and discuss ‘Responding to the LfS Call to Action in secondary settings’.

This session provided participants with the following. Click on the hyperlinks to watch video recordings or view outputs of each element:

An insight from GTC Scotland on the Target 2030 national Learning for Sustainability Action Plan and its relevance to the Professional Standards for teachers.
An inspiring LfS practitioner enquiry example from Keith Turner; Principal Teacher of Geography, Speyside High School, Moray.
The opportunity to share (in small group discussions) their thoughts as to opportunities for weaving LfS across the everyday in their own settings and the kind of support they might need to make this happen
The chance to share their thoughts with the whole group and hear about further opportunities in a Plenary discussion.

Click here to view the slides from the session; which contain hyperlinks to further information, resources, and opportunities.

Share your Learning for Sustainability journey!

We’ve designed ‘LfS Connect’ to be an ongoing opportunity for educators to inspire one another.

In addition to the monthly online sessions, it contains an interactive map, which any educator can access – and add their own Learning for Sustainability story to.

Please click here to find out more – and add yours!