Learning for Sustainability Scotland

LfS Connecting Classrooms - fully online course
2018-04-20 09:00 - 2018-06-20 18:00 (Europe/London)
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.
