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Refugee Action Project Teesside conference |
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Themes: Community cohesion, human rights and pupil voice
Where: Carmel College, Darlington, DL38RW
When: Thursday, 2nd July 2009
Cost: £65
Time: 09:00 – 16:00
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A day conference addressing Community Cohesion, Human Rights and Pupil Voice
for Headteachers, Teachers, Advisers and others supporting these themes in our
schools and communities.
Keynote speakers include Sir Keith Ajegbo (led the independent diversity and
citizenship curriculum review in 2006), Robin Richardson (author of Holding Together - equalities, difference and cohesion) and Berenice Miles (co-author with Robin Richardson of Racist Incidents and Bullying in Schools)
• Keynote speakers
• Interactive workshops
• Student presentations
• Escape to Safety exhibition
• From theory to practice in six Tees Valley secondary schools
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"How do we know it's working?" - Assessing global citizenship |
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Theme: Assessing global citizenship
Where: The EWE Centre, Esh Winning
When: Thursday, March 25th 2009
Time: 09:30 – 13:00
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"How do we know it’s working?" is a toolkit for measuring attitudinal change
in Global Citizenship from early years to KS5 It is produced by the Reading International
Solidarity Centre, RISC.
The resource contains activities that can be used as a baseline audit to measure
pupils' knowledge, attitudes and values. The activities can then be repeated,
enabling teachers to see how effective their work had been and to plan and further
develop the global dimension
This workshop will enable participants to develop tools to measure the impact
of global citizenship work on pupils’ attitudes and values.
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Planning a Global Focus Week |
Theme: Focus weeks
Where: Teesside One World Centre, Southlands Centre, Middlesbrough, TS3 0HB
When: Tuesday 3rd February
Cost: £15
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This twilight session for primary schools organised by the Teesside One World
Centre will look at a whole school approach to planning a global focus week.
The session will include:
∗ Themed activities for the week
∗ Curriculum planning
∗ Classroom workshops by a local artist and a Chinese specialist
∗ Resources to borrow, hire or buy, incl. themed boxes of artefacts
∗ Free copy of “Global Focus Weeks in Primary Schools”
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Building Effective Partnerships |
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Theme: Global School Partnerships / School Linking
Where: The CastleGate, Newcastle, NE1 2JQ
When: Monday, February 2nd 2009
Time: 09:30 – 16:00
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This one-day professional development workshop is for teachers with experience
of school partnerships.
The workshop will encourage participants to examine the quality of their school
partnership relationship and consider how this can be consolidated and developed
further.
The costs of the course are being met by DFID Global School Partnerships. Follow
this link for more details. |
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Sustainable School - Global School? |
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Theme: Sustainable Schools
Where: The CastleGate, Newcastle
When: Wednesday, November 12th 2008
Time: 09:15 – 15:30
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A recent Ofsted report 'Schools and Sustainability' found that schools were more
successful in developing pupils' understanding of local rather than global issues
of sustainability.
So, will schools working towards becoming Sustainable Schools also become Global
Schools and what would that mean? This is the question we will be asking at this
event. For more information click here |
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Thinking of Linking |
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Theme: School Linking / Global School Partnerships
Where: Angel View Inn, Gateshead
When: Thursday, October 23rd 2008
Time: 09:00 – 16:00
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This full-day course will answer lots of questions about how to get started on
linking with a school in Africa, Asia, Latin America. Click for details |
