Name: Climate Confidence for Teachers – accredited Carbon Literacy training
Start: 2023-12-12T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-07-11T16:00:00+00:00
Location: The Hive

$Climate Confidence for Teachers \u2013 accredited Carbon Literacy training$

1-day climate education training including outdoor education, decarbonising the school and sustainability topics in curriculum lessons.
About this Event

Research shows even 10 minutes in nature has benefits for children’s mental health and focus, yet children are getting increasingly worried about what they know about the climate and nature crisis.

In response to The DfE Climate Education and Sustainability Strategy (launched April 2022), that includes a target of all schools/colleges having a sustainability lead trained in carbon literacy by 2025, The Hive has developed a 1- day climate literacy and action training course to enable teachers to embed sustainability into their lesson and to turn this anxiety into knowledge and action. Teachers will gain a UN recognised Carbon Literacy certification upon completion.

Dates for 2023/24:

Tuesday 12 December, 9am – 4pm
Wednesday 7 February, 9am – 4pm
Thursday 7 March, 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 24 April, 9am - 4pm
Thursday 11 July, 9am - 4pm (Secondary school and college focus)

Cost:

For Waltham Forest maintained schools and academies it only costs £10 per teacher - please contact [email protected] to receive a code for booking a £10 place.

Non Waltham Forest Schools - £80 per person including the cost of Carbon Literacy certification

Please contact [email protected] if you are unable to make the payment online and require an invoice instead.

Location:

The training listed here is held in person at The Hive, Church Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AJ

Why in-person: The feedback from participants is that attending this course in-person has been very valuable for the group work, rich discussions and finding out what other schools are doing over lunch with other attendees.

Blended format: The Hive Carbon Literacy trainers can tailor this course to specific schools and trusts which can be delivered at a school or half in-person / half online. Please contact [email protected] to find out more.

Details:

This course is designed for teachers that are going to take a lead on bringing climate and sustainability into the schools’ curriculum and/or teachers and support staff that lead an Eco-Committee or equivalent that are taking pro-active steps to increase the school’s sustainability.

It is recommended that two teachers attend from each school to build in sustainability and peer support.

The day will cover:

deepening understanding about the science of climate change
social justice, well-being and the climate emergency
linking climate and sustainability to subject curriculums
techniques for teaching outdoors
opportunities for schools to make a positive change
strategies for communicating about climate change to different audiences
starting a whole school Climate Action Plan

Teachers that attend are expected to share some of their training with the school staff team and will be provided resources to help do this.

Waltham Forest council is ahead of the curve with the Schools and Colleges Climate Charter and delighted that there are so many schools in the borough keen to set a high standard in sustainability education and climate action.