New global citizenship open day study visits!

We are pleased to announce a new series of the popular, inspiring and practical school open days from Education Scotland’s Developing Global Citizens team.

Sign up by contacting globalcitizens@educationscotland.gov.uk or call 0141 252 5000

There is increasing recognition that the rich contexts and learning approaches associated with global citizenship are a powerful means of engaging with Curriculum for Excellence.  In this initiative, selected schools are offering an open door to senior leaders and classroom practitioners to share how they have led a whole school approach to global citizenship. 

The schools selected for the open school programme have developed approaches that have successfully woven elements such as sustainable development education, education for citizenship, international education and games legacy into a wider coordinated whole-school approach to developing global citizens. The programme includes a number of award winning schools and schools whose achievements have been widely recognised.

What others have said about the study visits:

‘The best CPD I have ever had’

‘This was an inspirational CPD event and I found it all very useful and enjoyable, particularly the input from the HT/PT and children – fantastic’

‘My mind is going into overdrive – I plan to take everything you have given and use it!’

Date	Time	School	Theme
Thursday 13th October	9.30am – 3pm	Mearns Primary School, East Renfrewshire	Global Citizenship – learner voice at the heart of the curriculum
Tuesday 25th October	9.30am – 3pm	Calderglen High School, South Lanarkshire	Leadership of Global Citizenship/ Games Legacy for Scotland
Friday 18th November	9.30am – 3pm	Woodacre Nursery, Glasgow >>details	International education and citizenship in the early years
Tuesday 22nd November	9.30am – 3pm	Hamilton Grammar School, South Lanarkshire >>details	Leadership of global citizenship
Tuesday 29th November	9.30am-3pm	Garrowhill Primary School, Glasgow >>details	Sustainable Development Education
Thursday 8th December	9:30am – 3pm	Whitelees Primary School, North Lanarkshire >>details	Sustainable Development Education
Tbc	9.30am – 3pm	Gracemount Cluster (High School, Primary School, Nursery and Special School), Edinburgh	A cluster approach to global citizenship

Further events will be added to the programme in the coming weeks so watch this blog entry for updates.

Places for these events are limited so it is advisable to book early to avoid disappointment.

Sign up by contacting globalcitizens@educationscotland.gov.uk or call 0141 252 5000

Find out more about using global citizenship to develop a whole school approach to Curriculum for Excellence

Download the new global citizenship calendar for 2011-12

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