Global Citizenship

December 22nd, 2011

Curriculum planning and timetabling for global citizenship

mfarrell

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A global citizenship workshop for curriculum planners and timetablers

Date: 24th January 2012

Venue: St Paul’s High School, Glasgow

This workshop will bring together curriculum planners and timetablers with an interest in global citizenship, to share ideas and compare plans, strategies and approaches to current planning and timetabling issues. The day will consist of a series of focused discussions and professional dialogue centred on key reflective questions.

At this crucial phase in the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence it is vital that senior leaders in secondary schools have the opportunity to share ideas, innovations and solutions that will help to deliver a curriculum that:

• Develops the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values to equip young people for the challenges and opportunities of the 21^st Century
• Supports interdisciplinary learning by facilitating connections across the curriculum
• Encourages active and collaborative learning approaches including provision for learner voice and opportunities for outdoor learning in the school grounds, local community and beyond.
• Connects with major local and global themes and contexts that are relevant to young people and their future such as sustainability and climate change, identity and cultural heritage, health and well being, rights and responsibilities, equality and social justice and international education
• Promotes an outward looking, positive ethos across all aspects of school and community life, connected to real life events and issues relevant to the school community
• Supports integration of the broad general education with the senior phase and new National Qualifications giving careful consideration to the issues in managing the change in the remaining years of transition to CfE;
• Develops appropriate provision for universal and targeted personal support
• Is adaptable and flexible enough to facilitate strong partnership working

The workshop will enable participants to think about the following questions:

• How have you structured your S1-S3 broad general education and how does this facilitate progression into the senior phase?
• How have you effectively used partners (especially in the senior phase) to help deliver entitlements – and what are the curricular and timetabling issues around this area?
• What mechanisms and curricular architecture are you using to ensure that interdisciplinary learning is embedded?
• How are you able to provide as individualised a curriculum as possible, bearing in mind personalisation and choice (a) for ALL learners and (b) for those learners who may not achieve level 3 during S1-S3?
• How you are coping with the technical timetabling demands around timing, staffing and accommodation for PSE / H+WB / PE / RE – particularly in the senior phase and particularly during the dual running year?

Fundamental to the event will be the professional dialogue and exchange of ideas that takes place on the day, enabling participants to network, reflect on their own practice and develop intentions for improvement in their own context. With this in mind, participants are encouraged to join the Leadership of Global Citizenship online community, take part in the pre-event activities and share their reflections online.

How to book

To book, please email: [email protected] or phone 0141 282 5172.

This event is free of charge. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Download the programme here

Follow this link to take part in the pre-event reflection activities (NOW LIVE!)

Directions to St Paul’s High School