CSRL Presents Fall Workshop: Creating a Sustainable Future for Your Students, November 12-13, 2010

A sustainable society is one that is able to satisfy its needs without diminishing the needs of future generations.

The School of Education’s Collaborative for Sustainable and Regenerative Learning (CSRL) will present its first annual fall workshop entitled “Creating A Sustainable Future for Your Students” on November 12 and 13. During this workshop, participants will learn to create a learning community that engages participants in hands-on activities that combine systems thinking, sustainable economics, and the science of sustainability. This two-day workshop is designed to increase participants’ awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the core concepts and habits of mind that characterize sustainable living and working toward a sustainable future for our children.

8 Reasons to Attend:

Discover how to integrate the concepts of sustainability and design into schools and community.

Learn the importance of working across all content areas for developing learning projects linking science and math to all subject areas.

Discover the habits of mind to think systemically.

Explore how the Framework for Education for Sustainability (EfS) integrates with academic content standards.

Explore the leadership competencies needed to build the capacity of people within schools and community to create a sustainable world.

Discover new ways of thinking about assessing a school’s performance in reaching its goals for a sustainable future.

Learn how to use technology to enhance social networking to create new patterns of relationships across organizations.

Take home practical skills for reforming the classroom to create a sustainable world for our children.

Facilitators:

Jaimie P. Cloud is the founder and president of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education in New York City. The Cloud Institute is dedicated to the vital role of education in creating awareness, fostering commitment, and guiding actions toward a healthy, secure and sustainable future. Jaimie works with educators who want to concentrate on educating for sustainability by embedding the Education for Sustainability Standards and Performance Indicators into their curriculum and teaching practice.

Dr. John M. Gould is a former superintendent and now an associate clinical professor at Drexel. He is the director of the Harrisburg Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Development program and the founder of the Collaborative for Sustainable and Regenerative Learning in Drexel’s School of Education. The CSRL mission is to explore, develop, and promote a new set of assumptions and rationales for learning and what schools need to be in this century and beyond. John works with educators who want to learn how to utilize systems thinking in creating a shared vision for their schools and community to meet the needs of their children in the 21st century.

Who Should Attend?
This learning experience is designed to enhance team learning among those vested in the future of education.

Teachers of all content areas

Superintendents, principals, and other school administrators

Technology specialists

College and university faculty and staff

Leaders in corporations, organizations, and nonprofts

Local government partners and community leaders

Dates: November 12-13
Location: 3rd Floor Atrium, Bossone – Drexel University, Main Campus, Philadelphia, PA.
Costs: Total Workshop: $150/person (Includes lunch on the first day). Single day registration:
$80 (Includes lunch if Friday)
Webinar (Nov 12): $55
Drexel Staff/Students receive a 35% discount for both days.
Contact: For questions about registration call Patricia Gremmel at 215-895-2154. For information about the workshop, call 215-279-3485 or email jmg97@drexel.edu.

Two Day Workshop: Register
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Drexel Staff/Students receive a 35% discount for both days. Register here.