February 15, 2024 to February 15, 2024
- Category: Online, Webinar, Workshop
- Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
- Topic: Environmental Education, Other, Professional Issues, Science and Technology, Social Studies/History and Geography, Teacher Development
- Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)
Climate change is the most complex challenge facing humankind today. Explore climate change in the new Science and Technology curriculum and learn how to prepare students to meet the challenges of climate change as confident, solutions-minded citizens, now and into the future. The session will include an overview of research, strategies and resources for climate change education, and include opportunities for teachers to share ideas on how best to support and engage their students in climate inquiry and action. This session will highlight LSF’s newest resource, Empowering Learners in a Warming World (climatelearning.ca).
Susan Elliott is an educator, program lead and professional development (PD) facilitator in K-12 classrooms for public and independent schools. Her doctoral research in authentic assessment and curriculum has guided her in supporting diverse learners as a special education teacher at several school boards, including the Toronto District School Board-operated school at the Hospital for Sick Children. She was Executive Director of the Learning Forum at The Toronto French School (TFS) until 2020, leading a support services team and overseeing Guidance and Wellness, Learning Strategies and Resource, Technology and Libraries.
Susan has lifelong passion for connecting children to nature through inquiry and action. She collaborates with students, faculty and communities on nature-based learning, projects and conferences. She has taught the specialist AQ in Environmental Education at OISE-UT (University of Toronto) and is co-author of a teaching guide, Connecting the Dots: Key Strategies that Transform Learning for Environmental Education, Citizenship and Sustainability.
Her work with Learning for a Sustainable Future includes writing and developing articles. Her recent contributions include an article published by EDCan: A Whole School Approach to Teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Making Your School Culture the Catalyst for Change and the LSF resource Thinking Forward: Toolkits for Building Classroom Communities in a Pandemic World.
- Organizer: Ontario Teachers Federation
- Cost: Free
- Location: Online
- Website: https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/otf-connects/webinars/
- Phone: 416.966.3424, 1.800.268.7061
- Email: [email protected]