Carbon Literacy Training for school staff

For school staff, including site managers, and governors with an interest in becoming carbon literate.

Who would benefit from this training: All school staff, including site managers, and governors with an interest in becoming carbon literate, especially those involved in teaching and leading climate change and sustainability

Why participate?

• Gain a better understanding of how climate change will affect you and those around you

• Become an accredited Carbon Literate individual who can then deliver the schools course yourself

• Acquire knowledge and skills to develop your own responses to lowering your carbon footprint, and the carbon footprint of others

Your commitments

• Undertake approximately 1.5hr of pre-work

• Attend the day of learning

• Create at least one significant action, as an individual, to reduce your own personal carbon footprint

• Create at least one significant action involving other people to reduce the collective footprint of your education setting

• Complete an open book assessment on the day

The course uses the brand new Carbon Literacy Toolkit for Schools and is delivered by Lee Jowett, Climate Change and Sustainability Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. He has over 20 years experience working in education, 10 years as a secondary teacher in Sheffield. He has also been a governor and MAT trustee for over 10 years. He has delivered over 30 Carbon Literacy courses.

The cost to attend is £75 per person. This includes lunch, refreshments, and certification. Invoices will be sent to settings after the event (unless you are part of the Royal Society programme).