What is Global Learning Partnerships?
An 18-month programme run in partnership with local authorities to help enhance the delivery of global citizenship education within Scottish schools. Accredited by GTCS (General Teaching Council Scotland), Global Learning Partnerships gives practitioners an experience to support the delivery of Learning for Sustainability while teaching young people about their responsibilities to each other and the wider world.
With a month-long trip during the Scottish school summer holidays to an East African country, Global Learning Partnerships aims to enhance primary and secondary teachers both personally and professionally.
Why is it important?
During these four weeks living overseas, the programme introduces teachers to life in a different country where the teachers learn about how other people live, work and learn, while living, working and learning with them. By using this first-hand experience, the practitioners aim to enhance their teaching of global citizenship within their Scottish schools and communities, while building the capacity of teachers in their host communities overseas.
Global Learning Partnerships gives practitioners an experience to support the delivery of Learning for Sustainability while teaching young people about their responsibilities to each other and the wider world.
Key Dates
| 1st Round Application Open | 12 October – 4 December 2015 |
| Selection | 9 – 16 December 2015 |
| Alumni Gathering | February 2016 |
| 1st Training Session | March 2016 |
| 2nd Training Session | May/June 2016 |
| East Africa Placement | Saturday 2 July – Monday 1 August 2016 |
| Debrief | September 2016 |
“This has been the catalyst for both professional and personal change and is going to without doubt, shape my future. It is such a positive feeling and I can’t begin to tell you how very excited I am for the future.
“This has been the most enjoyable and truly inspiring year of my teaching career to date and I just know for certain that global education, learning for sustainability, seeing more of the world and returning to Rwanda will be an enormous part of my future.”
Laura Ince, GLP Alumni 2015/16
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