Webinar on Sustainability and Service-Learning

Event Date: 
November 10, 2011: 5:00 pm - November 11, 2011: 6:00 pm

Location:

a computer near you!
Hosting Organization: 
NYLC & U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
Contact Information: 
Register on line at: http://www.nylc.org/store/service-learning-and-education-sustainability
Event Description: 

Free webinar on November 10, 2011 exploring how to apply the lens of sustainability to service-learning projects and programs.

The U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development’s K-12 and Teacher Education Sector is pleased to offer this FREE webinar about how to engage students in relevant learning. This webinar, “Service-Learning and Education for Sustainability,” will be offered during National Sustainability Education Week in collaboration with National Youth Leadership Council and will highlight promising practices that can be integrated into any classroom’s present activities. The presenters, which include current teachers, will be sharing examples of service-learning as an exciting teaching strategy to meet curricular goals while helping students understand and move towards sustainability; defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Note: This webinar is designed to help educators apply the lens of sustainability to their service-learning projects and programs and will feature a middle school case study. 

Audience: Service-Learning practitioners, educators, administrators, and all others interested.

The webinar platform is sponsored by: National Youth Leadership Council.