Professional Development Workshops

“I learned how project-based activities could be so much more beneficial to students.” -Teacher

The goals of these workshops are to identify opportunities in the curriculum to explore issues of sustainable development, identify relevant classroom resources to assist teachers in the exploration of these issues, and provide the necessary professional development to alert teachers to the curriculum possibilities and the available education resources.

How LSF Makes Workshops Work

• LSF provides teachers with information and tools specific to their grade and subject area.
• Workshop designs are prepared by teachers, for teachers, and workshop presentations are facilitated by teachers with in-class experience and teacher-training experience.
• Material is curriculum aligned and customized for individual provincial curricula.
• LSF offers on-going support to teachers to help implement the ideas generated from the workshops.
• Workshops offer an opportunity to ask questions and to request the development of specific materials.
• Workshops include a free take-home resource guide complete with student-ready (really ready!) handouts, resource lists, and concise background information about the issues to inform you without overloading you.
• Workshops are available for teachers of all grade levels and most subjects.

Up Coming Workshops:

• Youth Taking Action Teacher Workshops: This hands-on workshop, offered in conjunction with the Youth Forum events, provides teachers with tools to engage students is successful action projects. These workshops take place across the country every year.  
  • CHECK BACK SOON FOR 2009 DATES!

Past Workshops:

• Environmental and Sustainable Education Techniques: The SEEPS program is a professional development course designed to assist teachers in developing the sustainability culture in their schools by promoting the whole school approaches through sustainability education.
• OTF Going Green Elementary Workshop:This three day workshop provides teachers with the opportunity to learn about strategies to integrate biodiversity, sustainability and stewardship into lesson plans across all areas of the curriculum.