An Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Toolkit for WBL Providers in Wales

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An Education for Sustainable Development and
Global Citizenship Toolkit for WBL Providers in
Wales

• Katie Elmer, Associate
• WSP Environmental
• 25th June 2008

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Overview

• Work involves production of a user friendly
  toolkit for work based learning providers in
  Wales.
• Produced with twenty WBL providers and key
  stakeholder.
• Will enable WBL providers respond to Assembly
  Governments requirement to deliver ESDGC.
• WSP / ECOTEC commissioned by DCELLS Quality Team
  to produce this guidance in February 2008.

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What is ESDGC?

• Increasingly being driven by employer and student
  demand.
• Involves the delivery of learning and management
  of the organisation.
• Improves decision making, locally, globally,
  individually and collectively that has an impact
  on equity and quality of life.

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Requirements for WBL Providers

• The Welsh Assembly is strongly promoting ESDGC
  from cradle to grave.
• Assembly published an ESDGC- A Strategy for
  Action (2006), covers all providers in Wales with
  specific objectives and targets.
• Short term actions for WBL include raising
  awareness of and in turn, mainstreaming ESDGC.

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Requirements for WBL Providers

• Huge scope for WBL providers to make positive
  contributions.
• Rich diversity of opportunities for adults and
  young people, and harder to reach groups in
  particular- much of what is done can be counted
  as ESDGC.
• Challenge- requires whole organisational
  approaches shift in culture.

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Toolkit will

• Equip providers to develop a systematic approach
  to ESDGC and develop a strategy for
  organisation-wide implementation.
• Will ensure that the WBL sector is responding
  effectively to the WAG ESDGC vision and targets
  contained within their strategy.

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Content of the Toolkit

• Very concise- user has the option to investigate
  a topic more thoroughly.
• Wealth of excellent guidance in the public
  domain.
• Does not re-write, but consolidates this.
• Signposts the reader to helpful sources to help
  monitor and report against ESDGC.
• Reflects WAG strategic priorities and quality
  planning requirements.

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Content of the Toolkit

• Each section aligns with the common areas in
  the Assemblys strategy for action
• Commitment and Leadership.
• Institutional Management.
• Teaching and Learning.
• Partnerships.
• Measuring and Monitoring Performance.
• Research and Resources.

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Toolkit

• Toolkit structured as follows
• Background and purpose context and key drivers
  for the toolkit.
• How to use the document overview of content,
  structure and key outcomes.
• Esdgc topic areas.
• Resources.

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Toolkit Demo Teaching and Learning

• Context and background
• Key drivers
• WAG- fundamental role of esdgc in education and
  lifelong learning.
• Leitch- key driver for basic skills (L2)
• Estyn- remit to evaluate within the curriculum.
• Focus of this topic seven key themes of ESDGC.

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Toolkit Demo Teaching and Learning

• Case study concise example from WBL.
• Sample case study
• Title Using ESDGC to address Key Level two
  skills
• Organisation Focus On (training provider)
• ESDGC Topic Area Teaching and Learning.
• Summary All candidates are introduced to the
  nine concepts of ESDCG. They are then required
  to produce a 500 word key skills paper covering
  any ESDGC topic which they must independently
  research and provide appropriate evidence for.
• Key Contact Mr Clive Fleming.

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Toolkit Demo Teaching and Learning

• Action planning
• against strategic priorities enables user to
  score themselves and report as part of PQP.
• Bronze, silver and gold scoring.
• Blank form in excel spreadsheet, allows for
  automatic scoring..

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Toolkit Demo Teaching and Learning
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Progress to date and next steps

• Piloting Includes two workshops (early
  September) with about 20 providers - opportunity
  to use the toolkit for the month in their
  organisation and provide feedback.
• Incorporation of final feedback and WAG sign-off
  in October 2008.
• Launched November 2008

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Questions

• Your own experiences/case studies?
• Challenges?
• Any general comments on the style, length,
  format?
• Your involvement in piloting? Contact Jane Ellis
  _at_ jane.ellis_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk or 01443 663 940 by
  18 July.