Teacher Training Webinars for VocalEyes – participatory democracy for Pupil/Student Voice – turning ideas into action in your school
Cardiff Child Friendly City
Participatory Democracy Initiative with VocalEyes
SUBJECT: Teacher Training Webinars for VocalEyes – participatory democracy for Pupil/Student Voice – turning ideas into action in your school
Dear Pupil / Student Voice Coordinator,
As part of the Cardiff Child Friendly City programme and ongoing mission to improve local democracy, we are looking to engage schools in Local Democracy Week – 14th to 19th October.
We are offering;
1. Training and support for teachers/coordinators in Sept (see dates below).
Followed by:
2. Ongoing training and support for students, teachers and schools from October onwards.
If this sounds of interest, we’d like to invite you to attend a 60 MIN teacher/coordinator online training webinar for VocalEyes.
If you’re not already familiar with VocalEyes and the participatory democracy initiative, please view this video at City Hall here.
VocalEyes is a way to support the Rights Respecting Schools initiative.
In this webinar we’ll covering the following:
- Introductions – a chance to meet Pupil / Student Voice Coordinators from other schools
- Sharing ideas into action case studies and experiences
- How to increase student engagement
- Training and support for Student Participation Teams
- Platform functionality & mobile app
- Q&A
- Next steps
- Webinar dates for student training sessions
The dates for these Teacher/Coordinator Training Webinars are as follows:
Primary Schools
- Mon 23rd Sept @ 10.30, 13.30 or 15.30
- Wed 25th Sept @ 10.30, 13.30 or 15.30
Secondary Schools
- Tues 24th Sept @ 10.30, 13.30 or 15.30
- Fri 27th Sept @ 10.30, 13.30 or 15.30
Please email peter.a@vocaleyes.org to confirm your place.
If you are unable to make any of these dates, please email us with other alternatives.
NOTE – Please ensure:
- Zoom is unblocked on your systems. Click this link https://zoom.us – if you are unable to see the page, ask your IT team to unblock it. If you prefer a different method of communication, please say (i.e.Skype, Hangouts, Fb, by phone)
- Your microphone and camera are working..
For more information about VocalEyes in education click here.
And for a Pupil Voice lesson plan click here.
Very much looking forward to progressing this with you,
All the best
Peter
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Peter Anderson – 07971 219 848