Course Topic: Positive School Environment

A positive school environment allows students and teachers to feel emotionally and physically safe. It is an environment in which students can express themselves freely.

Good student-teacher communication and collaboration make school a good place to be, a place in which students feel comfortable to be themselves.

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Environmental Education: Learning and Acting for a Better Future

Develop an understanding of the main concepts and issues related to ecology through reflection on the role of education in promoting environmental awareness.

ICT and Outdoor Teaching and Learning

Acquire an understanding of the support that any external environment can provide in outdoor teaching with the aid of the right ICT tools. Discover an array of practice examples to design novel tasks and activities for the students.

Happy Schools: Positive Education for Well-Being and Life-Skills Development

Learn to design programs that integrate academics with character strengthening and well-being by exploring the fundamentals of Positive Psychology, along with the theories and techniques of Positive Education.

Teaching for a Sustainable World: Climate Change and Global Citizenship

Deepen your knowledge about issues connected to climate change and incorporate these themes into your teaching. Develop practical strategies and create projects involving the entire school.

A Happy Lesson: Valuable Tips to Create a Joyful Classroom

Gain more knowledge about the characteristics of a happy mindset and establish routines that lead to joyful days, and practice the 4C’s of education to know and review these vital skills for success in school and beyond.

Design the Positive: Positive Thinking, Positive Communication and Positive School Spaces

Acquire key insights into positive communication to nurture a positive mindset and alleviate negative self-talk. Reflect on how the surrounding environment can convert negative communication into positive relationships.

Coaching and Mentoring to Support Teachers

Learn the basic principles and techniques of mentoring, while developing crucial skills such as rapport-building and classroom observation. Gain an understanding of how to contribute to building a school culture.

Preventing Early School Leaving: Strategies and Tools for Teachers

Explore different tools to prevent early school leaving and engage in practical activities to assess the risks and potentialities of your schools. Focus on national and international youth exchanges, trips, and different activities.

Inclusive Education for School Leaders: Setting the Vision and Agenda

Acquire strategic managerial tools to promote inclusion in schools. Explore different leadership approaches and develop skills to create inclusive environments. Learn how to assess and improve school inclusivity.

The Social, the Emotional, and the Digital Approach

Acquire a deeper understanding of the connotations and implications of diversity. Discover strategies to prevent conflicts and promote emotional literacy among your students. Learn about digital tools to use for these goals.

Exploring Biodiversity and Ecology Through the Lens of Creativity and Culture

Learn how to regain contact with the natural habitat and help the students do it by combining hands-on ecology with visual arts, storytelling, music, and others.

Motivate Your Students with Growth Mindset Feedback

Discover the concept of a growth mindset in order to provide the students with purposeful feedback to encourage them to embrace failure and stay focused on their goals. Explore various types of growth-oriented feedback.

Neuroscience: Understand How Your Students Learn

Deepen your understanding of the learning process, assisting your students in reaching their full potential. Discover how to integrate realistic neuroeducation strategies into the classroom for long-lasting retention of knowledge.

Team Building for School: Play and Fun, Building Educators’ Communities

Understand how a positive school environment, teacher collaboration, and motivation impact students' learning. Learn to create team-building activities for cooperation and collaborative problem-solving.

Fostering Active Democratic Participation Through Global Citizenship Education

Discover different forms of inequality and their chain of circumstances. Explore how Global Citizenship Education (GCE) can be used as an instrument to promote equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities.

Gender and Sexuality: How to Support and Guide Your Students

Deepen your understanding of an array of concepts surrounding sexuality, acquiring the capacity to differentiate them and pass the knowledge onto the pupils to create a safe environment that supports them in the disclosure of their own sexuality.

Positive Behavior Strategies for an Effective Classroom Climate: A Case Study Approach

Gain insight into socio-emotional and behavioral learning to facilitate students' adaptation to the classroom. Explore diverse preventive and reactive strategies to address students' needs effectively.