Joint Board of Teacher Education

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Agenda June 29 Coordinators Only

• 800 a.m. Review of Day 1
• Mrs. Marceline Collins-Figueroa
• Case studies of ESD Themes
• Biodiversity
• Ms. Sue Chambers
• St. Josephs Teachers College
• Health Family Life Education / HIV AIDS
• Mrs. Janice HoLung
• Whats Your Passion?
• Identifying Colleges Areas of Interest.
• Dr. Lorna Down
• Refreshments
• Mapping Projects within ESD framework

Joint Board of Teacher Education in Association
with CIDA/GOJ ENACT Programme and United
Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization
Roundtable on Education for Sustainable Developme
nt
June 28 29, 2006 Sunspree Holiday Inn Hotel
Rose Hall, Jamaica 
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Setting the Stage Sustainable Development and
Education for Sustainable Development Dr.
David Smith Programme Specialist Disaster -
Environment and Emergency Management United
Nations Development Programme Principals
Reflection on ESD Mrs. Janice HoLung Coordinator
, JBTE Health Family Life Education / HIV AIDS
Project Refreshments UNESCO Guidelines for
Reorienting Teacher Education to Address
Sustainability Dr. Lorna Down Lecturer,
Institute of Education, UWI Whole College
Approaches to ESD Case Studies Mrs. Marceline
Collins-Figueroa Lecturer, Institute of
Education, UWI Mrs. Claudette Thorpe Lecturer,
Shortwood Teachers College Mrs. Laverne
Napier Lecturer, Church Teachers College 100
p.m. LUNCH 200 p.m. Developing Guidelines for
Addressing Sustainability in Institutional
Development Mrs. Elaine Foster-Allen Next
Steps Mrs. Gina Sanguinetti Phillips 500
p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Objectives

• 1. To develop an understanding of Education for
  Sustainable
• Development (ESD) and to explore its holistic
  nature and broad scope.
• 2. To facilitate networking among stakeholders in
  Teacher Education
• 3. To make a formal commitment to Reorienting
  Teacher Education
• to address Sustainability
• 4. To develop guidelines for addressing
  sustainability in institutional
• development
• 5. To plan for transdisciplinary work through
  Education for SustainableDevelopment
• 6. To create action plans that address
  sustainability within institutional
• development.

Agenda June 28 Principals and Coordinators
930 a.m. Refreshments 1000 a.m. Prayer
Overview Mrs. Elaine Foster-Allen
Principal, Shortwood Teachers
College Welcome Ms. Joan Tucker Chairman,
JBTE Greetings from UNESCO Ms. Ushio Miura
Programme Specialist, Education Greetings
from the ENACT Programme Mrs. Gina Sanguinetti
Phillips Environmental Education Advisor