Introduction to the Compass Tools: Systems Thinking for Sustainability in the Classroom (Onsite) Workshop

This event is an onsite Introduction to the Compass Tools workshop hosted by Frankfurt International School (FIS). This workshop will be held on May 7 for FIS staff only.

About the Workshop

This highly interactive workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of systems thinking and teach them to use the versatile systems thinking tools, The Sustainability Compass and the Systems Iceberg, to integrate sustainability and climate issues into their work. Participants will leave this workshop with a plan to use systems thinking to integrate sustainability into their work or engage their students in action for sustainability.

Facilitators

Donny Hansen is a husband of one and father of two living in Germany currently. He spent school and college days in the Midwest of the USA between Wisconsin and Iowa. Followed by working in International Schools in the Middle East. He enjoys working to strengthen systems to build a community working toward a common goal of growing global citizenship.

Growing up in Australia, Tim Scarrott loved Australian rules football, both playing and supporting. Coming from a sports-loving family, he also played tennis in the summers and made the most of living on the coast by surfing whenever he could. Being involved in sports taught him the importance of being a team member, the health benefits of being outside and of exercise, and that we can always keep improving. His parents always taught him to help others and modelled daily acts of kindness that he tries to instill into his own children and the students he teaches. He believes in treating everyone with an equal amount of respect and to assume positive intentions. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in Australia with a PE major and started his teaching career at a public school in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. He then hit the international teaching circuit, teaching elementary and middle years in Singapore, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Are you looking to build a culture of sustainability in your school? Do you want to integrate systems thinking into your community through accessible and adaptable tools?

This program is available on-site (one-day) or virtual (six hours) with flexible delivery in one to three-session formats. For further inquiries about this program and pricing, visit our website or contact [email protected].