The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first virtual Environmental Education training for teachers on November 15 and 22, 2020.
A release from the EPA said that 51 Early Childhood and Primary Trainee Teachers, along with four lecturers from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE); Anna Regina, Vreed-en-Hoop, New Amsterdam, Linden and Turkeyen centres benefitted from this training.
Given the present COVID-19 pandemic, the release said that the annual training was conducted via Zoom but still allowed the teachers to immerse themselves in a rich learning experience.
The training which began in 2010, is usually conducted in a camp setting. It originally targeted CPCE’s Turkeyen centre, however, it has expanded to include all six centres, the release said. The goal of the training camp is to enable teachers to utilise a variety of methods to successfully infuse environmental education into the core subject areas of the school’s curricula.
