GSL | CATALYST ROMANIA

Prestigious global citizenship leadership development programme hosted by Transylvania College

Unique opportunity to be part of our GSL Catalyst in Romania

Future Foundations are delighted to invite Transylvania College students to take part in an exciting prestigious leadership and sustainable development programme (3rd-5th July 2019) in Cluj-Napoc, Romania. 

Please contact Simina Bejenaru if you are interested in attending

Please note: registration for school groups is now closed, contact social.leaders@future-foundations.co.uk if you still want to attend the programme

This programme is designed in partnership with Transylvania College and CLAYSS. CLAYSS are leaders in the provision of service-learning training and assessment for teachers and will be delivering 2 days of teacher training alongside the catalyst programme.  

STEP 1

REGISTER HERE I WANT TO KNOW MORE

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INTRODUCTION TO THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Global Social Leaders (GSL) Catalyst is a unique 3-day intensive leadership course, designed to develop your leadership skills and your understanding of global issues enabling you to be a leader in your life and society.  In July 2019 Transylvania College and Future Foundations are running a GSL Catalyst programme hosted at Transylvania College for student groups aged 11-16 years old.

GSL Catalyst is a transformational leadership experience and sustainable development programme developed by Future Foundations and the Wellington Leadership Institute that brings together young people who are driven to make social change on a global scale.  It is the introductory programme to our longer globally mixed programmes.

The programme develops each participant’s personal understanding of different leadership styles, and how to show leadership for oneself, in school, and in the community.

Participants will develop their understanding of the global challenges we face and how, through partnership and innovation, we can solve them. They will be taken through real life cases to demonstrate good project management and how to create their own impactful projects to take on after the programme ends.

Participants will:

  • Develop leadership skills

  • develop confidence

  • make new connections with young people in Romania and beyond

  • discover unique opportunities to give something back to society

PROGRAMME DATES

Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th July 2019

At GSL we get to meet lifelong friends. Everyone is like minded so it is a very safe environment to be open and truly be yourself.

I learnt to be authentic. Be true to yourself and your values and that young individuals can make a difference.

I feel equipped with the tools I need to deliver a social action project.

AFTER THE PROGRAMME

STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO ENTER A GLOBAL COMPETITION

After the programme, participants will be challenged to start their own social action projects working in teams of 3 to 7 students which will make tangible changes within school and the community (local, national or global).

They will be invited to enter the GSL Global Goals Competition.

Transylvania College won the COBIS GSL Sustainable Development Goals Competition 2017-2018, check out their Revive the Nature Related Traditions project.

FIND OUT MORE

Experience Romania!

Cluj-Napoca where Transylvania College resides is in the western region of Transylvania tracing its origins back to the Dacian settlement of Napuca in the 2-nd century A.D. With one of the most vibrant economies in the country and a population of around 330,000, Cluj, is today a vibrant cultural and educational city. The six state and several private universities located here also make Cluj Napoca the city with the largest percentage of student population in Romania.

As part of the catalyst you will visit either the beautiful Băișoara or Sânnicoară.

The Băișoara is situated at 60 km from the city, in a beautiful mountain area. Mountain of Baisoara is developing from a beautiful and full of traditions mountain village into a touristic resort. This is who the Transylvania students ran their project with. The team identified the need to raise awareness related to this traditional heritage and encourage the young generation of people in the region to go back to their roots, be proud and do not let them fade and be forgotten.

This year they are expanding and enriching their project with 2 more villages, one of them being Sânnicoară – a village situated  in the proximity of Cluj, but which has not lost the traditions. There is a group of support for keeping the customs alive, for educating the young generation to explore and value our roots. Our project aims to provide books and reading activities for the youngest, but in the spirit of the old village gatherings, with traditional stories and old songs while working together. We will also give them financial support for extending and enriching their village museum.

TOURS

Transylvania College have arranged special tour prices for those groups who would like to stay on and experience some of Romania with Visit Transivlania Tour company. Please download the PDFs for more details. Tour companies are recommended and tours are not organised by Future Foundations or Transylvania College.

BUCOVINA TOUR – July 2019 – 3 days

TRANSYLVANIA TOUR – July 2019 – 2 days

5 reasons to experience the GSL Catalyst in Romania

  • Meet amazing people

    • Listen to speakers and facilitators at the forefront of social change
    • Work daily with expert coaches to develop your potential
    • Work with other participants passionate about global change

  • Develop yourself and your leadership skills

    • Build on current strengths and identify areas of improvement
    • Improve your self-confidence and language skills
    • Develop your leadership techniques and teamwork skills
    • Discover new skills and talents you didn’t know you had
    • Benefit from coaching one-to-one or in a small group

  • Make new friendships

    • Exchange ideas and experiences with like-minded peers
    • Create friendships and connections over the three days – keep them for a lifetime
    • Join a global network of young leaders – by attending this course all students will become part of the GSL movement

  • Make a difference

    Take your life to the next level and set up a GSL Project that will design and manage social change projects in your community. Here are some of the successes of previous years:

    • Refugee classes – Jordan
    • Micro-finance model in school – Australia
    • Organ donation – India
    • Gender equality campaign – Kenya
    • Ensuring a cultural legacy – China

  • Have FUN!

    • The programme is designed not only to develop your leadership skills and enable you to make social change, but also for youto have fun!
    • Scheduled free time gives you lots of opportunity to socialise and develop your personal network

CLAYSS SERVICE-LEARNING TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

  • Would you like to develop community projects at school?
  • Would you like to improve CAS, volunteering and social intervention projects?
  • Would you like to link service/volunteering activities with the curriculum?
  • Would you like to teach citizenship and values in an experiential way?

When, as educators, we think about the future, we often wonder how to better prepare students and ourselves to meet the challenges posed by globalization. In societies where access to knowledge and information is essential to exercise citizenship fully, education emerges as one of the agents promoting social cohesion, inclusion and transformation. One of the major tasks of education in the 21st century is to help establish active, democratic and multicultural societies that seek to promote better understanding between people. Service-learning appears as a perfect response to these concerns.

Future Foundations is proud to be working in partnership with CLAYSS and Transylvania College, to offer a 2 Day Service-Learning Training Course on 3rd and 4th July 2019. 2 CLAYSS trainers will deliver a training programme that will cover:

  1. Solidarity educational experiences within educational systems.
  2. Service-learning as a pedagogy.
  3. Institutional transitions towards service learning.
  4. Planning and development of service-learning projects.

International consensus defines service-learning through three key characteristics:

  • A focus on efficiently and effectively addressing needs with a community, and not just for it
  • Active student involvement in all stages, from planning to assessment
  • Intentionally linked to learning content (Curricular learning, reflection, development of skills for citizenship and work, research).

You may attend this course as a teacher without students, however we offer a beneficial rate for teachers who attend with students.

Check our their website page to know more www.clayss.org.ar/english/,

Teacher training fees & accommodation information

This leadership course is our first Romania and is a unique opportunity for teachers to work with others from across Europe and beyond. We are grateful to Transyvlania College for hosting this programme.

Transylvania College recommend the following hotels and have organised a discounted rate for schools to book with.

  • CLAYSS SERVICE-LEARNING TRAINING TEACHERS

  • Welcome dinner on Tuesday 2nd July
  • 2 fulls days of CLAYSS Service-Learning training.
  • Lunch & Refreshements at Transylvania College for the 3 days.
  • Post-programme advice, support with implementing a socio-educational action project
  • Two dedicated CLAYSS trainers who are experts in the field of service-learning
  • An inspiring and educational trip – to a site of local interest.
  • A traditional Romanian dinner on Friday July 5th at a restaurant in Cluj-Napoca
  • 250-Free*

*€250  for teachers who attend with no students.

€180 for teachers who attend with 5 students.

Free for teachers who attend with 10 students.

Accommodation Information

Transylvania College have organised special rates at the following hotels:

The Opal Hotel (less than 10 min. walk to school). Please contact: contact@opalhotel.ro

20 rooms single/double/suite, with breakfast and all taxes included:

204 RON/night (44 euros) – single occupation

229 RON/night (49 euros) – double occupation   

255 RON/night (55 euros) – suite 

& The Royal Classic Hotel (2-3 min. walk to school) Please contact: contact@royalclassic.ro

They have 50 rooms, 37 double (twin), 13 matrimonial and request a deposit of minimum 30% in advance for reservation. The prices for TC guests are:

190 RON/night (41 euros) – single occupation

240 RON/night (52 euros) – double occupation

You must Transylvania College when booking to receive the special rates. 

registration & payment

To register for the teacher training and secure a place:

  1. Pay for your place

There are limited places and we will allocate places in order of payment.

Registration for CLAYSS SERVICE-LEARNING TRAINING FOR TEACHERS IS NOW OPEN

Please note: registration for school groups is now closed

STEP 1

Pay for teacher place