Standard Series (Pre and Post Trip)
Standard Workshop Series Overview
Pre Trip Workshops
Workshop 1 Volunteerism, Community Development, and Global Citizenship
- 2 hours after school or during school hours
- Participants: Stratosphere, students and teachers
- Students will learn about what it means to volunteer, what their role is in the community, what good community development is, and what it means to be a global citizen.
- Take home: Students will prepare a fundraising idea to discuss in the next workshop.
Workshop 2 Fundraising
- 2 hours after school or during school hours
- Participants: Stratosphere, students and teachers
- Students will learn what kind of fundraising works best, why we fundraise to raise awareness, and will plan a fundraising event or events.
- Take home: Students are to focus on the fundraising event preparations.
Workshop 3 Intercultural Communication
- 2 hours after school or during school hours
- Participants: Stratosphere, students and teachers
- Students will learn how to recognize cultural differences, how to adapt to a new culture, and how to work with people from a different culture.
- Take home: Students are to think about how they would like to document their trip.
Workshop 4 Trip Planning
- 2 hours after school or during school hours
- Participants: Stratosphere, students and teachers
- Students will plan how they will document the trip and prepare for debriefs. Students will also discuss culture shock and common challenges.
- Take home: Students are to finalize their trip documenting plans.
Post Trip Workshops
Workshop 5 Community Development and Global Citizenship Debrief
- 2 hours after school or during school hours
- Participants: Stratosphere, students and teachers
- Students will debrief the trip (based on previous work in Workshops 1 and 4).
Optional workshops are available in:
- Photography for travel
- Global Citizenship in the classroom (teacher workshop)
- Leading a volunteer trip overseas (teacher and chaperone workshop)
Workshop Pricing
- Total series: $2000 for 10 students, $50 for each additional student
- Individual workshops: $400 per workshop for 10 students, $10 for each additional student
Structure
- Stratosphere will come to schools in the Lower Mainland
- Workshops can be combined for further distances (British Columbia, Washington State)
- Workshops available via skype
- Please talk to Stratosphere about availability of workshops outside of the area mentioned above.
Contact us at info@stratosphereinternational.ca or call 604 671-1044 Monday to Friday 9AM to 5PM PST (Vancouver based).