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Another Class Of Your Own record?! Today was doubly exciting as Vicki Irving, Rob Lloyd, and I got to collaborate (in person!) on our biggest ever Eco Classroom Workshop. We had nearly 190 learners from around #NorthLanarkshire attend Built Environment - Smarter Transformation to learn more about #AEC professions and work in teams to design an Eco classroom in a day! Thank you to all the participants including industry volunteers, teachers, learners, and members of North Lanarkshire Council for immersing themselves in the day’s activities! What a day- well done to the winning teams and everyone involved. Seeing the judges faces as the learners presented, and how invested the learners were in their projects was incredible! We have the next generation of construction professionals in Scotland! 🙌🏼

October half term. Imagine going in with your experience of school and coming out with the experience of a young built environment professional…. Imagine no more!👇🏻👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿 #halfterm #holiday #DEC #learn #FSQ

#Liverpool. It’s the centre of attention at the moment - a city where many promises have been made. Imagine if those promises could help a child to… - find a career to match their interests? - choose which career they want? - prepare for the world of work? - learn in a way that works for them? - connect the things they learn to real life? - stand out from the crowd? - make a positive difference to people and planet? Time for change. Stop the chaos. Let’s educate the future of construction and rebuild our country.

New DEC Teacher of the Year 2024 Winner: Giorgio Giove (Balwearie High School) Gio epitomises everything you can ask for with a new DEC teacher. He is passionate, enthusiastic, and eager to develop his own skills and knowledge. He has grown the DEC programme at Balwearie High School in a short period of time, starting in 23/24 with 22 learners accessing the Level 1 qualification and expanding to Level 2 this academic year. Gio has impressed the team at Class Of Your Own with his passion to create opportunities for his learners through DEC. He has attended many hours of CPD provided by COYO, has communicated regularly with the COYO team, and has been a great ambassador for our programme. To see all the winners of the #DEC Teaching Awards 2024, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e36X_YRE

DEC Teacher of the Year 2024 Winner: Katie Ferreira (Les Quennevais School) Katie has been a driving force for the huge success of DEC at Les Quennevais School and across the island of Jersey in 23/24. She is an outstanding and experienced DEC teacher, having taught the programme in three different schools since 2018. Katie has invested time to develop her knowledge and digital skills, having had no previous experience in construction prior to the DEC programme. The Class Of Your Own team have been impressed by her energy, commitment, and ability to inspire. She embodies our vision of an excellent teacher by giving her time freely to support DEC learners and fellow teachers. To see the the winners across all categories, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e36X_YRE

Partnership of the Year 2024 Winner: Rok Group and Hautlieu School (Jersey) The partnership between ROK and Hautlieu is in it's third year, and has yet again proved incredibly effective in 23/24. The partnership is a true collaboration, where industry regularly enhance the delivery of the programme in the school. This is driven by the vision and commitment of Simon Forestiero (Hautlieu School) and Richard De Gruchy (ROK), with 35 learners across DEC level 2 and 3 benefitting from the collaboration. The Class Of Your Own team were convinced by the evidence provided in the review forms and activity logs. It was clear that the partnership flourished as a result of regular communication and commitment from both partners. To see the winners across all categories, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e36X_YRE

DEC Champion of the Year 2024 Winner: Robert Foster ACIAT (AEW Architects) Rob has been the driving force of the incredible support provided to Ashton-on-Mersey School by AEW Architects. This has involved 21 #DEC activities in 23/24, committing to visit the school every two weeks with members of the AEW team. Rob has been proactive in his support of the school and has facilitated many sessions, inspiring the Year 10 learners to achieve DEC Awards through the 'Design a Home for Everyone' brief. AEW have also offered work experience places to learners in 23/24 and hosted an awards ceremony to recognise the learners' achievements at their Manchester city centre office. Rob's enthusiasm and passion to inspire DEC learners make him a deserving winner of the award and a champion of Architectural Technology. To see the winners of all the categories, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e36X_YRE Class Of Your Own

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Congratulations to all those shortlisted in the #DEC Teaching Awards 2024 and thank you to all of our #teachers and #industry partners for your incredible work! 🙌

It’s a Class Of Your Own record! This week we trained 23 (TWENTY THREE) new #DEC teachers from the same school! HELP International School are launching the DEC programme in 2024/25 across Year 5, Year 6, and Year 8! Thank you to Mott MacDonald for supporting the #Primary learners (10 classes!) with ‘Designing a Rail Hub and Route’ for #KualaLumpur and to YTL Construction for supporting #Secondary learners (5 classes!) with ‘Designing a Restaurant’. I’m so excited to have such a committed school and passionate team of teachers join the DEC family. It’s going to be great to see how the partnerships with Mott MacDonald and YTL Construction develops! Thank you to everyone at the school for making me feel so welcome and what an amazing place #Malaysia is! Training Qualifications UK Nina Jamil Pooguhaneswari Shanmoganathan Hafiz Rosli Matthew OShea