Workshops for Teachers – Inclusive Future

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Local workshops for teachers in Finland were a great success!

During May and August, InclusiveFuture partner Finn minta hosted three local workshops, reaching teachers eager to bring inclusive, hands-on sustainability teaching into their schools.

  • Kivijärvi Lukio, Kivijärvi, Central Finland, led by trainer Matias Mäki-Kuutti
  • GRADIA, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, led by trainer Ville Kuusisto
  • Oodi Library, Helsinki, Southern Finland, led by trainer Orsolya Tuba


The two Central Finland sessions built directly on the momentum of the Reus Teacher Training in Spain, where Matias and Ville first encountered the InclusiveFuture pedagogical model. Back home, they were ready to go a step further: showing colleagues exactly which tools and materials they could use in their own classrooms. The Helsinki workshop, held at the Oodi Library, opened the door to schools across Southern Finland that hadn’t yet engaged with the project, an important step in growing InclusiveFuture’s footprint beyond its original network.

Each session put teachers in the driving seat. Rather than a lecture format, participants worked through the GreenComp puzzle, planned real lessons using the InclusiveFuture lesson template, got a first look at the project’s MOOC, and tried out the model’s own evaluation tools, including teacher self-assessment.

Adapting to real school life

One of the most valuable lessons from Finland wasn’t pedagogical, it was practical. Teachers’ working hours are tightly scheduled, and training that hasn’t been pre-approved by a school’s principal at the start of the year is simply hard to fit in. So the GM team shortened each session from the proposal’s original four hours to a more realistic 1.5 to 2 hours, splitting the full programme into two modules. Module 1 happened this spring; Module 2 will return to each school in Autumn 2026, this time preparing the ground for activities with students themselves.

Teachers said the training met a real, felt need, and their engagement visibly grew over the course of each session. The Finnish translation of the pedagogical model was singled out as particularly helpful.

“Sustainability has always felt like a subject I should be teaching more of, but I was a but unsure how to improve my teaching beyond the recycling and environmental aspects. This workshop gave me great resources that I can connect to what I already teach.” Anne N. – GRADIA

What’s next

With two schools now engaged and a fourth wave of contacts made in Helsinki, the Finnish team is already planning the Autumn 2026 follow-up modules, and looking at ways to package the pedagogical model as downloadable handouts so teachers can keep using it well after the workshop ends.

InclusiveFuture is an Erasmus+ project (ref. ERASMUS-EDU-2024-POL-EXP) fostering inclusive, sustainability-focused education across partner countries. Read more about the project’s teacher training activities at www.inclusive-future.eu

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