Communicate and talk to those around you, your colleagues, your teachers, other parents of students. It is necessary to see if the project is interesting several people.

For this, you will find in the complete kit a FLYER that you can distribute. As well as 2 synthetic videos that shows all the benefits of this way of learning:

• Beyond the peaks à voir ici
• Presentation of the Alpine School Model à voir ici

>> FLYER_YOUrALPS Presentation, to download with the full kit

• What discipline can be linked to an activity?
• Who’s paying?
• How much does it cost?
• Which financial assistances are available ?

The practical guide answers to all these questions!

>> The practical guide, to download with the full kit

Target and contact professionals you want to meet (nature professionals, scientists, museums, outdoor activities…). You can then send them the booklet in the kit so that they understand the initiative.

• Thanks to the network OurAlps, a list of associations which organize this kind of trips is available here.
• The link to discover the projects set up by French high-schools to give you some ideas.

In addition to activities and meetings, you will need educational materials to prepare and lead workshops before, after and even during the trip.

Here are some tools, games and media that could help you:

1. Lessons / folder on the global warming of the Alps (all school levels):

>> COURS_Introduction au CC dans les Alpes to download in the kit

2. Activities / lessons (From 8 yo to 15^yo) : Climate change, biodiversity, transports, consumption, tourism, live in the Alps, work in the Alps.

>> COURS_8 years and more to download in the kit

3. Educational board games to do outdoor (secondary school level) : discover.

>> CARTE_Boardgames to download into the kit

4. Project ideas to encourage democratic participation of young people (secondary/high school):

>> COURS_Participation of young people to download in the kit

5. A strategic game « Transalpin » (secondary and high schools).

The game is available here.

>> Tool_Mail to send to ask for the game to download in the full kit.

6. Observe on the ground thanks to the app Spotteron (level end of secondary school and high school).

>> LESSON_App Spotteron to download in the kit

If the program of activities is defined, allow students to make research, understand and prepare it upstream for more impact.

+ It is possible to let the students votes for the activities they prefer.

As part of a compulsory school activity, it must be free for students. If the trip is not attached to the school program then it is possible to ask for a fee.

The practical guide will give you all the necessary details with possible funding requests.

>> The practical guide, to download with the full kit

• Transport: contact a transport company (car/bus) or organize carpooling.
• Accommodation: contact shelters/lodges.

1. Provide certificates of exits for minors;
2. Ensure that everyone can provide adequate equipment to the mountain and its conditions.
3. Check the weather in advance: it can change very quickly in the mountains;
4. About the paths: if you leave the marked paths, it is mandatory (or highly recommended) to have a mid-mountain guide to ensure safety;

>> FICHE_In my bag to download with the full kit.

>> FICHE_Outdoor trips_EDUSCOL to download in the full kit

>> AUTORISATION_Parentale_Sorties Schools to download in the full kit

>>More information on school trips here ici

Encourage student participation, encourage them to take initiative in different activities

And take the opportunity to create links, talk with students and professionals!

For some students, it’s even an opportunity to find a job or training that might interest them!

Debrief with the participants to improve the concept for the next trips.

Use this experience as an educational medium and take advantage of the common background that the students have built!

You can even organize an “alpine week” with exhibitions made by the students, conferences with specialists or a mountain meal !

You are now part of the YOUrALPS network! You can contact the network at this email address contact@ouralps.org to be listed and be able to guide the next organizers!

>> INFO_OurAlps Network to download in the full kit

>>More information about the YOUrALPS network

• Talk about the model around you and show the positive results. It will make other schools, colleges, high schools and associations happy to replicate it.
• Perpetuate this event so that it comes back every year. The hardest part is to organize the first trip as everything is to do!
• Renew the proposed activities.
• Use this trip as a teaching basis to engage students and to better pass on knowledges.