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Why it is important to foster global competency in our learning community now more than ever?

In his 1967 "Christmas Sermon on Peace," Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr eloquently reminded his congregation that it all boils down to the interrelated structure of all life on earth …

Read the full speech here

How does global education align with our mission, vision, and core values?

A Treatise on Global Education

By Marissa Foti

Teaching with a global education mindset emphasizes the unity and interdependence of our entire human society.

It is a transformative lens through which any content can be taught to any age group. As you read on and learn more, you will find that by incorporating a global mindset into your teaching and learning that you are simultaneously fostering & building empathy skills, social-emotional wellness, teamwork, collaboration, problems solving, critical thinking, citizenship, advocacy, activism, digital literacy, growth mindset, the list goes on and on...

Global Ed is not as simple as assigning book reports on foreign countries, but rather fostering a sense of self, purpose, and local-global connections, assessing our own views and assumptions, building curiosity and common ground, networking with peers around the world, gaining perspective, appreciating one's place in the whole of the beautiful and interrelated fabric of human life on earth.

Global Ed is examining social justice and human rights issues both at home and abroad. Global education is working together to solve Planet Earth's most pressing issues; dismantling barriers, while building peace and taking actionable steps towards a sustainable future in different times and places.

Global education promotes positive values, builds empathy, helps students take responsibility for their actions, and to see themselves as global citizens and change-makers who can contribute to a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.

It all starts at home on the local level. As Robin Hobb puts it "when you save any part of the world, you've saved the whole world. In fact that's the only way it can be done." Globally minded students are also inherently locally-minded and . It is all connected; To echo MLK above "we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality."

After perusing this site, I encourage you to reread and reexamine Rhinebeck CSD Mission, Vision, and Core Values . I am confident that you will see the power and utility of weaving a global mindset into the fabric of our learning community.

Why Now?

“Love the world enough to assume responsibility for it.”

Hannah Arendt

What is Global Competence?

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According to The Asia Society's Center for Global Education , globally competent students have the knowledge and skills to:

Investigate the World

Globally competent students are aware, curious, and interested in learning about the world and how it works.

Recognize Perspectives

Globally competent students recognize that they have a particular perspective, and that others may or may not share it.

Communicate Ideas

Globally competent students can effectively communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with diverse audiences.

Take Action

Globally competent students have the skills and knowledge to not just learn about the world, but also to make a difference in the world.

How can I reflect on my own blind spots?

Tool One: The Globally Competent Learning Continuum.

Editable Google Doc note-catcher format

Helpful for Teachers' Assessing Their Individual Practice (I recommend doing with a colleague or team)

global_education_checklist1.pdf

Tool Two: The Global Education Checklist from the American Forum for Global Education. (image is link)

Helpful for a Quick Assessment of

Institutional Practices

k-12_global_competence_indicators1.pdf

Tool Three: The K-12 Global Competence Grade-Level Indicators (image is pdf)

The Motherlode of Curriculum Assessment in Global Competency

What Global Ed resources are out there?

Organizations to Explore

World Savvy educates and engages youth to learn, work, and thrive as responsible global citizens.

Think Tank on Global Education: Empowering Global Citizens

The program that sparked my global mindset! Become a Fulbrighter and join the ranks of pioneering global thinkers across the nation and beyond!

IREX is a global development and education organization that partners with Fulbright and the US Dept of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They offer 3 FREE online courses each spring on Global Education at this link.

Worthwhile Digital Tools for Expanding & Globalizing Instruction

This lesson reflection checklist on the Edutopia website offers reflections/suggestions for integrating assignments within the four global competencies outlined by The Asia Society.

This is a wonderful resource for teachers building a lesson, unit, or PBL unit.

Padlet

Padlet is essentially a collaborative, thematic, interactive "bulletin board" platform in which students can share, exchange, post, comment upon resources, timelines, interactive maps, webs, etc. The possibilities are endless. Here is a link to my favorite Padlet on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. It is quite literally a self-directed and self-paced PD for anyone interested.

Project Look Sharp

This website is chock full of lesson plans, demonstration videos, handouts, professional development materials and more to support digital literacy, media literacy and analysis in the classroom and in our tech-rich lives. Being a digital citizen is tantamount to being a responsible global citizen in the 21st century.

Harvard's Project Zero

Global Thinking Routines

Incredible toolbox to build critical thinking in all content-areas!

Example: Circles of Action thinking routine

What can I do to contribute... 1. In my inner circle (of friends, family, the people I know)?

2. In my community (my school, my neighborhood)?

3. In the world (beyond my immediate environment)

Mystery Skype in the Classroom

We are on a mission. We have to find out where this mystery class is calling us from. It can be from anywhere in the world, but we can only ask yes or no questions. They, in turn, are trying to figure out where we are.

Watch this video to see this collaborative global-learning game in action.

How to guide for setting up and running Mystery Skype in the classroom.

Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects. Because it emphasizes voice and choice, students' curiosity will direct them towards collaboration and to investigate on local and global levels. Check out this article: What should global PBL look like?

FlipGrid

Flipgrid is a video-based interactive discussion tool that allows teachers to post topics that students can respond to. With teacher permission students can respond to other students asynchronously. It is a great tool for remote/hybrid interactive discussions and connecting with classrooms around the world using "Grid Pals" function here.

Check out an inter-class Flipgrid discussion on the Declaration of Universal Human Rights -between my class and a 7th grade class in Alabama.

PBS News Quiz for Kids

My absolute favorite way to incorporate global news into the classroom. News Quizs are weekly roundup of important world events, issues, with some built in geography awareness. Students enjoy competing in the quiz component others.

https://theglobalwrite.com/

The Global Write is a FREE weekly writing experience for all ages. A place where learners can write about the world with the world.

With a weekly prompt, learners from all over the world can submit their writing and be provided with an authentic global audience and an opportunity to be showcased their work as part of the ‘Global Write’ Gallery.