These resources will help familiarize you with global education. The first two publications with give you a solid foundation, while the other three resources help assess your strengths, guide your instruction, and evaluate student progress.
This book is my #1 recommendation for teachers looking to globalize their teaching. I refer to it multiple times throughout the year when I need inspiration, refreshers, or clarification of points that I, myself, have a hard time articulating. It's a great resource to keep at arm's reach!
This joint publication by the Asia Society and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides practical guidance and examples of how educators can weave global competence into their existing curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Assess your own level of global competence:
This teacher-created resource from thinkglobalteachlocal.com is designed to help educators integrate global issues, culture, and connections across all academic disciplines. Use this checklist as a self-assessment tool to evaluate your current programs and build actionable, evidence-based improvement plans.
These resources were developed by Advance CTE and Asia Society. Teachers can use these rubrics to evaluate their own global competency, guide instruction, and evaluate student progress toward global career readiness.
This is an online tool that evaluates educators across three core dimensions: intercultural communication, internationalized pedagogy, and global civic engagement. You can retake the assessment over time to receive immediate feedback, track professional growth, and refine your instruction for diverse, globalized classrooms. Note: you will need to sign up for a WordPress account to access this resource