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What is Global Competence?
What is Global Competence?
Global competency promotes curiosity, connection, resilience, and empowerment in students and educators. Through dialogue, questioning, and evidence-based practices, we can build an understanding of our place in a rapidly changing world. While this may seem like a monumental task, through the implementation of small practices we can build global competency.
What is Global Education?
What is Global Education?
Global education is the implementation of those small practices. This looks like promoting rigorous discussion, evidence-based reflection, and empathetic and culturally-responsive teaching. You can explore the following resources for an in-depth look at global education in practice.
Project Zero Thinking Routines
Project Zero Thinking Routines
A free library of tools designed to deepen students’ thinking and help make that thinking “visible.”
Global Competency
Global Competency
A collection of blog posts from the Participate Learning website which deal with building global competency.
Place-Based Learning (Edutopia)
Place-Based Learning (Edutopia)
A subtopic of articles and lessons which promote student connection to their local history and community.
Global Read Aloud
Global Read Aloud
An article by Amy Brownlee (Taiwan 2026 cohort) with eight activities for Global Read Aloud.
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Learn about the SDGs and how they can support global competency.
OECD Blog Posts
OECD Blog Posts
Expand your knowledge through the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Am I Globally Competent?
Am I Globally Competent?
Global Competency Rubric
Global Competency Rubric
Assess your global competency using a rubric from the Longview Foundation and LEARN NC.
PISA Competency Assessment
PISA Competency Assessment
Learn about the PISA Global Competence Standards and how your school and students might align with these goals.
Local Resources
Local Resources
Northern Virginia is home to so many people, companies, and communities who will work with our schools to build global competency. Below you will find resources that promote "glocal" (global + local) collaboration.
Institute for a Sustainable Earth
Institute for a Sustainable Earth
George Mason University has created programs for educators and students to use in order to promote sustainability.
Take your students to the "Living Labs" that inform students about sustainable efforts and connect them to their community.
Global Leaders of Fairfax County
Global Leaders of Fairfax County
Students are encouraged to apply to this fellowship during their senior year of high school to engage with the SDGs.
Once students are in this program, their leadership skills and communication strategies with grow exponentially.
Global Classrooms Project (FCPS)
Global Classrooms Project (FCPS)
Explore how FCPS incorporates global citizenship into their K-12 classrooms to build student and teacher competency.
Educators can join this effort to implement the SDGs and global communication with regularity and competency in their classrooms.
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