Global Educator Digital Badge
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How prepared are you to foster global awareness in your students or support that in your classrooms or schools? The Global Educator Digital Badge provides an opportunity for educators to focus their professional development on developing their own global context and understanding of how to integrate global education throughout curricula. It also provides the opportunity to build global competency in students.The State Board of Education approved North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB) is available for the following educator categories: Teacher, Teacher Leadership Specialist, Library Media Coordinator, Instructional Technology Facilitator, School Counselor, Career Development Coordinator, School Social Worker, School Psychologist, Speech Language Pathologist, Instructional Central Office Staff, Principal/Assistant Principal, Superintendent. For more information on the Badge (SBE Policy, FAQs, Process Flyer, Implementation Guide, MOA), please visit our website or contact NCGlobalEducation@dpi.nc.gov
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Global Ready Schools
Schools that wish to apply for the Global-Ready Acknowledgement or Designation status in 2018-2019 should complete the Intent to Apply form. This ensures that interested applicants receive resources and updates to assist them through the application process. School applications are due on April 6, 2019. Complete the Intent to Apply form for your school.
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News
Global Education in Context: Four Models, Four Lessons
“To better understand global education in context, a team from George Washington University (GW) and the District of Columbia public schools (DCPS) made a series of virtual and in-person site visits to North Carolina, Virginia, and Illinois. During each of the site visits, our team had the opportunity to hear perspectives from global education leaders, teachers, administrators, students, organizations, and policymakers. Each of these four contexts reveals a different model of global education. In North Carolina, an example of a top-down approach, the state board of education adopted a framework for global learning and created a process to assess and recognize efforts by districts, schools, and educators. North Carolina's extensive rubric for schools and districts awards "global-ready" designations and also allows schools and districts to see where they fall on a global-ready continuum ranging from "early" to "model." Read more.
Learning Across Borders
Cathy Collins writes, "Global collaboration projects, which allow students to work with peers across geographical boundaries, aren't just interesting, engaging, and fun. They also address several of the ISTE Standards for Students, including 'Digital Citizen,' 'Global Collaborator,' and 'Empowered Learner.' Each year, a wide range of global education projects are demonstrated during the MassCUE Global Ed and CUE Kids student showcases, allowing Massachusetts students to take the lead in sharing about their work, thereby highlighting their ownership of the learning process and the role of student voice in successful learning outcomes. Read more.
Teachers Find Inspiration on Instagram
Some teachers in Australia are sharing classroom design tips, lesson plans and more on Instagram. Read more.
Resources & Professional Learning Opportunities
New Culture Kits from Carolina Navigators
Reserve the Fiji & Papua New Guinea kit to learn information about these cultures such as the type of clothing they wear, the food they produce and eat, the geography of the islands and traditional music. This kit includes DVDs exploring Papua New Guinea, cookbooks, native plant and animal guides, Fijian currency and the flag of Papua New Guinea.
Understanding Complexity in Latin America
Join the Carolina Navigators for a free, interactive workshop where K-12 teachers can share and learn about resources for teaching climate change. Learn more.
From NC Virtual Public Schools
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NCVPS offers 1-hour Café sessions on career, college, and cultural topics which are free and available to everyone. The next session is: 2/20 - Ecotourism on the Outer Banks @ 8-9 pm. Details and registration links are posted on the NCVPS Café webpage, including a calendar and archives of past sessions.
UNC's Global Study Visit Program - Moldova
The State of North Carolina has a bilateral partnership with the Republic of Moldova. This relationship between North Carolina and Moldova was built upon cultural, academic and scientific exchanges, as well as governmental cooperation and humanitarian efforts.
This unique program will take 12 North Carolina K-12 and middle/early college educators to Moldova to engage in discussions, workshops and team teaching with Moldovan educators. Application deadline is February 26, 2019. See more information.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Programs
NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics at summer programs across the country. The 2019 schedule has just been announced! Read the complete list of opportunities.
Qatar Foundation International and GEEO's Summer Educator Tour
Qatar Foundation International and GEEO’s Summer Educator Tour to Jordan is June 28 – July 6, 2019. Qatar Foundation International (QFI), in partnership with GEEO, is pleased to announce a funded cultural immersion trip for up to fourteen K-12 educators to Jordan. Please read the full details and application instructions. Applicants must:
- Be a current K-12 teacher in a public or public charter school in the United States
- Demonstrate that he/she provides, or intends to provide, classroom instruction on topics related to the Middle East or Arab World
Applications will be closed after 100 applications are submitted or on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 5 PM EST. To apply, you must also register in QFI’s Grants Management Portal, FluidReview.
Qatar Foundation International and MEOC Educator Book Grant Program
Qatar Foundation International (QFI), in partnership with the Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), is pleased to offer its Educator Book Program which will provide K-12 educators with the opportunity to obtain up to three classroom sets of books recognized by the Middle East Annual Book Awards. The Middle East Book Awards recognize outstanding books that contribute to a more meaningful understanding of the Middle East on an annual basis, and includes picture books, youth literature and youth nonfiction titles. Grant applications will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and are open to K-12 educators in public and public charter schools. For any questions regarding the application or program, please contact culture@qfi.org.
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