Global Educator Digital Badge

Apply Today! 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

News NC: A Dual Language Success Story Episode #42 from America the Bilingual America the Bilingual has just released Episode #42 North Carolina: A Dual-Language Success Story! This podcast showcases the success North Carolina has experienced with dual language/immersion (DL/I) programs and highlights the co-valedictorians who were part of the first kindergarten DL/I class in Chatham County Schools at Siler City Elementary in 2004-2005. The podcast also includes educators discussing the importance of language education.  Episode #42 is currently on the landing page for all America the Bilingual episodes or access the episode directly.

DualLanguageSchools.org

Dual Language Schools traces its roots from the Seal of Biliteracy movement, first in California and then nationwide.  Their mission is to create a community for dual language/immersion (DL/I) school leaders, educators, advocates and parents to help students achieve biliteracy through DL/I. This website is one way in which they are fulfilling that mission!  

The site includes resources for parents, teachers and schools, such as:

• The Parents Corner, Teachers’ Lounge and School Talk pages that are loaded with articles and resources about DL/I.
• Books and authors that are highlighted monthly on the Book of the Month page.
• The Biliteracy Word of the Week and the Palabra de la semana para la bilectoescritura.
• A Teachers of the Month and Schools of the Month featuring DL/I programs across the US.
• An interactive map showing the locations of DL/I schools in America.

The site is building a National Dual Language School Directory, and you can register your school and see who else is listed by clicking on the interactive map.  At the time this article was published, fewer than 20 of the 170+ DL/I programs in NC were listed, but you can change that fact!

Now that you know about DualLanguageSchools.org here are some steps to take:

1. Register your DL/I program using the online School Registration form.
2. Nominate an outstanding NC DL/I Teacher or an awesome NC DL/I School for recognition on the site. [Watch the site for information about when nominations open.]
3. Check out the many resources on DualLanguageSchools.org.
4. Share with a friend!

2019 World View Peacock Scholarship Winner Announced

World View is excited to announce the recipient of the 2019 James L. Peacock Scholarship. Consuelo Schwartz is a Spanish teacher and World Languages department chair at South Central High School in Pitt County. Consuelo attended World View’s program on East Asia in March 2018 and traveled with World View to China in summer 2018.  Read more.

Recent Publications from Asia Society

Innovate, Iterate, Improve: Strategies for Developing 21st Century Competencies describes the strategies of and lessons learned from three urban school systems using improvement science to advance 21st century competency development.

Promoting Civic Engagement Through Afterschool Programs from Afterschool Alliance and the Center for Global Education showcases exemplary afterschool programs that are promoting civic engagement.

Digital Play for Global Citizens introduces educators and parents to methods on how to use a multitude of innovative technology tools to help their students and children learn about, understand, and engage with our increasingly interconnected world.

Resources

National Geographic Educator Certification

National Geographic Educator Certification is a free professional development program that recognizes pre-K through 12 formal and informal educators committed to inspiring the next generation of explorers, conservationists, and changemakers. These educators are part of a powerful movement to make the world a better place by empowering students to be informed decision-makers equipped to solve meaningful challenges in their communities and beyond. Don’t just teach students about the world—teach them how to change it.

What to Teach This Month

Need ideas and resources for connecting related real world issues to your curriculum?  Take a look at National Geographic’s What to Teach This Month.

Foreign Currency Kits

World View’s Foreign Currency Kits help educators infuse global content across the curriculum at all grade levels.  Kits are designed for K-12 educators, but any North Carolina educator, including higher education instructors, may request to borrow an available kit for up to three weeks.  Kits contain bills and coins from more than 35 countries, as well as reference books, a map, an inventory of included coins and bills with their country or territory of origin and suggested educator activities.

Professional Learning Opportunities

FLANC Dual Language/Immersion (DL/I) ShareFest

FLANC will host its 3rd Annual ShareFest on May 18th in Charlotte.  ShareFest is an informal gathering of world language teachers, designed to allow teachers to share ideas and network! There are 5 events scheduled throughout the state, and all of them are completely FREE and open to both members and non-members of FLANC. Attendees will also earn three attendance hours (CEUs). Bring your own snack and enjoy networking and learning with your colleagues. See the FLANC ShareFest webpage for details about these Saturday events in May, including the FLANC DL/I ShareFest.

2019-2020 World View Global Music Fellows Program

K-12 and community college educators of all disciplines from World View partner institutions are invited to apply to the 2018 World View Global Music Fellows Program. This interdisciplinary professional learning opportunity will enhance educators’ global competency skills and expand educators’ pedagogical toolkits for integrating music into their curricula. This program culminates in the creation of a comprehensive teaching toolkit with background information, lesson plans, learning activities and educator resources designed to integrate global music into K-12 and community college classrooms. The teaching toolkit will accompany an original album by Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei, to be released in the spring of 2020.  This selective program will accept a total of 12 fellows from World View partner institutions representing a variety of disciplines across K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and community college. Application deadline is May 29, 2019.  View more information and apply.

Global Education Leaders Program

Spend five days in Chapel Hill with World View and immerse yourself in global learning! Today’s globally connected world requires that we prepare students to become globally competent citizens who are able to work collaboratively across cultures. World View’s Global Education Leaders Program brings together current and aspiring leaders from K-12 schools, districts and community colleges. Together we will examine global issues that impact students and their communities. Participants are led by expert university faculty as they engage in dialogue about key global topics and explore leadership strategies to support global education initiatives in classrooms, schools and campuses. View more information and apply.