Professional Development
Understanding Indigenous Cultures in Local and Global Communities
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, in partnership with UNC and Duke Area Studies Centers, is pleased to offer a professional development opportunity as part of International Education Week (IEW) that can help to increase one's global understanding and perspective. To celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, the theme of this year's event is focused on indigenous communities worldwide. It is titled “Understanding Indigenous Cultures in Local and Global Communities”. Attendees of the in-person workshop on November 18 will receive 0.5 CEUs and extension activities may be available to earn participants additional CEUs. Register: https://areastudies.unc.edu/iew
 World View 25th Anniversary Lecture
Going “Back to the Future” of Work in the AI Age
November 30, 2023 Ι 6:00 p.m.
Location: The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill
Join World View for the 25th anniversary lecture featuring Arv Malhotra, the H. Allen Andrew Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Free and open to the public! Registration Required: https://worldview.unc.edu/support/richardson-lecture/
World History Webinar Series
Enhance your knowledge, pedagogy, and resources, for teaching topics in World History. Throughout the 2023-24 school year, NCDPI Social Studies will host a World History Webinar Series entitled Historical Journey’s Around the World: Busting Myths & Building Knowledge in 6,7, and World History Classrooms!
Webinar #2- Learning Oceania: An Introduction to Pacific Worlds Special guest presenter: Alexander Mawyer, Director of the Center for
Pacific Islands Studies Pacific Islanders inhabit a vast oceanic realm encompassing fully one-third of the surface of the earth. Today, increasingly referred to as Oceania, the region is also home to some of the most ancient and some of the most recent human settlements. Oceania is thus characterized by enormous ecological and cultural diversity; a human history rich in epic ritual, travel, historical narrative, and pressing contemporary issues. As a result of intense political and economic transformations, large numbers of Pacific people have moved away from their home islands to inhabit a diaspora spanning the globe, from Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand to Europe and North America.
Join us for an amazing discovery of this complex region of the world and its cultural diversity. Guest presenter, Dr. Alexander Mawyer is Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and Acting Chair of the Department of Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM).
Don't forget to save the dates on your calendar NOW! Registration links for each session will be unique to each session and will be sent out at least a month in advance in a flyer via email and social media announcements.
Feb. 20: History of Antisemitism – Jewish Life in Europe Before 1933
Mar. 19: (Topic TBD)
Apr. 16: (Topic TBD)
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Resources
International Education Week Student Showcase
Are your students doing a project or performance that demonstrates that they are globally aware and globally competent? The NCDPI International Education Week Student Showcase is a great way for students to use an expressive mode of communication to demonstrate their global competency! It provides them an opportunity to share their interest and understanding of global issues, global learning, and cultural awareness through various projects, presentations, or work samples. Student/School performances or presentations such as student work narratives, poetry, visual, media, or performing arts presentations, or student interviews are welcome. Submissions will be accepted now until the end of November. Approved submissions will be shared on the NCDPI social media pages, website, and International Education Week Hub on Canvas or invited to be performed live at NCDPI during IEW week. Submissions could include photographs or PDF’s of written work, or a link to performance, presentation, or excerpt of students performing or narrating work demonstrating Global Education competencies from any of the following examples: Performance of a dance, song, piece of music or theatre excerpt Celebration of world languages and culture Read aloud of a poem, essay, creative writing or written work about Global Education Visual arts projects or portfolios, including virtual galleries or student/class/school work (examples: collage, paintings, drawings, pottery, etc.) Global studies projects, portfolios, or slide deck with narration Students sharing about Global Education and learning Essays or research projects Creative writing projects Film/multimedia projects Please visit: https://bit.ly/IEWShowcaseInfo2023 for details about the Student Showcase. For questions about the event or how to submit student work, email Laura.Stauderman@dpi.nc.gov
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Updates on Teacher Library and Culture Kits
As of the beginning of the summer, Carolina Navigators is now officially inactive, and the Area Studies Center of UNC-Chapel Hill will each make its own decisions on what to do with the kits. Each culture kit is split up amongst the designated Area Studies Centers' geographic domain. Kits relating to countries in East, Southeast, and South Asia fall into this category for us.
The Carolina Asia Center is currently revamping important classroom resources, including both our culture kits and book sets. We are aiming to not only meet the needs of teachers but also meet the requirements of Social Studies standards. Our goal is to ensure that easily accessible, free, and standards-meeting books and lesson plans will be at the touch of any North Carolina teacher's fingertips. We will provide concrete updates and resources at the end of September, along with information about a new check-out system for resources.
In the meantime, if you have any feedback, questions, or comments about the kits/book sets, please do not hesitate to email our Program Associate, Eleanor Murray, at elemurr@live.unc.edu.
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International Education Week
November 13-18, 2023
International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity for students and educators to celebrate the benefits of education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State is part of the effort to promote programs and opportunities that can prepare students for a global environment. In North Carolina, International Education Week (IEW) offers the chance for educators and students to... *Demonstrate how they are globally engaged, aware, competent, and responsive. *Expand and share awareness of and interest in global issues and global learning. *Gain a new understanding of cultures from around the world. *Inform public education stakeholders about global education resources, recognitions, policies, and learning opportunities in our state. This will be the fourth year celebrating International Education Week at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This year, there are a variety of activities being planned by the Global Education Steering Committee to recognize and celebrate it during the week of November 13-18, 2023. What's to Come: Student Showcase Day of Celebration Infomercials Professional Learning Series Remarks from the State Board of Education Recognition of Global Educator Badge and Global Ready School/District Earners Learn more: bit.ly/NC-IEW-Info Look for more information in our newsletter, Facebook and Twitter updates Be sure to use the hashtags: #NCIEW, #NCisGlobal, #IEW2023, and #SettingtheStandard
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World View Professional Development
Explore significant global issues, examine regions of the world and expand your capacity for implementing best practices in global education through World View’s year-round portfolio of professional development offerings. Most offer Continuing Education Units (CEU) and align with North Carolina global education initiatives. Virtual and in-person programming is offered. Programs and Webinars Global Study Visits Leadership Programs World View to You! Fellows Program Teacher Student Initiative Resources Scholarships World View also offers a limited number of scholarships each year, based on funding availability, to expand access to its programs. Access tools and connect with experts and resources that can help you globalize your courses or serve as class speakers. Learn More:
https://worldview.unc.edu/professional/k-12-programs/
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