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Pre-Conference

Our pre-conference line-up:

  • A Clear Guide on Educating for Global Competence (jump)
  • Expanding the School Day and School Year for Global Learning (jump)
  • Learning World Languages Through Discover and Exploration (jump)
  • Ready for the World: Preparing Elementary Students for the Global Age (jump)

These sessions will take place Thursday, July 7 from 1:00-4:00 PM. Pre-registration is required to attend one of these sessions and it is an additional $45 for PGL members and $60 for non-members. The option to attend a pre-conference session will be presented in the general registration links for the conference.

Please note again that you must pre-register for any pre-conference sessions. Also note that pre-conference sessions will begin promptly at 1:00 PM, so please arrive at the conference hotel by at least 12:00 PM to register for the conference and get directions to where your session is taking place. If you should have any questions, please contact Chantal Bonitto, Membership and Conference Manager at [email protected].

SESSIONS:

A Clear Guide on Educating for Global Competence

Veronica Boix-Mansilla, Principal Investigator, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education

The challenge is clear: The world for which we are preparing students today is fundamentally different from the one we experienced growing up. Today’s societies are marked by new global economic, cultural, technological and environmental trends that are part of a rapid and uneven wave of globalization. The Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning and the Council of Chief State School Officers have released Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World, a new publication that defines global competence, describes what it “looks like” in student work, and provides clear guidance on how to make this part of teaching practice and school design. Co-author Veronica Boix-Mansilla will draw on the new publication to frame a highly engaging, hands on opportunity for educators to develop their capacity to teach for global competence, to collaboratively look at student work for evidence of global competence, and consider how data from looking at student work can inform instruction and assessment.

Expanding the School Day and Year for Global Learning

Carol McElvain and Jaime Stephanidis, American Institutes for Research

In an era of increased accountability and responsibility, many school leaders find that if they expand the boundaries of time, space, and partners for learning, they can better achieve global competence, provide more opportunities and connections for their students, and broaden their stakeholder groups of support. This workshop is geared toward school leaders to introduce how an expanded learning program can help you produce globally competent graduates, how you can leverage partnerships with community-based organizations to do so, how to plan for implementation appropriately, and how to assess whether you are reaching your goals. Copies of Asia Society’s new publication, Expanding Learning through Global Learning: A Guide for School Leaders, will be provided.

The Dao of Global Competence:
Teaching World Languages and Cultures through Inquiry, Exploration, and Self-Discovery

Chris Livaccari, Associate Director, Education and Chinese Language Initiatives, Asia Society

Many educators would agree that the teaching of world languages and cultures is the basis for developing students’ global competence. But introducing world languages and cultures should be about much more than just teaching a series of facts and concepts—it should involve a process of comparison, discovery, and self-reflection that sheds light on the students’ own traditions and habits of mind. In this workshop, we will explore the traditions of Chinese Daoism and Confucianism as a model for teaching students about other cultural traditions while at the same time allowing them to discover something meaningful about themselves. Participants will explore different methods of teaching about Confucianism and Daoism, while at the same time articulating their own Confucian or Daoist approach to education. We will discover that the philosophers of ancient China had their own notions of “global competence,” and that these ideas can be as powerful today—for both students and educators—as they were two thousand years ago.

Ready for the World: Preparing Elementary Students for the Global Age

Shari Albright, Norine R. Murchison Distinguished Professor of Practice and Chair, Department of Education, Trinity University

Asia Society’s new handbook, Ready for the World: Preparing Students for the Global Age, will be released at the conference. Get an interactive preview of the guide and explore how elementary education can begin a student’s journey as a global citizen and global learner. Participants will investigate ways that curriculum can be enhanced through global learning; will consider how technology can support global student work and service; and will look at ways that learning about the world can support rich professional learning at a school. Be the first to join this exciting work around elementary global learning!