Short Workshops

The following short workshop agendas can be delivered individually or as a series of workshops.

  1. Understanding Global Competence and Its Value (PDF) – 1 hour 30 minutes
    We recommend completing this workshop before any other workshops below.

    • Introducing Global Competence and Global Learning – 15 minutes
    • Expanding Horizons Video and Discussion – 25 minutes
    • Expanding Horizons Text – 20-35 minutes
    • Defining Global Competence – 30 minutes

  2. Building on Community Connections for Global Learning (PDF) – 1 hour 15 minutes
    • Identifying Global Connections – 25 minutes
    • Involving Stakeholders in Global Learning – 20 minutes
    • Exploring Diversity and Introducing Global Content – 30 minutes

  3. Creating an Effective Global Learning Environment After School (PDF) – 1 hour 5 minutes
    We recommend completing this workshop before “Maintaining a Safe Space for Global Learning After School” below.

    • Creating an Effective Global Learning Environment, Part I – 30 minutes
    • Creating an Effective Global Leaning Environment, Part II – 15 minutes
    • Providing a Safe Space for Global Learning After School – 20 minutes

  4. Maintaining a Safe Space for Global Learning After School (PDF) – 45 minutes
    We recommend first completing “Creating an Effective Global Learning Environment After School” above before starting this workshop.

  5. Strategies for Integrating Global Learning Into Program Activities (PDF) – 1 hour 40 minutes
    • Globalizing Activities – 40 minutes
    • Sequencing Activities – 30 minutes
    • Infusing Global Learning into Program Rituals and Routines – 30 minutes

  6. Designing Global Learning Activities for Afterschool (PDF) – 1 hour 20 minutes
    • Introducing Global Learning Activity Planning – 15 minutes
    • Participating in a Global Learning Activity, Part I – 45-90 minutes
    • Participating in a Global Learning Activity, Part II – 20 minutes

  7. Identifying Local Action Projects with Global Connections (PDF) – 1 hour
    We recommend completing this workshop before “Helping Youth Take Action Locally and Globally” below.

  8. Helping Youth Take Action Locally and Globally (PDF) – 55 minutes
    We recommend first completing “Identifying Local Action Projects with Global Connections” above before starting this workshop.

    • Considering What It Means to Take Action – 15 minutes
    • Connecting Local to Global – and Global to Local – 20 minutes
    • Taking Global Learning a Step Further – 20 minutes