The 21st century isn’t coming; it’s already here. And our students have the opportunity and challenge of living and working in a diverse and rapidly changing world. Public schools must prepare our young people to understand and address global issues, and educators must re-examine their teaching strategies and curriculum so that all students can thrive in this global and interdependent society. —NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
What do we want our students
to know, to do, to be when they grow up?
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What can we as educators do to help them prepare for a happy, successful life in the future?
Teaching for Global Competency can help students become the empathetic, curious. knowledgeable problem-solvers we hope to send out into the world. This site is designed to provide RVA educators with resources to help them globalize their curriculum and develop global competencies in themselves and their students. |
Why globalize curriculum & build global competency in VA?
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Why teach global competence in Richmond Public Schools?
Preparing students to be globally competent is preparing them to be a Virginia Graduate. Both have the same expectations for knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors. Both develop "The Five C's:" critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration,
communication and citizenship. By teaching for global competency, you are preparing VA students to be successful in life.
communication and citizenship. By teaching for global competency, you are preparing VA students to be successful in life.
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Profile of a Virginia Graduate The VA Board of Education determined that a life-ready Virginia graduate must:
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A Rationale for Global Education
Wrapping Our Minds Around the World: Countries must teach their students to be stewards of inclusive and sustainable development, by Fernando Reimers in US News:
"IT IS NECESSARY AND urgent that teachers prepare students to understand the world in which they live, in all its complexity, to recognize the way in which global and local affairs are intertwined, to understand globalization and its consequences, including global risks, and to have the skills and the desire to contribute to improving the world...Students are often disengaged because they don't see the point of what they are learning, they don't see how it relates to their lives, or to lives they might imagine for themselves...Helping students see how learning can help them achieve their dreams is a powerful motivator."
"IT IS NECESSARY AND urgent that teachers prepare students to understand the world in which they live, in all its complexity, to recognize the way in which global and local affairs are intertwined, to understand globalization and its consequences, including global risks, and to have the skills and the desire to contribute to improving the world...Students are often disengaged because they don't see the point of what they are learning, they don't see how it relates to their lives, or to lives they might imagine for themselves...Helping students see how learning can help them achieve their dreams is a powerful motivator."
Experts say... Global Competence Is a 21st Century Imperative.
Read this NEA Policy Brief to dig deeper:
What can it look like for you?
The author of this publication is a fellow on the TGC program, a program of the United States Department of State, implemented by IREX. The views and information presented are the grantee's own and do not represent the TGC program, the U.S. Department of State, or IREX.
