Going Global Professional Learning Sessions
“There is no more powerful transformative force than education—to promote human rights and dignity, to eradicate poverty and deepen sustainability, to build a better future for all, founded on equal rights and social justice, respect for cultural diversity, and international solidarity and shared responsibility, all of which are fundamental aspects of our common humanity.”
– Irina Bokova, former Director-General of UNESCO
Planning International, Culture and Diversity Days
Length: 60 mins
Audience: Primary and Secondary Educators, School Leaders of all Levels
International, Culture and Diversity Days are a wonderful celebration of community, where schools and students get to showcase their language programs, as well as honour the cultural and linguistic makeup of the school. This event highlights globally focused learning experiences to the wider school community through a student lens.
Leveraging authentic community resources will highlight natural links in students’ immediate environments that already exist to the wider world. Through a series of school activities, performances and showcases, languages, cultures and global learning are celebrated and understood better. Inviting the wider community to participate and appreciate the day’s activities are an important piece in building bridges between schools and their communities.
This session explores how to plan engaging and successful International, Culture or Diversity Days in schools, providing a planning template to do so. It looks at ways to approach designing activities that go beyond surface cultural learning, to real intercultural experiences, including through leveraging digital technologies and including wider community connections.
Participation in this session gains access to Meg’s self-paced online 3 hour PD course, Planning International and Culture Days.
Available Dates:
February 9, 2023 — 1:00 PM PT | 3:00 PM CT | 4:00 PM ET
February 13, 2023 — 1:30 PM PT | 3:30 PM CT | 4:30 PM ET
February 20, 2023 — 1:30 PM PT | 3:30 PM CT | 4:30 PM ET
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Introduction to Changemaker Education
Length: 60 mins
Audience: Primary and Secondary Educators, Curriculum Leaders
Our students are our future. They are passionate, capable, informed young people, ready to lead initiatives that support the essential skills of tomorrow – Global Citizenship.
Changemaker Education provides opportunities for students to follow their own interests and areas of passion, to take action on issues they see as important and can improve their local community.
Taking action on issues of concern is an important life skill and provides rich and deep learning opportunities for students that connect across the curriculum and develop a wide range of skills. It is engaging learning that students see the relevance in and develops leadership skills.
This session is an introduction to Changemaker Education. It looks at the stages of Changemaking and the related skill sets that students need to be effective Changemakers such as; media literacy and digital citizenship. It explores how best to embed it into the curriculum or schools.
Participation in this session gains access to Meg’s self-paced online 5 hour PD course, Young Changemaker Education
Note: Meg Languages runs the National Global Citizenship Student Ambassador Program annually in Australasia and the USA for students. Find out more here.
Available Dates:
February 1, 2023 — 2:00 PM PT | 4:00 PM CT | 5:00 PM ET
February 22, 2023 — 4:00 PM PT | 6:00 PM CT | 7:00 PM ET
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“Transformation is about repurposing education and rethinking the “what” and “how” of learning. It is about adopting new policies, practices, approaches and governance systems to ensure that education equips every learner with the skills, knowledge and values that will allow them to thrive.”
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
Embedding the SDGs into schools – An Introduction
Length: 60 mins
Audience: Primary and Secondary Educators, School Leaders of all Levels
Have you ever wondered what the world will look like in 2030? Have you considered what you would like it to look like?
In 2015, The United Nations did exactly this, creating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs) which are described as ‘a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future’. The SDGs are an urgent call for action globally. They understand that our current global challenges are complex, interconnected and interdependent – but are also solvable.
This session is an introduction to the SDGs and explores how to embed them into schools and classrooms, across the curriculum. It identifies the skills and knowledge that SDG-related learning develops and shows how the SDGs provide a great platform for real world student action.
Available Dates:
February 2, 2023 — 1:00 PM PT | 3:00 PM CT | 4:00 PM ET
February 8, 2023 — 4:00 PM PT | 6:00 PM CT | 7:00 PM ET
February 16, 2023 — 1:30 PM PT | 3:30 PM CT | 4:30 PM ET
February 27, 2023 — 4:00 PM PT | 6:00 PM CT | 7:00 PM ET