Global Citizenship Professional Learning Opportunities 2023

 

“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: Flexible, suggested 45mins to 1.5 hours

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 and Global Learning activity cards for fun activities. 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.

Participates also gain access to Meg’s self-paced online 3 hour PD course, Planning International and Culture Days.

 

“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

Introduction to Changemaker Education

 

Length: Flexible, suggested 45mins to 1.5 hours

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.

Participates will also gain 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.