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Global Education PD

Lindsay Rae from World Vision led a discussion session entitled: Where are we going? Future PD: how to build communities of practice

1. What needs to be developed?

• standards
• content knowledge
• practice
• leadership

Have to start with motivation and committed/passionate participants, requires Principal/leadership support
How do we help teachers maintain this passion without burning out?
Enunciate where GLobal Education fits within curriculum areas
Need to develop online PD
Take opportunity of the National curriculum: to tweak to Global perspective into local curriculum
Take leadership opportunities: offer mentoring to younger teachers

2. What support will most empower teachers?
depends so much on individual systems/sectors/states - generalised feeling that
constraints: NAPLAN particularly found in government schools
PD time is very tight, and hard to get time allocated to Global Education
Cluster-based, train the trainer model

What PD approach is most effective?
Needs to be ongoing, try something out, come back to the group and reflect. eg Global Journeys stories
Face to face mentoring and modelling within schools: what or who inspired you to become Global Education leader?

3. What resources could we apply to maximise global citizenship potential?
Resources are really helpful: digital, video etc
Online access is the easiest way to receive these
ready-made resources written for immediate implementation are desirable - this is not realistic as PD providers
Need for constantly updated resources

Tags: global education professional development
Posted at 11:45AM Jun 04, 2009 by Pru Mitchell  |  Comments[0]