In 2015-2016, I took part in a year-long professional development program on global education through the Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellowship Program.  As a Fellow, I participated in an eight-week intensive online course in global education, traveled to Washington, DC with my principal for a global education symposium, and learned about the culture and education system of the Philippines during a three week international field experience.  This global education resource guide was developed as a result of this Fellowship experience.  For more information on the Teachers for Global classrooms Fellowship program, click here.

Global Education Resource Guide:
​An Introduction

This Global Education Resource Guide was created for the teachers and stakeholders in the Auburn Enlarged City School District in Auburn, New York, and anyone else who lands here with an interest in global education. It consists of four parts:

Introduction -  an explanation of  global education and global competence and why they matter, and a guide to using the resources in this website

Study - global resources as well as assessment and technology tools

Teach - International Learning Opportunities, Community resources and lesson plans that have been globalized by me and Auburn teachers who participated in a Global Education Innovation Zone in the summer of 2016

Travel Blog - the blogs I kept when I traveled to the Philippines in June 2016 as a Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow, in July of 2017 when I attended the iEARN International Conference in Morocco, in May of 2018 when I attended the International Association of School Librarianship Conference in Istanbul, Turkey and in February 2019 when I traveled to Cameroon, Africa with Victoria Calarco and Jessica Rice.

​Please feel free to contact me with questions, comments and suggestions for additional resources!

Anne Mlod, School Librarian
Genesee Elementary School
Auburn, New York, USA, The World!

What is Global Education?

Global education prepares students to be global citizens, by developing an awareness and curiosity about how the world works.  Globally competent students are able to perform the following four competencies:*

1.  Investigate the world beyond their immediate environment

2.  Recognize perspectives, others' and their own

3.  Communicate ideas effectively with diverse audiences, bridging geographic, linguistic, ideological, and cultural barriers

4.  Take action to improve conditions

*Asia Society, Educating for Global Competency

Why should students be globally competent?

• There are over 40 million people in the United States who were born in another country. (source: US Census Bureau, 2010)
• Foreign-based companies employ almost seven million workers in the United States (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2015)
• Our students deserve to not only learn about the world but also how to interact globally and make a difference in the world.

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