For schools and faculty

What does it take to develop a global perspective?

Over the decades, motivated teachers have always found ways to bring the world into their classroom through pen pal exchanges, through taking advantage of international exchange programs, or by bringing in traveling dolls, teddy bears, or other objects that move around the world from classroom to classroom, collecting stories along the way. Teachers and their students sometimes explore the global connections within their own communities. Today, inexpensive internet communications platforms provide more opportunities than ever to connect classrooms in different parts of the world, or to create a truly global classroom where students and teachers from a range of cultures can follow the same program.

As exciting as these opportunities are, do we really know how to use them to expand the horizons of our students, to create bridges between cultures, or to ensure that students respect and appreciate what they can learn from another cultural perspective? It isn’t enough simply to put students from different cultures in contact with each other and wait for the magic to happen.

Contact Me to talk about ways that I may be able to help you develop or improve intercultural education in your school, connect to other schools around the world, or develop a meaningful program with the international exchange students hosted in your school.

NEW!  US Government Grants available for short-term exchanges for teachers and principals. For more information, see: American Councils for International Education