Prepare Yourself and Your Students for Global Citizenship
in the 21st Century!
The Global Competence Certificate (GCC) Program is the first-of-its-kind online graduate level certificate program in global competence education for teachers. Developed by Teachers College, Columbia University, World Savvy, and Asia Society, the GCC helps educators integrate global competence into their practice while building their own global citizenship and teacher-leadership skills. The 15-month program combines engaging and interactive online coursework, immersive global fieldwork, and collaborative practice groups with interdisciplinary peers. Participants earn a Certificate in Global Competence plus either 48 Continuing Education Units or 12 Graduate Credits.
New cohort begins: January 2016
Rolling admissions: now – December 13, 2015
Partial scholarships are available to qualifying applicants on a first-come-first-served basis
For more information & to apply: www.globalcompetencecertificate.org
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I am pleased to see a desire for competency in global education as we strive to distinguish what it means at each grade level (see my coming talk on implementing it within our curriculum?. But I can but wonder as we seek to develop the self-learning within the child that we do not forget the other three pillars of inquiry, enhanced group projects and portfolio assessment as mentioned in my new book on "Can schools teach wisdom in what students learn on their own? Teaching beyond the test at www.teacherzones.com