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Global Competency

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Global competence, or global fluency, is the set of dispositions, knowledge, and skills needed to live and work in a diverse, interconnected world. These competencies include attitudes that embrace an openness, respect, and appreciation for diversity; the valuing of multiple perspectives, empathy, and social responsibility; knowledge of global issues and current events, global interdependence, world history, culture, and geography; and the ability to communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries, collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds, think critically and analytically, problem-solve, and take action on issues of global importance.

Globally Competent Educational Leadership Report from ASCD and The Longview FoundationGlobally Competent Educational Leadership: A Framework for Leading Schools in a Diverse, Interconnected World

Educational leaders play a crucial role in creating and cultivating the school environments that facilitate global teaching and learning. This whitepaper identifies seven tenets of leading global learning and clear actions school leaders can take to develop and implement each of the tenets, including case study examples, suggested activities, and additional resources.

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Culturally Diverse Classrooms - ASCD Educational Leadership March 2015

Culturally Diverse Classrooms

Although educators cannot save the world, they see the world reflected in their classrooms. And they are often the ones who open the minds of their students to new perspectives. In the March 2015 issue of Educational Leadership magazine, explore insights and strategies for teaching respect in a divided world.

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  • ASCD Express: The World in Your Classroom, June 22, 2017 (theme issue)
  • ASCD Express: "The World Won't Wait for Graduation", January 13, 2017
  • Educational Leadership: The Global-Ready Student, December 2016 (theme issue)

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Becoming a Globally Competent Teacher - ASCD Book   Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom - ASCD Book   Educating Everybody's Children: Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners: Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition - ASCD Book   Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths - ASCD Book  

Becoming a Globally Competent Teacher
 
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Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom
 
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Educating Everybody's Children, 2nd Edition
 
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Managing Diverse Classrooms
 
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West Meets East: Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China - ASCD Book   How to Teach Now: Five Keys to Personalized Learning in the Global Classroom - ASCD Book   Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege   Becoming a Globally Competent School Leader   

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  • Implementing Global Fluency in the Classroom: Activities, Tools, and Lesson Ideas for Leveraging Your Classroom's Student Diversity with Brad Gosche (October 11, 2018)
  • Immigration and the Classroom: How Global Fluency Can Help You Adapt to Your School's Changing Demographics with Brad Gosche (October 9, 2018)
  • Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do? with Leslie Grant and James Stronge (April 29, 2014)

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The Globally Competent Learning Continuum - ASCD

The Globally Competent Learning Continuum

The Globally Competent Learning Continuum (GCLC) is an online self-reflection tool to help educators of all grade levels and content areas develop globally competent teaching practices. The GCLC provides 12 concrete globally competent teaching elements with descriptions of what each looks like at different levels of development. The GCLC also contains resources, including teacher-created lesson plans and ASCD articles and books, to help educators move along the continuum.

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ASCD myTeachSource

In the ASCD myTeachSource® topic packs Integrating Global Competence and Culturally Responsive Teaching, you'll find teacher-driven articles, videos, checklists, rubrics, and more.

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Designed with both blended and group learning in mind, the PD In Focus® platform channels Global Competence in the Elementary School and Secondary School feature videos, resources, and strategies to infuse global themes into everyday lessons.

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PD Online Courses

Our award-winning PD Online® courses are interactive, in-depth, and self-paced online professional development courses for educators. Explore these courses, or browse the online course catalog for more options.

  • Embracing Diversity: A Look in the Mirror
  • Embracing Diversity: Effective Teaching, 2nd Edition
  • Embracing Diversity: Global Education, 2nd Edition
  • Embracing Diversity: Managing Diverse Schools and Classrooms, 2nd Edition

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The Teaching for Global Competence Video Series, available on ASCD Streaming, introduces a set of teachable dispositions, knowledge, and skills that prepare students to live, work, and thrive in today's interconnected world.

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ASCD Faculty members are available for on-site capacity-building professional development on global competency and education. ASCD can design a precise professional development plan, organized around our field-tested solutions, with a focus on the education foundations that make sense for you.

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