Global Education Professional Development Institutes for Middle and High School Educators
Sustainable Communities
The Sustainable Communities Workshop provides educators with the tools and techniques to explore all aspects of Sustainability in the 21st Century –economic, social and environmental – in their classrooms. This workshop will model a variety of interactive teaching and learning strategies to engage diverse students in an examination of issues such as sustainable development, energy, food and water, transport and design – on a local, national and global scale.
Topics explored in this two-day workshop include:
- An overview of local and global sustainability issues
- Going Green in the Classroom – ideas for engaging your students in “greening” your classroom, school, and community
- Interdisciplinary art and media resources for addressing Sustainability
- Water Around the World – exploring how water issues around the world impact communities
- Local sustainability resources – ideas for field trips and locally available resources.
Workshop Dates: 10/21/2010-10/22/2010
Workshop Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM
Workshop Fee: $1000 for two-day workshop
Workshop Location: TBA
Register by August 1 for a 15% early bird discount
For registration and discount eligibility information, email carissa@worldsavvy.org.
See below for special discount offers.
Immigration and Identity
What is my immigration history? What does it mean to belong to a community? How do communities change and transform through immigration? In the Immigration and Identity workshop, participants will explore these questions while gaining new tools and techniques to build students’ global literacy and cultural competency. Drawing on World Savvy’s extensive curriculum and arts resources, this workshop will model interactive teaching strategies, and engage educators in a supportive community of practice.
Topics explored in this two-day workshop include:
- Breaking the Ice: tools for initiating discussions of challenging topics in your classroom
- An overview and teaching tools to address the history of Immigration in the US
- Multiple Perspectives on the current immigration debate in the US
- Tools for using Art and Media as an entry point to discussing complex issues of race, ethnicity, stereotyping, and communities in conflict
- Exploring personal immigration history stories with students
Workshop Dates: TBA
Workshop Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM
Workshop Fee: $1000 for two-day workshop
Workshop Location: TBA
Register by August 1 for a 15% early bird discount
For registration and discount eligibility information, email carissa@worldsavvy.org.
See below for special discount offers.
Included with registration for each workshop:
- 2 full days of interactive professional development focused on real-world strategies for integrating global themes into any classroom using art and media.
- World Savvy’s themed Collaborator’s Guide curriculum packet – Over 100 pages of useful short activities, full lesson plans, multi-day units and field trip plans that are easily adapted to any subject or classroom.
- Access to World Savvy’s growing online database of region-specific lesson and field trip plans based on the global theme.
- An invitation to join the World Savvy Global Educators Forum – an online community where middle and high school teachers can share ideas and inspirations, ask questions, and be a part of a lively community of educators dedicated to teaching the next generation of global leaders.
- Up to four hours of phone and email support for integrating the global theme into your classroom.
Special Discount
Past MAP Teachers receive 30% discount ($700 per workshop)
Receive a 25% discount per teacher when three or more teachers from one school register together
Register for both workshops for only $1600 ($200 savings!)
Principals – Interested in hosting a World Savvy Professional Development Workshop for your teachers at your school? Contact carissa@worldsavvy.org to discuss on-site workshops for 10 or more teachers.