Global Competency Resources

The Center for Global Education offers a wealth of resources to educators, including those who teach Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Chinese, to build capacity and transform their learning environments.

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Building Education Systems to Support the Development of 21st Century Competencies

Educators around the world are rethinking the ways in which they prepare students for learning, work, and citizenship in a global society.
2016 Dragon Dance at Gideon Welles School.
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Glastonbury Public Schools Foreign Language Program

The Glastonbury Public Schools' Foreign Language Program in Connecticut has been in existence for almost 60 years and serves students in grades P-12.
2016 International Summit on the Teaching Profession
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Creating the Conditions to Achieve Quality Teaching for Excellent Learning Outcomes

How can we create the conditions to achieve quality teaching for excellent and equitable learning outcomes? The 2016 International Summit on the Teaching Profession looked to answer this question.
A girl at an immigration rally in Daley Plaza in Chicago (Joseph Mietus/Flickr)
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Immigration, Xenophobia, and Racism

Asia Society’s Apoorvaa Joshi digs through the flood of information about the 2016 presidential election and provides ideas and strategies for using the election to build students’ global competence.
Shuhan Wang speaks during NCLC 2016 (David Keith/Asia Society)
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Conference Presentations: NCLC 2016

CELIN presentations at the 2016 National Chinese Language Conference, which focus on the new series of CELIN Briefs and study abroad programs in grades 6-10.
Students getting on the school bus (wwworks/Flickr)
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Global Competence as a Matter of Equity

Asia Society Vice President of Education Tony Jackson reflects on his own experiences with global competence and describes how teaching through a global lens can help address the equity issues we face in education.
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The Future Speaks Chinese

"Language is a currency for trust, and respect; it provides bricks and mortar for building an ability to explore the beauty of diverse cultures, traditions, and historical perspectives."
An elementary school Japanese language class. (Sarah Lovrien/Asia Society)

World Language Teachers Find Familiar Ground with the Common Core

Heather Clydesdale on how the pedagogical approaches that world language teachers have been using for years bear striking similarities to the Common Core.
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Why Language Immersion Works Well for Young Children

Research shows that learning a second language as a young child provides lifelong benefits.
Zhangyi Shi teaches her low-intermediate Chinese class at Collegiate School.
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Zhangyi Shi's High School Intermediate-Low Chinese Class

Meet Zhangyi Shi's intermediate-low Chinese class at Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia.
GCEN CTE Working Group participants on a Shanghai school visit. (Asia Society)
Global Cities Education Network

Learning Across National Boundaries

Amelia Peterson and Jal Mehta are investigating the learning experiences of participants in international learning communities, including Asia Society's Global Cities Education Network.
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How 'Global Citizenship' Education Can Fill the Skilled Workers Gap

"Non-cognitive" skills such as critical thinking and creativity are just as vital as traditional skills in helping 21st century students.

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