Global Perspectives in Teacher Preparation & Teacher Professional Development
As economic, social, and technological transformations link us in unprecedented ways, the critical role of teachers in preparing young people for a new global reality has never been clearer; yet, few teachers begin their careers with the deep knowledge and robust skills necessary to bring the world into their classrooms.
What work do we support?
- Systems Change: colleges of education seeking to internationalize their preparation of new teacher candidates
- Resource and System Development: States and districts seeking to systematically extend global competence down to the classroom level through teacher and leader professional development;
- Piloting New Strategies and new audiences:Collaborations between districts and colleges of education to bring global perspectives into teaching.
Who qualifies?
- Colleges of Education
- States, districts, and nonprofits offering large-scale professional development for educators across the United States
Teacher Preparation for a Global Age
Teacher Preparation for the Global Age: The Imperative for Change, highlights promising practices identified during this meeting and subsequent discussions and suggests a framework for internationalizing the education of all pre–service teachers and increasing the number of world language teachers, especially in less commonly taught languages.