Global Education “Putting the world into world class education.”

Global EducationGlobal Education

““Putting the world into world class Putting the world into world class education.”education.”

IntroductionsIntroductions

Nancy Mirra – Masconomet Regional HSNancy Mirra – Masconomet Regional HS

Foreign Language Department ChairForeign Language Department Chair

Global Education Committee Co-ChairGlobal Education Committee Co-Chair

Todd Maguire – Masconomet Regional HSTodd Maguire – Masconomet Regional HS

Social Studies Department ChairSocial Studies Department Chair

Global Education Committee Co-ChairGlobal Education Committee Co-Chair

Patricia Puglisi – Reading Memorial HSPatricia Puglisi – Reading Memorial HS

Assistant Principal for Curriculum & Assistant Principal for Curriculum & InstructionInstruction

Student Work – Global EdStudent Work – Global Ed

AgendaAgenda

• Why global education?Why global education?

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• What is global education and how is it What is global education and how is it related to 21related to 21stst century skills? century skills?

• Global Education DiplomaGlobal Education Diploma

• Authentic AssessmentsAuthentic Assessments

• School Wide Rubrics for Assessment of SkillsSchool Wide Rubrics for Assessment of Skills

• Examples of student workExamples of student work

Needham High School Global EducatNeedham High School Global Educationion

Why global education?Why global education?

As economies and cultures become As economies and cultures become more interconnected, and technology more interconnected, and technology creates instantaneous links across creates instantaneous links across the globe, cooperation, success, and the globe, cooperation, success, and peace in the 21peace in the 21stst century will century will increasingly require knowledge and increasingly require knowledge and understanding of the world beyond understanding of the world beyond our borders.our borders.

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“…21st century skills frameworks are generally consistent with each other…the primary barriers to altering curricular, pedagogical, and assessment practices are not conceptual, technical, or economic, but instead psychological, political, and cultural.”

Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education  

Global Studies – 21Global Studies – 21stst Century Century SkillsSkills

Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21)

Core Subjects

EnglishReading/Language ArtsMathematicsScienceForeign Languages

CivicsGovernmentEconomicsArtsHistoryGeography

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21st Century Content

Global Awareness

Financial Literacy

Civic Literacy

Health/Wellness Awareness

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Learning and Thinking Skills

Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

Contextual Learning Skills

Information/Media Literacy 

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Information and Communications Technology Literacy

Life Skills

•Leadership •Ethics•Accountability•Adaptability •Personal Productivity•People Skills• Self-Direction• Social Responsibility

Global Studies – 21Global Studies – 21stst Century Century SkillsSkills

Masco’s Global DiplomaMasco’s Global DiplomaGlobal Education Diploma

•Foreign language requirement

•Specified coursework

• Global Economics/Research• Global Cultural Literacy• Global Ethics

•Travel experience

•Local cultural experience

•Community service

•Senior project/internship

•Portfolio presentation

Global Studies – 21 Century Global Studies – 21 Century SkillsSkills

AssessmentAssessment““Project Based Learning" (PBL) is student-Project Based Learning" (PBL) is student-

centered curriculum that is inquiry-centered curriculum that is inquiry-based, has real world applications, and based, has real world applications, and incorporates higher order thinking skills. incorporates higher order thinking skills. The intention of Project Based Learning The intention of Project Based Learning is to facilitate deep learning that could is to facilitate deep learning that could be shared with a wide audience. Project be shared with a wide audience. Project Based Learning may be infused with Based Learning may be infused with technology but is not driven by it. The technology but is not driven by it. The role of the teacher is facilitator or coach.role of the teacher is facilitator or coach.

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AssessmentAssessment• Rubrics to measure the Expectations Rubrics to measure the Expectations

for Student Learning for Student Learning

• Rubrics provide a common language Rubrics provide a common language for teacher assessment and student for teacher assessment and student self-assessmentself-assessment

• Rubrics provide common language Rubrics provide common language across disciplinesacross disciplines

Outcomes for use of RubricsOutcomes for use of Rubrics

• Emphasis on student Emphasis on student self-assessment self-assessment and growthand growth

• Common language used to review Common language used to review student work student work

• Increase teacher collaborationIncrease teacher collaboration• Increase consistency of expectations Increase consistency of expectations

within and across disciplineswithin and across disciplines• Increase collegiality through group Increase collegiality through group

workwork

Student Work ExemplarsStudent Work Exemplars

• Essex County History ProjectsEssex County History Projects

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