GLOBAL LEADERSHIP WEEK IS APRIL 24-28, 2017
Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a weeklong convening of virtual and face to face events designed to celebrate leadership through global action in K20 education. GLW is an opportunity for education leaders to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. The Global Education Conference Network is the primary organizer of Global Leadership Week.
Questions we plan to address through Global Leadership Week are:
Our goals are to elevate and broaden the global education dialogue and to focus attention on the urgent need to develop global awareness and competency in students and teachers. We plan to provide resources and inspiration for teacher leaders, school leaders, district leaders and state/national leaders to further develop global goals within systems.
There are several components to GLW:
Questions we plan to address through Global Leadership Week are:
- What is global competence, why is it important, and how does this concept fit into existing education priorities?
- What does it mean to be a global-ready school?
- How do we prepare students and teachers to be global-ready?
- How does a school or district foster empathy and other soft skills within its community?
- How can we heighten awareness about the importance of the global education movement?
Our goals are to elevate and broaden the global education dialogue and to focus attention on the urgent need to develop global awareness and competency in students and teachers. We plan to provide resources and inspiration for teacher leaders, school leaders, district leaders and state/national leaders to further develop global goals within systems.
There are several components to GLW:
- During Global Leadership Week, partner organizations, companies, school districts and individual schools will design and host their own virtual events to showcase thought leadership. These events will be listed on an GLW calendar posted to our website.
- The Global Education Conference Network is also organizing an exclusive face-to-face international networking Global Education Summit at the Institute of International Education in New York City. The Global Leadership Summit is a free, invite-only event as space is limited.
- Additionally, the Global Education Conference Network is organizing the Global Education Fair, a virtual event that will allow educators to learn more about the work of leading global education groups. The Global Education Fair is free to attendees and nominal fees are charged to non-profit and for profit presenting groups to cover event costs.
ORGANIZERS
This event is being organized by the Global Education Conference Network, iEARN-USA, the Institute of International Education, Participate, and World Savvy.
The Global Leadership Week events are part of the family of GlobalEd Events facilitated by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon:
This event is being organized by the Global Education Conference Network, iEARN-USA, the Institute of International Education, Participate, and World Savvy.
The Global Leadership Week events are part of the family of GlobalEd Events facilitated by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon:
- Global Leadership Week (Spring)
- Global Education Day at ISTE (June)
- Global Collaboration Day (October)
- The Global Education Conference (November)
- GlobalEd.TV (webinar series)
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