Boston Public Schools Department of Global Education (DGE) Presentation by : Brittany Wheaton Calloway Director, Global Education BPS | Academics
Department of Global Education Agenda : (DGE) 1. Introduction to DGE 2. DGE “Bright spots” 3. Review Department Goal & Strategies for Success 4. Community Voices a. BPS Student speaker (2 min) b. BPS Teacher speaker (2 min) 5. Q & A
Global Education “ Global Competence is a 21st Century Imperative.” ● Global education is about developing global competence: the attitude, skills and knowledge needed to understand and participate in a globally connected world. ● The study of Global Education can be divided into 3 main theme: Global Issues Global Culture Global Connections ● High-performing nations are systematically implementing policies and practices that advance all of their students’ ability to perform in the global economy, evincing a relentless pursuit of excellence and equity in a global era. ● Boston is the gateway to the world - Colleges, cultural capital and international connections
Department of Global Education MISSION STATEMENT The Department of Global Education seeks to increase the quality and number of international experiences for all BPS students.
DGE Bright Spots Equity Madison Park and DGE collaborated on their first ever international service trip to the DR. The Allied Health program has raised over $40,000 in 9 months For the 250 April Break travelers more than 1/2 of those students traveled internationally for the first time in there life OAG Collaborations- PD Trip with EFA group & 10 boys Initiative trips Build On chapter now at The Burke 6 BPS schools traveled for the first time Innovation DGE & BPS Arts Department hosted it’s first all arts trip to Cuba for students and teachers 40 teachers were trained at the districts 2 mandatory trainings 15 new chaperones lead trips his year Coherence Our largest collaboration of middle schools (6th-8th) in the known history of BPS traveled to Costa Rica together in April. This middle school group focused on the region's diverse ecosystems! Participating Middle schools: The Lee, McKay, Young Achievers and BLA (The McCormack will go in June, totally to 5 middle school trips abroad this year) A large group of students from West Roxbury Academy and the Dearborn collaborated on a service learning project with Camp Restore in New Orleans via Quest Adventures We have welcome over 120 short term exchange students
Department of Global Education Alignment to our Essentials for Instructional Equity 1. Create and maintain safe, healthy, and sustaining learning environments 2. Design learning experiences for access & agency 3. Facilitate cognitively- demanding tasks and instruction 4. Assess for Learning
Department Goal : The Data School Year 2015-16 School Year 2016-17 332 Travelers 541 Travelers
Department Goal: Increase the number of students of color and males who participate in international travel programs and Global Education programming (both BPS sponsored and partner sponsored) Strategies 1. Human and School Capacity: Recruit, sustain and empower a larger network of qualified chaperones / broaden the base of participating schools, 2. Systems and Structures: Increase the amount of cross-district and cross departmental collaboration 3. Confidence and Trust: Strengthen risk management strategies for international/ domestic (overnight) programs 4. Partnership for Equity: Ensure that there is equity and access to
Strategy 1: Human and School Capacity: Recruit, sustain and empower a larger network of qualified chaperones / broaden the base of participating schools, Recruit: One-on-one school info sessions , International PDs (3 this year) Nearly half of our chaperones were first time trip leaders this year! Sustain: Offer new training and leadership opportunities for senior trip leaders -Offered workshops in itinerary development and fundraising, Piloted a chaperone training led by BPS Teachers and Administrators, provided opportunities for experienced trip leaders to collaborate with new trip leaders ● Empower: Provide on-going and in depth one on one support to all trip leaders and their team. Work with strategic partners to * Innovation, Equity provide chaperones with the resources that meet the needs of their program.
Strategy 2: Systems and Structures: Increase the amount of cross-district and cross departmental collaboration When we collaborate across departments and schools we make global education and its impact on the BPS student experience more tangible, while making travel opportunities more accessible. Examples: We arranged for trip Collaboration amongst different school We offered offered student and adult trips that were sponsored by multiple departments DGE & the History department collaborated on a cross departmental report which sought to identify GE practices across the district, and create more outlets for peer-to-peer sharing . We will facilitate our first “Be Bold. Be Global” Youth Conference on Global Education on 6/9
BPS STUDENTS CREATING THEIR OWN PRIMARY RESOURCES- FOR OUR STUDENTS, BY OUR STUDENTS!
Strategy 3: Confidence and Trust: Strengthen risk management strategies for international/ domestic (overnight) programs Safety is the highest priority in our experiential programs. We created policies and procedures to reduce and manage risk. ● DGE instituted a new travel ratio and Zika Policy ● Piloted a draft homestay policy (will be finalized in Fall 2017) ● Acquired a new travel insurance company to better meet the needs of our district ● Offered 2 Mandatory district chaperone trainings (40 trained BPS teachers & Admin) ● Delivered 4 Required Health & Wellness Briefings based on US Center for Disease Control. in partnership with BPS Medical Director and Boston’s * Innovation, Equity, Coherance Public Health Commission.
Strategy 4: Partnership for Equity: Ensure that there is equity and access to international programs across the district. The BPS Global Education Department serves as a consistent contact and active collaborator with key strategic partners. In order to ensure access there has to be a point of contact, and liaison between BPS and outside partners. This is the biggest equity asset of DGE. It can be “easier” for partners to work in other districts that might have a more longstanding infrastructure such as homestays, however DGE works closely with schools to build those structures in real time. * Equity, Innovation, coherence
Equity Statement: Increase the number of students of color and males who participate in international travel programs and Global Education programming.
Community Voices: Speaker 1: Arianna Dixon-Ortiz, Boston Latin Academy Student Speaker Speaker 2: Nasha Lee- Bailey, Madison Park Allied Health Instructor , Teacher speaker Arianna in Old Havana, Cuba (February 2016)
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