February 2013                                                                                 www.peacecorpsconnect.org     

NPCA Global Education Newsletter - Spring 2013     

• We Are Skeptics (you have to read this one!)
• 9-12 Corner: Ambassadors
• Small World After All  

>Posted by request: 

The Choices 2013 Summer Leadership Institute will take place at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. Teachers will hear from leading historians, work with the Choices curriculum units, Freedom Now: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam, explore effective strategies for engaging students in the study of the 1960s, and plan for outreach to other educators.  Application deadline:  March 15, 2013. 

> More Information and Application

We at IREX are excited to announce a new application cycle for the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program! The application is now available online and will be open until March 4th, 2013 at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

TGC is a fully-funded professional development opportunity for U.S. teachers aimed at globalizing teaching and learning in their classrooms and schools.  The program includes an 8-week online course, two Global Education Symposia in Washington, DC, and a two- or three-week international field experience in a participating country.  Participants are selected through a national, open competition.  TGC is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and is implemented by IREX.

For more information about the TGC program and access to the online application, please follow this link or use the direct link for the online application.   

I would like to share with you an innovative digital tool launched by Amnesty International that can support your organization's valuable work to advance human rights. RespectMyRights is an online platform that aims to engage and inspire young people between the ages of 15-22 to learn about and take action against human rights violations and abuses that deepen and drive poverty.  

Users can access two interactive learning journeys:

1. The Poverty Trap asks young people to make choices from the perspective of someone living in poverty, helping them realize that human rights are vital to breaking the cycle of poverty.
2. The Housing Journey explores what it means to live in adequate housing.

As a valuable new resource for the human rights community, www.respectmyrights.org encourages a process of collective, participatory online learning. We hope you will be as excited as we are to start using this innovative tool to complement your work and would love it if you would share it widely - with your network, on your website, or via your organization's newsletter.

The platform has been developed by the International Human Rights Education Team, with the support of Demand Dignity, youth and digital communications teams at Amnesty International and also in conjunction with Amnesty offices in Poland, Italy and Slovenia as part of the Education for Human Dignity Project, co-funded by the European Commission.

It is available in six languages: English, French, Spanish, Polish, Slovenian and Italian.

TakingITGlobal's graduate level, accredited e-courses attract educators from around the world. Identifying practical ways to implement pedagogies that reinforce the development of 21st century skills in students is the primary focus of these offerings. Each course is designed to support educators' unique needs and curriculum requirements. e-Courses feature five weekly classes facilitated online, in real time, by an experienced global educator; and engaging readings, assignments and projects. Three competitively priced e-courses are available:

• Project-based Learning for Global Citizenship
• Education for Environmental Stewardship
• Empowering Student Voice in Education

For more information about TIGed's e-courses and to register today, visit tigurl.org/ecourses

Nepal Teacher Training Innovations (NTTI) is revolutionizing the standard of education in some of Nepal's most remote, resource-poor schools. Its teacher training focuses on the use of critical and creative thinking skills in the classroom to meet the needs of today's learners, especially girls. Its Training of Trainers (TOT) and Mentorship program help teachers, especially talented female teachers, become leaders and agents of change in their schools and communities.

NTTI has a particular emphasis on motivating girls to stay in school as only 20% of girls in rural public schools graduate from high school. We provide Girls' Sensitivity Trainings to make teacher more aware of the unique needs of female students and we conduct Girls' Empowerment Workshops to raise the awareness of village girls about health, safety, and the importance of staying in school.

Since 2010, NTTI has trained more than 1000 teachers from ten districts across Nepal. Because each teacher typically works with 80 students over the year, our program has reached more than 80,000 students including more than 48,000 girls.

Ongoing 

 Green Teacher Webinars  

Ongoing

Global Learning for Educators Webinars   

March 1, 2013

World Savvy Challenge   

March 4, 2013

Teachers for Global Classrooms 

March 15, 2013

Choices Summer Leadership Institute Application Deadline

July 8-12, 2013

Choices Summer Leadership Institute