ECOSYSTEMS OF BELONGING AND WELCOME: A FOCUS ON GREEK EDUCATION
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Belonging and Welcome Audit
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Strategies for clarifying & communicating values
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Strategies to Strengthen Community
Empower Global Collaboration
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Strategies for Empowering Global Collab
Collaboration Opportunities
Glossary: Schools & informal learning spaces
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Collaborating Learners working together & investing knowledge & skills
Strategy 1: Quiz Show Game Review Builds Teamwork Skills
Strategy 2: Name that Spice Game Creates Curious Collaborative Teams
Strategy 3: The power of language to help students understand community-based interaction & collaboration
structuring collaboration so each student has influence & voice
Strategy 7: Video Notes in Teams is a Layered Collaboration Strategy
Strategy 8: Making all Voices Heard by Building Friendships Around the World
Strategy 9: Collaboration is a dance, and the teacher is the DJ. Working together in many ways.
COLLABORATING LEARNERS
practicing future-oriented goal setting focused on global issues
Strategy 12: WoMentors Creates future-oriented thinkers by focusing on innovative solutions
Strategy 13: Your students as the future: Guest speakers show future-orientation
GLOBAL CITIZENS developing an understanding of global responsibility
Strategy 17: Frustrations First & Solutions Second - students engage in global environmental dialogue.
Strategy 18: Until the US has its own Erasmus+ Program, Collaborate with your students to find a global learning partnership.
Strategy 19: Middle schoolers design sustainable assisted living facilities.
GLOBAL CITIZENS Connecting through empathy & diversity
Strategy 22: Teachers model empathy and valuing diversity by accepting all students at this Vocational High School
Strategy 23: A Shared Visual Calendar builds empathy for diverse needs
Strategy 24: Peer2Peer mentor program helps Roma teenagers feel heard and builds empathy.
GLOBAL CITIZENS reflecting on our roles in the problem & the solution
Strategy 28: Citizenship portfolios help global citizens make informed decisions.
Strategy 29: Art helps students process complex history.
connected educators creating authentic, multidisciplinary projects in collaboration
Strategy 33: A grocery task is an authentic assessment for refugee learners.
Strategy 34: At Second Chance School Project Night, Learners Cooperate to Learn How to Learn.
CONNECTED EDUCATORS building supportive collaboration networks across regions & beyond
Strategy 37: A High School as a Learning Lab means real-world collaboration to promote healthy eating
Strategy 38: Global partnerships make students feel like part of a bigger community
Strategy 39: Mentor Schools are the Foundation of the Peer2Peer project to promote educational opportunities for Roma students
CONNECTED EDUCATORS
speaking & sharing as empowered education experts
Strategy 42: Honor teachers by inviting them to join you in learning
Strategy 43: Be an Ambassador for Your Learning Philosophy
Strategy 44: Shared leadership means anyone with skills and knowledge should step up to lead as needed
COLLABORATING LEARNERS focusing on group communication
Strategy 4: Survivor Face-Off Quiz Focuses on Listening
Strategy 5: Small Groups Choose Their Own Assessment
Strategy 6: Norms and modeling in discussing controversial issues
COLLABORATING LEARNERS demonstrating mastery through creative, project-based, multidisciplinary assessments
Strategy 10: Making interdisciplinary collaboration the norm with simplified planning: What, Why, How
Strategy 11: Student voice drives unsolved mystery multimedia presentations
Global Citizens learning about interconnectedness
Strategy 14: Strategically Place Sustainable Development Goal Posters as a Connection to our Shared Humanity
Strategy 15: Exploring Ecosystems from Ancient Castles to Modern Cities Reminds Us We Matter
Strategy 16: Stitching refugee journeys onto a map makes interconnectedness concrete
GLOBAL CITIZENS reflecting on our common humanity
Strategy 20: From the Acropolis to Machu Pichu, how do our landmarks connect us?
Strategy 21: A service club that focuses on celebrating our common humanity
GLOBAL CITIZENS thinking critically about solutions to global issues
Strategy 25: Sending messages of peace and hearing first-hand experiences develops critical thinking
Strategy 26: Multilingual “Cards for Democracy for All” inspire critical thinking
Strategy 27: Discussing the Ripple Effect of Rights in a Global Society
GLOBAL CITIZENS
taking action
Strategy 30: Students collaborate to film a “picture dictionary” video to help immigrant classmates feel welcome.
Strategy 31: Students research human trafficking and take action.
Strategy 32: Global collaboration empowers middle school students to create an inspirational mural
connected educators partnering with other schools & community partners
Strategy 35: Learning from the Holocaust by Partnering with a Polish School
Strategy 36: Multilingual learners use role-play to understand differences and similarities
CONNECTED EDUCATORS
expecting collaboration time to be valued & honored
Strategy 40: When a collaboration starts with two, others can learn to be open organically.
Strategy 41: Building a culture of sharing from the grassroots starts with sharing what is working.
Home
Belonging and Welcome Audit
Framework
φιλότιμο
>
Strategies for clarifying & communicating values
Cultivate Connected Student Leaders
>
Strategies for Connected Leadership
Repair/Strengthen Community
>
Strategies to Strengthen Community
Empower Global Collaboration
>
Strategies for Empowering Global Collab
Collaboration Opportunities
Glossary: Schools & informal learning spaces
FAQs & Contact
Professional Development Opportunities
Classroom Materials