Global Education Summer Institutes

Primary Source (http://www.primarysource.org) will offer global education summer institutes open to all K-12 educators. Join us in Boston this summer for a week of engaging lectures and hands-on workshops and come away with new knowledge and practical resources to globalize your classroom.

Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st Century
http://primarysource.org/globaledsummer
Online orientation dates: Approximately 6 hours, completed between June 22 and July 14
Course dates: July 23-27, 2012
Course time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Follow-up session: October 2012 (date TBA)
PDPs offered: 67.5
Graduate credits offered: 3
Cost: $600

Educators are increasingly aware that the challenges of our changing world will require students to think and learn in new ways. In addition to teaching core academic content, our schools need to cultivate key skills: global awareness, critical thinking, media literacy, collaboration, intercultural communication, technological ability, and civic engagement. This course will explore the importance of such skills and will build a case for re-envisioning how we prepare students for an interconnected world. Open to all K-12 teachers and administrators

To register or for more information, email registration@primarysource.org

Cultural Proficiency for Today's Diverse Schools: A Multidisciplinary Approach
http://primarysource.org/cultural-proficiency-for-todays-diverse-schools
Online orientation dates: Approximately 6 hours, completed between July 5 and July 26
Course dates: July 30 – Aug 3, 2012
Course time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: TBA (greater Boston area)
Follow-up session: October 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
PDPs offered: 67.5
Graduate credits offered: 3
Cost: $600

How are new patterns of immigration, residence, and family structure reshaping the nation's demographics and those of local schools and communities? What do "culturally proficient" schools and classrooms look like in this shifting context? In an institute designed for teachers, administrators, and other school staff, we'll take a multidisciplinary and thematic approach as we discuss cultural and racial diversity in schools today. Focal themes will include religion, culture, and language; student and school culture and peer relationships; families, parents, and school involvement; and the legal and socioeconomic challenges facing refugee and immigrant youth and communities. Open to all K-12 teachers and administrators

To register or for more information, email registration@primarysource.org

For full descriptions and more information about all of our summer institutes, please visit http://primarysource.org/summerinstitutes