An exciting partnership is forming between the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and the Georgia Afterschool Investment Council (GAIC) to build a long term coalition of state and local leaders in education, afterschool, and business around the growing importance of Georgia’s students being equipped to succeed in a global economy.
We view global learning to encompass the critical competencies that are now required for today's youth to achieve success in work and citizenship including 21st century skills such as problem identification, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and critical thinking, all embedded within rigorous disciplinary study. Afterschool staff must consider the many opportunities they have to integrate global learning across their pro¬gram—from snacks and nutrition, to arts and sports, to leadership development and community projects. Global programming may consist of foreign language instruction, multi-cultural arts, youth participating in global service-learning projects on topics such as such as protecting the environment, rebuilding after natural disaster, assisting those in poverty, and expanding educational opportunity, or participating in exchanges to help young people expand their knowledge about and perspectives on world cultures, peoples, and global issues.
Dedicating just five minutes towards completing this survey will help our partnership to better understand the global learning opportunities that are currently happening in school and in your afterschool programs. This information will also help us target our global learning efforts over the next three years.
If you would like to learn more about global learning, please visit the Asia Society at asiasociety.org or at asiasociety.org/education/afterschool/term for afterschool specifics.
Thank you in advance for your participation!
