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#GlobalLeaders & the SDGs: A PBL Design Sprint

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 115B

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Maria Phillips
Third Grade Dual Language Teacher
Person County Schools
@MsMaryPhillips
Maria Phillips is a Participate Learning Ambassador teacher from Costa Rica. Maria has taught at South Elementary in Person County, North Carolina, for the last 3 years. Maria is a Global Leaders teacher at a partner school, and participated in the Global Leaders Curriculum Fellowship in 2021, followed by the Global Leaders Mentor Fellowship in 2022. Both of these fellowship experiences revolved around designing PBL experiences for students with the SDGs. She is also a regular speaker at the Global Leaders Live Chat Events held within the Participate Learning Community of Practice.
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Ashley Solesbee
Associate Director, Partnership Development
Participate Learning
@misssolesbee
Ashley Solesbee is a veteran Global Educator, authenticity champion, and lifelong learner. Through years spent as a classroom teacher, and her current role as Manager of Global Leader Programs with Participate Learning, Ashley has developed a unique skill set that allows her to build meaningful curriculum products which utilize timely Global Education Frameworks, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Her resources aim to provide teachers and students authentic opportunities to change and unite the world through Global Learning. She is passionate about sharing these resources with teachers everywhere, and supporting them as they empower their students to make the world a better place.

Session description

Utilizing our PBL planning template, teachers will create Global Action Projects, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Participate Learning's Global Competencies. The projects empower students to become #GlobalLeaders who pay attention, feel connected and take action to make the world better for everyone.

Purpose & objective

Our participant outcomes are as follows:
Participants will implement technology-based design thinking tools, such as rapid ideation, and a PBL planning template, to build a Global Action Project for their school.
Participants will utilize the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a PBL Global Education teaching tool in their classroom.
Participants will learn to use Global Competencies as a social emotional learning tool to inspire students to be #GlobalLeaders who can change the world.

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Outline

Content and activities: Our content centers around two key pieces of our Global Leaders framework: The Global Competencies, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we utilize a research-based PBL template that guides teachers through their design sprint.

Time: Content is chunked into 10-15 minute blocks.

Process: Our process is a design sprint, meaning that teachers will be introduced to the foundational framework of the SDGs quickly, but thoroughly. From there, we will lead them through rapid ideation, as they identify one local issue facing their community that is reflected in an SDG. From there, we will support them as they design the first two phases of their Global Action Project. Our process relies heavily on peer-to-peer interaction.

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Supporting research

Participate Learning's Global Leaders Framework: https://www.participatelearning.com/global-leaders/

Battelle for Kids: Portrait of a Graduate: https://www.battelleforkids.org/how-we-help/portrait-of-a-graduate

The importance of the SDGS - "World's Largest Lesson": https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Global collaboration
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
While we'd love for attendees to have their own device to access materials in the way that feels best for them, we can accommodate those who do not have devices. No additional software, apps, or accounts are needed for our session.
Subject area:
Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:
For Education Leaders:
Systems Designer
  • Establish partnerships that support the strategic vision, achieve learning priorities and improve operations.
For Educators:
Learner
  • Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.
For Students:
Global Collaborator
  • Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.
Disclosure:
The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

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