Standards

//Global Classroom// employs practices, integrating Edstep's Global Competency Matrix, the Common Core, and NY State Learning standards, to strengthen and align student learning with relevant and necessary skills to prepare them for the 21st Century.
 * Integration with Standards **

Defined by the Asia Society’s Partnership for Global Learning as “the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance," global competency entails student investigation of the world beyond their immediate environments, recognition of multiple perspectives, effective communication with diverse audiences, and taking proactive steps to improve the conditions of their local and global communities. Through the program, students interact with Global Guides from many countries, developing and improving their verbal, written and digital communication skills, while receiving unique learning opportunities that expand their existing school curricula. In conjunction, //Global Classroom //implements Common Core practices that better prepare students to understand other perspectives and cultures, as well as use digital media effectively to communicate their reflections and opinions. Students learn to integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media formats, while analyzing and comparing multiple points of view on the same or similar topics.

The //Global Classroom// curricula is thoughtfully designed to support existing school curricula and develop students' communication and critical thinking skills, providing them a platform for discussion and other learning opportunities that they would not have had otherwise.

For detailed overviews of how each Thematic Unit integrates the Standards (mentioned above), visit each Unit's page:

Games World Arts, Traditions, & Culture Global Careers Global Citizenship Teen World Water Investigating Conflicts