In partnership with

Global Learning Programme - Wales

Bill Burson – Programme Manager

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What is the GLP-W?

• A three-year funded programme

• Supports schools to embed good practice in global learning through the creation of school networks

• Focused on sharing practice and ideas

• Supported by access to high quality training and resources.

Target - Half of Wales’ schools will engage with the programme by July 2017

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What do we want the GLP-W to do?

• Help children and young people understand their role in a globally interdependent world and explore ways by which they can make it more just and sustainable

• Familiarise pupils with the concepts of interdependence, development and globalisation 

• Stimulate critical thinking about global issues, both at a whole school and pupil level

• Help schools promote greater awareness of global poverty and how it can be reduced

• Enable teachers to explore new and alternative ways of teaching about development and sustainability in the classroom.

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Programme Structure

• Lead Schools recruit and develop Network Schools on a two-year cycle

• Schools assess practice through the Global Learning Self Evaluation (GLSE)

• GLSE automatically generates Next Steps and can be used to measure progress over time

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Network timeline

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Why should schools engage with the GLP-W?

ESDGC (especially the GC bit!) Training, resources and support Curriculum enrichment A relevant and exciting context to

develop literacy and numeracy To prepare pupils for the wider world

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Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC)

• Common Understanding (2008)

• Outlined what ESDGC “is” for schools, teachers and learners

• Note: ESDGC is part of the of the Estyn common inspection framework

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ESDGC “Progress” Review – June 2014Schools should :

• improve pupils’ understanding of the more complex ESDGC concepts;

• plan for the progressive development of pupils’ understanding of ESDGC across the curriculum, and assess and track pupils’ development;

• plan for ESDGC to make a positive contribution to developing pupils’ literacy and numeracy;

• provide a variety of extra-curricular opportunities to support ESDGC;

• identify members of staff to have responsibility for co-ordinating and developing ESDGC across the school;

• provide appropriate training for teachers and other staff to help them to deliver ESDGC more effectively, including its more complex concepts;

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Training, Resources and Support• GLP-W training & PD

- Provided directly to Lead Schools

- Lead Practitioner accreditation

- Lead-Network reflection of practice

• GLP-W website- GLSE- Latest News- Teaching Resources

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Enriching the curriculum and providing a context for developing Literacy and Numeracy

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The value of global learning to pupilsPractical:

75% of board- and director-level executives and CEOs think that “we are in danger of being left behind by emerging countries unless young people learn to think more globally”The Global Skills Gap. (2011) Think Global and British Council

Personal:

• Social responsibility

• Cultural, racial and religious respect

• Empathetic and rights aware

• Prepared for a more sustainable future

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What next?Recruitment:

-Further Lead Schools (Deadlines in 2015)

-Around 700 Network schools (by 2017)

Resources:

- Subject specific and cross curricular

- Stronger support for Literacy and Numeracy development

- Case Studies of identified effective practice from schools in Wales

Sharing

- Via school networks, events, newsletters, website and partners