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NC State Board of Education Strategic Plan for Global Education

5 Commitments 1. Robust teacher support and tools; Action Item Leading-edge language instruction; 3. New school models; 4. District networking and recognition; and 5. Strategic international relationships.

Commitment 1: Robust Teacher Support and Tools 1.2 Implement an SBE-recognized badging process for teachers and administrators to support a professional development system for global content that leads to an endorsement, certificate, or other recognition with market value.

What is a digital badge? How do we recognize and value the way we learn today? Badges are a new idea to recognize the learning that happens anywhere and share it in the places that matter.Badges

NC Educator Evaluator System (NCEES) Connection 21 st Century Skills Global Awareness Definition NC Professional Standards NC Teacher Evaluation Process

NCEES Rubric Take a few moments and highlight or underline the global references in each of the following elements on your rubric copy: – Element Ia – Element IIb – Element IIIc – Element IIId – Element Vb

Think, Pair, Share With a partner consider the following questions around each element? – Element Ia: What is global competitiveness? – Element IIb: What materials or lessons have you observed where teachers counteract stereotypes and acknowledge the contributions of all cultures? – Element IIIc: How do teachers promote global awareness and the relevance in your schools? – Element IIId: How can we ensure that teachers are aware of these 21 st century skills? – Element Vb : Other than today, what PD have you attended?

Global Educator Digital Badge Criteria for Teachers SBE Policy TCP - H- 001SBE Policy TCP - H- 001: Candidate must ●Document goals to address global awareness elements within the NC Professional Teaching Standards ●Complete 100 hours of global education professional development aligned to documented goals ●Complete a Capstone Project that demonstrates educator ability to increase student global awareness while teaching their content standards ●Complete process within 2 years of documented plan

Documenting the Plan Adhere to the NCEES process for completing Professional Development Plan Document Professional Development Plan within Home Base in online evaluation tool Develop Professional Development Plan goals based on self-evaluation in alignment with global awareness elements adopted into SBE policy

Home Base GEDB Online Management System Step 1: Memorandum of Agreement signed by : ●GEDB Teacher Candidate ●Principal or Supervising Administrator ●District Liaison(TNL credit transfer manager for district) The District Liaison sends the signed agreement to the NCDPI GEDB Coordinator who will enroll the teacher candidate in the online management system.

Home Base GEDB Online Management System Step 2: Teacher completes PD log Step 3: Teacher uploads Attestation (link) form completed by Principal Step 4: Teacher enters Capstone Project information when district submits for state level review

NC Educator Evaluation System (NCEES) Wiki

For more information about the Global Educator Digital Badge for teachers, please visit the following website which is updated regularly.