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September’s Newsletter comes as the world continues to grapple with the consequences of upheaval of every kind. We take this moment to share the good work that continues in the face of new complexities and feature the committed educators who are doing it. These scholarly practitioners are leading the way to reimagine what is possible for quality teaching and learning, under any conditions. We also bring you Sustainable Learning 2020, an update to our original framework, which anticipated the need for a new way of thinking about education ecosystems and the resilience and adaptive capacity required by those who work in them.
- Dr. Diana D. Woolis, Director
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Higher Education Connected & Blended Learning Toolkit
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We are delighted to share with you our new Higher Education Connected and Blended Learning Toolkit. This toolkit provides an introduction to connected and blended learning as well as effective practices for designing instructionally sound courses that can be taught in both remote and brick and mortar teaching environments.
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Join in! Higher Education Inclusive Pedagogy and Technology in the Refugee Context in the MENA Region
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Faculty Insights Survey, Open House and Engagement Workshop
The faculty teams in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon have been busy collecting and sharing insights and experiences about digital pedagogies. Please help us engage as many faculty as possible in the region by sharing the following information with your networks. For more information on this project, go to https://clip.careyinstitute.org/category/news/.
- Share the Faculty Insights Survey (it is in English and Arabic) – The voices of higher education teachers across the region are essential to the project.
- Attend the Project Team Open House – 30th of September, from 2 pm - 3 pm Amman Time (Find it in your local time here).
- Participate in Engagement Workshops – Our country teams still have a few workshops to go. If you work with faculty in Egypt, Jordan, or Lebanon, please encourage them to join us. Click here for the dates, times, and sign-up forms for all of the sessions.
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Funded in part by the Open Society Foundations
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We Are Now Members of the COVID-19 Global Education Coalition
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The Carey Institute for Global Good and its Center for Learning in Practice are proud to join the COVID-19 Global Education Coalition organized by UNESCO. All children deserve to be safe, healthy and educated no matter their citizenship, migrant, or displacement status, and we take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment.
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Please see a message from our President & CEO, Gareth Crawford, explaining why the Carey Institute has joined this collaborative effort.
#LearningNeverStops
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Partnership with Southern New Hampshire University
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CLiP Interns
The Center for Learning in Practice is currently hosting three amazing interns through the Global Education Movement (GEM) at Southern New Hampshire University. Learn more about our interns and their valuable contributions to our team on our website.
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SNHU GEM
GEM is a Southern New Hampshire initiative on a mission to provide higher education and a path to work for refugees. Learn more about their project here and watch their recent TED talk here.
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2020-2021 PESB Professional Growth Plan PLC Grant
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The Center for Learning in Practice has been awarded a Professional Growth Plan (PGP) Professional Learning Community (PLC) grant from the State of Washington Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) for the second year in a row. This year, our PLC will focus on social and emotional learning among refugee educators and for students of refugee backgrounds. Washington state K-12 educators can learn more and apply to participate in this specialized PLC here.
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NEW! Critical Issues in Refugee Education Workshop Series
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This newly launched series, designed for and presented by educators working with students of refugee backgrounds, aims to move beyond foundational knowledge and skills to explore the ways educators might contribute to more joyful teaching and learning experiences and more equitable outcomes for students.
Download the full 2020-2021 workshop series schedule here.
Learn more about and register here for Workshop #1.
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Workshop #1: Implicit Bias Workshop for Refugee Educators
Presenter: Marissa Winmill
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
7:30 pm EDT / 4:30 pm PDT
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Continuing REA Webinar Series: Perspectives from Schools
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Working with Diverse Student Groups
Presenter: Anne-Fleur Lurvink
Saturday, October 3, 2020
12 pm EDT / 4 pm UTC
Anne-Fleur teaches English at a high school in Rotterdam, with high levels of cultural and social-economic diversity amongst the students, many with migrant or refugee backgrounds. She specializes in capacity strengthening of youth in development/aid settings and serves as a Unesco coordinator.
Download the full 2020 webinar series schedule here.
RSVP for the webinar series here.
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UPDATES! New & Revised Courses Available in Our Catalog
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We are pleased to be offering a new short course focused on child well-being and protection.
Our suite of micro-courses focused on supporting refugee Students with Interrupted of Limited Formal Education (SLIFE) have been updated. They will be available in Spanish, Arabic, and Turkish later this fall.
Browse our course catalog here.
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Opportunities to Connect and Learn with REA
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We continue to respond to the needs of our community, aiming always to create rich and meaningful opportunities for educators to connect with each other, share and interrogate their practice, and learn together. Please join us. And don't hesitate to reach out with requests, ideas, questions, or suggestions. You can reach the Refugee Educator Academy Program Manager, Julie Kasper, at jkasper@careyinstitute.org.
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REA Facebook Group
Connect with educators working with learners of refugee backgrounds in various roles and across diverse contexts including both formal and informal, pre-primary through adult education. Share resources, ask questions and expand your network. Join the REA Facebook group here.
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Weekly REA Global Chat
Every Thursday at
11 am EDT / 3 pm UTC
Join the conversation each Thursday to discuss whatever is on your mind related to education in refugee and displacement contexts. Bring questions, resources, important issues, and an open mind. Connect with us here (on Zoom).
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U.S. Practice Workshop
Every other Tuesday at
4:30 PDT / 7:30 pm EDT
In these workshops, structured conversation protocols are used to discuss dilemmas, provide feedback on work-in-progress, analyze success, and examine data from U.S. teaching & learning contexts. Register for our next workshop on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 here.
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Global Practice Workshop
Every other Wednesdays at
11 am EDT / 3 pm UTC
In these workshops, structured conversation protocols are used to discuss dilemmas, provide feedback on work-in-progress, analyze success, and examine data from global teaching & learning contexts. Sign up here to receive updates on these workshops.
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Sustainable Learning 2020
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Sustainable Learning refers to a theory of educational practices that contribute to a healthy learning ecosystem in which knowledge is co-created and shared in community; Teachers and the systems in which they work are self-reflective and are adaptive to rapidly changing environments. In a healthy learning ecosystem, learning is an iterative, evidence-based process that addresses immediate needs and provides for the emergence of transformative insights and actions. Sustainable Learning is a set of applied disciplines and the practices that make the disciplines actionable.
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Sustainable Learning 2020 (SL2020) is an update of our original Sustainable Learning Framework. It reflects an expanded perspective on creating healthy learning systems. SL2020 defines five evidence-based disciplines: Looped Learning, Democratic Engagement, Purposeful Pedagogy, Digital Geographies, and Systems Thinking, and the practices that make them actionable. SL2020 is grounded in established learning and change models, drawing on elements that have been empirically proven to improve outcomes. Thus, its elements are not new. What is new is the weaving and integration of these proven strategies into a new fabric, one that might be reliably used to accomplish critical objectives at scale.
For more information see our website. Please watch for the publication of the SL2020 Guide and Toolkit and related workshops in early 2021.
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Contribute
Philanthropy plays a key role in advancing the mission of the Carey Institute for Global Good. We build strong partnerships with foundations, corporations, and individuals that allow positive and worthwhile outcomes.
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