Does your school community have a shared

understanding of global citizenship?

IB Heads Conference 2015 | Den Haag, The Netherlands
 Minding the Gap

What is the most How do you know

effective way to you are developing
provide an global citizenship
international in your school?
education?

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 What is CIS International Certification?

A means to support An evaluative and Project-based learning

and validate a developmental that demonstrates what a
school communitys process to further school is doing well, and
commitment to develop students as how it may develop to an
global citizenship global citizens even richer experience
for its students

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 What Matters in International Certification

The communitys The translation of these Developing

values on global values into authentic understanding
education learning across the in the
community community

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 International Certification Process

DEFINE global citizenship

APPLY the International Certification Criteria

PARTICIPATE in professional development opportunities

COMPLETE projects involving students and the entire school

community, reflect on process and results

SHARE resources in a peer network

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Definition of Global Citizenship
We designed our picture to
look like a globe because
Turning Point School is a
globally aware school. The
globe represents being
globally aware and taking
care of our community.

- Rachel, Charlie, and

Emma

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Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
Continuum

Monocultural
Mindset Measures
Intercultural
Competence:
Intercultural the ability to
Mindset understand and
adapt behaviours to
cultural difference
and commonality

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Your Intercultural Competency
When have you taken cultural differences into account?

When have you assumed similarity?

In what areas of your school could more attention be

paid to cultural differences?

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 Intercultural Competence in Schools
Monocultural Mindset Intercultural Mindset
Schools guiding statements Schools guiding statements
address global citizenship in word show clear commitment to global
only with no alignment with citizenship and are aligned with
learning programs. learning programs.
Am I assuming
Community service Service learning similarity where
One style fits all communication Differentiated communication there are important
and conflict management and conflict management differences to which
approaches used. approaches are used.
I should be paying
School ethos reflects only the School ethos embraces diversity
attention?
needs of the schools dominant through policies, procedures,
culture being taken into account. learning programs.
Professional learning lacks focus Professional learning focuses on
on cultural understanding. cultural understanding.

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International Certification Projects
Project-based learning

Staff
School Guiding Environmental
Professional
Statements Sustainability
Development

Students
(Extra)
Service Global
Co-curricular
Learning Citizenship
Activities
Learning

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 School Guiding Statements Project
Turning Point School
California, USA

Methodist Ladies College

Melbourne, Australia

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Environmental Sustainability Project

Turning Point School

California, USA

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Student Global Citizenship Learning Project
Mentone Girls Grammar
Melbourne, Australia

Turning Point School

California, USA

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 Project Evaluation Rubrics

Project Objectives
Outcomes

Guiding Questions

Evaluation Rubric

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3 International Certification Domains

Support
Leadership Student
And
Commitment Growth
Collaboration

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Intercultural Leadership

What factors do leaders in multicultural environments

need to be aware of?

What understandings, skills and dispositions would an

effective leader need?

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 Intercultural Leadership Traits

Emotional Empathy Knowledge

Intelligence of Other
Cultures
Self-
regulation
Self- Social
awareness Skills Motivation

According to: (Livermore, 2010) (Ang, et.al., 2007)

(Goleman, 2005)

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 International Certification Continuum

A guide to
help evaluate
progress
towards
International
Certification

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Benefits of International Certification
ENABLE students to participate in a rapidly changing,
interdependent world
HELP schools recognise and disseminate effective,
innovative international education practices
PROVIDES school communities with recognition for
high quality international programmes
FOSTER collaboration and whole-school discussion of
values related to global citizenship
SUPPORT educators as they explore intercultural
competence, their own perspectives as teachers and
role models and the impact on students

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International Certification School Feedback

The shared definition of

global citizenship was
powerful in the creation International Certification
which involved lots of opened up conversations
discussion. We next among students,
defined what it looks like teachers, and the
in practice. administration. It was
great to have an external
eye to see how we are
Methodist Ladies College going and how we can
Australia improve.
ST. Timothys School
USA

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International Certification School Feedback

CIS International
Certification gave us strategic
impact. We were looking for
quality assurance as we
asked ourselves, Is the
school really living its
mission? The achievement of
International Certification
showed us we are
authentically living the
Schools mission. It was a
catalyst for learning.

Mentone Girls Grammar

Australia

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 International Certification School Feedback

The International Certification process was an effective and real

process for us. It avoided simply following a tick the boxes
approach and was not bureaucratic. The most important part of the
process for us was to think about exactly what space we wanted to be
in, and developing a clear definition of what Global Citizenship meant
at Ivanhoe was critical to this process. If we did not know what we
wanted to achieve, how could we achieve it? As we anticipated,
International Certification highlighted some areas we need to improve
on and in particular in ensuring Global Citizenship is part of the DNA
of an Ivanhoe education and does not occur by happenstance.

Ivanhoe Grammar School

Australia

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CIS Network

Deborah Richman
Turning Point School
USA
Fran Reddan
Mentore Girls
Grammar School
Australia

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International Certification Schools

International School Indiana, USA

St. Timothys School, USA
Mentone Girls Grammar, Australia
Methodist Ladies College, Australia
Turning Point School, USA
ACS Hillingdon, UK
Ivanhoe Grammar, Australia

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Join the First Cohort of Schools

Application available in the CIS Community Portal

Learn ways that your school can strategically focus

on the development of students as global citizens.
Learn what intercultural competence looks like in a
school, and in school leaders.
Explore, identify and evaluate your school
communitys fundamental values and beliefs about
international education and their impact on the
resulting outcomes you intend for your students.

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THANK YOU