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In college, I was able to travel to China to play softball. We traveled to different sports schools playing game after game. My favorite part of this journey was that after we would play a game, we had an opportunity to interact with the Chinese team we played against. It was amazing to see that you don't have to speak the same language to communicate. We interacted through jumping rope where we used the common language of laughter to connect. It is something that I took with me into the classroom. Looking past language and seeing my students as individuals is key. I try to find different ways to interact if our language is different. Some of those ways may be through a smile, sports, a game, or pictures. This is why I fell in love with teaching math. Math is a human language.

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I am a global educator because I have been able to immersed myself in several cultures. In the picture I am in Guatemala where I spent several weeks with the Mayan natives learning about the struggles they have faced and are currently facing. The goal was to learn from them and then to come back and tell others in the states their stories. Our nation is so "sheltered" from what is really going on in the world and it is our job to open the eyes of our neighbors.

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Emily Hebb                              I consider myself a global educator because of my experience teaching in Shijiazhuang, China. Last summer I worked for an English school called Ellison. It was the best experience of my life and I learned so much about teaching english. I saw the benefit of having a Native Chinese teacher who could translate for me. I leaned all about the Chinese culture, by living in China, going to host family dinners and taking the students on filed trips. 

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Emily Hebb                              I consider myself a global educator because of my experience teaching in Shijiazhuang, China. Last summer I worked for an English school called Ellison. It was the best experience of my life and I learned so much about teaching english. I saw the benefit of having a Native Chinese teacher who could translate for me. I leaned all about the Chinese culture, by living in China, going to host family dinners and taking the students on filed trips. 

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Allie's First Steps in Becoming a Global Educator

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Allie's First Steps in Becoming a Global Educator

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I think I am in the beginning stages of being a global educator. I think there are some things I implement in my classroom that prove this, as well as areas that I could grow as a global educator. I think my approach right now is trying to help my students see the whole world that is around them, rather than the little bubble of Mint Hill, Charlotte that they know. One of the ways I am doing this this year is by setting up a pen pal program with children in the country of Columbia. This has not only been exciting for the students but also eye-opening to see how much they have in common to students so far away from them in the world! Here is a picture of the latest letters that have come back from their pals in Columbia!

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I consider myself a global educator because I have always been invested in learning about culture and using it to broaden my understanding of the world. I have traveled abroad a couple of times to really feel immersed in the culture and to learn as much as I can about the world around me. I talk to my students about how people around the world live and they can share with me about what their homes are like. In my home, we celebrate many Mexican holidays and uphold many Mexican traditions that my non-Mexican students are interested in learning about and my Mexican students can relate to and appreciate. Below is a photo of my in-laws with my daughter, my husband, and myself visiting La Villa de Guadalupe in Mexico City.

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Auset's Successful Attempt at Loading a Picture!!!

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Auset's Successful Attempt at Loading a Picture!!!

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I consider myself a global  educator because I use my experiences through travel to broaden my perspective of the human experience.  I also create safe spaces for people to come together to experience and appreciate the perspectives of others.  No matter where I go, as an educator, if I have time, I make it a point to speak with students and visit schools. This allows me to gain unique perspectives about, school and educational processes around the globe.

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I consider myself a global educator in training. There is much room for growth in this area. Currently I am a global educator because I understand my own cultural identity and its influence on my personal dispositions and classroom practice. I value the input of culturally and linguistically diverse learners, families, and colleagues, and I model cultural sensitivity. I also try to create an environment that encourages positive cross-cultural interaction.

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I consider myself a global educator because I strive to make culture a very important aspect of my classroom. The students in my class represent a variety of cultures, so it is important to me that my students share these cultures with their peers. Every morning I do a "morning meeting" with my class, in which we greet each other, share something about ourselves, and then engage in a lesson that focuses on Social and Emotional competence. I start the year off by inviting students to lead the morning greetings by sharing a greeting or way to say "good morning" from their culture. After all my students have shared, each week I introduce a different language/culture to focus on. This includes learning how to greet others in this language and learning a bit about the culture. My students love sharing their own cultures, as well as learning about other cultures that they are not familiar with.

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I consider myself a global educator because I have been fortunate enough to travel and teach. As part of my student teaching, I was able to spend 1/2 of my year teaching in Hamburg, Germany. Through living with a host family, and serving in the schools I was able to be fully immersed in the culture. Through that experience I was able to bring what I learned from my host family and students back to my student in the U.S. Additionally, I have tried to be intentional in my classroom about facilitating learning about global issues that our students are not aware of.

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I consider myself a global educator because I try to expose myself to different cultures and experiences by traveling and by keeping an open mind to cultural differences. With my students since we are not able to travel, we travel virtually through the internet and sharing our own personal experiences with one another. I have a greeter of the week that will pick the greeting that represents a different language. Throughout that week during our morning meeting we learn about that culture and students research information as well.

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I consider myself a global educator because I have been, and continue to use my abroad experiences to shape my teaching and classroom culture. I have used my awareness of the similarities and differences between teaching and schooling of different cultures, and my educator lens has broadened, and it is constantly expanding. I am also a global educator because I strive to incorporate the cultures and backgrounds of my students into daily learning, and I also look for opportunities for my students to teach me. Below is a photograph of me teaching at a school in Malawi, Africa!

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I consider myself a global educator because I have extensive travel experience not only in the United States but in other countries as well. I bring back my experiences to the classroom through photographs and storytelling. I also feel I am a global educator because I create activities around environmental issues from around the world. One of the most exciting activities I have done with my children was based on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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I consider myself a global educator because I was able to come back from our Robotics world trip and share what we learned from students from other countries. I try to share as many experiences as possible like this with my own children. But more importantly, as much as possible I try to embed activities for my students to learn and share about things happening around the world and their own experiences from their culture.

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If I had to evaluate myself based on the knowledge I am constantly learning and embracing, I would deem myself as an evolving global educator. We are our worst critic, so when I say this it is not to demean my professional passion of education but it is to declare that it is a wealthy of knowledge that I feel I have only chipped at the tip of the iceberg. I can tell I have progress well beyond the superficial status of a global educator but there is so much I need to learn from other colleagues, this program as well as my professors in the future.

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In an effort to broaden my students' learning perspectives, I not only seek to find ways to learn about other countries of origin but also the country in which we live. I consider myself a global educator because I work to connect my students to other regions of our own country. Through our Nationwide Pen Pal Network, we learn about the lives and learning of children from every region of the United States. Many of the students who were born in this country have never ventured outside of their neighborhoods, not to mention the state. While supporting our language learners from other countries, I remain mindful of the other students who have limited knowledge of the world beyond their immediate surroundings.

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I consider myself a global educator because I try to make each student feel unique, because of their cultural background. I incorporate activities into my lessons that focuses on recognizing individuality and culture.

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I consider myself a global educator because I am always open to learning and implementing new teaching methods. I am constantly thinking about how I can improve my teaching and exploring various professional development opportunities, Edchats and global research. I think we can have a strong impact when we learn how to reach students from different cultures and bring that knowledge back to our own schools to share with other teachers.

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I consider myself a global educator because I always try to understand and stay up to date on the issues my students and families are facing. Then I try to provide them with lesson and opportunities to know they can understanding and create change, too.

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I consider myself a global educator because I strive to share the different cultures of the world with my students through sharing my personal experiences or experiences that we can have  together.

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I consider myself a global educator because I am always very aware of different cultures that surround me and always strive to educate myself on thee cultures to bring back into the classroom.

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I consider myself a global educator because I have had the opportunity to visit schools in different countries.  I am able to bring my experiences from my visits to Uganda and Spain into my classroom.

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I consider myself a global educator because I spread education throughout the world. I teach about diversity and the cultures of all my students here in NC but I also travel to learn/teach about others all over the world. I educate others to appreciate and learn about their peers.

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I consider myself a global educator because I understand my own "cultural identity" which, in my opinion is a first step in increasing awareness of the culture of others. I have encouraged and helped students learn about the world and "their place in it". As a result, students (and myself) have learned to appreciate, accept, and value cultural differences.

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I consider myself a global educator because I have used travel to help develop a "global lens" through which I see my own culture, group culture, and national culture.  This photos was taken at the Parthenon in Athens. Placing myself in this context reminds me of the incredible expanse of history and culture that shapes our personal, group, and national cultural lenses.