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Share your skills and expertise to support school improvement. What is the Global Teachers Programme? The Global Teachers Programme offers a challenging, rewarding and motivating professional and personal development experience for teachers and headteachers in Scotland. As a Global Teacher you spend four weeks in Malawi exchanging skills and expertise to support schools involved in Link Community Development’s Malawi Inclusive Education Project. On their return to Scotland Global Teachers work to share the knowledge and skills gained in Malawi with pupils and other teachers, developing an interest in global citizenship, and rights and responsibilities. Head Teachers working together in Malawi
Link Community Development has been running the Global Teachers Programme for nine years with the first Global Teacher placements in Malawi being supported by the Scottish Government in 2006. The programme is now being run as a partnership between Link Community Development and Learning and Teaching Scotland, funded as part of the Scottish Continuing International Professional Development Programme.
“It gives so many chances for all involved to learn from each other, it creates mutual respect and a deeper understanding of each others’ countries.” Global Teacher, 2007
There are many benefits to be gained by your pupils and whole school from your experience:
You will be able to talk from experience about rural Malawian life, about the people, the children, and about school – bringing global teaching and learning to life, impacting across the curriculum and influencing pupils’ knowledge and understanding, values and attitudes.
Being committed to sharing your experience will enable you to build on your school’s global citizenship teaching and learning, supporting the Curriculum for Excellence.
As a Global Teacher you are able to share new and exciting ideas, resources and practice with other Global Teachers, enabling you to bring new practice from around the country into your own school.
Having worked to support headteachers and teachers in Malawi you gain skills in leadership and management building your own capacity to support your own school.
With an insight into school improvement issues and challenges, you may be able to offer a different perspective to your own school.
Having planned and delivered in-service training as part of a small team with other Scottish teachers, you may be able to take up this role within your own school and local authority.
You become part of a network of Scottish teachers working in the area of international education, considered as an expert to other schools and teachers in your local authority.
The Global Teachers Programme is supported by the General Teaching Council Scotland and the extent of the sharing and enhancing of professional knowledge and experience gained as a Global Teacher enables teachers involved to apply for the award of Professional Recongition.
“It is one, if not the best form of professional development I have ever taken part in. It has increased my ability to influence children and adults at school and in the community over global issues – I am now seen as an expert and sought after to answer questions". Global Teacher, 2008.
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