Inspire Educators

Teachers need to build global citizenship, service, sustainability, community engagement, and belonging into their curriculum. This is the HOW.

Co-Designing Learning Experiences

Inspire Citizens collaborates with educators to bring visions of holistic global citizenship to life in your classroom.

Utilizing our Empathy to Impact framework, we align with your school's learning outcomes to design transformative, Curriculum-integrated learning experiences with holistic global citizenship at the heart. . This process incorporates curriculum knowledge, focusing on desired student outcomes by connecting to local and global issues. By fostering systems thinking and ethical reasoning, we empower students to collaborate with community partners to design, plan, and implement impactful, sustainable actions.

Are you looking for in-depth professional learning that is flexible, online, and connects you to a global community of educators committed to meaningful impact?

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Programs for educators

Join the Global Citizenship Certificate Program

Through this 3-part program, participants will engage in brave dialogue as they discover skills and strategies to immediately apply a wide range of tools and resources designed to amplify local community partnerships, build a global network, and empower learners to work together to shape a healthier, happier, and restorative future for themselves, our society, and the planet.

Access our Short courses

Check out our list of snack-sized professional learning modules. Simply choose a topic that connects to a learning goal at your school. Each module provides tools, resources, case studies and frameworks to empower students to take action and have a positive impact in their community as global citizens.

Get access to one or more short course(s)

Virtual Coaching

Design powerful, authentic Global Citizenship learning experiences with personalized support from an Inspire Citizens coach. We help you translate Global Citizenship Education (GCED) best practices into meaningful classroom action: aligned with your curriculum, your students, and your context.

Sessions are 60–90 minutes and typically take place 4–8 times throughout the year, allowing for sustained growth and implementation between meetings.

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Programs for schools

Unit designed using the empathy to impact design framework

Curriculum Design Workshops

Learn to design transformative, interdisciplinary learning experiences with holistic global citizenship at the heart. Empower learners through these powerful 1-2 day workshops designed to foster a deeper purpose, applied skills, and community engagement.

Contact our team to host a curriculum design workshop

for your school, division, grade, or team, during Professional Development days or as a weekend regional workshop.

Empathy to Impact Professional Development day

School Partnerships

Designing, implementing, and sustaining a curriculum based on the existing scope & sequence that integrates global issues, incorporates authentic community engagement opportunities, and is aligned to the school’s mission, vision, and values is no easy task.

We’ll partner with you to find the best-fit approach for your school’s needs, whether you’re preparing for accreditation or developing a long-term strategy for global citizenship aligned with your mission, vision, and values.

Learning Resources

Empathy to Impact Guide

Empathy to Impact is a unit design approach for educators to embed global citizenship into their teaching and learning or into their curricular/co-curricular programs. Follow these next stages to level up one of your own units, learning experiences, or programs today.

READ THE GUIDE

Community Engagement Guide

By moving from “doing for” to “learning from and acting with” communities, students can develop empathy, agency, and the skills to create lasting impact. Follow these next 5 steps to level up one of your own units, learning experiences, or programs today.

Read the guide

Inspired Educators in Action

Discover stories from our partner schools as they partner with Inspire Citizens

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Vignettes

Collaborators for Good: Youth Leaders in Beijing Build Networks to Envision a Better World

Expanding opportunities for students to develop skills of advocacy, empathy, and interpersonal connection

More Than Passengers: How Embedding Service Learning in the Curriculum Promotes a Changemaker Mindset

Tracking the journey of bringing authentic service learning into daily classroom practice

The Diving Board Effect: How NIST Built a Culture of Service Before Going Even Deeper

Analysing the outcome of taking a deliberate first leap toward a whole-school approach to service learning.

When the Right PL Partners Spark Lasting Change

How professional collaborations lead to elevated teaching and learning outcomes

Lightning in a Bottle: How Three Educators Turned Community into Curriculum

Building empathy, gratitude, and true community that spans languages and subject areas

From Hidden Potential to Global Impact: Aimee Meditz's Journey in International Education

Aimee Meditz is living the kind of purpose-driven and empathetic life that helps learners see themselves as changemakers.

Building the Architecture for Authentic Community Engagement: A Practical Guide for International Schools

Part II in a series for educators following the MYP shift toward more clearly defined Community Engagement outcomes

From Protest to Partnership: Building Student Leadership at Yeronga State High School

Student leadership development is challenging and messy. And so, so worth it.

From "Who Am I?" to "How Do We Belong?": Renewing an Identity Unit Through Multiple Perspectives

Upcycling a well-worn unit of study into a dynamic and engaging experience with global perspectives

Incorporating Sustainability Into Every Corner: Lessons from Lincoln School

Notes from the journey toward better approaches to student-centred sustainability education

From the Playground to La Cumbre: How PE Teachers Spark Authentic Community Partnerships

United in their goal, this PE team unlevelled their game in service learning and community engagement

Building Bridges: How Seoul Foreign School Transforms Learning Through Community Partnership

From the seeds of tradition grows a lasting opportunity for community engagement

Guardians for the Future: An Educational Movement Begins

When a guiding coalition of experienced educators unites, anything is possible

Creating Space for Connection: How Educators Inspire Each Other Through Conversation

A casual and collaborative space serves as a valuable point of connection

Embodying Earth: A Case Study in Blurring the Boundaries of the Classroom

Turning to nature to explore a different way of learning

Beyond Transactional Service—Seeing the Wisdom in Transformational Community Engagement

A timely interview with Aaron Moniz, Co-Founder of Inspire Citizens, including helpful resources

Inspired Experiences: Elevating Learning Beyond the Classroom

From audit to action, this Inspire Citizens team member is helping schools take experiential learning to a new level

Sustaining Changemaking: A Whole-School Journey at the International School of Prague

In a world where “service” can often feel like an afterthought, the International School of Prague (ISP) is intentionally redefining the concept across every grade level

Art as Action: Service Learning through Visual Storytelling

Inspiring art that fosters empathy, action, and global citizenship

Measuring the Impact of Service Learning Projects

An IC partner’s guide to measuring what matters to deepen the impact of service learning

Adding Significance Through Service: Reimagining a Grade 3 Inquiry Unit

Building empathy and connection through reciprocal service learning

5 Essentials from COJOWA: How One School is Getting Service Learning Right

This multi-year transformation is raising the bar for service through consistency and commitment

Experiential learning and the power of meaningful reflection

Reflections on enhancing student growth through intentional reflection and meaningful experiences

Revitalizing Service Learning at Lincoln Community School: A Collaborative Story Unfolds

More than a curriculum enhancement—this is a shift in mindset

From Empathy to Impact: How Inspire Citizens Helped Shape Lasting Change at International College Beirut

Service learning gains traction as a powerful force for student leadership and community change

Reimagining Service Learning: Lincoln School’s Transformative Journey with Inspire Citizens

How to use service learning as a way of building a lasting, school-wide culture of action and empathy

Fostering Regenerative Thinking and Transformative Action: Exploring the Collaboration Between NESA and Inspire Citizens

A dynamic partnership converts theory into action at the hub of the regenerative schools movement

Elevating Educator Impact Through the Global Citizenship Certificate

By fostering innovation, building community, and delivering timely resources, the GCC empowers educators to lead the charge in transforming education for a better world.

AISD’s Advisory Transformation: Connecting Through Service Learning

At the American International School Dhaka (AISD), a reimagined approach to service learning is reshaping how students engage with their community.

Empowering Student Leadership at Shanghai American School