COJOWA school in Colombia has developed a thorough and purposeful strategic plan with service learning at the heart of transforming values into action.
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Kerry Craig is the Outdoor Learning teacher at the International School of Prague (ISP) and she is thrilled to see how this new program is growing roots and gaining momentum.
“We’re looking at the Sustainable Development Goals throughout the school and we’re about to start the PYP (Primary Years Program) and MYP (Middle Years Program),” says Kerry. “It’s new at our school to use a sustainability lens at these levels and we want to do this intentionally, to create embedded and integrated learning experiences throughout the program. I can see how our Outdoor Learning program is going to play a key role.”
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Just as a grade 2 unit called “Be the Change” was getting underway this year, Shanghai went into a serious lockdown for Covid-19 and schools went back online. Teacher Silvina Rubiano was determined this would not derail her students’ access to a robust Empathy to Impact experience, so she pivoted to focus on advocacy and digital storytelling. The result: deep student engagement and a campaign to spread peace to all international teachers in Shanghai.
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Four years ago, curriculum leaders and teachers at Concordia International School Shanghai decided they needed to overhaul the elementary school social studies curriculum. They knew they needed help for this massive task, and they called on the Inspire Citizens team to lead the charge.
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