Emerging Leaders Forums

The program aims to enhance engagement with the Asia-Pacific region and provides earlier level curriculum entry points for schools to help embed global learning and engagement activities into their teaching and learning and student engagement initiatives.

Benefits for students

The ELF connects Victorian and offshore students. A core benefit for students involved is that it enhances student leadership, voice, agency and intercultural understanding, and provides participants with the opportunity to explore what it means to be a global citizen.

The program further supports students to:

• construct knowledge, analyse concepts and multiple perspectives concerning global citizenship, culture and identity
• explore 21st century challenges and opportunities faced by the international community through dialogue and apply knowledge and skills to propose solutions to local and global real-world problems
• provide opportunities to strengthen leadership and empathy.

Program structure

In this program, students undertake a critical, creative and collaborative learning activity focused on global citizenship linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Teachers and students are supported by pre-forum and post-forum activities designed to build their foundational knowledge for maximum engagement, and are exposed to captivating guest speakers and youth change-makers.

Key dates

The Emerging Leaders Forum will run in Term 3 in 2024. For questions, contact: global.learning@education.vic.gov.au