Building Global Citizenship program
Building Global Citizenship (BGC) is an immersive professional learning program for school leaders aimed at developing the understanding of effective global engagement and how this translates to the school curriculum, practice, community and Victorian government policy.
The Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership (The Academy), in partnership with the International Education Division and Asia Education Foundation (AEF) delivers the BGC.
BGC originally included an overseas component where participants would spend 10 days in China. Due to the global constraints of Coronavirus (COVID-19), AEF designed an alternative digital immersion program for this component of the BGC.
This program consists of a range of modules and tasks that take participants through the research, insights, and connections to global citizenship. A key focus for the program in 2021 was the FISO dimension of 'Community Engagement with Global Citizenship' combined with a focus on intercultural capability in the Victorian curriculum, and a range of wider contextual briefings and networks. These build towards a school-based project that seed the change within school communities. BGC is modelled after the FISO Improvement Cycle, which also matches with processes of design thinking used in BGC.
Highlights of BGC, include briefings from Global Victoria, interviews with 'global citizens', use of the GlobeSmart cultural profile tool with Asialink Business, and sharing local and global research on what works for developing global citizenship.
Expression of interest to participate in the program is currently closed.
For more information, see: GlobeSmart or contact: global.learning@education.vic.gov.au
