Global Messengers updated 6 September 2007
A NEAD Project
We all know that teachers are busy. We also know that many are keen to develop a greater global dimension to their teaching, but NEAD schools staff cannot hope to support all these teachers.
The Global Messengers project aims to exploit the multiplier effect by making contact with and providing practical support (resources, contacts, information, and so on) to education professionals with an interest in local/global issues who visit schools. As a result of this 3-year project we anticipate that thousands more teachers and hundreds more schools (many, many more than NEAD could hope to support) will have the necessary knowledge and new skills to equip their students to actively participate in our increasingly globalised world and culturally diverse society.
The key target groups for Global Messengers are initially:
- Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs): Experienced teachers who spend one day a week supporting other teachers to develop their skills and experience through the sharing of best practice ideas and methodologies;
- Local Education Authority (LEA) Advisers: Generally former teachers or headteachers who provide advice and support to schools;
- Initial Teacher Education (ITE tutors: experienced educators (many former teachers) who support trainee teachers at their institutions and in their school placements.
As the project develops we will investigate other potential ‘Global Messengers’: other individuals and organisations who regularly visit schools in our area.
This is a three-year project which runs from May 2006 to March 2009. In the first year (to March 2007) the project plan is to trial approaches and methods within Norfolk (UK). In year 2 (April 2007 to March 2008) the project remit extends to Suffolk and in year 3 (April 2008 to March 2009) across East Anglia.
Please do get in touch if you:
- Would like to apply to be a Global Messenger;
- Have ideas for how this project could develop;
- Would like more information.
Contact Sandy Betlem.
Global Messenger
E-Newsletter
Resources
Some useful documents for ‘Global Messengers’:
- School visit log DOC file (61 KB)
- GM job description DOC file (51 KB)
- Risk Assessment example DOC file (76 KB)
- Healthy Schools Quality Standards DOC file (66 KB)
Activities
The list of activities is as follows:
- 100 People in the World DOC file (53 KB)
- Development Education Toolbox DOC file (178 KB)
- Facts about World Poverty DOC file (26 KB)
- Globingo DOC file (47 KB)
- Greed Nuts Game DOC file (27 KB)
- Running the Trading Game DOC file (48 KB)
One of the ASTs with whom we have been working is compiling a twice termly e-newsletter about events, website contacts, campaigns, teaching resources, and so on. To subscribe to it, email Alex Savage: asavage@notredamehigh.norfolk.sch.uk.
Alex has also created a global website for his school — well worth visiting for teaching ideas, lessons, and so on.
Teaching ideas, resources, and so on
Some ASTs and LEA advisers have been developing lesson plans for events like Black History Month (October each year), Fair Trade Fortnight (March) and Refugee Week (June). These and other NEAD projects can be found on the Projects page.
For a wide range of teaching resources visit NEAD’s Resources pages.
This project is funded by the Department For International Development’s Development Awareness Fund with support from Norfolk Children’s Services, Suffolk Children’s and Young People’s Services, Oxfam and Christian Aid.
