This website was originally made as a part of the Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program. TGC provides a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a program aimed at globalizing teaching and learning in their classrooms. It is run by IREX, an international nonprofit organization providing thought leadership and innovative programs to promote positive lasting change globally.  The TGC program is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The pilot year of the program is 2011-2012, and includes the following key elements:

• An online course about global education (fall 2011)
• A pre-symposium in Washington D.C. to prepare for international travel (February 2012)
• A two week international fellowship to one of six countries: Ghana, Morocco, Ukraine, Brazil, Indonesia, India (Spring/Summer 2012)
• A post-symposium in Washington D.C. to debrief the experiences and make plans to bring the work back home (October 2012)
• Capstone projects to create global education resource guides for fellow educators (Fall 2012)

Blogs of TGC Fellows: The pilot “class” of TGC is made up of 68 teachers from 32 states across the United States. Check out their blogs to learn about other perspectives and travel destinations:

Ghana (March 2012):

• Meg: Global Listing
• Karen: Sojourn Ghana
• Melinda: Bennett’s Blog
• Randy: Randy French Ghana
• Pete: Mr. Peterson’s Ghana Blog
• Aaron: Pack. Go. Live and Mr. Shelby Travels
• Jen: Ghana Blog
• Sara: TGC Ghana Blog
• Keri: Askronzo

Morocco (March 2012): 

• Ashley: ASKIvens Travel
• Sharolyn: Gallavanting Griffith
• Jim: Wyo Wanderer
• Stephanie: Morocco
• Alike: Take a Walk Across the World With Me
• Judith: Miss Jude
• Maureen: Travel Blog
• Carrie: Globalizing Harlem
• Steve: Travels with Steve
• Joanne: Vigen Voyageur
• Tom: Mr. Gray’s Travel Blog
• Jamie: Morocco Travel Blog

Ukraine (April 2012):

• Sara: Innovation on Earth
• Matthew: Mr. Bundy’s Blog
• Jennifer: The World is a Book
• Carol: Global Lenses
• Steve: Ukraine Travel Blog
• Karen: So Many Places, So Little Time
• Sharon: Battered Suitcases
• Bob: Travels on Facebook
• Dana: DesJardin’s Freadom Blog
• Polly: Roving Little Rhody

Brazil (June 2012):

• Chris: Ippolito Globalized
• Shauna: Travelness-ism
• Ali: Little Teacher, Big World
• Priscilla: Adventures in Brazil and Japan
• Noah: One Teacher, One Planet
• Melanie: M. Werner Goes to…
• Perry: Life is a Trip (and pictures on Flikr)
• Teri: Brazil!
• Troy: Compass, a Classroom Resource
• Barbara: Edlightenment
• David: Angwenyi Brazil 2012

India (July 2012):

• Kathy, To the Other Side of the World
• Tina: Seeking the Foreign and Familiar
• Lisa: A More Global Approach
• Brian: ScoopIt Page
• Carla: High Low Favorite
• Nicole: Around the World with Mrs. Means
• Catherine: I am Out Wandering Around
• Mrs. Edgar’s Passage to India
• Brian: What Exactly is a Googly?
• Linda: Happiness Travels
• Joy: Traveling with Kinley
• Laurie: Mustang in India

Indonesia (July 2012):

• David: To Roam the Roads of Lands Remote
• Laura: Unlimited Visibility
• Arlis: Chronicles of My Journey
• Nancy: Global Awakening
• Jennifer: Travels with Mama Wolfe
• Amy: Indonesia 2012
• Jodi: Where All My Journeys End…
• Cora: Connecting Classrooms & Cultures
• Heather: Teacher for Global Classrooms

Other:

• ScoopIt on 6 TGC Countries (David Burton)
• ScoopIt Page on Global Education (Karen)
  
• The Hopewell-Keroka Alliance (TGC Fellow David Angwenyi’s Non-Profit bringing students to Kenya)
• Video of Global Public Service Project (David Angweny)
  

Note: This website represents the opinions of Sara Krakauer, and was originally made for the Teachers for Global Classrooms fellowship. It is not an official U.S. Department of State website. The views and information presented are the grantee’s own and do not represent the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, IREX, the U.S. Department of State, or Innovation Academy Charter School.