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NEWS AND EVENTS!! Job Vacancy. Recruitment is now underway for a new post of Youth Participation Worker in our youth programme. We are looking for someone to work with young people aged 13 to 25 providing opportunities for them to gain skills, knowledge and understanding of the wider world, and the confidence to become active peer educators and global citizens. It is a part time post (16 hours per week) paying £784 per month. You can download full application details here. Returned applications are due by the 19th September 2008. Teaching Global Youth Work (GYW) in Youth & Community Work. This is a conference aiming to share best practice, review new research findings, and explore a broad curriculum for Global Youth Work in Higher Education across Britain. Organised by De Montfort University and taking place on the 12th November 2008. More details here. Looking for meeting space? The Global Education Centre meeting room is now available for hire. More details. Download a booking form Booking form. |
Who we areGlobal Education Derby is a specialist educational organisation, working across Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands encouraging active participation in initiatives that address global poverty and environmental degradation. We work with teachers, youth workers, and other educators to promote increased awareness of the importance of global citizenship in the lives of young people, and to offer opportunities for reflective, creative and innovative work that develop the themes of sustainable development within the policies and practices of the education system. We are a member of the Development Education Association and an accredited Development Education Centre. Download our latest Annual Review What we offerTraining and AdviceFrom music and fashion to poverty and terrorism, young people's lives are intimately connected to the complex and fast-changing world around them. This offers both exciting opportunities and difficult challenges to young people and those who work with them. Education programmes have to reflect the new global realities if they are to remain relevant, but it isn't always obvious to teachers and youth workers how to do this. We run INSET and CPD on a range of topics, offer customised support for whole school programmes, including help with gaining accreditations such as the International School Award, Eco-school Green Flag, and Fair Trade School. Sessions can be tailored to meet specific needs. Teachers can click here for an overview of the global dimension in education Youth workers click here for a brief introduction to Global Youth Work ProjectsWe run a range of projects involving schools and youth groups. Our projects explore themes such as Global Citizenship, North-South linking, Sustainable Schools, community cohesion, and critical literacy. Opportunities exist for schools and youth groups to get involved in current projects or developing ideas for new ones. An example of a current GED project is Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry where, together with regional and international partners, we have been developing a new methodology for introducing global learning into mainstream education through the citizenship and diversity curriculum. ResourcesWe stock a wide range of resources for use in all key stages, curriculum areas and for Global youth work. Materials include issues-based teaching packs, locality packs, environmental resources and artefact boxes. The resource library is free of charge for schools or individual teachers and youth workers who have joined our membership scheme. Contact us for a catalogue. |