Workshop: Global Literacy for 21st Century Education   

Course ID - CTD0920d 

Short Title: Global Literacy    

Description:
Participants will develop a global perspective which entails understanding and changing the limited connotation of diversity. It will also include a discussion on the concept of global citizenship. Additionally, they will realize and appreciate the importance of lifelong learning for their students, who must learn to participate successfully in the global workforce. Participants will learn some of skills necessary for the dissemination and incorporation of these precepts in their classrooms. Participants will also develop and submit a Global Literacy authentic assessment for use in their classroom.

* Adjunct faculty will be compensated at a rate of $20.00/hour upon successful completion of the workshop.  While you are welcome to take a workshop more than once, CTD can only compensate adjunct faculty for the first time that they take one of these workshops.

Objectives

As a result of successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Apply the knowledge gained to demonstrate a global awareness through actions 
• Explain how to apply the precepts of global citizenship in the local community
• Employ the skills learned to illustrate the development of global literacy/lifelong learning
• Evaluate a change in social attitude among the students through transformative thinking and behavior

 

Dates of Workshop	Reference #	Delivery Format	Meeting Days/Time	Campus/Room	Instructor
02/23/13	752525	Blended	Saturday 9:00am - 2:00pm	Wolfson/3410-5	Renita Ferreira

Registration information
Course ID: CTD0920d 
Course Title: Global Literacy 
Reference # - see table 

How to Register

Registration for CT&D workshops are through the Student Information and Registration system.  The process for registering for a CTD workshop will be the same as registering for a regular class at MDC.  

New - Easier registration for workshops

You can access the Registration System and register for a CTD workshop using the same user name and password that use to login to your computer.    Example:   Richard Johnson  would be rjohnson     (You will NOT need to create a separate student myMDC account to register for a CTD workshop) 

Make a note of the Reference Number for the workshop then go to Registration Instructions

Once you have registered for a class, you can print your schedule.    Please make every effort to attend once you've registered as seats are limited.     However, If you need to drop, you can also do this through the Web Registration screen.     CTD classes will appear on your transcript as non-credit classes.

If you need special assistance to participate in this workshop due to a disability, please call CT&D at 7-2366 so that appropriate arrangements can be made.  College Training and Development complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.