Dragons 2018: Educator Courses

EDUCATOR Expand Your Practice

THE LEADER IN CROSS-CULTURAL + EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION SINCE 1993

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR PRO

For faculty and administrators seeking a deepe we offer unparalleled professional development Courses guide participants through an intention authentic relationships, teach skills, and inspire

BOLIVIA EDUCATOR: C

Work with activists and agro Aymara communities as they indigenous perspectives on through homestays, field vis

WHY DRAGONS? EDUCATOR COURSES—FOR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS—IMMERSE PARTICIPANTS IN HANDS-ON EXPLORATION OF GLOBAL ISSUES, WHILE TRAINING TO KEY SKILLS IN PROGRAM LEADERSHIP. Working alongside an intimate cohort of innovative and inspired colleagues, these immersive experiences offer the best in professional development in cross-cultural education. Through homestays, collaborative work in communities, workshops, and exchange with local experts, participants build meaningful relationships, bringing to life classroom curriculum back home while learning intentional program design, risk management, and ethical community engagement.

Each Educator Course offers an opportunity to become a student again, and to experience firsthand our unique approach to transformative teaching and learning.

Participants should come prepared for a challenging, engaging, and profoundly educational experience, and return deeply rewarded for their efforts.

CAMBODIA EDUCATOR

Unravel the complex world o and neo-colonialism. Embrac studies and social entrepren question of “How can we do

CHINA EDUCATOR: BEY

Move beyond the iconic citie minority cultures, resource m security. Work with monks, fa and immersion opportunity

INDONESIA: GEBG COL

CORE TRAINING CURRICULUM

Dragons is proud to be the e offer professional developm schools committed to deepe effectiveness of their global

While each course explores different themes and content, every Dragons Educator program includes training in the fundamentals of global experiential education.

JORDAN EDUCATOR: TE EASTERN ISSUES

RISK MANAGEMENT

FACILITATION IN A CROSSCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

How do we identify, assess and mitigate risks, ensuring that student safety and growth are appropriately balanced?

How do we offer the most learning and growth from each cross-cultural experience?

PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM DESIGN

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

How do we intentionally design programming to foster global citizenship, awareness of self, and leadership?

How do we build and maintain mutually-beneficial relationships of trust and reciprocity?

For dates, pricing and more information, visit our website: WWW.WHERETHEREBEDRAGONS.COM/EDUCATORS

From Amman to Wadi Rum, immerse in the tension betw dialoguing with NGOs tackli and social justice.

March

NEPAL EDUCATOR: LEA

A Newari homestay, earthqu of both comparative religion by structured workshops on programming leadership.

NICARAGUA EDUCATOR CULTURAL + EXPERIEN

Build skills for facilitation in c design, and community enga experience and skills-trainin March 23–31, 2019

OGRAMMING

DOMESTIC EDUCATOR PROGRAMMING

er understanding of the critical issues of our time, t opportunities abroad. Our International Educator nal progression of focused engagements to foster curriculum back home.

Dragons Domestic Educator Courses emphasize skills development in our core training curriculum. These immersive retreats empower and inspire administrators and teachers who work in experiential and cross-cultural education to take their programming to the next level by aligning goals and practicing new techniques.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SEMINAR (RMS): BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION The RMS offers the essence of our educator programming curriculum in a condensed and dynamic four-day thematic progression. Participants return home with a shared mental model for global citizenship education, fostering new ideas and a clear strategy to deepen and enhance their work.

November 7–10, 2018

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAININGS Regional trainings provide a facilitated group experience and workshops in risk management, cross-cultural facilitation, and community engagement.

Check our website for dates and locations.

CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION

o-ecology specialists alongside Quechua and y adapt to the impacts of climate change. Explore climate science and resource management sits, and dialog with NGOs. July 1–15, 2018

R: LEARNING SERVICE

of international service learning, power, privilege, ce a hands-on exploration of development neurship while taking a critical lens to the simple o good in the world?”

March 23–31, 2019

YOND THE WALL

es and tourist sites to explore topics of ethnic management, environmental issues, and food armers and rural homestays to develop curriculum for your own students.

July 26–August 10, 2018

LLABORATIVE FACULTY PROGRAM

exclusive partner of the GEBG to ment opportunities for member ening and enhancing the programming.

June 15–29, 2018

EACHING CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE

, refugee communities and Bedouin traditions, ween traditional and modern Arab identity while ing complex issues of water politics, education, 24–April 1, 2018

ADERSHIP IN GLOBAL EDUCATION

uake recovery work, and an immersive exploration ns and development politics are complemented n key components of effective global August 1–15, 2018

R: INSTRUCTOR TRAINING IN CROSSNTIAL EDUCATION

cross-cultural contexts, risk management, program agement while we oscillate between immersive g for leading international student programming.

For dates, pricing and more information, visit our website: WWW.WHERETHEREBEDRAGONS.COM/EDUCATORS

TESTIMONIALS

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“Where There Be Dragons is an extraordinary organization changing the lives of children and young adults. The GEBG is fortunate to have Dragons as a strategic partner and collaborator in the important work of hand-cultivating global citizens. The work has never been more needed or important, and it is a privilege to work side-by-side with Dragons.”

— J OE VOG E L Director, Center for Global Citizenship at the Hathaway-Brown School and the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG)

“Top notch. Way beyond hopes and expectations. I wanted to do a Dragons course for over 15 years and this was even better than I hoped. Mostly due to the high level of all three instructors and a really stellar group of participants. Knowledgeable...accessible and available; generous spirited and warm; fearless in talking about challenging topics; flexible decision making... impeccable on so many levels. I sometimes cringe at the idea of 2 weeks of being in a group. I loved every minute of this time. That is saying so much!!!”

— KAT E RA N DA LL Urban School of San Francisco

“The Nepal Educator was equivalent to a graduate level education course.

After nearly 40-years working in this field I learned a tremendous amount on both personal and professional levels.”

—V I CK I W E E KS Founder of Global Weeks, ISEEN Board Chair Former Director of Global at Lakeside School

“I have been on countless professional development trips/conferences and NEVER have I had a group with such amazing educators and fellow participants! Thank you. This was THE BEST professional development opportunity in terms of personal growth and experiences that I have experienced in my 32-year career as an educator of students!

— LE T T Y D OW N S Hotchkiss School

PHOTOS Cover Benjamin Felser, Nepal Semester Student; Inside Left Stefanie Daehler, Indonesia GEBG Participant; Inside Middle Pet Zivkov, Bolivia Educator Participant; Jess Bernstein, Cambodia Educator Participant; Natasha Galperin, China Semester Student; Laura Rochette, Jordan Educator Participant; Katie Loebner, Indonesia Instructor; Elizabeth Causey, Nepal Educator Participant; Dragons Archives; Inside Right Amrit Ale, Nepal Instructor

For dates, pricing and more information, visit our website: WWW.WHERETHEREBEDRAGONS.COM/EDUCATORS