GLOBAL LEARNING FOR EDUCATORS

EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS

EXPLORE PRACTICAL CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS THROUGH GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, CULTURAL ARTIFACTS, FIRSTHAND STORIES AND HANDS-ON PARTICIPATION.

CONNECT WORLD CULTURES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Faculty workshops make global learning tangible. Educators explore geography, history, art, language and music through firsthand stories, rare instruments, cultural artifacts and participation.

Led by a Montessori-trained educator, each session offers practical, interdisciplinary ideas teachers can adapt to their students and curriculum. Explore object-based inquiry, cultural connections and hands-on activities that continue in the classroom.

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Practical ways to bring world cultures into your teaching

Explore how instruments, cultural objects, stories and rhythm can support meaningful classroom inquiry. Led by Montessori-trained educator Daniel Scruggs, these participatory workshops give teachers opportunities to try activities, discuss their application and connect cultural learning with the subjects they teach.

No prior musical experience is required. Workshop emphasis is planned around your faculty’s interests, student ages and learning environment.

Teaching World Cultures Through Objects and Stories

Practice moving from close observation to thoughtful questions and geographic connections. Using selected instruments and artifacts, educators explore how to introduce an object, provide context and invite further investigation.

Practice includes: Describing before interpreting; developing questions; connecting objects with maps and stories; identifying possible classroom extensions.

Rhythm Across the Curriculum

Experience accessible activities using voice, body percussion and instruments. Explore how rhythmic patterns can support work with counting, language, listening and group coordination while maintaining the cultural context of featured examples.

Practice includes: Modeling and repeating patterns; combining complementary parts; responding to cues; adapting an activity for different learners.

Building a Culturally Rich Learning Environment

Explore thoughtful ways to select instruments and develop related classroom experiences. Consider the practical demands of use and care alongside the stories, geographic context and cultural information that make an object educationally meaningful.

Practice includes: Choosing suitable instruments; introducing context; planning a connected activity; identifying questions for further research.

Develop an approach for your school

Consultation can focus on instrument selection, cultural programming or ways to connect a school visit with ongoing classroom work. Share your priorities, existing resources and the ages you serve to discuss a suitable scope.

Faculty rhythm experiences and optional movement or breathing activities can also be discussed as part of a broader workshop.

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BRING CULTURAL EXPLORATION INTO YOUR TEACHING