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As rapid economic, technological, and social changes create a world that is ever more interconnected, companies must hire workers with global competence—that is, the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance.
Digital Promise has partnered with organizations, such as the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and Advance CTE, and experts to create free professional development courses and resources to assist CTE educators and community college faculty with incorporating global skills into their courses.
What is global competence, and why does it matter for students in career and technical education programs?
Explore our Introduction to Global Competence and Career and Technical Education resource collection to learn:
Digital Promise offers customized training workshops (both virtually and in-person) for faculty and administrators on integrating global skills and content into courses and CTE programs. Half-, full-, and multi-day options are available for a fee.
This workshop or learning series will help educators understand global workforce readiness skills, how they link to career pathways, and how to integrate global content into what is already being taught in CTE classrooms.
In this training, a cohort of 10 to 15 CTE educators participate in deep, sustained professional development designed to build durable, globally relevant skills.
For district and school administrators, equipping students with global skills helps meet numerous educational imperatives, including preparing students for aspects of a changing workforce, developing the ability to work in a collaborative team environment, and fostering understanding of how to work with people across differences.
Our Global Competence Resources for Administrators resource collection provides administrators with a helpful starting point to guide CTE educators in adding global skills to their courses, industry partnerships, and work-based learning.
The faculty who went through the [Digital Promise training cohort] want to do multiple classes. Some of their colleagues are now coming in and wanting to participate. It has really, I would say in the past year, completely taken off, almost exploded in terms of interest.
Our Global Competence Resources for Educators resource collection provides a suite of comprehensive resources designed to make it easy for educators to incorporate global workforce readiness skills into their existing coursework, including online training modules, syllabi examples, and project ideas organized by topic or United Nations Sustainable Development Goal.
Whether they’re taking a class with global skills embedded or interested in developing those skills on their own, CTE students can access a range of free resources to kickstart their learning journeys.
Our Global Competence Resources for Students resource collection helps students gauge their current familiarity with global skills, access examples of what global career readiness practices look like across sectors, and gain foundational knowledge through our free online training modules.
