Career and technical education (CTE) teachers need to not only teach the technical and academic skills needed for their content area, they also need to teach students 21st century skills that will make them successful working in a global marketplace. Therefore, a substantive understanding of how local issues relate to global challenges is the foundation of global competence and is required in all career pathways.
Specifically, globally competent students are able to:
While it is important to examine the four capacities above individually, global competence is best seen as an integrated outlook on the world—not a collection of independent skills.
These skills are required and highly desirable when considering the Government and Public Administration pathway and there are a wide range of applications within it. We are reminded that the politics of one country – whether at the federal level or the local level – can affect and inspire the politics of another. This reality requires a deep understanding of the global nature of this field for those who choose specialize in it.
These globally focused projects, written by CTE educators and aligned to the Common Core by ELA, math and science educators, can be used as stand alone projects in one CTE classroom or can be combined by multiple CTE educators in a building. These projects are based around themes and contain the lesson plans, assessment information, and auxiliary materials an educator needs for implementation. Listed below are themes and the projects relevant to the Government and Public Administration pathway.
UN Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships for the Goals
Food Security
Clean Energy: Solar or Wind
Women’s Health
Cybersecurity
Use this blank project planning template to plan your own global CTE project! (Can be used on your own, or in conjunction with Module 2 of the Global CTE PD Course).
The Common Career Technical Core is a common set of CTE standards created for each of Advance CTE’s 16 Career Cluster areas. This document crosswalks the Government and Public Administration cluster with the four domains of global competence, demonstrating the clear alignment between global education and careers in this field. This crosswalk is also filled with ideas of global projects that can support the standards taught in each of the career pathways.
Government/Public Administration Standards Crosswalked to Global Competence
RoadTrip Nation: A database of career interviews from virtually every profession! (subscription required)
This section contains links to Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) with global activity options. Remember, many activities allow some freedom for students to choose their focus – encourage them to choose a global issue.
Resources coming soon!