As a Certified National Geographic Educator, and also recognized by Canadian Geographic Education, I teach with a strong global and concept focus to increase critical thinking skills. Students start a unit of study based on the BC curriculum, and then we use the big Idea (concept) from that learning and take it globally. I have a geographic literacy and reasoning focus, which consists of three components; interactions, interconnections, and implications. This helps students to understand the world they live in to become informed, productive decision makers.
I applied for and was chosen for an amazing professional development opportunity, a teacher fellowship with National Geographic 2016. It is called the National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. 35 Geographic literacy oriented teachers are chosen from North America each year to do the fellowship. 4 of us were from Canada that year!
It entails learning with National Geographic, and included a 4 day professional development conference in Washington DC with National Geographic staff the other chosen teachers. We have collaboration, projects, assignments, presentations and outreach to do for, and with them. Then all teachers are sent on an exhibition with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions at different times during the fellowship year for incredible ship based learning experiences in the field. I circumnavigated the British and Irish Isles ending in Norway on The National Geographic Explorer, an amazing ice breaker class exploration vessel. I was with 2 other teachers, one from New York State, the other from Minnesota. I have a comprehensive website about the experience, please check it out!
For more about my teaching Philosophy and strategies for Globalizing a classroom, click here!
http://kristenmgill.weebly.com
I applied for and was chosen for an amazing professional development opportunity, a teacher fellowship with National Geographic 2016. It is called the National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. 35 Geographic literacy oriented teachers are chosen from North America each year to do the fellowship. 4 of us were from Canada that year!
It entails learning with National Geographic, and included a 4 day professional development conference in Washington DC with National Geographic staff the other chosen teachers. We have collaboration, projects, assignments, presentations and outreach to do for, and with them. Then all teachers are sent on an exhibition with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions at different times during the fellowship year for incredible ship based learning experiences in the field. I circumnavigated the British and Irish Isles ending in Norway on The National Geographic Explorer, an amazing ice breaker class exploration vessel. I was with 2 other teachers, one from New York State, the other from Minnesota. I have a comprehensive website about the experience, please check it out!
For more about my teaching Philosophy and strategies for Globalizing a classroom, click here!
http://kristenmgill.weebly.com