Global Online Conversation Aims to Improve Teaching-of-Teachers Around the World Rensselaerville, N.Y. – Registration is open for Action for Teachers of Refugees, a global online convening to be held March 14 through 16 at learning.careyinstitute.org. Registration in the worldwide text-based conversation is free, but space is limited. It is anticipated that hundreds of learning practitioners […]
By Julie Kasper, Refugee Educator Academy Program Manager—Hechinger Report—October 22, 2018— It’s easy during the current heated U.S. election season to miss reports on devastating national events, like the news that the Trump administration has cut the number of refugees the nation will admit to 30,000 or fewer in the current fiscal year, its lowest level in […]
The Center for Learning in Practice, while barely six months old, is establishing our value to the education and humanitarian community, making friends and connections with dozens of organizations around the world. We have been validating our vision that sustainable learning is an important strategy to help improve outcomes for learners of all ages. In […]
October 2018 This fall finds us with new funding, participating in invited events, developing substantive relationships, and offering new courses. We are delighted with a new partnership with Bard College for their “Blended Learning for Higher Education Enrichment and Access” initiative for refugee learners in Germany and Jordon. UNCHR took note of our course Accelerated […]
Advisors Collaborate to Host Action for Teachers of Refugees Event Rensselaerville, N.Y.—Eight leaders in learning design have signed on to the Carey Institute for Global Good’s advisory council for the Center for Learning in Practice. These advisors include: learning ecosystems expert Dr. Cathy Casserly; knowledge management author, Nancy Dixon; Sarah Dryden-Peterson, associate professor at the […]
September 2018 It is fitting that this Practice Note is issued on the cusp of harvest time (in the US anyway). With it, we share the fruits of our labor over the last several months. We have reached some significant milestones and are delighted to share them with you. • Our first thematic paper, the […]
Education Program Grows to Advance Learning and Knowledge Across Sectors Rensselaerville, N.Y.— The Carey Institute for Global Good announced today the launch of its Center for Learning in Practice. The center’s objective is to improve professional learning and knowledge sharing in and across civil society organizations through programming, research and services, particularly in the education […]
Center for Learning in Practice Joins the International Teacher Task Force A Global Alliance of Partners Working to Address the “Teacher Gap” September 10, 2019 Rensselaerville, N.Y. – The Carey Institute for Global Good’sCenter for Learning in Practicehas been accepted asa member of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (Teacher Task Force). […]
August 2018 Inaugural Sustainable (& Blended) Learning Cohort Visited the Carey Institute! We are thrilled to have hosted transnational educators at the Carey Institute for Global Good for the second annual Refugee Educator Academy summer workshop and our first ever Sustainable and Blended Learning Design event. Teachers from California, New York, Berlin, Palestine, and Jordan […]
A recent report indicates that “80% or more of the professional development offered and participated in by teaching professionals failed to meet the federal definition.” The Center for Learning in Practice (CliP), created to design and educate about exemplary evidence-based professional development, pre-dates the report but targets the same problems it identifies. Our sustainable learning […]