This document discusses the need to prepare teachers with global expertise and internationalize teacher education programs. It highlights promising strategies such as creating a globally-oriented education culture, deepening content knowledge, internationalizing professional education courses, and providing international experiences. The case of the GATE Fellows program at the University of Maryland is presented as an example of how to internationalize a college of education by establishing leadership, infrastructure, faculty development, curriculum changes, and resources.

1. Preparing Teachers to
Teach about the World
Merry Merryfield, Professor, The Ohio State University
James Greenberg, Director, International Initiatives, College
of Education, University of Maryland
Betsy Devlin-Foltz, Executive Director, Longview
Foundation

2. The Challenge: Teachers Need Global
Expertise
Knowledge of the international dimensions of
their subject matter & a range of global issues
Pedagogical skills to help students analyze
primary sources from around the world,
appreciate multiple points of view, recognize &
address stereotyping
Commitment to assisting students become
responsible citizens of the world & their own
communities

3. Teacher Preparation for the Global Age
The Imperative for Change
•Scan of the field
•Promising strategies
•Recommendations

4. Promising Strategies
Create a globally oriented education culture
lead, plan, recruit, reward, provide professional learning for faculty
Deepen content knowledge gen ed, partner with Arts
and Sciences (inc Title VI centers, community & cultural orgs
Internationalize professional education
courses (methods, foundations, child dev, ELL, ed tech) & fieldwork
Provide international experiences at home, abroad,
online
Strengthen world language teacher education
update methods, increase capacity to teach less commonly taught
critical languages, and in early language, immersion, online

5. Internationalizing a College of
Education: The Case of the
GATE FELLOWS Program
Why, What, How?
Jim Greenberg
University of Maryland

6. WHY?
 In this day and age, why should we have to do
something special to promote internationalization?
 Why can’t we just make it happen?

7. What
 Successful internationalization requires support on
several dimensions, including:
 Leadership
 Infrastructure
 Faculty development… and buy-in
 Curriculum and climate change
 Resources

8. How
 THE GATE FELLOWS
 Professional Community
 Advocacy Core
 Learning -- from each other and outside
 Curriculum Transformation
 State Leadership