Category: Professional Development

The Global Ed Collaborative Conference 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference will be held November 14 - 18, during international education week - and it is online and free. Sessions will take place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. The 2010 Global Education Conference had 15,028 unique logins and presentations from 62 countries. Isn't that incredible!

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Reflection, Reconsideration, and Reconnection: Moving Beyond Re-entry

As educators, as students, or as travelers, when we return from experiences abroad everything around us suggests that it’s time to return to “normal living,” life as it is, and by extension life as it should be. The mismatch between these strong environmental pressures to return to normal and our own deeply felt changes can lead to varying degrees of reverse culture shock.

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How To Pursue a Career in International Education

Do your students return from study abroad with a new career goal in mind?  Have you worked in the field for many years but want to consider other international education options? Have you lived abroad and thought about pursuing your passion for intercultural training, but don’t know where to begin? Or perhaps you’re an experienced educator who wants to consult? Maybe you’ve been laid off or recently pursued a MA degree, but don’t know how to land your dream job?

There is a solution!

Melibee Global, in conjunction with Small Planet Studio, is offering a teleclass series to help those of you who are interested in a career in international education.  You can sign up for 1, 2 or 3 of the “How To” series of classes based on your interests and level of experience. Sessions will be recorded, so you can listen to the recording(s) if you can’t make the live session(s).

To learn more and/or to register for the “How To” class(es) please click here.