Global Competency in Bilingual English Classrooms

In the quest to create more equitable classrooms, global competency must be reimagined not as an add-on but as a foundational pedagogical move—especially in bilingual English settings. This session explores how educators can rethink instruction to center students’ languages, identities, and lived experiences while cultivating global awareness.

Grounded in culturally sustaining pedagogy and equity-centered practice, participants will learn actionable strategies that integrate global competency into bilingual and English classrooms serving multilingual learners. By amplifying student voice, connecting local and global issues, and valuing linguistic assets, teachers can disrupt deficit narratives and foster classrooms where all students thrive as critical thinkers and global citizens.

Through interactive reflection and real classroom examples, participants will leave with tools to enact equitable, transformative pedagogical moves that prepare students to engage meaningfully with the world beyond the classroom walls.

Teachers will also receive resources to travel abroad and engage global experiences to enhance best practices.Sofia Gonzalez