Moving Beyond Tolerance to Compassionate Global Engagement
Educational Consulting for a Better World

"Principles, once internalized, lead to something.  They prompt activity, impel motion, direct choices.  A principled person always has a place to stand, knows where he or she is coming from and likely to end up.  Principles always lead the person who possesses them somewhere, for some purpose, to do something, or choose not to.  Neither principles nor values lead anywhere if they remain abstract, embalmed in print, or are not internalized by human persons.  If they are to be taught, the principles need a human face; they must be conveyed in words and images that move the heart."
―William J. Byron

The mission of PLS is to help schools and organizations move beyond tolerance to a culture of compassionate and constructive global engagement.  We do this by providing professional development workshops, coaching and curriculum expertise in the following areas:
  • Project-Based Learning geared toward solution building, social action, self expression, effective cross-cultural dialogue, collaboration, and the exploration of cultural and personal identity.

  • Resources that include web-based curriculum and professional development geared directly toward the needs of teachers, bringing the world into classrooms and classrooms into the world.

  • International Collaborations & Travel program development, including international homestay and service projects.  Scholarship development for equity of opportunity to go abroad.

  • Networking with other global educators, providing practical partnerships with global educational organizations, and inspiring creative avenues for teaching controversial global topics.

  • Curriculum & Professional Development that give teachers practical methodologies for the global enrichment of their courses (K-12), and evaluation strategies which ensure authentic cross-cultural experiences.

  • Integration of global issues across the curriculum, school-wide international event planning, and support for mainstreaming global topics across all grade levels and disciplines.

  • Pedagogies that help your students build critical thinking and problem-solving skills through interactions with global issues and the perspectives of people experiencing them.

  • Leadership Strategies that help students find constructive avenues for responding to global conflict, simultaneously developing their cross-cultural competency as 21st Century thinkers and leaders.

  • E-Technologies that use social networking and digital video conferencing to directly connect students with other young people in the world.

  • Diversity & Pluralism that develop students' ability to hear and honor the needs of others.  Global education moves students beyond tolerance to authentic understanding and compassion for the experience of others.

World Leadership School at Appleby College
September 2011

Testimonials

"Jennifer Klein is an educator who empathizes with students, teachers and citizens of the world.  Jennifer puts action to her pedagogy and 'best practices' in teaching.  She is an educator for all seasons, places, and constituencies."  
--Betsey Coleman
English Department Chair,
 Colorado Academy

"Jennifer Klein is a master teacher and presenter.  Her ability to get both adults and students to understand the complexity and dire importance of global issues is unsurpassed.  All who hear her speak will be intellectually and emotionally moved." 
--Pete Sniegowski
English Department Chair,
St. Mary's Academy

According to participants, Jennifer's e-courses for TakingITGlobal...

"...have given me access to new resources.  By including colleagues, it has has increased the critical mass of globally competent teachers at my school."

"...had a deep impact on my understanding of the importance of global education."

“. . . emphasized the need for keeping things real, relevant and connected to others beyond students' immediate school community.”

“. . . helped me to understand how to teach global issues and why to teach them. It has given me ideas of resources and ways I can use the internet to help teach global issues.”

“. . . has been very relevant for me both professionally and personally. This course has provided stimulus material for my professional learning sessions, ideas and issues to discuss at faculty meetings and excellent ideas to implement in the classroom. I have already used many of the ideas I have seen.”
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