Global Leaders

Empowering Students To Lead With Empathy, Innovation, And Global Perspective

Themes:

Design ThinkingInnovationLeadership

Length:

Half DayOne DayThree DaysTwo Days

About The Program

The Global Leaders Program is a hands-on leadership and innovation experience that challenges students to think beyond their local community and explore some of the major social, environmental and economic issues shaping our world. Through interactive workshops, global scenarios and collaborative challenges, students step into the shoes of changemakers as they investigate real-world issues connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and develop innovative solutions for communities around the world.

Designed to build confidence in leadership, empathy and global citizenship, the program takes students through a design thinking process as they research complex challenges, understand different perspectives and develop user-centred solutions. Along the way, students strengthen their teamwork, communication and critical thinking skills while learning how leaders, organisations and communities can work together to create meaningful and sustainable change.

Workshop Themes Include:

Global Challenges & Citizenship Students explore major global issues including sustainability, inequality, education, healthcare, climate change and rapidly changing cities while considering their role as future global citizens.
Empathy & Understanding Communities Students step into fictional communities and develop user personas to understand how different people experience global challenges and why successful solutions need to consider local needs.
Design Thinking & Global Innovation Students work in teams to research, ideate and develop innovative solutions to a complex challenge connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Leadership, Debate & Decision Making Students pitch and defend their ideas, respond to feedback and adapt their solutions as new challenges emerge, developing confidence in communication, leadership and decision making.

Students can explore a range of fictional global communities, each presenting different challenges. These can include rapidly growing cities facing housing and pollution pressures, communities experiencing inequalities in education and healthcare, or coastal regions responding to climate change and threats to ecosystems. Schools can also nominate a specific Sustainable Development Goal, global issue or curriculum theme for the program to explore.

The program works particularly well as an introduction to global citizenship, leadership or sustainability units, as an enrichment experience for student leaders, or as a practical way to bring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to life. Longer programs can incorporate additional research, debates, simulations and project development, allowing students to respond to changing scenarios and further refine their solutions.

Program Outcomes:

By the end of the program, students will:

Develop confidence in leadership, collaboration and communication
Strengthen empathy, critical thinking and design thinking skills
Build an understanding of global citizenship and sustainable development
Explore how communities and organisations respond to complex global challenges
Develop, adapt and pitch an innovative solution designed for a global community

Every program can be tailored to suit the specific goals and expected outcomes of your classroom. Whether you are preparing students for leadership programs, global citizenship or sustainability units, assessment tasks, project-based learning, competitions or curriculum outcomes, our team can adapt the experience to align with your students, learning objectives and school priorities.

Age Group

This program has been designed for High School students and is recommended specifically for Grade 9-12 students.

Program Length

This program can be adapted in length to run for a half day, full day, two days, or three days in length.

Longer programs allow students to further develop their skills and dive deeper as they bring their ideas to life. Shorter programs are great as a taster experience for students touching lightly on the key topics.

Topics Covered

In this program we will be covering the following topics:

Curriculum Alignment Opportunities

This program compliments the following content descriptors in the Australian Curriculum:

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Case Studies

The Global Leaders program is a popular program with schools looking to provide students with an opportunity to develop their skills in global citizenship, leadership, and community impact.

Examples of how schools have utilised this program in the past include:

Kenmore State High School | Year 9: A term long challenge for students to work in teams and develop innovative yet impactful solutions for their community.

We understand that every school and every class is different. That is why our team of experienced facilitators work with every client to tailor each program to their context.

Classroom Resources

If this program has caught your eye, you might also be interested in some of our classroom resources. These resources have been designed by our team of innovative educators to help you deliver inspiring and engaging learning experiences in your classroom. Resources related to this program include:

Design Thinking Resource Bundle: A resource bundle with case studies, activities, and templates to help you infuse your classes with design thinking. Click here to find out more.

Youth Advisory Resource Bundle: A resource bundle with case studies, activities, and templates to help you get authentic thoughts and ideas from your young people. Click here to find out more.

Global Leader Scenario Briefs: A selection of stimulus materials that challenge students to develop impactful solutions in response to a Sustainable Development Goal focused challenge around the world. Click here to find out more.

The Future Of Food Unit Of Work: A 10 lesson unit of work that will see students exploring the technologies changing the way we produce, prepare, and consume food. Click here to find out more.

Other Programs

If you're looking to help students in your community develop their skills in design thinking and community leadership, we'd also recommend checking out the following programs:

City Of The Future: The City Of The Future program involves students working together in teams to revamp sections of their city, adding new innovations, sustainable solutions, and urban design as they explore the technologies changing how we live. Click here to find out more.

Community Creators: Our Community Creators program will see students taking a design thinking approach to create a simple but effective technological solution to solve the a challenge students are passionate about in their local community. Click here to find out more.

Designed Spaces: The Designed Spaces Program has been created to give students the opportunity to use design thinking and user-centered design frameworks in order to design a space of the future on their school campus or in their local community. Click here to find out more.

To explore our full range of workshop programs, make sure to check out our program library by heading to: www.bopindustries.com/programs

About BOP Industries

BOP Industries is an Australian education company on a mission to inspire the next generation of young innovators.

Run by a passionate team of innovative educators, we work with government, industry, and schools to deliver workshops, masterclasses, professional development, and competitions designed to help inspire and engage primary and high school students around the world. Since beginning our work in the education space in 2018, we have worked with over 100,000 students in 36 cities across Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and North America. To find out more about BOP and the schools we work with, head to: www.bopindustries.com/about-us

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