Teachers at the World in Transition Workshop

All-day programs focusing on timely, critical international issues with national and international experts, in-depth discussions, informative small-group sessions, and lesson plan design. 

Workshops are approved for Act 48 professional credit.

A sampling of past workshops:

• The European Union: Institutions, Players, and Global Impact
• Asia and the Changing Global Economy
• Religion and Politics in the Middle East
• East Asia in Transition
• Understanding the Diversity of the Arab World
• The U.S. and International Organizations: New Challenges in a Changed World
• The Islamic World: Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics

You provided a wide range of topics in a very concise manner—thanks for continuing to serve as a great resource; we often comment on the quality of your offerings to other colleagues.… Keep up the good work! 

- Social Studies Teacher

Upon the request of schools, school districts, or intermediate units, the Council has provided speakers and activities to supplement various in-service programs.

Past programs include:

• Teach Africa Workshop for K-12 Educators
• Globalization: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Bafa Bafa - A Cross Cultural Simulation
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Pittsburgh Public Schools In-Service Workshop for World Language Teachers

Teacher-based training workshops in collaboration with the Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS), as an initiative of the World Affairs Councils of America.  These workshops help provide teachers with up-to-date information, materials, resources, and ideas for teaching about contemporary global issues.  Each participant receives materials from The World in Transition multimedia educational series developed by SCIS.