Global Exchange Academy

Experiences beyond the school day.

Learning does not stop in a classroom or at a specific age. GlobalX is designed to reflect the needs of the communities we serve. We know that authentic learning, being able to know something in your own words and in your own way, occurs when experiences focus on connecting skills rather than assessing them. 

GlobalX offers programs that provide experiences for students in afternoons, evenings, weekends, and breaks. The GlobalX Extended Learning (GlobalXLP) and Virtual Learning programs offer a selection of courses designed to provide meaningful, deeper learning experiences for students from preschool to grade 12 as well as programs for adults. Please refer to the Extended Learning or Summer Programs links for current course offerings.

Place-based Learning

Culture, location, community, and heritage are the foundations of a learner. Place-based learning allows learners to draw deeper connections to materials, ways of knowing, and the culture of a specific location. For example, place-based learning involves incorporating local stories into English lessons, solving real-time community concerns in social studies courses, and exploring geographical landmarks through experiential programs in photography and art.

Learner-centered

Placing an individual at the center of their education allows for a greater sense of agency, and the inspiration to pursue lifelong learning. A learner-centered approach puts individuals in the driver’s seat of a project. Learners and teachers engage about expectations. Conversations are valued over passive lectures. Learners create their own pathways toward completion.

Blended Learning

Engaging with place-based forms of knowledge doesn’t always require traveling. Blended learning combines the virtual and in-person worlds of education. Growing in importance with the rise of digital technologies, the ability to create learning environments that respect human-centered experiences, regardless of modality, from anywhere in the world, is a key tenet to blended learning. In courses that use this approach, in-person moments become powerful reflective and collaborative spaces that build upon the discussions, findings, and materials.

GlobalX adapts to provide course options and styles to meet a learner’s lifestyle and needs. Experiences offered through GlobalX include credit-bearing, co-curricular, and professional courses, summer school courses and programs, micro-courses, studios, certificate-based courses, community-based learning workshops, internships, and more.