Connect Your Students to the World
Register Now for our October 2023 Cohort
We’re excited to announce that we’re running a new Cohort in October. For Spanish classrooms, we will find you a partner! For other World Languages, invite a partner and we will pair you. We can accommodate almost any language.
What is a Level Up Village Cohort?
Level Up Village has launched a brand-new and easy-to-use platform with engaging, collaborative courses. For this October, Level Up Village will pair registered teachers and their classrooms with teachers and classrooms in another country. This Cohort of paired classrooms, for students ages 12-18, will take part in 4- to 8-week global exchanges with brand new course content to choose from. The exchanges will be half in the target language and half in English. Guided by our leveled Languages & Cultures course content and student-friendly technology, students will make memorable connections with global peers and deepen their understanding of other cultures.
For Spanish classrooms, we will find you a partner! For other World Languages, invite a partner and we will pair you. We can accommodate almost any language.
Benefits for Teachers and Students
With Level Up Village, teachers will...
- Get partnered with a classroom in another country that matches their students’ age range and language level.
- Network with teachers around the world.
- Receive training and support in global education best practices.
- Have an option to choose the course level and pacing option that best suit their classroom needs.
- Enhance their language lessons with authentic, peer-to- peer interactions.
- Bring competency, cultural awareness, and empathy to their classrooms.
With Level Up Village, students will....
- Practice conversing with global peers in the target language.
- Make friends around the world and gain new perspectives from their peers.
- Develop cultural competence and global perspectives.
- Build their 21st century skills or collaboration, communication, and creativity.
- Grow into global citizens.
- Receive a certificate of completion.
With Level Up Village, teachers and students alike can be a part of the global movement!
How Do I Sign Up?
Complete the sign up form for each classroom. Once you register, our team will reach out with detailed information about what to expect and how to prepare for your upcoming exchange.
Admins should send this form to the teachers participating.
We’ll notify you once your account has been set up and your partner school has been matched.
You can then work directly with your global partner teacher to modify course dates and tasks, if desired.
See complete pricing information here.
Schedule and Pacing
October Cohort
October 9 - December 8
No assignments due November 20 – 24
- 9 Weeks
- 4 Exchanges
- 1 Video upload per week
- A suggested weekly plan will be provided.
- Enhance their language lessons with authentic, peer-to- peer interactions.
- Students can be assigned to do tasks in school or at home, or a combination of both.
Registration Deadline: September 22, 2023
October Cohort Courses
Level 1: Explorer
Our Favorite Foods
Every culture has a diverse cuisine with foods that are very representative of their country and their communities. The purpose of this course is to learn about the different holiday meals, typical dishes, and snacks from other cultures. Additionally, students investigate practices related to grocery shopping within their own communities. In this course, students discover what life is like for other people in another culture through direct video exchanges with peers from another culture. Additionally, students identify similarities and differences between their own and other cultures around the world.
Level 2: Adventurer
What Culture Means to Us
Culture comes to life for students as they exchange videos describing and showing elements of their favorite holidays, festivals, music, clothing, and food. The purpose of this course is to converse about festivities that are unique within our community. In this course, students discover what life is like for other people in another culture through direct video exchanges with peers from another culture. Additionally, students effectively interact to discuss similarities and differences between their own and other cultures around the world and ask questions to elicit further information.
Level 3: Trailblazer
Future Plans and Professions
Our professional world is constantly evolving, and many careers are changing. Many careers and professions in our communities reflect some of the current professional trends in our community. In this course, students share their knowledge about professions that are popular in their culture and their future career plans. Additionally, they will explain how the current educational system in their communities prepare them for the workforce once they finish their plan of studies. Through video exchanges, students will interact at a competent level with their peers to explain cultural practices and perspectives within their own and other cultures.
