GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
Our Mission
Our mission is helping schools to create authentic learning opportunities and meaningful relationships for all students — both inside and outside the classroom—that help them to become thriving and contributing members of their community. GEC’s Global, Innovative, Strategic, Transformative (GIST) School develop students who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to thrive and fully participate locally and globally.
To ensure every child and young person has the best start in life, a safe, healthy, and inspiring place to learn and the skills and global mindset for the future, the education system needs to be transformed, not reformed.
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Wherever a learner and interpersonal relationships exist.
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Creator of the learning ecology in the community.
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To educate children, unite people, and lead society.
Working alongside schools, we provide a holistic solution for the future of learning where schools prepare students for an increasingly complex and interconnected world and who are ready to solve real-world problems creatively, collaboratively, and equitably. Our solution includes learner-centered, project-based learning pedagogy and performance assessment in an inclusive, equitable, and collaborative culture.
We develop confident learners who thrive in constantly changing world and contribute to their communities and beyond.
A world of increased global interconnectedness, technological advances, and the rapid rate of change requires students to have different skills. Education is no longer about just “knowing”. The GEC model is grounded in deep learning around authentic, interdisciplinary project-based learning using real-world issues to support the development of milestone projects, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Global. Innovative. Strategic. Transformative.
(GIST) Schools enable students to direct their own learning pathway and develop the skills and confidence they need to thrive and make a lasting difference. These real-world, learning opportunities can take many forms, including children working with and learning from other children, children learning from nature, children and teachers learning together, and children learning through their communities.
From our GIST school students
GIST school students discuss the benefits of the iceberg model.
GIST school students discusses the compassion systems framework and mindfulness.
GIST School student reflects on his experience in Germany through the Cincinnati Munich Sister Cities program, introduced by GEC.
Our Key Pillars
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We envision teachers as architects of learning relationships and catalysts for future family and societal assets development. With support from leading research institutions, milestone-driven professional development, coaching, and evaluation are augmented by artificial intelligence, enabling teachers to shape the family and community's future assets.
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Students engage in authentic learning environments, exploring real-world problem-solving with milestone performance assessments. Throughout their studies, they acquire knowledge, hone skills, enrich communication, cultivate individual character, and contribute values to both local communities and the broader human society.
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Teachers, acting as pivotal leaders, form versatile and diversified learning relationships and groups. They guide and support students to become independent and imaginative creators of knowledge, skills, and life meaning, all the while fostering critical and systems thinking abilities.
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A learning relation-based ecology and climate offer everyone in the educational ecosystem opportunities to be initiators, implementers, and recipients of knowledge, skills, and life's meanings. All members actively contribute to an effective, coordinated learning environment that extends both inside and outside the school.
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Teaching and learning outcomes become intellectual property and digital assets belonging to students, teachers, families, and schools. With an emphasis on privacy and property rights, artificial intelligence is harnessed to enhance the learning prowess of each student and the teaching effectiveness of each teacher, creating value for the community and broader society.
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The provision of rich, safe, healthy, inspiring, and sustainable learning spaces ensures equal access and opportunities for all learners. These creative and experiential environments come equipped with developmentally appropriate smart resources and facilities, supporting a dynamic range of physical spaces for individual, partner, group, team, and class learnings.
“I am excited to explore the new opportunities that will now exist for our students and staff due to this opportunity with distinction!” - Josh Amstutz on GIST school recognition
Our key partners
GEC has long-established partnerships with other organizations. While the GIST Schools model was developed in the United States, GEC is continually building relationships with education leaders, influencers, innovators, and development teams in the education sector from around the globe.
