AFS Global Up Americas | Student Certificate
Issued by
AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS Global Up Americas is a groundbreaking virtual exchange program for high school students and educators. Students of this program connect, learn from each other and collaborate with another classroom in the Americas. They complete the Global Up Teen program and earn the Global Competence Certificate, which features tangible, key 21st century global skills. This program is funded by the Stevens Initiative, which is housed at the Aspen Institute and is supported by the Bezos Family Foundation.
- Type Learning
- Time Hours
Skills
- Active Listening
- Bridging differences
- Collaboration
- Communication Styles
- Compassion
- Conflict Resolution
- Critical Thinking
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Value Dimensions
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy
- Flexibility
- Intercultural Communication
- Intercultural Competence
- Intercultural Learning and Dialogue
- Managing emotional responses
- Microaggressions
- Open-mindedness
- Power and Privilege Dynamics
- Self Awareness
- Social Inequality
- Virtual Exchange
Earning Criteria
Standards
This program is funded by the Stevens Initiative, which is housed at the Aspen Institute and is supported by the Bezos Family Foundation.