Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision: New Jersey citizens have the requisite knowledge to live and work effectively in a complex and dynamic world.
Mission: The creation of a systemic approach to ensure that all New Jersey students are provided with the knowledge and skills to be able to function culturally, politically and economically in a global society.
Goals:
- To help students understand, connect to and act on critical global issues by integrating international perspectives into curricula in all core curriculum content standards areas with special emphasis on:
- World languages instruction that includes languages central to global literacy and that are important for future economic and security needs; and
- Social studies instruction that focuses on global issues and how to address them within the diverse social, political and economic contexts that exist worldwide.
- To connect student acquisition of international literacies to real world experiences both in New Jersey and beyond state and national borders.
- To enhance teacher capacity for international teaching excellence through pre-service education, professional development and opportunities for exchange and study abroad.