The purpose of the GCED Innovative Schools' Code is to describe the core principles upon which participating schools are expected to base their conduct, culture, and professional practice.
The GCED Innovative School Code reflects the core values, mindset, approaches to pedagogy and practice, purpose, internal and external contexts, way forward.
A GCED Innovative School is a school that approaches education from a new perspective, unleashing the transformative potential of Global Citizenship Education. The school is committed to the values enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990).
We believe the adoption and implementation of the GCED Innovative school code by participating institutions, both in letter and spirit, bring them to the forefront of transforming their learning spaces in addition to transforming education for human and planetary flourishing, thereby enabling them to shape the many futures of education for generations of young learners. Adopting the GCED School Code is an essential criteria for receiving the Global Citizenship Schools Awardmark. You may display the GCED Innovative school code on your website by copying the below text:
We share the Global Citizenship Foundation's Commitment to advancing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4.7: Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development and the values enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990).
Global Citizenship Schools approach education from a new perspective, unleashing the transformative potential of Global Citizenship Education by adopting and adhering to the GCED School Code and fostering the GCED Innovative Mindset.
The GCED Innovative Schools’ Code describes the core principles upon which participating schools are expected to base their conduct, culture, and professional practice. Schools that adhere to the GCED Innovative School Code share the willingness to advance the following characteristic:
