The Global Educators Conference will address critical issues in the field with an emphasis on
- + global competency curriculum and assessment
- + global citizenship and student action
- + intercultural dialogue
- + institutional leadership, off-campus program development, and risk management;
- + current research in the field; and more.
Join us in Miami to explore these questions and others with educators from across GEBG’s global community.
AUDIENCE:
Global program leaders, classroom teachers, curriculum specialists, risk managers, and school administrators.
COST:
$595 for member school attendees; $695 for non-member school attendees. Transportation from the hotel to the school and some meals included.
Miami Country Day School, Miami, FL, USA
The host for the 2025 Global Educators Conference is Miami Country Day School. Miami Country Day School is an independent, coeducational, nonprofit learning community with approximately 1,270 students in Pre-Kindergarten 3 through Grade 12, designed to meet the needs of every student, every day, every where. Miami Country Day is rooted in their commitment to educating the whole child – both inside and outside the classroom – a mission that has defined their growth over the past 85 years and continues to advance both their program and community today.
GENERAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 3, 2025
8:00-4:00pm Preconference Workshops in Miami
4:30pm Opening Speaker at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
6pm Opening Reception at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
Friday, April 4, 2025
7:30am Shuttles to Miami Country Day School
Full day conference with breakout sessions and featured speaker
Happy hour reception at Miami Country Day School
6pm Shuttles return to the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
Saturday, April 5, 2025
8am Shuttles to Miami Country Day School
½ day conference with breakout sessions and featured speaker
PROGRAM DETAILS
Transportation
Shuttle buses will transport conference attendees from the Miami Marriotte Biscayne Bay to Miami Country Day School on Friday and Saturday mornings and return at the end of each day. The ride will be approximately 30 minutes depending on traffic.
Self parking will be available near the hotel. Limited parking is available at Miami Country Day School. A bus will be available to shuttle conference attendees back to the hotel at the conclusion of the conference.
Meals
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided Friday and Saturday at Miami Country Day School
Thursday and Friday evening receptions include light refreshments
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Meg Medina
Meg Medina is the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist, and which was followed by two more acclaimed books about the Suárez family: Merci Suárez Can’t Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award, and which was published in 2023 as a graphic novel illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas; Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture books No More Señora Mimí / No más Señora Mimí, Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away / Evelyn del Rey se muda, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez, Jumpstart’s 2020 Read for the Record selection; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award; and biographies for young readers She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor and She Persisted: Pura Belpré, the latter with Marilisa Jiménez García. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay is a perfectly placed hotel at the intersection of the downtown Arts and Design districts.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
1633 North Bayshore Drive
Miami, Florida 33132, USA
- + Room reservations are available for $259 USD per night excluding taxes and fees
- + An additional daily destination fee of $25 USD includes $25 daily food and beverage credit, daily 2hr bike rentals for two guests, daily use of pool table or ping pong
- + Conference transportation will pick-up and drop-off at this location
- + Reservations must be made by Friday, February 21, 2025
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
We hope that you will share the ways in which you have sustained and improved global education in your schools over the past year or more. We welcome proposals from school leaders, classroom teachers, program administrators, partner providers that co-present with a school, and any other members of your school communities on the following topics:
- + strategic vision and initiatives for educating in today’s interconnected world
- + global competency curriculum and assessment;
- + global citizenship and student action curriculum development;
- + intercultural dialogue;
- + institutional leadership, off-campus program development, and risk management;
- + current research in the field;
The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, December 6, 2024.
Check out our programs from previous in-person conferences:
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Annual Global Educators Conference is as significant opportunity for organizations to join us and meet our community of educators. Through sponsorship and exhibiting, we hope to showcase the range of support and services offered by organizations that come recommended by our member schools and to facilitate opportunities for schools to form new connections. Engaging with GEBG is an opportunity for direct dialogue with global education decision makers and budget managers. Read more about this year’s engagement opportunities.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship the most visible way to connect with our community of school leaders, and supports GEBG as a non-profit working with our members to grow the field of global education in K-12 schools. Depending on your commitment level organizations are invited to work with the GEBG team to identify a key event or program within the conference for specific sponsorship. Read more or email us at info@gebg.org to chat about sponsoring this year’s conference.
Benefits of Sponsorship
- + Promotion through specific events or communications
- + Highlighted as one of a limited number of resources recommended by member schools
- + Complimentary conference registration(s)
- + List of participating schools and organizations shared in advance of the conference
- + Premium Exhibiting space and exhibitor benefits
Exhibiting
Exhibiting at the GEBG conference is a great way to build new and grow current partnerships with schools. Due to GEBG’s basic vetting of exhibitors, schools come to conference ready to learn more about you. Exhibiting includes table space on Friday and Saturday’s program and full access to conference programming, as well as listing for your organization in the conference program.
The fee to exhibit at the 2025 GEBG conference is $1500 and $1250 for non-profit organizations. The exhibiting fee includes the cost of one individual registration fee. If another representative of the organization wishes to attend, they will have to register at the non-member attendee rate.
Please note, the conference will have very limited spots and spaces sell-out every year. To secure your spot, submit an application online as soon as possible.
Exhibitor Benefits
- + One complimentary conference registration which includes Thursday and Friday receptions and lunch on Friday and Saturday
- + Transportation to and from the conference hotel to the school on Friday and Saturday
- + One 6’ table and two chairs
- + Listing in the Conference Program Directory
- + Schools attendee list shared at the conference
Application Information:
We will begin to review applications on October 1st and on a rolling basis following that date. Applications will be considered based on availability.
RISK AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
Acknowledgement of Risk and Safety Procedures:
Providing a safer environment for our conference attendees, staff, and partners is our top priority; achieving this is a shared responsibility. In-person attendees at the GEBG Conference will follow appropriate safety guidelines as set forth by local officials and our on-site partners. Currently, proof of vaccination is not required and mask wearing is optional for all events, however, the host(s) reserve the right to change these requirements.
Participation in GEBG events signifies an attendee’s acknowledgement of infectious and other diseases and voluntary assumption of the risk of exposure or infection by attending the event. Attendees agree to comply with all guidelines and procedures, including distancing and/or masking, that may be implemented by GEBG and/or host facilities, in accordance with recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities and/or advisors.
Participation in GEBG events signifies an attendee’s acknowledgement of infectious and other diseases and voluntary assumption of the risk of exposure or infection by attending the event. Attendees agree to comply with all guidelines and procedures, including distancing and/or masking, that may be implemented by GEBG and/or host facilities, in accordance with recommendations from the CDC and other public health authorities and/or advisors.
