Columbia University Teachers College: Project Belonging: Free Online Summer CourseFeatured

Project Belonging is a free, online offering by Teachers College, Columbia University that is available to students that are interested in becoming ''Belonging Ambassadors'' in their respective communities. To learn about belonging is about becoming someone who understands and knows how to navigate concepts such as resilience, storytelling, self-awareness, stereotyping, of course, belonging, and much more that is crucial in succeeding the challenges of our modern and globalizing world.

Students will participate in five hours of engaging and interactive asynchronous online lessons. The training will introduce them to the core concepts of Educational Displacement. Students will learn about the importance of belonging and resilience in school settings and discuss how to build bridges with communities. The online training is led by Executive Director of Project Belonging, Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and the course's interactive elements are designed to ensure student engagement.

The program is free of cost.

The program is asynchronous and does not have to be completed within a specific timeline allowing students to access and complete the modules at their own pace and according to their schedule.