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TAKE YOUR GLOBAL PROGRAMMING FURTHER

If you’re seeking to expand your school’s international capacity, hone your global education programming, and run cutting edge student experiences—we’re here to help you achieve your vision. Partnerships offers a customized suite of consulting, training, and deeply impactful student programming that is rooted in authentic relationships and responsible cultural exchange.

Partnerships with Schools and Universities

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Programming Excellence and Quality

Travel With the Leaders in Global Education

Through careful communication and relationship-building, we work with you and your school to increase your global education capacity. We offer access to an enormous wealth of knowledge, expertise, in-field resources, and personnel to provide you the support and guidance you need to deepen and evolve your global programs.

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Impactful Professional Development

Expand Your Capacity and Knowledge Base

After 30 years of running rugged international travel programs, we have learned lessons, developed strategies, and honed our systems—and we want to share all that we’ve learned with you. Our travel-based Educator Programs and customized trainings offer professional development for teachers on program leadership and global issues.

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Fully Customizable and Co-Developed

See Your Global
Vision Come Alive

Partnerships are fully customized, and built around your school’s goals and objectives, offering the level of support and guidance you need to run the safest, most responsible, and deeply engaging student programming out of the gate. Our Partnerships Team supports you from intentional onboarding to successful program delivery.

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HOW WE CREATE IMPACTFUL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMMING

Pillars of Our Approach

We are invested in offering authentic and transformative programming that enriches both our participants and our community partners abroad. When considering what makes a partnership successful, we strive to both support and challenge the thinking and practices of our partners, leading to a better overall outcome.

Throughout the partnership process, we offer concrete tools and resources for growth and development. But our ultimate goal is to “lead from behind” serving as a resource, community, and support network for faculty who are designing and implementing their own visions for global programming.

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Administrative Support

A team of veteran administrators provide ongoing consulting, coaching, and collaboration in all aspects of program design and execution, student management, regional expertise, and risk management.

Access & Engagement

Careful mentorship by professional and highly trained instructors, and access to precious relationships with inspiring individuals and welcoming communities around the world.

Responsible Travel

Travel that is culturally conscious, environmentally responsible, and focused on developing meaningful connections and mutual respect in the communities to which we travel.

Locally Fluent Instructors

With an average of 4+ years living abroad and local language fluency, our instructors have developed the skills to return to communities as cross-cultural liaisons.

Transformative Pedagogy

We employ experiential education pedagogy in cross-cultural environments to foster complex competencies and holistic growth.

Limited Partnerships

We run a limited number of partnership programs each season so we can adhere to our highest standards of responsible and high quality programming.

Offerings for Schools & Educators

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Student Programs

Student-centered, growth-oriented, cultural immersion experiences that intentionally foster complex global competencies and leadership skills.

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Educator Programs

Practical and inspiring training and development for educators seeking to deepen their skill set in global and experiential education.

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Global Speaker Series

Invite instructors with years of experience and regional expertise into your classroom to facilitate nuanced conversations with your students.

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What’s in a Partnership?

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A Proven Track Record of Success

Since 2010
University Partnership
Custom School Programming
Curriculum Development
On-Site Student Orientation

Designing Robust Year-Long Global Experiences

Through an extensive vetting process, Dragons was selected as one of three partner organizations to work with Princeton University in customizing and launching an inaugural Bridge Year Program. Five years later, we were chosen as Princeton’s exclusive partner and currently manage five year-round sites featuring extended homestays, intensive mentorship, and internships with local organizations engaged in social and environmental development work.

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Since 2014
University Partnership
Custom School Programming
Faculty Workshops
Consulting

Building a Collaborative Global Education Model

We worked with Menlo School to design and launch longer, more immersive, challenging, and growth oriented global programs, effectively making the shift from travel experiences to intentional global education. We continue to support the ongoing evolution of Menlo Abroad by working closely with faculty and admin to design new programs, consult on important risk management and messaging considerations, providing training to teachers for leadership skills, and ongoing feedback and assessment across all collaborations.

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Since 2014
High School Partnerships
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Faculty Training
Curriculum Development

Focused Pre Departure Curriculum

In 2014 we worked with Castilleja to pivot from a student tour, to immersive global education aimed at inculcating specific global competencies. Since then, we’ve focused on building a strong container for transformative learning through intentional pre-departure curriculum, tone-setting, and program preparation. We continue to work with Castilleja in the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Morocco.

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