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Let's Grow Together
Building Bridges Across Cultures through
Intercultural Competence.
Register today to join our global network: https://forms.gle/Yxfe24vfLNMZdQx96
Building Bridges Across Cultures through
Intercultural Competence.
The Pakistani American Teachers of English Network (PATEN) is a leading collaborative network of English teachers. We strive to develop intercultural competence through opportunities for increased awareness, perspectives, attitudes and behavior to create meaningful connections and global citizens.
PATEN's vision is to serve as the leading collaborative organizational network of teachers in the US and Pakistan focused on the development of intercultural competence. We work to enhance and develop cultural and global connections across cultural borders.
We strive to serve as the leading organization for teacher development to further implement intercultural competence as a framework to promote global citizenship student outcomes for future generations. We are deeply committed to to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and preserving local cultures, languages and traditions in the development of these skills.
Our mission at PATEN is to connect English teachers from the US and Pakistan to collaborate, share and network to develop intercultural competence skills as a method to develop global citizenship student outcomes. As we work in a globalized society, our job as teachers is to create global citizens, so we, in turn, are committed to advancing and developing this skills set so that we can impart them to our students.
We will accomplish this mission through development and expanding membership across cultural borders, connecting teachers to support each other, contributing to the overall professional development and advancement of teachers through virtual symposiums, online resource sharing portal, and commitment to the advancement of the profession through people-to-people outreach and connections to develop intercultural competence.
To work as a collaborative network of dedicated English teacher professionals committed to professional development and cultural connections through the development of intercultural competence.
To promote accessibility of cultural values, connections and skills for students of all socioeconomic levels in Pakistan and the US.
To share teaching methodologies and strategies to promote diversity, equity and belonging and prepare our students to be competitive in the global environment.
To foster the mutual collaboration and development of Pakistani and American English teachers guided by the principles of collaboration, intercultural competence and understanding.
To add to the advancement and information sharing regarding intercultural competence through active involvement and contributions in conference presentations, publications, policy updates and initiatives, and teachers development programs.
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