What is the Victorian Young Leaders to India Program ?
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The Victorian Young Leaders to India (VYL India) offers a transformative six-week virtual journey for Year 9 students in 2023, commencing with an in-person event in Melbourne and online for Indian students. The program will witness students and teachers engaging in meaningful online collaboration to develop global competencies, use design thinking to develop a STEM project, enhance intercultural capability, and explore the diversity of Indian culture through guided peer interactions.
Victorian Young Leaders to India - Information for schools
VYL India Program Elements
Expression of Interest
Victorian Young Leaders to India - Program components
Buddy Meet Up
This is time to discuss the learning from the GCC and to build relationships with buddies and engage in activities together.
Opening & Closing
At the start and the end of the VYL India Program the whole group comes together for a program opening and closing.
Design Challenge
Students will work together on learning the key elements of design thinking and hear from STEM mentors.
Group Projects
Students will work in combined AUS - IN school teams to develop their STEM projects to address a problem related to
a UN SDG.
Global Skills
Students build their intercultural capability by working through the online GCC program.
Victorian Young Leaders to India - Past Students Share Their Stories
VYL India Program Week to Week
Pre-Program
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Participant Onboarding and Setting the Context
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Bonding as a team
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Clarifying Program Specific Knowledge
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Overview of the six-week journey ahead
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Setting and Understanding Expectations
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Pre-program sessions are facilitated separately in Victorian and Indian schools.
Week 1
Your VYL India Program Begins!
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Program Opening
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Keynote speaker
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Meet the Mentors
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Introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Workshop & engagement activities to identify student projects for the five-week design challenge
Week 2
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Get to know your buddy
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Introduction to culture and cultural identity
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Design Challenge
Students are challenged to identify problems related to the SDGs that can be solved through the design thinking process and addressed in their group projects using a STEM response.
Week 3
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Progress your group work activities
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Build your global competence through online learning
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Discuss stereotypes and learn how to suspend judgement
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Ideate
Students start ideating for the possible solutions of the defined problems through brainstorming, sharing perspectives, and stimulated thinking.
Week 4
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Intercultural Capability and buddy meet up
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Explore cultural values and communication Styles
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Continue to work through Global Competence Certificate modules
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Prototype
Working groups develop their ideas into a scaled-down version of the possible solution to the identified problem.
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Week 5
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Explore Conflict styles in the buddy meet up
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Build your global competence through online learning
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Progress work group design challenge
Test
Participants test their prototypes and gather feedback for improvement.
Week 6
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Uncover the impact of power and privilege in intercultural settings
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Complete the Global Competence Certificate
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Pitch
Students will learn and practise how to pitch their projects in preparation for the final showcase.
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Post Program
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​Celebrate the achievements of VYL India
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Join all participants, mentors and special guests in the program closing
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Participants will share their work in a projects showcase
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Final reflections
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Celebrate new learnings, new connections and a bright future
We welcome the schools participating in VYL 2023
Victorian Schools
Brighton Secondary College
St Joseph's College Geelong
Drouin Secondary College
Alkira Secondary College
Yarram Secondary College
Thomas Carr College
St Columba's College
Wellington Secondary College
Doncaster Secondary College
Mount Rowan Secondary College
Indian Schools
Raghav Global School
Ridge Valley School
Adhyapana School, CBSE
Valistus International School
Viraj Shri Ram Centennial School
Deccan International School
S. D Public School
Jain International Residential School
Delhi Public School, Dwarka Expressway
Global City International School
Global Competence Certificate
The Global Competence Certificate is a self-paced and modular online educational tool to improve the global competence of participants and enhance their appreciation for, and ability to learn, work and thrive across differences. Self-paced learning is interspersed with weekly live online workshops and interactions to build intercultural capabilities and foster peer-to-peer learning.
