Join us to learn more about what you can actually get from taking a Gap Year. We’ll cover skills, alumni success stories, and tips and tricks to make your year your most valuable experience yet.
Hosted by Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle, and Outreach Coordinator, Annika Ruben.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach & Recruitment Associate, Desiree Gould.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Strategy & Development Associate, Paul Dreyer.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach & Recruitment Associate and Instructor, Hannah Joy Sachs.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach Director, Eva Vanek.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach & Recruitment Associate, Desiree Gould.
Join Maggie O’Brien, founder of Uncommon Futures, and Alex Biddle, Outreach Manager at Where There Be Dragons, for an honest and inspiring conversation about how a gap year can transform your path toward college, career, and life beyond. Drawing from her own story of buying a one-way ticket to Nepal before college, alongside insights from college admissions leaders, Maggie will explore:
This webinar is perfect for high school students, parents, and educators curious about how a well-designed gap year helps you become a stronger candidate for college and future careers, as well as a better human living a more meaningful life. There will also be a chance to learn more about Where There Be Dragons programs, as well as a Q and A.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Abroad and Gap Semester programs in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America. Here’s what to expect:
Hosted by Outreach Manager Alex Biddle.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator and Instructor, Maddie Melton.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator and Instructor, Maddie Melton.
Join us to learn more about our Summer Travel and Gap Year programs, in person! RSVP for a short presentation and Q&A session. Appetizers provided. Hope to see you there!
Hosted by Outreach Director, Eva Vanek.
How can we best prepare students to get the most learning out of each intercultural engagement opportunity? This session presents an effective pre-departure curriculum for intentional tone-setting and effective container building to help students define success, explore purpose, create buy-in, and take ownership of their learning.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Does your institution partner with third parties to deliver cross-cultural student experiences? Join us for a practical review of partnership alignment strategies that include: mission, vision, staff, risk management policies, program quality, and more! Participants come away with a checklist and talking points for vetting partners and aligning goals to ensure the right fit.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Educators, like students, learn best by doing. The unique skill-set required to facilitate students through challenging, complex, and foreign experiences and conversations requires us, as educators, to develop a “felt understanding” of what it’s like to move through it ourselves. Dragons Educator Programs offers you and opportunity to step into the shoes of your students. Through facilitated group experiences that train skills for container building, managing risk, navigating complex intercultural environments, deeper engagement, and student empowerment. Join us for a short informational session that exposes the philosophy behind Dragons Educator programs, and shares some snapshots into what expect this summer in China, Bolivia, and Lake Superior.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Join us to learn more about how we partner with schools and teachers. In our webinar series, we will cover our many offerings in the world of school partnerships, including:
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Join us to explore a practical framework that integrates crisis management principles, scenario-based learning, and considers trauma-informed leadership practices. Our session presents a check-list for ensuring that you are prepared in case of a critical incident on global programs at your school. Our session will balances foundational content ideas for interactive simulations, reflective dialogue, and actionable planning.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Does your institution partner with third parties to deliver cross-cultural student experiences? Join us for a practical review of partnership alignment strategies that include: mission, vision, staff, risk management policies, program quality, and more! Participants come away with a checklist and talking points for vetting parters and aligning goals to ensure the right fit.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Join us to learn more about how we partner with schools and teachers. In our webinar series, we will cover our many offerings in the world of school partnerships, including:
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Join us as we guide you through a three-phase program design process used to build student experiences in the field that lead to student empowerment, holistic growth, and learning. We employ a values-based approach and backwards planning to ensure that our itineraries result from focused outcomes, bringing intention and depth to the student experience and alignment between student activities, and projected learning outcomes.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Alumni, Miranda Dayton and Theo Weiman answer questions about their summer abroad experiences. Learn more about their travels from a student perspective.
Alumni, Sadhana Tanvi, Charlotte Reimanis, Arjan Sandhu, and Skylar Platt answer questions about their Gap Year experiences. Learn more about their travels from a student perspective.
Hear from Risk Management Director, Dave Haffeman, about Dragons’ approach to risk and safety in the field. Listen to responses to important questions from Director of Programming, Aaron Slosberg, and Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle.
