Becoming a Globally Competent School Leader : ASCD : 9781416628507 : 1416628509 : 30 Jan 2020 : Schools today face a crisis of relevance. Issues that people everywhere face-climate change, disease, hunger-require interdisciplinary solutions. Yet schools are still predominately organized by single-subject courses and narrowly focused high-stakes tests. By contrast, our students need to develop a range of academic, social, and emotional competencies to solve issues that transcend national borders; live peacefully among neighbors in a culturally, politically, racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse society; and thrive in a global, knowledge-based economy. Youth and adults alike know this; it's time for schools to catch up. Global competence-the set of dispositions, knowledge, and skills needed to live and work in a diverse, global society-helps educators balance social-emotional and academic learning goals. To that end, school leaders play a critical role in designing and scaling