THE CHANGEMAKR PATHWAY

THE GGI CHANGEMAKR PATHWAY

Discover what matters. Build your skills. Put learning into action.

The ChangeMakr Pathway helps students move from interest in an issue to informed, responsible participation.

Students investigate a real need, develop practical skills, design a response, and test their ideas through action. Along the way, they gather evidence, seek feedback, and reflect on what they learn.

Their response might become a campaign, community initiative, prototype, service-learning project, or social enterprise concept.

Projects connect with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but begin with issues students can investigate meaningfully in their school, community, or wider world. The aim is not simply to complete a project, but to develop the judgment, confidence, and capabilities to contribute responsibly.

DISCUSS A SCHOOL PILOT

EXPLORE MICRO-CREDENTIALS

A STRUCTURED PATHWAY.

REAL-WORLD LEARNING

The pathway combines guided learning with practical experience. Each component has a clear role:

Stages guide the journey from discovering an issue to showcasing learning and outcomes.
Modules build the understanding and skills students need along the way.
Learning Labs offer additional hands-on opportunities to practise skills, explore ideas, and strengthen project work.
A portfolio brings together evidence of students’ actions, decisions, feedback, and reflections.
Badges and micro-credentials recognise demonstrated learning through evidence and facilitator review, not participation alone.

SIX CORE STAGES

Each stage connects to a GGI micro-credential recognising a defined set of capabilities. Students work towards these through relevant learning activities, practical application, reflection, and reviewed evidence. Smaller skill badges recognise specific achievements along the way.

DISCOVER

WHAT ISSUE MATTERS TO ME

Explore personal interests, community needs, and global challenges to identify an issue worth investigating.

Connect it to the Sustainable Development Goals, consider who is affected, and question initial assumptions. Develop a clear focus and explain why the issue matters—to you and to the wider community.

Associated Micro-Credential: ChangeMakr Identity

SKILL-BUILD

WHAT SKILLS DO I NEED

Build the practical capabilities needed to engage thoughtfully with your chosen issue. Practise research, ethical interviewing, systems thinking, communication, teamwork, and project planning through focused activities.

Identify your strengths, recognise where support is needed, and learn how to gather information and work responsibly with others.

Associated Micro-Credential: ChangeMakr Skills Foundation (Global Awareness)

DESIGN

WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN WE CREATE?

Investigate community needs and explore possible responses with the people your project aims to support.

Compare ideas, consider resources and potential barriers, and develop a realistic plan or prototype. Seek feedback, refine your approach, and establish what success could look like before putting your ideas into action.

Associated micro-credential: Research-Informed Design

ACT

HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT IT?

Put your plan into practice through a purposeful project, initiative, or community collaboration. Share responsibilities, engage your intended audience, and document key decisions and progress.

Respond to feedback and unexpected challenges, adapting your approach while remaining focused on the needs your project aims to address.

Associated micro-credential: Impact Action

SHOWCASE

HOW DO WE SHARE OUR IMPACT?

Bring together your project journey through a portfolio, presentation, display, video, or pitch. Explain the issue, your decisions, the action taken, and the outcomes supported by evidence. Highlight the capabilities you developed, recognise others’ contributions, and share insights that could inform or inspire further action.

Associated micro-credential: Leadership Showcase

REFLECT & MEASURE

WHAT CHANGED?

Compare your original intentions with what actually happened, using evidence and stakeholder feedback to assess outcomes. Consider what worked, what did not, and whether there were unexpected effects. Acknowledge limitations, reflect on your own development, and identify how the project could be improved or sustained.

Associated micro-credential: Impact Reflection & Measurement

ADVANCED TRACK

LEAD / AMBASSADOR

HOW DO I HELP OHTERS GROW?

Students extend their experience through peer mentoring, facilitation, partnership outreach, and responsible leadership.

They may support newer participants, contribute to workshops, create learning resources, or help strengthen their school’s GGI community.

This advanced track focuses on helping others develop, not simply completing another project.

Associated micro-credential: GGI Ambassador / Civic Leadership

GROWING THROUGH 3 RECOGNIZED LEVELS

The stages describe the learning journey. Explorer, Builder, and Leader describe increasing depth, independence, and responsibility within the badge system.

Explorer — Build awareness, ask questions, and participate with guidance.
Builder — Apply skills, contribute to real-world action, and demonstrate learning through evidence.
Leader — Support others through mentoring, facilitation, and responsible leadership.

The advanced Lead / Ambassador track creates opportunities for students to extend their experience through these leadership responsibilities.

LEARNING THAT LEAVES EVIDENCE

Throughout the pathway, students build a portfolio that may include research, planning documents, prototypes, implementation records, stakeholder feedback, and reflections.

Success is not defined only by project size. Ethical decisions, thoughtful investigation, adaptability, and honest evaluation also matter.

The portfolio helps students explain not only what they achieved, but how they learned, what challenges they encountered, and where they want to grow next. Relevant evidence contributes towards badges and micro-credentials, subject to the requirements for each award.

Included in our modular pathway, selected alumni perspectives and skill snapshots connect the pathway with lessons from previous student experiences to reinforce a culture of cyclical students-led growth.

These insights help students connect the skills they are developing with real examples of teamwork, problem-solving, community engagement, and leadership.