This spring semester, 2014, NYU Steinhardt added a new, experiential learning opportunity for undergraduate students in the Teaching and Learning department. Based on a successful offering in London that Steinhardt introduced last year, the school worked with the NYU Global Academic Center in Accra, Ghana, to offer a required course, Human Development, to students who will be future teachers. The course includes a required observation component, and in Accra, as in London, students fulfill this requirement at local schools. Depending on the student’s future area of teaching–early childhood, childhood or adolescence–they observe children in early elementary grades, upper elementary, or middle school. The learning experience is transformative, according to Robbie Powers, academic advisor in Teaching and Learning. “Through direct experience in schools in Ghana and the UK, our students gain a global perspective towards education that can be applied to their roles as students, educators, and leaders.”