Saturday, July 10
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
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8:45 – 9:45 International Perspectives on Building and Sustaining Teacher Quality
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How do the highest performing nations educate and support their teaching forces? What are the elements that are most desirable in a teacher for the global 21st century? Hear a panel of speakers from high performing countries in education as they compare and contrast their strategies for building and sustaining high quality educators. |
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9:45 – 10:30 Exhibits |
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10:30 – 11:30 Concurrent Sessions IV
Learning With, About and From the World Roundtable Discussion with International Panelists Presenters: International Panelists from Plenary Session Teachers from Around the World Share Best Practices Join representatives from the Visiting International Fellows program from around the world to talk about best practices and teaching challenges that we all share. Participate in a Round Table format to share new ideas and time-proven strategies around teaching and learning. There will also be information shared on the expansion of the Visiting International Fellows program as well as how American teachers can teach abroad. Connecting with the World – International Exchanges and Travel Seeing the world first-hand is one of the best ways for students to become energized and informed and to bring back a passion for international learning into the school and classroom. Join this panel of exchange and travel experts and learn about programs that offer short-term student travel, semester or yearlong international exchanges, or gap-year opportunities to serve abroad for a year between high school graduation and college entry. Using Technology to Connect Students Worldwide K-12 Technology offers an unprecedented opportunity to connect students with others around the world. This session will profile two leaders in this area and share how they build global competence through connecting students in shared learning. First, the Global Nomads Group is dedicated to connecting youth around the globe through meaningful dialogue using live, interactive videoconferencing and will share tips and tools around best practices and pedagogy supporting the integration of videoconferencing into teaching. Second, IREX, a leader in international online projects, will demonstrate the power of online collaborative learning projects and their work through the State Department’s Global Connections programs that has connected hundreds of U.S. classrooms with classes in Central Asia. Strategies and Resources to Build Teachers’ Global Knowledge and Skills One of the primary barriers to students learning about the world is teachers’ self-reported lack of confidence and knowledge of content necessary to teach about the world. Join this session to hear from three innovative programs that are bringing the world into teachers’ professional learning in order to build global competence in students and teachers alike. Confucius Classrooms: Connecting Classrooms in the U.S. and China Around Best Practice Does your school have an exemplary Chinese language program or are you looking for a way to offer Chinese language study at your school? This session will share an exciting new initiative, Confucius Classrooms, and share the elements that constitute a strong Chinese language program and supports that are available to both existing and newly forming programs across the U.S. Make the Case: Building Community Support for Global Education For any global education program to be successful, it must have a foundation of support among people in the community. This session will focus on a proven series of steps that will help leaders make the case for global programs among school administrators and faculty, funding partners, policymakers, and others. During the session, participants will learn how this process has been employed successfully in North Carolina and will outline how they could employ the process in their own communities. How Global is your School? As schools strive to infuse international knowledge and skills into a school’s curriculum and culture, what measure can they use to assess how they are doing? This session will share a new online self-assessment tool and other support systems created by the Asia Society to provide schools with a measure of their success in creating a more global school. Making Connections: Engaging Students in Language, Literacy and Global Issues Join a hands-on session using global content and themes such as peace and conflict, tragedy of the commons, consumption, and quality of life to support development of the sophisticated vocabulary and reading skills for comprehending complex texts and writing in multiple genres. With a teacher’s guide provided through the session, learn how to make language and literacy class globally purposeful. Teacher Exchanges That Build Global Knowledge and Skills The U.S. Department of State and its affiliates offer a myriad of teacher and administrator exchange programs that provide the opportunity for short and long-term exchanges that open the world to these professionals and their schools. Join this session to learn from a panel that knows first hand the power that the exchanges provide. Districts Going Global: Profiles of Excellence This session will share the commonalities and different approaches of 5 districts who have embraced their mission to prepare students for the global 21st century. Drawing from case studies of these pioneering districts, strategies and resources will be shared and challenges will be discussed. Partnerships in Global Learning “It takes a village” to create and support global learning. How do you mine your community for partnerships to build global knowledge and skills in your faculty and in students? What resources and assets are available that schools can access to support global learning? Join this session to learn about the wealth of resources and opportunities that are available from Title VI centers to support global learning in your school or classroom. |
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11:45 – 1:30 Lunch and Closing SpeakerDefining and Teaching for Global Competence Keynote Speaker:
Interact with a primary author of the new white paper on global competence that has grown from the work of the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers and preview and offer feedback to inform this important new work that will be released in the Fall of 2011. Closing Remarks:
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