Going Global in Grades K-8: Introduction to NAIS’s Global Programs

Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler NAIS Associate Director of Global Initiatives [email protected]

For K-8 Schools, NAIS recommends:

• International Partnerships/Online Collaboration (NAIS’s Challenge 20/20 Program) • Languages (NAIS’s China Connection Program) • Service Learning • Summer Programs • Exchanges

NAIS’s Challenge 20/20 Program

Apply Now! Join Hundreds of Schools Solving the World’s Problems!

Website:

http://www.nais.org/go/challenge2020 Based on J.F. Richard’s book: High Noon: 20

Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them

Contact: Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler, associate director of global initiatives at [email protected]

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Sharing our planet: issues involving the global commons

• Global warming • Biodiversity and ecosystem losses Fisheries depletion Deforestation Water deficits Maritime safety and pollution • • • •

Sharing our humanity: issues requiring a global commitment

• Massive step-up in the fight against poverty • Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism Education for all Global Infectious Diseases Digital divide Natural disaster prevention and mitigation • • • • • •

Sharing our rulebook: issues needing a global regulatory approach

• Reinventing taxation for the 21st century • Biotechnology rules Global financial architecture Illegal drugs Trade, investment, and competition rules Intellectual property rights E-commerce rules International labor and migration rules.

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Program Details:

Flexible No benchmarks or strict requirements Free of cost (purchase book) No travel is required Online collaboration (wikis, Skype, Facebook, Ning, Moodle, Second Life, videoconferencing, teleconferencing) We accept all schools: elementary and secondary, public and private Schools can find their own partners or ask NAIS to partner them Southern and Northern Hemisphere schools

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Challenge 20/20 Stats as of June 2010:

Sixth year; program developed in 2005-06 300-500 schools participate every year 2 to 4 schools within a partnership Over 1,050 schools in the US and 724 schools in other countries have participated in 656 partnerships since 2005-2006 99 countries represented and 47 U.S. states

Joining the Challenge 20/20 Program:

• • • Submit your application from March to August!

Select Term One (September to January) or Term Two (January to May). Partnerships made by September.

• • Submit an Agreement for Participation. Contact your partner school/s to begin your collaboration.

At the end of each Term, submit an online team report as well as photographs, testimonials and supplemental materials.

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Examples of Challenge 20/20 Projects:

Mosquito Nets designed for small children in Africa (CO) Supplying a village in India with a nurse/medical facility (PA) Supplying hand sanitizers to hospitals in Mexico and Honduras (TX) Rebuilding a school in Tanzania (CA) Public service announcements regarding water deficits (OK)

NAIS’s China Connection Program

Register by early March to Hire a New

Chinese Teacher! Visit Beijing and Shanghai in March!

Website:

http://www.nais.org/go/global under China Connection Contact: Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler, associate director of global initiatives at [email protected]

Who Can Participate?

• Schools interested in starting a Mandarin program • Schools interested in expanding an existing Mandarin program • Schools interested in hiring qualified native Mandarin teachers • NAIS member schools only

Why Participate?

• Easy and inexpensive way to introduce Mandarin into your school’s curriculum • NAIS, HANBAN and IIE do most of the work; we assist with logistics, finding qualified candidates, J-1 visas, acculturation trainings, stipends, teacher support through the China Connection Listserve, etc. CAIS in San Francisco.

• Teachers can stay in the U.S. for up to three years

China Connection Stats as of June 2010:

• Fifth year: the program was launched in 2006 • To date, 32 independent schools • 45 Chinese teachers. Many of them returned to teach in the US for up to three years •

If interested, sign up now!

Details and Contacts: Websites:

• http://www.nais.org/go/challenge2020 (Challenge 20/20) • http://www.nais.org/go/global (China Connection) Contact: Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler, associate director of global initiatives at (202) 973-9755 or by email at [email protected]

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