Transcript Global Education Cheryl McCord Project Director/K-16 Chinese Initiative Jenks Public Schools

Global Education
Cheryl McCord
Project Director/K-16 Chinese Initiative
Jenks Public Schools
Catching Up or Leading the Way, American Education in
the Age of Globalization
Challenges for education:
Although our schools may
be locally funded, we must
transform our thinking to
include a global
perspective.
Implementing a vision
Every child who enters Jenks Public
Schools will choose to follow either a
Spanish track or a Chinese track and
an articulated program will exist to
allow them to study that language
from the first day of their career as a
Jenks student through their
graduation day.
East Elementary Dual Language
Spanish Program
24 students: 12 native Spanish speakers, 12 nonnative Spanish speakers
1 bilingual teacher / grade (K-4)
AM completely in Spanish / PM completely in English
1st Kindergarten class began in August, 2004
East Intermediate Spanish
1 class period / day in Spanish: Social Studies
Spanish instruction provided in after-school
enrichment class
Exchange program with school in Costa Rica
K-16 Chinese Initiative:
5 year / $500,000 FLAP grant
(Foreign Language Assistance
Program)
 Create 1st partial immersion Chinese program in the
state of Oklahoma at Southeast Elementary
 Articulate a Chinese curriculum for students through
year 16 (partner: OU)
 Provide appropriate professional development to
support teachers involved in program
The aim of the JPS Chinese Partial Immersion
program is to develop proficient readers, writers
and speakers of Mandarin Chinese who are
globally competent, interculturally skilled, and
prepared to actively participate in the global
community.
Partial Immersion Program to begin in August, 2010
First year of program: one section of K and one section of 1st grade
Chinese teacher will teach 50% of day in K and 50% in 1st grade
One additional grade “rolled out” each year until there is one
section of Chinese, K-4
Sino Trojan
Academy:
3 year /
$300,000
FLAP grant
• Create a schoolwithin-a- school at
East Intermediate
(grades 5-6)
• Increase Chinese
enrollment at Jenks
Public Schools
• Provide appropriate
professional
development to
support involved
faculty
The aim of the Sino Trojan Academy is to
develop future leaders who are globally
competent and interculturally skilled through a
rigorous and unique experience melding
American and Chinese best practices and
educational philosophies.
First year: 120 5th grade students
Chinese infused content-based instruction
Longer school day / extra class period to accommodate
Odyssey of Mind type class
Longer school year to accommodate student exchange to
China
6th grade class will be added in 2011 with 120 students
East Intermediate Teacher Exchange
with
Yibin, Sichuan Province
 2 Chinese teachers arrive in fall to stay three months and
teach Chinese language to 5th & 6th grade students
 2 EI teachers travel to Yibin in spring for 3 months to teach
English in high school classes
Secondary World Languages:
French I – AP
American Sign I-III
Latin I - AP
Spanish I - AP Lit
Chinese I – AP
3 teachers
2 teachers
1 teacher
6 teachers
2 teachers
Middle School Exchange
with
Shenyang, Liaoning Province
 10 students and 2 teachers apply/selected in fall prior to
exchange semester
 Travel to Shenyang for 2 week stay in March; hosted by
Chinese students
 10 Chinese students and 2 teachers travel from Shenyang to
Jenks Middle School for 2 week stay in April; Shenyang students
hosted by JMS students
Jenks High School
Chinese Exchange
•14 students and 2 teachers apply / selected in spring prior to
exchange year to allow for summer Chinese classes and fundraising
opportunities
•14 students and 2 teachers arrive in September from Chengdu
#7 and are hosted by Jenks student and faculty
•Students stay 3 weeks / teachers stay 1 semester
•JHS students and 2 faculty members travel to Chengdu where they
are hosted by students and faculty for 3 weeks during subsequent
spring semester
“At the risk of being a self-appointed
cheerleader, I think all of us can take pride
in this exchange. Can you conceive of
something more important today than
supplanting mistrust and misinformation
with genuine friendship and
understanding?”
Joe
(a proud parent)
Cheryl McCord
Project Director / K-16 Chinese
Initiative
Jenks Public Schools
Jenks, OK 74037
(918) 299-4415 Ext. 5707
[email protected]