International Education Washington

The Washington State Coalition for International Education is involved with a number of projects at this time. Follow the links below to find out more about each project.

Projects 2010

In Spring, 2010, the Coalition was awarded its first Grant for Multi-State Initiatives on Critical Issues from the Longview Foundation. The grant is funding the Global Competence Institute on August 11, 2010 in Vancouver, WA (see Summit for details). The grant team from Washington, New Jersey, and West Virginia is also working with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs to develop a "Web 2.0 Presence" for Global Competence. Join us on the Curriculum21 Global Competence Ning.

Projects 2008

In Spring, 2008, the Coalition was awarded its sixth State Innovations Grant from Longview Foundation and the National Coalition for International Education. The fiscal agent this year was the Alliance for Education in Seattle through the International Schools Fund.

For details and progress reports, see the specific project pages:

View the 2008 State Innovations Grant Proposal:

State Innovations Grant 2008 Application (PDF)
Attachment A: Budget (PDF)
Attachment B: Policy Brief from the MELL Project (PDF)
Attachment C: World Language Endorsements (Excel)

Projects 2007

In Spring, 2007, the Coalition was awarded its fifth State Innovations Grant from Longview Foundation and the National Coalition for International Education. The fiscal agent this year was the Alliance for Education in Seattle through the International Schools Fund.

For details and progress reports, see the specific project pages:

View the 2007 State Innovations Grant Proposal:

State Innovations Grant 2007 Cover Page (PDF)
State Innovations Grant 2007 Application (PDF)
Attachment A: Budget (PDF
Letter of Support from Governor Gregoire (PDF)

Projects 2006

In Spring, 2006, the Coalition was awarded its fourth State Innovations Grant from Longview Foundation and the National Coalition for International Education. The International Trade Education Foundation of Seattle served as fiscal agent. For details and progress reports, see the specific project pages:

View the 2006 State Innovations Grant Proposal:

State Innovations Grant 2006 Cover Page (Word)
State Innovations Grant 2006 Application (Word)
Attachment A: iEARN (Word)
Attachment B: Leadership Summit (Word)
Attachment C: Sustainability (Word)
Attachment D: Budget (Excel)

The Coalition carried over two projects from the 2005 State Innovations grant:

State Teacher of the Year International Education Scholarship (2005)
(the award was presented in spring, 2006)
P-20 International Education Leadership Summit
(held January 30, 2006)

In addition, we have supported ongoing work by the Interest Groups established in 2005:

In particular, the Early Language Learning Group offered a series of programs beginning in 2006 on topics of interest identified at the fall, 2005 Early Language Learning Symposium. The first was a program on Heritage Language Learning and Teaching with Dr. Shuhan Wang on January 30, 2006.

Projects Funded by 2005 State Innovations Grant

In Spring, 2006, the Coalition was awarded its third State Innovations Grant from Longview Foundation and the National Coalition for International Education. The World Affairs Council of Seattle served as fiscal agent. View Grant Proposal (PDF). For details and progress reports, see the specific project pages:

Projects Funded by 2004 State Innovations Grant

These projects were funded by a grant from Asia Society & Longview Foundation awarded to the Washington State Coalition for International Education in 2004.

Projects Funded by 2003 State Innovations Grant

The 2003 P-20 International Education Summit was funded by our first State Innovations grant. See Summit 2003.

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