This project is funded by a 2007 State Innovations grant from Longview Foundation.

Purpose: Give students first hand experience in the process of deliberation and understanding America’s Role in the World

Timeframe: Spring through Fall, 2007

Description:

• Hold mini Capitol Forum on America’s Role in the World at the 2007 HOBY (Hugh O’Brian Youth) Leadership Conference at Gonzaga University
   
• Sponsor Fall workshops for Capitol Forum and purchase curriculum materials for participating teachers
   
• Hold one public workshop (with World Affairs Council Global Classroom) on Deliberation and the US Role in the World

Key Personnel:

Washington State Capitol Forum State Organizing Team:

• Michele Anciaux Aoki, Ph.D., P.M.P., International Education Consultant; 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 State Team Member; and Project Director for 2003, 2005, and 2007 State Innovations grants
• Carol Coe, State Organizer for 2006 Washington State Capitol Forum on America’s Future; doctoral student at the UW College of Education
• Linda Quinn, Executive Director, Administrative Services, Puyallup School District, supporting Capitol Forum on America’s Future

Status as of:  3/31/2008 | 1/25/2008 | 10/30/2007 | 9/2/2007 |  5/7/2007

Status as of 3/31/2008

• The 2008 Capitol Forum on America's Future was held on March 27, 2008 in Olympia, WA, and attended by over 70 teachers and students from a variety of high schools in Washington.

Status as of 1/25/2008

• The Capitol Forum Winter Pre-Forum Workshop was held at Tacoma School of the Arts on January 12. Thirteen teachers are participating this year. The State Innovations grant has paid for all of their curriculum resources, including five Choices units on Global Issues (Environment, Immigration, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Trade) and the US Role in the World, as well as other units relevant to their current courses.
   
• We will be featuring a Capitol Forum simulation using the US Role in the World curriculum at the OSPI Winter Conference in Spokane on January 31, 2008. The class is entitled "Democracy by Design: Building Skills for Civic Engagement While Bridging the Achievement Gap."
   
• The remainder of the grant will be used to fund student participation in the Capitol Forum on March 27, 2008 in Olympia, WA.

Status as of 10/30/2007

• The World Affairs Council Global Classroom sponsored a public workshop on "The U.S. Role in Iraq: What Teachers Need to Know" Thursday, October 4 at the newly renovated Cleveland High School in Seattle. The program included a keynote speech by Professor Walter Parker and a demonstration of deliberation on Iraq by high school students. Then, participants, including K12 teachers and UW College of Education students, were introduced to the Capitol Forum Four Futures and given hands-on experience in deliberation. See World Affairs Council Calendar Item for detailed description or download the Oct 4 Program Agenda (Word).
   
• The Capitol Forum Fall Introductory Workshop was held at Clover Park High School on Saturday, September 15, hosted by lead teacher Jim Schell.

Status as of 9/2/2007

• Michele Anciaux Aoki facilitated the "US Role in the World" program at the 2007 Washington State Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Conference at Gonzaga University, June 1, 2007 (see www.hobywa.org). The 135 high school sophomores from across Washington state were assigned to represent one of the Four Futures. They were tasked with making an oral presentation, visual presentation (poster), and kinesthetic representation ("statue") making the case for their assigned Future -- all in less than 40 minutes. They did a fantastic job. To see some of their posters and statues, view Capitol Forum at HOBYWA (PowerPoint 11 mg) or PDF (1 mg).
   
• Linda Quinn, who retired in June from the Puyallup School District, and Capitol Forum Washington lead teacher Jim Schell from Clover Park High School attended the Capitol Forum Summer Institute at Brown University June 22-23. Linda was asked to make a presentation on the innovative ways that Washington state has used the Capitol Forum materials. She created a series of magnificent posters highlighting the "tipping point" that we are creating in this state. See Capitol Forum WA Presentation at Brown U PPT (2.4 mg) or PDF (2.4 mg).
   
• Capitol Forum teacher Liz Dwyer from the Tacoma School of the Arts presented a workshop on deliberation using the Capitol Forum materials at the 2007 OSPI Summer Institutes held in Spokane in June and Auburn in August. Michele Anciaux Aoki presented the workshop in Vancouver in August. See Democracy by Design: Using Discussion to Create Culturally Responsive Classrooms.
   
• Tese Neighbor of the World Affairs Council Global Classroom is collaborating with us on a special program using Choices curriculum materials. The program is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 4, in the newly renovated Cleveland High School in Seattle. See World Affairs Council Calendar Item.

Status as of 5/7/2007

• Michele Anciaux Aoki is organizing the "US Role in the World" program at the 2007 HOBY Conference at Gonzaga University, June 1, 2007. For more information about the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership program, see www.hoby.org.
   
• Linda Quinn and lead teacher Jim Schell from Clover Park High School plan to attend the Capitol Forum Summer Institute at Brown University June 22-23.
   
• Carol Coe's proposal for presentations on Capitol Forum at the 2007 OSPI Summer Institutes has been accepted.
   
• Michele is coordinating plans with Tese Neighbor for the Fall 2007 Global Classroom program.

For more information, see International Education Washington > Capitol Forum.

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