Dear Reader,
No doubt you are in the thick of a busy Fall, but
we hope you will take a minute to stay in touch with
what is going on in Washington State with regards to
International Education. Here is just a
snippet. Please keep us
informed. As you read this issue, if you have
questions or suggestions, contact our editor, Aysha Haq
at intledwa@gmail.com. | |
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Spotlight: Pacific Village
Institute
Pacific
Village Institute is embarking on an ambitious venture:
the establishment of a Seattle-based Global Leadership
Institute (GLI). The GLI will serve as a national
showcase of exemplary and comprehensive global education
for U.S. high schools.
Founded in 2001 as
a Washington State 501c3 organization, Pacific Village
Institute has worked with leading schools across the
country to develop academic global studies programs
complemented by summer and semester immersion in Asia,
especially China and India. In the photo below, PVI
semester students meet with the Dalai Lama in
India.
 Offering an accredited
semester program in collaboration with high schools
throughout the United States, the GLI will feature
rigorous academics, cross- cultural immersion and
fieldwork (in Pacific Rim countries, China, and Mexico),
and local community service. Currently, there is
no program in the United States combining all these
critical elements to form a comprehensive, global
education curriculum that keeps students on track for
high school graduation.
"One of the numerous
challenges to global education in current high school
systems is the seeming choice between satisfying
academic requirements and integrating global education,"
says Carey Moore, Executive Director of Pacific Village
Institute. "This 'choice' tends to sideline global
education as an extracurricular, piecemeal, and marginal
endeavor. The GLI will not only implement a global
education curriculum that satisfies traditional academic
requirements, but will also demonstrate that global
education provides essential knowledge and skills for
students preparing to succeed in a global
society."
Although the GLI will draw on students
from across the country, the campus and program will be
based in Seattle. The GLI will shine a light on
Seattle's engagement in global issues (trade,
technology, life sciences, philanthropy, international
nonprofits, among others) and its prime location on the
Pacific Rim. One significant aspect of the GLI
curriculum involves community service with local
organizations and agencies focused on cross-cultural and
global issues.
Key partners have already
joined the Brain Trust and Consortium of Schools,
including Facing The Future and the World Affairs
Council Seattle. "Now we are looking for
internationally-minded individuals who have the vision
to invest in this venture," says PVI board member, Susan
Fairchild of Social Venture Partners Seattle. Once
launched, the GLI model is financially sustainable while
supporting the critical involvement of public schools
and a rich diversity of students.
To find
out more about the Global Leadership Institute, please
email Carey Moore, Executive Director of Pacific Village
Institute carey@pacificvillage.org.
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Create a Chinese Language Program
in Your
School
 On October 13, 2007 from
2:00-5:00 pm the Chinese Language Core Team will
facilitate a workshop, Creating a Chinese Language
Program in Your School, at the Wenatchee Coast Hotel, in
Wenatchee. (Post-conference workshop at the WAFLT
Conference. Open to the public. Cost is $30.)
Teachers, parents, administrators, and community
members who want to know more about how to launch a new
program or ensure the quality of learning in an existing
Chinese language program will want to attend this
workshop.
The program will take an in-depth look
at the resources and information available in the recent
publication from Asia Society, Creating a Chinese Language
Program in Your School: An Introductory Guide, as
well as help connect the suggestions in the Guide to the
realities of Washington State.
The workshop
topics include: Understanding the Context; Staffing the
Program; Understanding the Language; Planning the
Program; Funding the Program; Choosing a Program Model;
Planning for Instruction; Assessing Student Proficiency;
and Sustaining Quality.
To learn more, visit: Expanding Chinese
Language Capacity.To register, download the
registration form at: http://www.waflt.net/RegInfo07.2.pdf.
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What Are You Doing
for
International Education
Week?
 International Education
Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of
international education and exchange
worldwide.
Established in 2000, by the Clinton
Administration, International Education Week is a joint
effort between the U.S. Department of Education and the
U.S. Department of State to promote programs that
prepare Americans for a global environment and attract
future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange
experiences in the United States. Throughout
International Education Week---November 12-16,
2007---campuses, embassies, and communities will be
holding activities that promote and celebrate
multiculturalism and international education.
We
would like to honor the week by highlighting programs
that involve student or teacher exchange---whether
through travel or technology. Please send us your
suggestions for inclusion in our newsletter, especially
any events happening during the month of
November.
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Calendar &
Announcements For
full details, visit the Calendar and Announcements pages on our
website.
Oct. 4-Nov. 6:
Events at World Affairs
Council, Seattle
Oct. 11-13:
Washington Association for Language Teaching
(WAFLT) Fall Conference. Conference theme: Languages:
From the Classroom to the World; Wenatchee. For more
information go to WAFLT website.
Oct. 13: Washington
State Council for the Social Studies (WSCCS) Fall
In-Service. Theme: Climate, Conflict, and Culture;
Edmonds. For more info go to WSCSS
website. Oct. 15-Nov.
15: Events at World Affairs Council
of SpokaneOct.
16: Fueling the Future: Peace or Conflict? Focus
on Nigeria, Seattle Oct. 18: Japan's
Interactions with the West: The Visual Record, Workshop
for K-12 Educators, Seattle Oct. 27 Washington
State Association for Multicultural Education (WSAME)
13th Annual Fall Conference; Seattle University. For
more information go to WSAME
website. Oct.
27: HSK (aka Chinese "TOEFL"), Seattle Nov. 3: Teaching About
the Silk Road, Workshop for K-12 Educators,
Seattle Nov.
17: Language Learning With Global Peers,
Seattle
Additional
Announcements
-Bahia Street Hosts 2008
Society, Equality, and Change Study Trip .
- Facing the Future
Offers Global Issues Workshops for Teachers -Free
Interactive Lesson Plans Available From Choices: The U.S.
in Iraq: Confronting Policy Alternatives - Free From
Teaching With the
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The Washington State Coalition for
International Education was formed in 2003 out of a
focus group on international education. Today we are a
volunteer run, grassroots affiliation of over 300
individuals and organizations committed to preparing all
students for today's interconnected world. Contact us. | | |
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Michele Anciaux Aoki's
Blog:
Education for a
Global
Age
Long-time advocate of
international education and world languages Michele Anciaux
Aoki explores what it will take to put the "world" into
world-class education. She is eager to share success stories
as well as challenges and together with readers craft a new
definition of education for a global age. Michele's Blog at Seattle
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Goldman Sachs Award Accepting
Applications
The Goldman Sachs Foundation and Asia Society are
seeking applications for the 2007 Goldman Sachs Foundation
Prizes for Excellence in International Education. The prize
program was
created in 2003 to raise awareness of the
growing importance of international knowledge and skills for
U.S. students and annually awards prizes totaling $150,000 in
five different categories. For more information and to access
the online application, please visit
http://www.internationaled.org/
prizes.
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