Wednesday July 14, 2004 at 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Location: Asian Resource Center
1025 S. King St. (12th and S. King Street in the International District)
(The Asian Resource Center is slightly off the street behind a chain link fence. There should be parking in the lot in front of the resource center or nearby street parking.)

Present:

David Woodward, Kim Corrigan, Greg Tuke, Michele Anciaux Aoki, Kathie Kwilinski, Michael Zuver, Aysha Haq

Agenda

• Clearly articulating purpose/intent of Summit
  ("Building Global Relationships" is the official theme. From all the conversations that have transpired, it is clear that advocacy is one of the main focuses of this summit, if not the main one. The question remains, how exactly we want to define effective advocacy and the process of building relationships with various constituent groups, before and during the summit.)
   
• Engaging in effective outreach for the Summit -- in all 5 sectors: government, business, higher ed, K-12, and non-profits; within various cultural and linguistic communities of Washington; and across geographic boundaries.

Update on progress:

*Technology Session - Kristi Rennebohm Franz, Greg Tuke
*Lunch Panel - Moderated panel with Bill Center, Anand Yang, Terry Bergeson (no one is confirmed as of yet)
*Youth facilitated conversations/dialogues at tables and during breakouts -- One World Now Students
*World Language Survey and possibly Social Studies CBA (Classroom-Based Assessments) Demos- Caleb Perkins
*Resource Fair/Networking - Kim Rakow Bernier and Michele Anciaux Aoki
*Engaging State Leaders - Nancy Bacon, Masaru Kibukawa
*Break out sessions which help us articulate the current state of international education and move us toward envisioning/formulating what we would like to see in terms of international education. Four possible areas to focus our attention around could be the 4 priorities that participants from last year indicated, as stated in our grant proposal:

1. Integrating international education into all aspects of Social Studies and other school subjects, starting in elementary school.
2. Increasing teacher knowledge and experience of global perspectives.
3. Providing state-level coordination and support for World Languages K-12.
4. Coordinating efforts in international education between K-12 schools and higher education.

A summit planning meeting will be convened approximately every 2 weeks from July 14 through August 28. I propose:
Wednesdays, 3:30
July 14
July 28
August 11
August 25

And of course meetings will continue with the various groups that are already working on different elements/sessions.

I see this summit continuing to build enthusiasm, momentum and goodwill. I see this summit moving us closer to a clearer vision for international education for our state and beyond and to ways to implement that vision.

-- Aysha Haq, Summit Project Manager

Summary:

Plans to Date:

We briefly discussed the plans to date including:

• A session, “Using Technology to Build Global Relationships” - Kristi Rennebohm Franz, Greg Tuke, etc.
• Lunch panel with Bill Center (WCIT), invited also: Anand Yang (Jackson School at UW), and Terry Bergeson (OSPI) hosted by a moderator
• Report on World Language Survey –Caleb Perkins, WAFLT, UW Language Learning Center, etc.
• Youth participation/facilitation of dialogue – OneWorld Now! Students, etc.
• Working sessions around envisioning and defining the future of international education for Washington students
• Working sessions around advocacy

Outcomes for the Summit:

We further clarified outcomes for the summit – Proactively invite various stakeholders (business, government, K-12, higher ed, non-profits, youth, immigrants and various racial/ethnic communities, special needs; the stakeholders should ideally represent various geographic locations throughout Washington and the NW Region) to Olympia:

For networking/ resource sharing and relationship building where there might not have been any

• To generate excitement about the future of international relationships and education in Washington State and beyond
• To collectively participate in breakout sessions where we learn about the current state of international education in various arenas and based on that define our vision for international education in our state
• To make our advocacy efforts to the next level by concretely engaging our state leaders at the highest level to make international education a priority
• We also discussed the exchange of resources, networking and learning opportunities between the coalition and NAFSA (a major in-kind sponsor) including exhibit space, reception, etc. We further brainstormed and added to the outreach plan, with various individuals taking assignments.

Additional Suggestions:

• Broaden language and define advocacy broadly to appeal to all stakeholders including those that may come from out of the State of Washington and/or individual/groups who are not using the same language, but interested in the same work
• Learn more about what it means to advocate and to introduce legislation before the legislature
• Provide a booth/table/presence at as many relevants events including conference and gubernatorial events, between now and October 27 to build our network. Develop a table display for this effort
• Develop a position sheet to take to stakeholders, especially legislature – who we are, why international relationships and international ed are highly relevant to our State’s well-being, and what we want for Washington State students

Outreach Assignments Organized by Different Stakeholders:

This is a preliminary list of those we agreed to engage toward the Summit and does not comprehensively cover the outreach work that everyone has been doing for the last few months.

Legislature:

• State legislature interested in international issues, including Sen.Ken Jacobsen
• Gubernatorial candidates
• Supt. Terry Bergeson – Michele will draft a letter, Kim C. can get insight into Terry’s schedule, help deliver and/or join a meeting with Terry if needed.

Business:

• Trade Development Alliance
• Washington Council for International Trade (Michele)
• World Affairs Council Board (Michele)
• Evans School Board
• Rotaries (David and Greg)
• Seattle Convention Visitors Bureau (David)
• Port of Seattle (Michele)
• State Tourism
• Study Washington (David)
• Collect profiles of businesses for “Washington in the World” and their response to why international education is important to their company – Connect with TDA and possibly work with Lily Hein, etc. (Aysha)
• Work with NAFSA to have a reception and try to find a business sponsor (Aysha, Kathie)

Non-profits:

• Coalition members in general (Aysha, Michele)
• Resource fair participants (Kim B., Michele)
• Michael Levine, Asia Society (Michele)

K-12:

• PTA (Michele)
• WEA (Nancy)
• Washington State Council on Social Studies
• School Directors Association (WSSDA)
• Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP)

Higher Ed:

• NAFSA – NAFSA will distribute information to their various colleges and university listservs, across the region (Kathie, Aysha, David)
• University of Washington (Michele, Aysha)

Youth:

• OneWorld Now! students (Kristin, Aysha)
• CHID students (Michael)

Immigrants/various ethnic communities:

We didn’t discuss this at the summit planning meeting this time, but I challenge our group to really think about who should be present at this summit from various Washington communities so that we can broaden our reach to and whole-heartedly involve the culturally diverse communities of Seattle in shaping policy around international education. Include those that identify themselves as multicultural educators.

Special needs community

Individuals and organizations outside of Puget Sound

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