The document summarizes a 3-year Mandarin Chinese language immersion project at two schools in Phoenix, Arizona that received $650,000 in grant funding. The project aims to provide Mandarin instruction from kindergarten through 8th grade using a partial immersion model expanding each year. It has partnerships with ASU's Confucius Institute and aims for students to reach intermediate proficiency levels by high school graduation. The project vision is for students to become lifelong learners, leaders, and creators working to build a better world. It emphasizes quality instruction, sustainability, credibility with the community, and overcoming challenges like teacher recruitment.
Working in the Global Classroom: A Guide to Connecting & Collaborating Global...Michael Graffin
Presentation by Michael Graffin (@mgraffin) and Nigel Mitchell (@1nbm) at the Australian Computers in Education Conference, held in Perth Western Australia (October 1-3, 2012)
Role of Universities in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development, post 2015.
By Heribert Hinzen at Festival of Learning, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
18-Nov-2014 to 21st Nov 2014
How OER Can Support Student Equity and DiversityUna Daly
According to the Glossary of Education Reform, equity refers to the principle of fairness in education. Inequities occur when biased or unfair policies, programs, practices, or situations contribute to a lack of equality in educational performance, results, and outcomes. The development and use of open educational resources has the potential to create equitable learning experiences for all students. Open education is deeply rooted in the belief that teachers have the freedom to develop content that meets the needs of their students.
Join us for this webinar to hear the ways in which colleges can consider issues of equity when designing and delivering OER courses and degree programs. Presenters will share how open educational resources, policies, and practices can support equity and diversity through the development of culturally relevant learning experiences that emphasize inclusion and celebrate diversity.
When: Wed, Nov 15th, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Francesca Carpenter: Associate Director, OER Degree Initiative Achieving the Dream
W. Preston Davis, EdD: Director of Instructional Services and Associate Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Daphnie Sicre, PhD: Asst. Professor, Department of Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York
The Global Classroom Project - a F.L.A.T Action TalkMichael Graffin
Slides from my recorded webinar - October 30, 2012. for my FLAT Action Talk, hosted by Flat Classroom Projects. Recording Link is available on Slide 2.
Working in the Global Classroom: A Guide to Connecting & Collaborating Global...Michael Graffin
Presentation by Michael Graffin (@mgraffin) and Nigel Mitchell (@1nbm) at the Australian Computers in Education Conference, held in Perth Western Australia (October 1-3, 2012)
Role of Universities in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development, post 2015.
By Heribert Hinzen at Festival of Learning, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
18-Nov-2014 to 21st Nov 2014
How OER Can Support Student Equity and DiversityUna Daly
According to the Glossary of Education Reform, equity refers to the principle of fairness in education. Inequities occur when biased or unfair policies, programs, practices, or situations contribute to a lack of equality in educational performance, results, and outcomes. The development and use of open educational resources has the potential to create equitable learning experiences for all students. Open education is deeply rooted in the belief that teachers have the freedom to develop content that meets the needs of their students.
Join us for this webinar to hear the ways in which colleges can consider issues of equity when designing and delivering OER courses and degree programs. Presenters will share how open educational resources, policies, and practices can support equity and diversity through the development of culturally relevant learning experiences that emphasize inclusion and celebrate diversity.
When: Wed, Nov 15th, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Francesca Carpenter: Associate Director, OER Degree Initiative Achieving the Dream
W. Preston Davis, EdD: Director of Instructional Services and Associate Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Daphnie Sicre, PhD: Asst. Professor, Department of Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York
The Global Classroom Project - a F.L.A.T Action TalkMichael Graffin
Slides from my recorded webinar - October 30, 2012. for my FLAT Action Talk, hosted by Flat Classroom Projects. Recording Link is available on Slide 2.
May 9: The importance of student collaboration in oer projectsUna Daly
Students have a valuable role to play in advocating for open education as well as the creation and revision of OER. Join us to hear from faculty, a student, and several administrators on how student collaboration has helped advanced their OER initiatives and contributed to student digital literacy.
College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, will share how their extended OER team hires students who work with faculty to find and format OER for inclusion in OER courses. Trudy Radtke, a former College of the Canyons student, had this to say about how OER helped her, “I come from a low-income family and could not purchase all of the necessary textbooks for my first two years of college. In an attempt to supplement my learning I would research my class topics online; I used many OER materials to successfully compensate for the textbooks I could not afford.”
English instructor Laurie Coleman and Digital & OER Coordinator Phillip Anaya from Alamo Colleges in Texas will share how their Alamo Open initiative provides students with information on finding courses that use OER and free instructional materials. This reduction in cost helps their students to stay in school and stay more engaged in their classes as they no longer have to do without textbooks or drop classes due to financial reasons.
Librarian Megan Dempsey, Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC), New Jersey will share how they have collaborated with their student government to promote OER. In the fall 2017 semester, the RVCC Student Government Association signed a resolution to raise awareness about the cost of textbooks and encourage faculty to adopt open educational resources.
When: Wednesday, May 9th, 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Brian Weston, Director, Distance and Accelerated Learning, College of the Canyons
Trudy Radtke, OER Assistant, Distance & Accelerated Learning, College of the Canyons
Phillip Anaya, Digital & OER Coordinator, Alamo Colleges
Laurie Coleman, College OER Coordinator/Professor of English, San Antonio College
Megan Dempsey, Librarian, Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey
Congressional Briefing: Teacher Leaders--Teaching Writing Today In High-Needs...National Writing Project
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Development of Teacher Educators for a Global Societycrealcsuf
Dr. Melinda Pierson, Department of Special Education, Department Chair & Professor
Dr. Janice Myck-Wayne, Department of Special Education, Associate Professor
May 9: The importance of student collaboration in oer projectsUna Daly
Students have a valuable role to play in advocating for open education as well as the creation and revision of OER. Join us to hear from faculty, a student, and several administrators on how student collaboration has helped advanced their OER initiatives and contributed to student digital literacy.
College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, will share how their extended OER team hires students who work with faculty to find and format OER for inclusion in OER courses. Trudy Radtke, a former College of the Canyons student, had this to say about how OER helped her, “I come from a low-income family and could not purchase all of the necessary textbooks for my first two years of college. In an attempt to supplement my learning I would research my class topics online; I used many OER materials to successfully compensate for the textbooks I could not afford.”
English instructor Laurie Coleman and Digital & OER Coordinator Phillip Anaya from Alamo Colleges in Texas will share how their Alamo Open initiative provides students with information on finding courses that use OER and free instructional materials. This reduction in cost helps their students to stay in school and stay more engaged in their classes as they no longer have to do without textbooks or drop classes due to financial reasons.
Librarian Megan Dempsey, Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC), New Jersey will share how they have collaborated with their student government to promote OER. In the fall 2017 semester, the RVCC Student Government Association signed a resolution to raise awareness about the cost of textbooks and encourage faculty to adopt open educational resources.
When: Wednesday, May 9th, 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Brian Weston, Director, Distance and Accelerated Learning, College of the Canyons
Trudy Radtke, OER Assistant, Distance & Accelerated Learning, College of the Canyons
Phillip Anaya, Digital & OER Coordinator, Alamo Colleges
Laurie Coleman, College OER Coordinator/Professor of English, San Antonio College
Megan Dempsey, Librarian, Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey
Congressional Briefing: Teacher Leaders--Teaching Writing Today In High-Needs...National Writing Project
On July 16, 2015, in Washington, DC, a panel of National Writing Project teachers and leaders held a special briefing on high-quality professional development that is making an impact in traditional public and charter schools in urban and rural communities.
Development of Teacher Educators for a Global Societycrealcsuf
Dr. Melinda Pierson, Department of Special Education, Department Chair & Professor
Dr. Janice Myck-Wayne, Department of Special Education, Associate Professor
Speaking at the 2015 CCIH Annual Conference, Paul Frank, Executive Director of SIL LEAD, explained the organization's program to improve literacy and education in developing nations by helping children learn to read in their native languages.
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Moving Beyond the Single-Discipline Faculty-Led Model: How Can Music Business...CIEE
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Partners' 4th annual Expo brought together community leaders across education, business and philanthropy to talk about the landscape of education reform and the ways in which Partnership + Equity = Results. An important topic focused on the work of our teams in Grand Rapids and Alum Rock (East San Jose) around culturally responsive teaching and learning (CRTL). Join us via this SlideShare to learn more!
1. OPENING a World of Possibilities AZLA Conference Oct. 2010 Mandarin Chinese ProjectDVUSDPhoenix, AZ
2. Mandarin Project Overview 3-year, $650,000 FLAP grant Language instruction K-8 at 2 schools Kindergarten – 15-45min Daily 1st-6th Grade – Specials 45 min/weekly 7th/8th – Exploratory – 45min/9wks 1st Grade Partial Immersion – expansion each year through 6th K-12 Articulation and Beyond HS Chinese Classes fall 2011 HS AP Chinese classes fall 2018 Partnership with ASU Confucius Institute, Hanban, and ASU Chinese Flagship Immersion Goal – Intermediate High/Advanced low on ACTFL scale by HS Graduation Exploratory Goal – Novice High/Intermediate Low on ACTFL scale by HS Graduation
4. Vision Goal “What the best and wisest of parents wants for his own child, that must be what the community wants for all its children.” John Dewey
5. Vision Goals Our Vision Goals are to create multi-generational and multi-national global communities that foster learning and leadership for the 21st century focused on creating a better world. Our vision goals guide what we want every learner to look like when they enter the global society as adults. Students and Staff will be engaged in: Learning for the 21st Century Leading for Success Creating a Better World
6. Vision Goal: Learn Firebirds will become life long learners, fully equipped for success in the 21st Century. Technologically Advanced and Globally Competent Early Second Language Brain-Friendly Acquisition
7. Vision Goal: Lead Firebirds will become healthy, wealthy and wise transformational leaders. First of themselves then in their families and in the world. Diplomacy Teamwork
8. Vision Goal: Create We cannot solve a problem at the same level of thinking at which we created it. Einstein
23. Credibility Continual education of teachers, students and staff as to the importance of Global Education Integrating language program into school culture One strand of a global focus Look for opportunities to bring others in Continual program assessment 360 evaluations – teachers, students, parents, community Monitor and adjust
25. Opening a world of possibilities for your students… Be innovative in using resources Be persistent Don’t be afraid to try and fail Continually educate people about the need for quality language education in Elementary Collaborate with others
26. Resources This Powerpoint, along with videos and links to other resources can be found at: sites.google.com/site/azlamandarin/
Editor's Notes
GPS educates the whole child for success in the 21st Century. Intellectually, Emotionally, Physically. Not only the mind but the spirit though