"Cultivating World Class Leaders in Education." Presentation at the NC Summit on US/China Education by Dr. Hiller A. Spires

1. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Cultivating World-Class
Leaders in Education
Dr. Hiller A. Spires
September 4, 2014
4th Biennial NC Summit on US/China Education

2. Newlit.org

4. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
What does it mean to be World Class?
• “Ranked among the world’s best;
of the highest caliber.”
• “A heart and mind for wanting to learn.”
好学心

5. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
How Are We Cultivating World Class
Leaders in Education?
Teacher
• Innovative Professional Development

6. New Literacies & Global
Learning Graduate
Program
Launched in Fall 2009
5 Teacher Cohorts Have
Graduated (n = 92)
8 Chinese teachers from
Beijing Royal School
enrolled for 2014-2015

7. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

8. July 2009
Raleigh, NC
June 2010
Cambridge, MA
November 2011
Beijing, China
July 2011
Friday Institute
July 2012
Raleigh, NC
March 2013
Beijing, China
July 2013
Providence, RI

9. Ask a
Compelling
Question
Gather &
Analyze
Information
Creatively
Synthesize
Information
Critically
Evaluate &
Revise
A Project Based Inquiry
Approach to Learning.
Publish
Share
Act
Design Studio
Showcase
Adapted from Spires, Lee, Young,
Leu, Coiro, & Castek, 2009

10. Global competence: the capacity and
disposition to understand and act on issues of
global significance (CCSSO & Asia Society, 2011)

11. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
How Are We Cultivating World Class
Leaders in Education?
Teacher
• Innovative Professional Development
• Insightful Research

12. Having Our Say: US & Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions
Spires, Morris & Zhang, 2012

13. Having Our Say: US & Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions
Spires, Morris & Zhang, 2012

15. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
How Are We Cultivating World Class
Leaders in Education?
Teacher
• Innovative Professional Development
• Insightful Research
• Sustained Global Collaborations

16. • CED Delegation to Beijing - 2007
• US Asia Conference Board - 2008
• NC/China Summit - 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
• New Literacies Institutes at Beijing Royal School - 2010, 2013
• BRS Student Summer/Winter Camps - 2011- present
• Beijing Inst. for Science & Technology - 2011
• Chinese Scholars J. Zhang 2009, Dan Li 2013, Yuan Chan 2014
• Suzhou North America High School, Suzhou, China 2014 - 2016
• Disciplinary Literacy for Deeper Learning MOOC-Ed - 2014

17. Connecting to the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuu-cNND1eg

18. “Greatness is not a function of
circumstance. Greatness turns out, is
largely a matter of conscious choice
and discipline.”
Jim Collins
Image from COSN

19. (Thank You!)