Maskwacis Cultural College's continuing education program offered 58 learning opportunities, 296 instruction hours, and trained 1151 learners in 2018.
Next steps: Noncredit policy approved. Prepare process guidelines.
MCC’s 7th annual ATCO BBQ story in numbers 5000 books distributed, 1200 people participated, 775 school students, 15 partners, 8 vendors, 9 Cree language activities, 12 door prizes given away, 46 volunteers; practicum students from ECD 100, CS1102, EDPSY 1500 earned experiential learning credits, 1200 people enjoyed the BBQ (includes take outs by head starts), 28 classes attended; Schools from Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka participated; 11,625 minutes read recorded by participants, 193 hours of reading time recorded by participants, and 196 minutes read aloud to children by volunteer readers.
Next steps: Prepare a toolkit based on May 29, 2019 event. Present at ATALM in October 2019.
MCC’s 7th annual book giveaway: 35,090 books given away across 35 occasions in 2018.
Next steps: Giveaway at the Awasisak conference on July 18 and Samson Powwow. Replicate MCC model in another community.
Cultural Points of View is a cultural awareness training program. This pilot was designed for delivery to SES volunteers and staff to develop an understanding of their local Aboriginal communities and develop skills to work with their communities.
Funded by the NSW State Emergency Service, the Adult and Community Education Unit and the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.
An overview of a teacher summer institute designed for K-12 educators looking to connect sciences and area studies by gaining hands-on experience at a field station and in a home-stay abroad.
(2015) Resources for Teaching about Canada (22.6 MB)K-12 STUDY CANADA
2015 STUDY CANADA presentation by Tina Storer, K-12 STUDY CANADA Education and Curriculum Specialist, Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University
Maskwacis Cultural College's continuing education program offered 58 learning opportunities, 296 instruction hours, and trained 1151 learners in 2018.
Next steps: Noncredit policy approved. Prepare process guidelines.
MCC’s 7th annual ATCO BBQ story in numbers 5000 books distributed, 1200 people participated, 775 school students, 15 partners, 8 vendors, 9 Cree language activities, 12 door prizes given away, 46 volunteers; practicum students from ECD 100, CS1102, EDPSY 1500 earned experiential learning credits, 1200 people enjoyed the BBQ (includes take outs by head starts), 28 classes attended; Schools from Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka participated; 11,625 minutes read recorded by participants, 193 hours of reading time recorded by participants, and 196 minutes read aloud to children by volunteer readers.
Next steps: Prepare a toolkit based on May 29, 2019 event. Present at ATALM in October 2019.
MCC’s 7th annual book giveaway: 35,090 books given away across 35 occasions in 2018.
Next steps: Giveaway at the Awasisak conference on July 18 and Samson Powwow. Replicate MCC model in another community.
Cultural Points of View is a cultural awareness training program. This pilot was designed for delivery to SES volunteers and staff to develop an understanding of their local Aboriginal communities and develop skills to work with their communities.
Funded by the NSW State Emergency Service, the Adult and Community Education Unit and the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.
An overview of a teacher summer institute designed for K-12 educators looking to connect sciences and area studies by gaining hands-on experience at a field station and in a home-stay abroad.
(2015) Resources for Teaching about Canada (22.6 MB)K-12 STUDY CANADA
2015 STUDY CANADA presentation by Tina Storer, K-12 STUDY CANADA Education and Curriculum Specialist, Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University
1. Tropical Studies for Education Majors: An emersion experience into the Costa Rican culture Michael J. Clinkscales, MS Director, NC State Teaching Fellows Program Council of Education Deans and University Council in International Programs Internationalizing Teacher Education Forum 2010
Jr Enrichment sponsored by NC State TF Program Travel requirement CED global awareness component The combination of the 3 offered prime opportunity to create experience
Partner with OTS San Vito – Las Cruces 36 rising junior Teaching Fellows, variety of majors, 8 campuses 6 faculty/staff/grad assistants NCSU, UNC-CH, UNC-G, ECU, UNC-W, UNC-C, WCU, ASU
Economy – San Isidro market, coffee plantation, co-op, Boruca village Educational – rain forest (Wilson gardens, 3 mile hike) regrowth, volcano Social – Boruca, San Vito, mass, Basilica Fun – zip line, volcano
Partner with OTS 12 rising junior Teaching Fellows, variety of majors 2 faculty NCSU, ECU, UNC-W, ASU
Economy – coffee farms, CASEM co-op Educational – Atenas schools, cloud forest, hot springs Social – home stays, market, basilica Fun – hot springs, zip line, white water rafting
Cultural experience outside of NC & USA Self-awareness – independence, strengths, weaknesses, courage, Confidence – face challenges Inclusive classrooms – become aware of diverse learning abilities that will be in their class, overcome language barriers Diversity – socio-economic living in CR, language barrier
Future interest – will students participate? Cost – air fare, activities Course credit – should this experience have course credit towards success?
These are already taking place for the future Student teaching model – for enhanced experience Home stays – help bridge cultural gap, build confidence and courage