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Wednesday, December 10
| 11:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. |
Registration Desk Open |
| 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Welcome /Overview |
| 1:30 - 2:10 p.m. |
Educating in a Global Society,
Dr. Steven Edwards, Virginia, USA |
| 2:00 - 2:55 p.m. |
Unpack The Three Conference Strands: Effective learning, Effective schooling and Effective leadership,
Tom Jones, England |
| 2:55 - 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. |
STRAND ONE: Effective Schooling
Brenda Bigland, England |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Group Process Time Led by Facilitators |
Thursday, December 11
| 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker
Contextualizing Global Citizenship
Dr. Yong Zhao, China and Michigan State University |
| 10:15 - 11:00 a.m. |
STRAND TWO: Effective Learning
Lucy Fisher, Australia |
| 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Teaching for Understanding
Dr. Dave Perkins, Harvard University, USA
AbdelBagi Babiker, Bagdad, Iraq |
| 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. |
Group Process Time
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| 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. |
STRAND THREE: Effective Leadership
Charles Marthinussen, South Africa |
| 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. |
Joining the Three Strands at Djanolgy Academy
Ken Walsh (live) and Mike Butler (virtually), England |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Group Process/Reflection Time |
| Evening on your own |
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Friday, December 12
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Globalization: Implementation and Impact
Dr. Steven Edwards
Discussion on what does globalization mean to our district; to our school; to our classrooms; to me; to my students; and how do we apply this to our school. |
| 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
An Effective Global Network in Newport News, Virginia
Dr. Ashby Kilgore, Superintendent of Schools |
| 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. |
Group Process Time and Planning |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Keynote Spearker
The Realities of a Global Society
James Copple, Director, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation |
| 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. |
Conference Wrap-up and Next Steps |
December to June: In the Interim
Conference participants will have the opportunity to establish international learning networks for their districts, schools and classrooms. Through the use of the conference graphic organizer and planning tool, individuals and groups will stay engaged, strengthen their understanding and explore new opportunitites to better meet the needs of all stakeholders in teh 21st century learning context.
To be continued... June 15-16, 2009, Lexington Center
The goal of the June follow-up event will be to take the three conference strands deeper and to share progress that individuals and groups have made since December. Critical to the June event is to create sustainability and to further build meaningful international networks to apply the learnings in our day-to-day efforts.
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