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GLOBAL PROGRAMS

THE MADEIRA SCHOOL. GLOBAL PROGRAMS. An example of a school becoming global. It Takes a Village to Know the World. Skills Needed in a Global Society. Critical Thinking Collaboration Adaptability Initiative Effective Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information

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GLOBAL PROGRAMS

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  1. THE MADEIRA SCHOOL GLOBAL PROGRAMS

  2. An example of a school becoming global It Takes a Village to Know the World

  3. Skills Needed in a Global Society • Critical Thinking • Collaboration • Adaptability • Initiative • Effective Communication • Accessing and Analyzing Information • Curiosity and Imagination • Empathy • Creativity

  4. Steps to Teach These Skills • Exposure: Exposing students to assemblies, exhibits, and field trips. • Assimilation: Creating projects, assemblies and exhibits, learning culture and language in and out of the classroom, visiting different places and mingling with diverse populations. • Integration: Making the other culture part of your own, being able to live , work and think like another culture does. Empathize and be able to walk in someone else’s shoes.

  5. MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT • Spanish • French • Mandarin • Latin/Italian

  6. In the Language Classroom Activities and Projects

  7. Day of the Dead Spanish II: Altar to Lucy Madeira (School Founder)

  8. Day of the Dead Skills Developed Cont. Accessing and Analyzing-Internet searches/ Archival search Curiosity and Imagination- Looking for the right info and materializing it/ cutting/ painting and pasting. Empathy- getting to know an individual who has passed and seeing how family members might feel while creating these altars • Critical Thinking- Can we adapt these altars in a new culture- How can we execute the project? Making sure all symbols are represented • Collaboration- class worked together to research and execute altar • Adaptability- adapting the altar to a figure they are familiar with • Initiative- finding the materials • Communication- presentation to the school visually and orally during an assembly

  9. In The Language Department Activities and Programs

  10. Immersion Day/ Mardi Gras/ Carnival Dress Up and Speak Another Language

  11. 2008: Olympic Mascots 2009: Pamplona-Running of the Bulls Halloween

  12. Language Competitions: Something for Every Ability Level Governor School National Competitions George Marshall High School Foreign Language Tournament Spring 2009 Regional Competitions

  13. Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery (http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=566)" Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12 Folger Lectures "Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery (http://www.folger.edu/wosummary.cfm?woid=566)" Tue, Nov 10, 7:30pm; Tickets $12 Off-Campus Lectures/Presentations

  14. Language Trips: China, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Peru, Italy

  15. Campus Wise Activities and Programs

  16. Assemblies

  17. International Week

  18. Extra-Curricular Activities Model OAS Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration Club Activities: Peruvian Meal

  19. Summer Travel: Bhutan, China , Ireland , South Africa…

  20. Service

  21. World Wide Collaboration Local Schools working together Foreign school partnerships Foxcroft Madeira Holton-Arms Centre Danielou, Paris, France Colegio Jesus Maria de Juan Bravo, Madrid, Spain • Foxcroft, Middleburg, VA • Madeira , Mclean. VA • Holton-Arms, Bethesda,MD E-mail and Exhange Program • Agnes Irwin, PA E-mail Exchange Program

  22. French Exchange2009-2010

  23. MADEIRA’S VISITJune 5 - June 16(12 days) An Outline of Our Visit Attend classes Participate in cooperative projects Excursions to the Eiffel Tower Notre Dame Le Sacré-Cœur the Louvre Versailles Chantilly During our visit to France, Madeira/Holton/Foxcroft students will reside with Daniélou families.

  24. Daniélou’s visitFebruary 27 - March 10(12 days) An Outline of Their Visit Attend classes Participate in cooperative projects Excursions to Mount Vernon Washington, DC Baltimore On the weekend, Madeira and Holton will host joint activities for students and host families from all three communities. During their stay in the Washington area, Daniélou students will reside with Madeira, Foxcroft and Holton families.

  25. All School Meetings(ASM) SOME CURRENT TOPICS Role of women in the Arab Spring Christine Lagarde and Dilma Rousseff in global finance Plagiarism in a global context and how other cultures view and deal with it The meaning of democracy from a global perspective Snow days and revolution days • Purpose: • Ensuring a global perspective • Introducing weekly global issues • Celebrating diversity, including international • Looking at topics of daily life in a global context

  26. The Next Frontier • Co-Curriculum Goes Global • Redesign our flagship program • Four year sequence in global leadership • Extend internships to include summer work • National and international • Global focus

  27. KENYA-GO

  28. THE CORE CURRICULUM • New courses • New design • New themes

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