Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler NAIS Associate Director of Global Initiatives wheeler@nais

1. Global Problem-Solving in Action: NAIS’s Challenge 20/20 Program Ioana Simona Suciu WheelerNAIS Associate Director of Global Initiatives wheeler@nais.org

2. NAIS Global Initiatives • At NAIS, we believe that in order to survive in the 21st Century, schools must be sustainable in five key areas: 1. financial 2. environmental 3. global 4. programmatic 5. demographic The mission of the Global Initiatives team is: • To assist NAIS member schools in their quest for a more global future for their students, NAIS will nurture partnerships and provide resources within an international framework.

3. Challenge 20/20: • International education program • Internet-based program with no cost and no travel required • Cross-cultural partnerships • Open to public and private schools, elementary and secondary

4. One Book: High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them

5. Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global community • Global warming • Biodiversity and ecosystem losses • Fisheries depletion • Deforestation • Water deficits • Maritime safety and pollution

6. Sharing our humanity: Issues requiring a global commitment • Massive step-up in the fight against poverty • Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism • Education for all • Global infectious diseases • Digital divide • Natural disaster prevention and mitigation

7. Sharing our rule book: Issues needing a global regulatory approach • Reinventing taxation for the twenty-first century • Biotechnology rules • Global financial architecture • Illegal drugs • Trade, investment, and competition rules • Intellectual property rights • E-commerce rules • International labor and migration rules

8. Goals • Creative problem-solving • Collaboration • Communication with students from a different country and culture • Community service, service learning • Learning different perspectives

9. Partnerships Some schools are already working together (sister schools etc). Others are paired by NAIS based on • grade level • topic of interest • preferred partner school and/or location • when they want to start (1st or 2nd term) • 2-3 school partnerships

10. Structure and Program Details • Relatively unstructured: no benchmarks or performance standards • Paperwork: registration process; reportsFlexible • Free of cost (purchase book) • No travel is required • Online collaboration (wikis, Skype, Facebook, Ning, Moodle, Second Life, videoconferencing, teleconferencing) • We accept all schools: elementary and secondary, public and private • Schools can find their own partners or ask NAIS to partner them • Southern and Northern Hemisphere schools

11. Challenge 20/20 Stats as of 2009-2010 • Sixth year; program developed in 2005-06 • 300-500 schools participate every year • 2 to 4 schools within a partnership • Over 1,050 schools in the US and 724 schools in other countries have participated in 656 partnerships since 2005-2006 • 99 countries represented and 47 U.S. states

12. Participants • 2005: 75 schools from 26 US States and 30 countries • 2006: 350 schools from 32 US States and 52 countries • 2007: More than 400 schools from 39 US States and 56 countries • 2008: More than 500 schools from 41 US States and 61 countries • 2009: 397 schools from 43 US States and 48 countries

13. Examples of Challenge 20/20 Projects: • Mosquito Nets designed for small children in Africa (CO) • Supplying a village in India with a nurse/medical facility (PA) • Supplying hand sanitizers to hospitals in Mexico and Honduras (TX) • Rebuilding a school in Tanzania (CA) • Public service announcements regarding water deficits (OK)

14. Examples Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA, and St. Joseph's Convent Girls' Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, India  Global problem: Infectious Diseases9-12 • Students launched a charitable partnership with two impoverished towns in India.

15. ExamplesSt. Mary’s Episcopal School, Memphis Tennessee and Steigerwald Landschulheim Gymnasium Wiesentheid Germany9-12 Global Infectious Diseases • Schools decided to concentrate on hygiene • Created The Helping Hands Program • Sanitizers and educational tools put in to the Hospital Benjamin Bloom in El Salvador, working with an NGO there

16. ExamplesElementary School PartnershipPK-5 Bright School, Chattanooga, TN, partnered with Colegio Cristobal Colon, Lomas Verdes, Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico.Global Problem:  Water Deficits • Students are running informational campaigns including public service TV spots they created, to encourage water conservation.

17. Joining the Challenge 20/20 Program: Apply Now to Join Hundreds of Schools Solving the World’s Problems • Submit your application from March to August! • Select Term One (September to January) or Term Two (January to May). Partnerships made by September. • Submit an Agreement for Participation in September or whenever you make contact with your partner school/s. • Contact your partner school/s to begin your collaboration. • At the end of each Term, submit an online team report as well as photographs, testimonials and supplemental materials. • Apply online at: http://www.nais.org/go/challenge2020.

18. More Information Available at: www.nais.org/go/challenge2020

19. Challenge 20/20 Video: Enjoy a short video about Challenge 20/20!