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Dr. Rita Oates President, Oates Associates

Top 10 Places To Find Real People In Your Community To Globalize Student Learning People in your community can help advance global education, sharing their knowledge and experience with your students live and in person. Dr. Rita Oates President, Oates Associates. Description.

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Dr. Rita Oates President, Oates Associates

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  1. Top 10 Places To Find Real People In Your Community To Globalize Student LearningPeople in your community can help advance global education, sharing their knowledge and experience with your students live and in person Dr. Rita Oates President, Oates Associates

  2. Description How to find people in your community to help advance global education locally, sharing their knowledge and experience with your students live and in person! Full Session Description: • In every country, people from "other places" have settled over the years. This session focuses on how you can make a "human inventory" of the resources available in your school and community who can help move global education to a tangible and local activity with much relevance and resonance for students. Tips for finding and using these human resources are shared, based on real experiences from a former PTSA president and teacher and district administrator. She brought a survivor of a Japanese internment camp to her daughter's middle school social studies class, a "liberator" of a German concentration camp to a high school class, and others to schools she worked with in Miami-Dade County, where she was the director of ed tech. • Parents and extended family members of ESL students are just one of many different groups that are rarely tapped. Peace Corps volunteers are actually have a mandate to share their experiences once they return to the U.S. Sister Cities programs span the globe, and many have a K12 component. Returned military who have served in other places, from Vietnam and South Korea to Germany and the Gulf, add real world experience and perspective in every community. Rotary Clubs around the world host exchanges for high school students and young professionals. Staff in companies, workers on farms, spouses of professors and "church ladies" may offer strong cultural ties to "other places" that can help enrich the student experience. • Come to this session prepared to explore new opportunities to enrich your classroom or school with global stories and learn some strategies of dealing with each type of group. Older students can help to make the inventory of human resources in your community. Students can also use technology for interviews, to document dances or musical performances to share the stories of these people with other students.

  3. Kansas City Star, Oct. 24, p. A15 • International Relations Council • Educating the community about foreign affairs since 1954 • Founder Eliot S. Berkley: bring experts including government officials, ambassadors, authors and global leaders to KC to provide perspectives and up to date info • One example of local group providing global, face-to-face experiences

  4. Groups in Kansas City Area • United Nations Association of Greater KC • International Visitors Council • International Trade Council • Cultural Crossroads • Ethnic groups • KC Irish Center • Society for Friendship with China • Turkish American Association of Greater KC

  5. Real People for Miami Students • Speakers: • Survivor of a Japanese internment camp spoke to middle school social studies class • “Liberator" of a German concentration camp spoke to a high school class

  6. Real People for Miami Students • Festivals and local events: • Greek Orthodox Church festival/fundraiser • Oktoberfest at German-American Club • Columbian independence celebration

  7. 1. Peace Corps Returned Volunteers • Peace Corps volunteers actually have a mandate to share their experiences once they return to the U.S. http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/ http://www.rpcvw.org/ http://www.peacecorps.gov/resources/returned/tell-your-story/

  8. Third Goal = Bring the World Home

  9. 2. Sister Cities • Sister Cities programs span the globe, and many have a K12 component http://www.sister-cities.org/ http://friendshipthrougheducation.org/sister.htm • Local committees host visits, encourage Sister Cities Schools activities • Multiple cities for one community

  10. Sister Cities of Coral Gables, Miami

  11. 3. Rotary • Rotary Clubs around the world host exchanges for high school students to live in another place http://rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/youthprograms/rotaryyouthexchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx • Group Study Exchange (ages 25-40) http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/MakeConnections/GroupStudyExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx • Interact Club (High School club)

  12. 4. Councils for International Visitors (CIVs) • 90 groups in 45 states welcome emerging leaders to visit US locations as part of International Visitor Leadership Program • http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp/ • http://www.nciv.org/ • http://www.miamiciv.org/ • International Visitors are current or emerging leaders in government, politics, the media, education, the arts, business • 5,000 International Visitors come to the U.S. yearly • Since 1940, thousands of distinguished individuals have participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program, including 330 current and former Chiefs of State and Heads of Government

  13. 5. People to People International • Opportunity for your students (or for teachers) to travel in a group to other places http://www.ptpi.org • PtoP Pen Pal Program, ages 4-18 http://www.ptpi.org/community/SCP.aspx • Use curriculum and activities designed by PtP • Can use free email system such as ePals SchoolMailhttp://www.epals.com

  14. 6. Churches and Ethnic Clubs • Ethnic ties and heritage of "church ladies" or cultural clubs can offer global, cultural experiences with food, music, dance, crafts, clothing and more • Missionaries: returned or on furlough from Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Kenya • German-American Club • Greek Orthodox festival • Swedish Lutheran church • Korean Methodist church (in southern Indiana)

  15. 7. Staff at Local Companies • Staff in companies may offer strong cultural ties to "other places" that can help enrich the student experience • Kansas City businesses: Black & Veatch, Cerner, Garmin, DST, Spring, Seaboard Corp., Payless ShoeSource have offices, distribute to and hire workers around the world. • Banks, law firms have multinational needs • Check with local Chamber of Commerce • Area chambers of commerce: Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in south Florida

  16. Chamber of Commerce Members In Austin, Texas

  17. 8. Professors, Spouses, International Students at Local Colleges • Universities: professors, spouses, international students studying in country may offer strong cultural ties to "other places" that can help enrich the student experience • Fulbright Scholars (visit you or teachers apply) • Contact university PR office to see who might be a speaker, depts. to ask for help

  18. 9. ESL Parents and School Staff • Parents and extended family of ESL students • Cafeteria ladies, custodians may have been an accountant, lawyer in their homeland but are weak in English skills, need to get license

  19. 10. Military • Returned military who have served abroad, from Vietnam and South Korea to Germany and the Gulf, add real world experience and perspective in every community • U.S. Reservists – many have been in Afghanistan or Iraq through last 10 years • U.S. recruiters are easy to find • VFW, DAV, American Legion for retirees • Required service in some countries (Israel)

  20. Bonus: 11. China, France, Spain • Government mission to share language and culture by funding activities, exchanges, materials, for K12 schools • Confucius Institute, usually housed at a university (from China) • Ministry of Education of Spain and France put their citizens in US locations, even in schools, and US teachers in their countries

  21. Selected Websites / URLs Associated with This Presentation • http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/ • http://www.rpcvw.org/ • http://www.peacecorps.gov/resources/returned/tell-your-story/ • http://www.miamiciv.org/ • http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp/ • http://friendshipthrougheducation.org/sister.htm • http://www.sister-cities.org/ • http://www.ptpi.org • http://rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/youthprograms/rotaryyouthexchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx

  22. Dr. Rita Oates • Available to lead workshops or work with your organization on globalizing student learning and activities • With people and with technology • In English and Spanish • Contact info: • http://ritaoates.com • ritaoates@aol.com

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