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NAIS Challenge 20/20: “Solving Global Problems Two Schools at a Time”

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NAIS Challenge 20/20: “Solving Global Problems Two Schools at a Time”

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  1. NAIS Challenge 20/20: “Solving Global Problems Two Schools at a Time” Paul Miller, Director of Global Initiatives - NAIS, miller@nais.orgIoana Suciu, Associate Director of Global Initiatives - NAIS, suciu@nais.orgKusum Wagle, Teacher – Washington International School, aqua51@gmail.comValentine Courouble, 7th Grade Student – Washington International School

  2. NAIS Global Initiatives The mission of the Global Initiatives team is: • To assist NAIS member schools and their partners in their quest for a more global future for their students, NAIS will nurture partnerships and provide resources within an international framework.

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

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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Two Programs: Challenge 20/20 and the Global Issues Network

  8. Global Issues Network • Started in Europe- then Asia, the Middle East • Starting this fall in Africa and the Americas

  9. GIN: Town Meeting Web Platform www.global-issues-network.org

  10. GIN: ConferencesAnnual in GenevaMarch 19-21 2009Europe in Milan Fall 2008Middle East in Doha March 2009US Summer Institute in Washington DC (WIS)

  11. 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

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

  13. 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

  14. Structure • Relatively unstructured: no benchmarks or performance standards • Paperwork: registration process; reports • Bonus: priority for Institute for Student Leaders for rising 9th to 11th graders

  15. 2008 Applications to Participate in Challenge 20/20: • Term One: (September 2008 to February 2009) • Term Two: (January 2009 to May 2009) • All applications for either term are to be submitted to NAIS from by August 15, 2008 • Partnerships and announcements are made at the end of August/beginning of September 2008 • Apply online at: http://www.nais.org/go/challenge2020.

  16. 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

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

  18. Challenge 20/20 Video: Here is a short video about Challenge 20/20!

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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

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