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Global Outreach SSAC Workgroup

The Global Outreach SSAC Workgroup is a student-led initiative aimed at enhancing world language and culture education in Massachusetts. We believe in the cognitive benefits of learning another language and strive to produce global citizens who are culturally aware and appreciative of diversity. Our primary focus is to establish Foreign Languages Curriculum Framework for Massachusetts and make foreign language education a high school graduation requirement.

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Global Outreach SSAC Workgroup

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  1. GlobalOutreachSSACWorkgroup

  2. Who arewe? • SSAC Workgroup created thisFY19 • A group of students looking for stronger world language and culture education and reform inMassachusetts

  3. Why do we dothis? • Cognitive benefits of learning anotherlanguage • Ultimate purpose: produce a globalcitizen • Reinvigorate teaching of languages and excitestudents about process and worldcultures • Minimal learning, yet maximumprogression • Standards are tooloose

  4. What have wedone? • GlobalOutreach Network • Primaryfocus • ForeignLanguages Curriculum Framework for Massachusetts

  5. The Global OutreachNetwork “The Global Outreach Network is a student-led social media platform working to promote cultural awareness, appreciation of diversity, and global citizenship, especially by means of increased foreign languageeducation”

  6. In order to institute FLE earlier in the publicschool system (4th grade) and focus specifically on the critical languages, we first need to establish a baseline: FLE • High-school graduation requirement,minimum of two years’ worth ofcredits

  7. Steps • Contact District Superintendents, State Legislators, and most importantly,students • Growing theNetwork: • greatersupport • student-driveninitiative • legalchange

  8. FutureSteps • Reaching out tocontacts • by email, phone call, interpersonalconnection • Continuing to grow theplatform • Presenting at MFLA(FY20)

  9. Challenges • Disconnect between Department andstudents • Critical feedback from students for Language Framework • Slow rate ofapproval/permission • Students want to be involved in everystep!

  10. Goal • By the end of the summer, we hopeto: • Have grown enough support and met with enough legislators to begin drafting aproposal bill 10

  11. THANKS! Anyquestions? globaloutreachmass@gmail.com @globaloutreachnetwork 11

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