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World View

World View. An International Program for Educators The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2012 Partners’ Opening School Program Iredell-Statesville Schools August 10, 2012.

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World View

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  1. World View An International Program for Educators The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2012 Partners’ Opening School Program Iredell-Statesville Schools August 10, 2012

  2. “Ours is a world of 24-hour news cycles, global markets, and high-speed Internet. […] Our future, and the future of our children, is inextricably linked to the complex challenges of the global community. And for our children to be prepared to take their place in that world and rise to those challenges, they must first understand it.” US Secretary of Education (2003)

  3. Global Student Knows how to keep learning Knows how to spot rot Understands global issues and how to work with other cultures

  4. Second language competence and hard courses in science, math, and technology…and the arts • Ethical grounding-service mindset

  5. Global Teacher • Globally literate • Constant learner • International experience • Pushes students out of comfort zone • BIG LIE – Learning is always fun • Teaches with global focus every day, in every class

  6. “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Hebrew proverb

  7. Senator Clark Plexico (2008) “WE ARE ALL ‘GOING GLOBAL’WHETHER WE WANT TO OR NOT,ANDTHE WORLD IS COMING TO US,READY OR NOT.”

  8. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

  9. World View An International Program for Educators The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2012 Partners’ Opening School Program Iredell-Statesville Schools August 10, 2012

  10. NC Public Education “If we don’t prepare our students for the new international world we live in, every child will be left behind.” Patricia Shroeder Former U.S. Congresswoman

  11. Global School • Global Ed Committee • Demanding curriculum • Global connections in every classroom • Second language • International studies course • Sister Schools & Technology

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