Tuesday, October 24

8:00 Check In and Registration

8:45 Welcome
Senator Kay Hagan
NC General Assembly

9:00 Keynote Address: The Critical Need to Learn from the World
John Dornan, Executive Director / Public School Forum of North Carolina
Millie Ravenel, Executive Director / The Center for International Understanding

10:00 Break

10:15 Learning from Denmark
Robert Logan, Superintendent
Asheville City Schools

11:15 Concurrent Sessions I: Educational Profiles and Best Practices from Around the World
1. Australia: Mark Potter, Guilford County Schools, Visiting International Faculty Program
2. Germany: Bjorn Hennings, Carolina Center for Ecucational Excellence, UNC-Chapel Hill; PDF of Presentation / PDF of Handout
3. India: Meenakshi Khanna, Department of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
4. Japan: Lynn Ellis, Salem Academy
5. Mexico: Janet Lopez, School of Education, UNC-Chapel Hill; PDF of Handout
6. New Zealand: Wendy Cole-Baker, Guilford County Schools, Visiting International Faculty Program
7. Phillipines: Alethea Florido, Charlotte-Meck Schools, Visiting International Faculty Program; PDF of Handouts 1, 2, and 3

12:15 Lunch (provided in Trillium Dining Room)

1:30 Concurrent Sessions II: (Concurrent Sessions I repeated, plus one additional session)
8. Singapore Math: Melody Hazelton, Union County Schools

2:30 Break

2:45 Learning from East Asia: Perfecting the Art of Teaching and Staff Development
Gerry Hancock, Attorney / Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, LLP
Yoko Kano / Dept of Foreign Languages and Literature, UNC-Wilmington
Ling Wang, Editor / The China Star
Marty Babcock, Program Director / Center for International Understanding (moderator)

4:00 Team Meetings on Action Plans

5:30 Reception for Participants & Faculty at the Home of Robert and Jean Phay

Wednesday, October 25

8:00 Coffee, Juice, and Pastries

8:30 Learning from India: The Driving Force Behind the Flat World
Edward B. Fiske, Education Writer/Consultant
Fiske Education Futures

9:30 Concurrent Sessions III: Adding Global Content to Your Teaching
Grades K-5:
1. A New View: Globalizing the K-5 Classroom
Amy Turnbaugh, NC Dept. of Public Instruction
Grades K-8:
2. Making Global Connections
Jonathan Charney, Visiting International Faculty Program
Mark Potter, Guilford County Schools
Grades K-12:
3. 100 People: A World Portrait
Carolyn Jones and Michael Christman, 100 People Foundation  
4. My Wonderful World: Expanding Geographic Literacy in School
Patrick Vernon, My Wonderful World and Alamance-Burlington School System
Grades 3-8:
5. Making Global Content Accessible to all Learners
Rebecca Lewis, National Geographic School Publishing  
Grades 6-12:
6. Model U. N. and Other Resources for Teaching About the United Nations
Tuck Green, West Triangle United Nations Association
7. Teaching the European Union
Lois Marshall, Wayne County Schools
Robin McMahon, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
Robert Peele, Wayne County Schools
Celia Ann Rowland, Wake County Schools
Regina Higgins, World View (moderator)
Grades 9-12:
8. Curriculum Pathways ® from SAS inSchool
Nancy Lane, SAS inSchool
9. NC in the World International School Partnerships
Matt Friedrick, North Carolina in the World

10:45 Break

11:00 Putting it all Together and Making Our Schools Global
JB Buxton, Education Advisor / Office of the Governor

12:00 Next Steps
Robert Phay, Director / World View

12:15 Adjourn