Panel 3 Collaborations with Schools of Education to Increase the Number of Teachers with World Language and International Education Competencies Washington, DC, September 22-24, 2013

Panel Moderator: Stephanie C. McKissic, Ed.D. Program Officer, International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) U.S. Department of Education Panelist 1: Joyce A. Pittman, Ph.D. Chair-Research & Development Committee, Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies Ed.D. Program Director Educational Leadership & Management, School of Education (Harrisburg) Panelist 2: Anastasia Shown, MSW Assistant Director Africa Center, University of Pennsylvania Lecturer, School of Social Policy and Practice  Slide 2

 How can NRC projects go beyond providing basic outreach activities to K-12 teachers to create sustainable partnerships with Colleges and Schools of Education to address: – critical shortage of teachers with area studies & international studies expertise – competencies to teach world languages, especially the less-commonly-taught-languages

Panel Purpose  Discuss current NCR innovative and sustainable partnerships that address these issues (Shown)  Discuss how NRC funding can help support SoE programs to – train teachers in foreign languages and international studies to develop world language and international education competencies (Pittman) Slide 4

A. Examples from Practice  Professional Development conferences, workshops, and area studies specific trainings  International Education Development Program, a new M.S.Ed from Penn’s Graduate School of Education  Supplementing Title VI- using FLAS, STARTALK and Fulbright grants  Pre-service teacher professional development activities through Teach for America/Americorps/City Year  Finding new partners outside of your institution- examples from partnerships with Community Colleges and other Universities in the region Slide 5

Examples from Practice  International Baccalaureate programs – Pan American Charter School  Working with charters and private schools – Independence Charter School  Multiple partners approach- Working with NRCs, Schools of Education, Non-profits and School Districts – LATTICE (Michigan State University) – World Vision (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) Slide 6

Examples from the field: UAE: English-Arabic Mentoring Model

 Team teaching  Coaching  Mentoring  Technology integration  Language immersion “Top 10” Bridges to Language Inclusion  Collaborative research  Collaborative educational planning  Funding and other technical support  Interdisciplinary and curriculum and instructional development  Change in policies and practices by key leadership

Core Values to compete in Global Education Market Economy Slide 9

Five evidenced-based strategies paramount to success: 1.Support access to hardware, software and connectivity 2.Provide content building opportunities in localized languages 3.Identify qualified educators 4.Develop high quality, action-oriented research projects to enhance learning language with IT 5.Promote access to online language learning material

Teach to Learn-Learn to Teach  Approaches to curriculum improvements in Schools of Education – Offer creative and innovative Professional Development or Teacher Training Designs – Dual degree programs in Education and a LCTL – Observation in schools with solid models, experience with world language teaching & international studies – Foreign language teachers join “practicum teams” – Pre-Service teachers complete language/are studies practicum Field based public and private school teachers could team pre- service teachers in a practicum with LCTL speaking mentor teachers or coaches. Slide 11

Potential NRC Global Approaches  Mentoring and coaching partnerships as part of a formal school arrangement for teacher assessment, training, evaluation and teacher education practicums – Teacher competency (practicing teachers) – Teacher education training programs (student teachers)  Clinical or action-oriented doctoral degree programs centered in WL and IE leadership -- Example: Drexel’s International Education Leadership Doctoral program concentration (Ed.D.)  Web Courses/MOOCs with focus on technological methods  Partnerships and Collaboration with large educational agencies or “centers of influence in education” – Example: Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators – International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) (International division of teacher training and research) Slide 12

Next steps…  Identify key barriers and key personnel – Would working with another local college (not your own) be easier? – Which faculty and administrators have connections with off- campus Educational Agencies and schools?  Collaborate with State-wide educational agencies – Example: Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) - every state has this organization.  Focus on a 3-prong approach: – 1. School/Colleges of Education – 2. School Districts/Cluster of Schools/Education Agencies – 3. NRCs- maybe working with more than one to pool limited resources i.e. Latin America and Middle East Centers Slide 13

Next steps continued…  Support Research Initiatives – Explore joint proposals for partnerships for Research & Development to create new recruitment, certification pathways and academic programs to attract international or ethnic diverse teachers – Offer Incentives for K-16 teachers and faculty to work together for creative and innovative curriculum and teaching methods – Provide educational and financial resources – Run annual or bi-annual conferences/workshops here or abroad on best practices. Collaborate with other Dept of Ed programs, such as Fulbright. teachers and/or researchers present their research results and discuss education problems related to world languages and IE competencies  Participation in a Network – Support an online community formed specifically for the professional development of teachers in world language and diverse cultural teaching methods – Create databases to find “global” experts, ex: Global Research and Academic Network at Drexel (GRAND)Global Research and Academic Network at Drexel (GRAND) Make it public, share with K-12 administrators and teachers Slide 14

RECOMMENDATIONS/BRAINSTORMING QUESTION/ANSWER Slide 15