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Needham High School Global Competence Program ©Needham Public Schools A collaborative initiative of the Needham Education Foundation and Needham High School Why Global Competence? Students will participate in an increasingly interdependent world requiring: • Understanding of people, places and environments from many perspectives • Skills in communicating, interacting and building relationships with people of another culture 2006 NHS Global Competence Study Committee Conclusions A. Think globally B. Communicate effectively C. Contribute responsibly Think Globally •Be a geographically informed person •Understand the interdependence of the world •Participate in international experiences •Think about issues from a global perspective •Evaluate information critically from various sources Communicate Effectively •Converse proficiently in a foreign language •Communicate through a variety of media Contribute Responsibly • Build relationships with people from other cultures with respect and flexibility • Seek knowledge to shape one’s own values • Analyze one’s own motivation in relation to others, reflect and adjust • Help others embrace multiple perspectives By learning more about their world, students learn more about themselves. • Personal growth • Overcoming uneasiness • Facing challenges • Opportunity to use skills History and Links •East Asian Study Committee •District goal - Promote Active Citizenship •NHS curriculum and graduation requirements •NHS learning expectations •School sponsored exchanges and trips •B.C. Global Proficiency Model Introducing the Needham High School Global Competence Program (GCP)! • Achievable by all • Encompassing what students are already doing • Student-directed The GCP Requirements • Foreign travel • Foreign language proficiency • Global service • Global Focus Project • GCP Résumé • Reflective essay Students who successfully complete the above will be awarded a Certificate of Global Competence, and will be recognized at Class Day. GCP International Travel Requirement • Challenging student to step outside comfort zone and connect directly to the culture/people • Student financial commitment encouraged • Student involvement in planning encouraged Foreign Language Proficiency • World language through Level 4 • Passing grade of C or above each year Global Service • 1 Community Classroom credit (30 hours) • Exposes student to another world culture • Ideally enables student to employ foreign language skills Global Focus Project • Select an aspect of a foreign country or region’s culture, political system, history, geography or economy to explore Study this interest area by engaging in 3 extracurricular activities (books, movies, cultural events, foreign cooking, lectures etc.) Write a 2-3 page essay on the topic, synthesizing what was learned through the extra-curricular activities GCP Résumé A summary of the student’s GCP related activities GCP Reflective Essay •250-500 words •Using the Common College Application essay topics •Reflecting upon student’s travel and/or other GCP experiences GCP Travel and Global Service Partners Partnerships created to assist students in finding eligible travel and global service options. GCP Review Committee and Portfolio Committee Review Committee • Travel/global service programs that aren’t preapproved • Exceptions to language requirement Portfolio Committee • Reviews completed portfolios 3x/year to determine if student has qualified for a Certificate of Global Competence Travel is Accessible to ALL! •Plan up to 2 years in advance •Fundraise •Work: NBA/GCP Partners •Rotary Exchanges •Ask the GCP Travel Partners about scholarship opportunities •Apply for the Friends of the GCP scholarship or the PTC’s GCP scholarship •Visit “A GCP Travel Experience is within Everyone’s Reach” on the GCP website GCP Website •Link to the GCP website from the NHS homepage: www.nhs.needham.k12.ma.us •All necessary forms, information sheets and approved travel program and global service lists can be downloaded from the site. GCP Checklist GCP Travel Experience Form GCP Global Service Form GCP Academic Alternative Proposal Form Needham High School Global Competence Program GCP Global Focus Project Form GCP Global Focus Project Form Student Name: __________________________________________________________ Student Email: __________________________________________________________ Country/Region of Focus: _________________________________________________ Activity #1: Activity: _______________________________________________________________ Date completed: _________________________ Activity #2: Activity: _______________________________________________________________ Date completed: _________________________ Activity #3: Activity: _______________________________________________________________ Date completed: _________________________ Essay Topic: ____________________________________________________________ In a double-spaced, 3-4 page essay, discuss what motivated you to pursue your area of focus, describe the ways in which the project's activities have widened your cultural understanding, and predict how you may apply what you have learned to your future endeavors. Attach the essay to this form. http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/info/global-c/global-comp.htm GCP Focus Project Form 3/29//08 GCP Résumé Form Needh am High School lobal G Competence Program Global Competence Program Résumé Jane Smit h A Sample Student’s Path to GCP Certification I. International Trave l Experience World Chall enge Exped iti ons ; www .wcexp edtions.com; Peru; July 7 -Augu st 7, 2007 Progra m’s mission: educa tion through exper ie nce, phys ical cha ll eng es, eye opening cult ura l exchang e; deve loping teamwork skills in preparing for the trip and in manag ing all aspects of the travel exp erienc e Progra m’s focus: 19-month d evelopment progr am, culm inating in month-long exped iti on to Peru; deve loping leadership and respons ibilit y; cha ll eng ing trek; one -week meaningful service project; dir ect connec tion with the culture and the people of Peru Major personal achievements: ove rcame phys ical and e motion al cha ll eng es whil e learning to adapt to lif e in a foreign cult ure ; greatly im proved my conve rsation al Spanish; gained a desire to continue b roadening my ho rizons through future cult ural exchanges II. Co mmuni ty Service Taugh t English to elementary studen ts at a vill age schoo l i n Peru in conjunc tion w it h World Chall enge Exped iti ons program; July 21 -28, 2007 Responsibilities: deve loping and im plementing c reative lesson plans wit h other volunteers that eng aged the studen ts in fun activiti es designed to promote Eng li sh language learning; one -on-one, studen t-driven languag e learning sessions ; buil ding shelves for Eng li sh language books dona ted to the schoo l by the volunteers Skills used: teamwork , creative thinking, teaching skill s, conn ecting w it h people from ano ther cult ure, Spanish, wood c rafting, adaptabili ty Skills acqui red: learned about suc cessful t eaching methods for eng aging young students; became more adaptable as I adjusted to lif e in a fairly primiti ve v ill age ; im proved my conve rsationa l Spanish III. Academic A. Fore ign Lang uage Study Spanish: 7 ye ars B. Other Global Academic Studies World Hist ory Since 1945: overv iew of major world even ts since 1945 and their global im pact IV. Ex tra- Curricular A. Latin A merican cooking: ove r the course of one yea r, prepared 12 family meals using recipes for comm on Latin A me rican dishes B. Attended fla menco dance performance : in December 2006, I a ttended a flamenco dance performance sponsored by Spanis h Consu late C. Read The Palace Walk, by Nagu ib Mahfou z: this book exposed me to Egypt ia n cu lt ure from the perspective of conservative Islami c women What are our challenges? • Cost of student travel • Overcoming perception of the program as an added pressure • Incorporating teachers into the experience THANK YOU! NEF for providing the grant to fund development of the GCP The GCP Steering Committee, comprised of NHS faculty, administrators and students, NPS administrators and community members