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 stephanie.mckissic@ed.gov
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)
joyce.a.pittman@drexel.edu
Panelist 2: Anastasia Shown, MSW
Assistant Director
Africa Center, University of Pennsylvania
Lecturer, School of Social Policy and Practice
shown@sas.upenn.edu
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 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)
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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 institutionexamples from partnerships with Community Colleges
and other Universities in the region
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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)
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Examples from the field:
UAE: English-Arabic Mentoring Model
“Top 10” Bridges to Language Inclusion
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Team teaching
Coaching
Mentoring
Technology
integration
 Language immersion
 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
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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 preservice teachers in a practicum with LCTL speaking mentor
teachers or coaches.
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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)
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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 offcampus 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
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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)
• Make it public, share with K-12 administrators and teachers
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RECOMMENDATIONS/BRAINSTORMING
QUESTION/ANSWER
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