Teachers Without
Borders on Campus
An FLC Registered Student
Organization
What is TWBOC?
Teachers Without Borders On Campus at FLC is a Registered
Student Organization, formed in October 2010, which is
affiliated with the international Teachers Without Borders
group (www.teacherswithoutborders.org).
Teachers Without Borders connects teachers to information
and each other to create local change on a global scale.
“A world with well-trained, well-informed teachers is a
world with smarter, healthier, wealthier, more peaceful
individuals and societies. Support for a single teacher can
foster the well-being of hundreds, even thousands, of
learners and their communities.”
OUR
MISSION
 We build student leaders because they have the drive, the
enthusiasm, and the desire to make a difference.
 We provide students with the materials and knowledge
needed to impact the educational gap.
 We support the professional development of educators by
exploring current educational issues locally, nationally,
and internationally.
 We also support the collaboration of student
organizations on campus who share the same or similar
aspirations and goals.
 Our best intention is to think and act locally and impact
globally.
TWBOC Officers
President: Renee Mendieta
(rlmendieta@fortlewis.edu)
Vice-President: Erin Thompson
(ejthompson1@fortlewis.edu)
Secretary and Treasurer: Mandy Burkholder
(ajburkholder@fortlewis.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Cathie Turek
(turek_c@fortlewis.edu)
“Our best intention is to think and act locally and
impact globally.”
The
Mexico
Trip
Bahia de Kino
and
Hermosillo,
Sonora
Mexico
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Bahia de Kino
Hermosillo
• Federal Francisco Eusebio
Kino/Jardín de Niños
• COBACH/ Colegio de Bachilleres
del Estado de Sonora
– Federal/public
preschool/kindergarten
• Escuela Lázaro Cárdenas
– State/public elementary school
• Escuela Secundaria Técnica Estatal
– State/public middle school
• Prepa por Cooperación de Bahía
Kino
– State/public high school
– State/public high school
• Escuela Secundaria Estatal #31
– State/public middle school
• Universidad de Kino
– private university
• Corhalli Comunidad Montessori
– private preschool and elementary
school
Preschool/kindergarten
In kinder, grades are not given. Children’s development
and achievement are based on teacher observation in
the following areas: (all photos from Bahía de Kino)
Personal and social development
Problema del
día
Dona Rosaura
compró un
celular en
1488 y lo va a
pagar en 12
mensualidades.
¿Cuánto pagará
cada mes?
Class schedule
Profe Emma helps
a student with
book-work
Student taking measurements
Some things you may find in a second
grade classroom…
Sex Education in 6th Grade
at La Secundaria
•
Students were required to stand in
front of the class & identify 10
different parts on the sex organ
diagrams.
•
While in class students also
completed a worksheet on
understanding the different phases
of the menstrual cycle.
•
The text book for this class,
“Ciencias Biologia” also contained
information on Sexually
Transmitted Diseases, Condoms &
Birth Control.
If you’re a COBACH student, you may…
Learn from the specialized curriculum
and set of text books an Arizonaeducated teacher created, complete
with start-up activities and exercises…
Practice for an annual dance
competition against other
COBACH schools…
Or sing and play guitar between class…
La Universidad Kino
¡MIL GRACIAS! to everyone who
supported and assisted us with this
trip, including Dr. Linda Simmons,
the FLC Leadership Center and
Financial Allocation Board, and all
the schools in Mexico who so
graciously allowed us to observe.
We learned “¡UN MONTÓN”!
Past TWBOC Events
Presented by the FLC Teachers Without Borders On Campus club
El Inmigrante is a documentary film that examines the Mexican and
American border crisis by telling the story of a young Mexican migrant
who was shot and killed during one of his journeys north.
Past TWBOC Events
•Who: EVERYONE!!!
•Where: EBH 210
•When: Tuesday, November 9th from 6-7 pm
•What: Guest speaker Dr. Linda Simmons - discussion on the Teacher Ed.
Dept. Mexico Program for Summer 2011.
•Why: This will be an amazing way for you to learn about and become a
member of FLC Teachers Without Borders On Campus and a great way to
learn about the Mexico Program for Summer 2011.
Any questions??? E-mail Erin Thompson @ EJTHOMPSON1@fortlewis.edu
Past TWBOC Events
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2010
Past TWBOC Events
Teachers Without Borders On Campus
Guest Speakers for 2011
 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – EBH 219 – 6-7 PM. Jeb Holt, Coordinator of the
International Baccalaureate Program at Needham Elementary School, will tell us about this
exciting global, interdisciplinary curriculum being developed in the Durango School District.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 – EBH 210 – 6-7 PM. Tricia Karpfen, from the Durangobased Shanta Foundation, will speak about the organization’s efforts to improve the
education, health, and financial sustainability of villages in Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 – EBH 219 – 6-7 PM. Cathie Turek, of FLC’s Teacher Ed
Department, will share information she learned at the National Association of Bilingual
Educators’ Conference in New Orleans, LA. NABE is the only national professional organization
devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals.

If you have any questions contact Erin Thompson @ EJTHOMPSON1@fortlewis.edu
Past TWBOC Events
Past TWBOC Events
Tuesday
September 13
5:30-7:30pm
Noble Hall 125
Special guest:
John Sheedy,
Director of the film
For more information contact:
EJTHOMPSON1@fortlewis.edu
The Tijuana Project is a documentary film about the people who pick through the trash at the
Tijuana garbage dump for survival, and the lives of six children who live next to this immense
mountain of trash. The stories that the children bring to light cover a range of pressing global
themes such as garbage management, recycling, health issues, drug abuse, education, and
family. The revolutionary acts of those building long-term solutions such as the hope of a
school in the dump, have created an air of opportunity that is most effectively seen in this
documentary by the enthusiasm of the children who live there.
-November 03, 2011
-4 PM @ The Backspace Theatre
-$ 5.00 tickets
-Free popcorn with FLC ID
-STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO!
• Election of Officers for 2012-2013
For more information contact:
Renee Mendieta at
rlmendieta@fortlewis.edu
OR
Erin Thompson at
ejthompson1@fortlewis.edu