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Engaging Global Community
Partners through IVECA
Promoting Intercultural Competence of
the 21st Century Students
Ned Kirsch (@betavt), Superintendent
Franklin West Supervisory Union, VT
IVECA International Virtual Schooling
Global Education Day @ ISTE 2015
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 Rural district
 Farming Communities
 25% FRL
 96% White
 84 miles from Montreal, Canada
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How We Innovate
 1:1 iPad Deployment 6-12 (3:1 K-5)
 Global Connections
 Ed Camp
 STEM Focus
 Digital Learning Specialists
 FWSU Action Plan
 Personal Learning Plans
 Social Media
 Proficiency Based Grading
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FWSU Action Plan
 Target 1  Student-Centered Learning
FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry,
problem solving and creative learning opportunities.
 Target 2 - Leadership in a Student Centered Learning
Environment
FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative
opportunities for local and global student-centered learning.
 Target 3  Flexible Learning Environments
FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day,
promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering
creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all.
 Target 4  Engaged Community Partners
FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas
and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their
community, state, and world.
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Target 4
 Action Step
Develop partnerships with global partners to carry out a project
related to units of study
 Indication of Success
 Learning outcomes will be expanded to encourage curiosity,
communication, and digital citizenry
 Students challenge convention and make contributions in
their community, state, and world
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 What do we want for our students?
 What do we expect?
 How do we define community?
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Lost In Translation
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Intercultural Competence
 The ability to communicate appropriately and
effectively with people of other cultures:
 Appropriately: Valued rules, norms, and expectations of
the relationship are not violated significantly.
 Effectively: Intended outcomes are accomplished
productively through the adequate communications and
collaborations based on understanding, respect,
interpretation and application of cultural diversity and
universality.
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IVECAInternational Virtual Schooling
 Promoting Intercultural Competence
 IVECA helps students to communicate with one
another in different cultures and countries. The
program provides a virtual environment that
enables students to share subject matters and
socialize within the program.
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IVECA & FWSU
 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade classrooms
 30% of all students
 15 teachers
 Korea and Mexico
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 Something you model
 Something you foster
 Something you teach
 A natural, learned, or innate behavior?
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What is Collaboration?
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  • 3. Rural district Farming Communities 25% FRL 96% White 84 miles from Montreal, Canada 2
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  • 6. How We Innovate 1:1 iPad Deployment 6-12 (3:1 K-5) Global Connections Ed Camp STEM Focus Digital Learning Specialists FWSU Action Plan Personal Learning Plans Social Media Proficiency Based Grading 5
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  • 8. FWSU Action Plan Target 1 Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Target 2 - Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Target 3 Flexible Learning Environments FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Target 4 Engaged Community Partners FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. 7
  • 9. Target 4 Action Step Develop partnerships with global partners to carry out a project related to units of study Indication of Success Learning outcomes will be expanded to encourage curiosity, communication, and digital citizenry Students challenge convention and make contributions in their community, state, and world 8
  • 10. What do we want for our students? What do we expect? How do we define community? 9
  • 12. Intercultural Competence The ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with people of other cultures: Appropriately: Valued rules, norms, and expectations of the relationship are not violated significantly. Effectively: Intended outcomes are accomplished productively through the adequate communications and collaborations based on understanding, respect, interpretation and application of cultural diversity and universality. 11
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  • 14. IVECAInternational Virtual Schooling Promoting Intercultural Competence IVECA helps students to communicate with one another in different cultures and countries. The program provides a virtual environment that enables students to share subject matters and socialize within the program. 13
  • 15. IVECA & FWSU 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade classrooms 30% of all students 15 teachers Korea and Mexico 14
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  • 17. Something you model Something you foster Something you teach A natural, learned, or innate behavior? 16 What is Collaboration?
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