1. Teachers at a global international school are required to submit global lesson plans, write articles about global activities, and answer questions to log participation in the school's globalization initiatives.
2. The document provides a schedule for when each department must submit their lesson plans and articles. It also lists resources teachers can use to develop global lessons and gives directions for accessing the virtual faculty meeting page to view submissions.
3. Participation in the globalization activities can help teachers meet professional standards for their evaluations and distinguished categories.
2. Global Lesson Plan Using the CATA Global Lesson Plan Template provided, teachers will submit ONE Lesson Plan to be stored on the Virtual Faculty Meeting Web Page during their appointed month. http://moodlehigh.ucps.k12.nc.us/course/view.php?id=25391&edit=0&sesskey=UAqSMG5lZc
3. Article Highlighting CATA Globalization As a department, teachers will work together to write an article on highlighting any global activities for their assigned month. The article can contain their department highlights and/ or school wide accomplishments.
4. Examples for Articles Senior Trip to the Renaissance Festival Holocaust guest speaker Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup Earth Sea performance
5. Logistics A schedule is attached with the dates for departments and academies to submit information to Deb Christensen. Teachers should email their global lesson plans to the Department Chair. The Department Chair will email lessons and article to Deb by the first Friday of the month. She will upload them onto the Virtual Faculty Meeting page.
6. Virtual Faculty Web Page Once uploaded, teachers can log in to the webpage and look over the global lesson plans and articles. Answer the three questions on the following slide. Save these questions and answers to submit (hopefully for a CEU!)
7. 3 Questions 1. What is the global connection highlighted? 2. What is one concept from the article or lesson plan that I can integrate into my class? 3. Choose one resource, from the lists of favorite resources, and explain how it could be used in your classroom?
8. Why? We are a Global International School. We need to meet certain criteria following the Globalization Rubric to continue that distinction. Our School Improvement Plan states we will incorporate global initiatives. Our individual Professional Development Plans must contain a globalization component.
9. Why? Evaluation Tool and Artifacts. The following standards can be met in the distinguished category if you participate fully in the activities. (14 total) Standard 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4c, 4d, 4h, 5b Each submission onto Virtual Faculty Meeting Web page counts as an artifact as well as collecting the questions you answer.
10. Schedule December : English and IT January : Science and Pre-Engineering February : Social Studies and Medical Sciences March : Math and Transportation April : Foreign Language, Teacher Prep and Performing Arts
11. TEACHER ONE TIME ONLY MONTHLY Info to Dept. Chair VISIT VIRTUAL FACULTY LESSON PLAN ARTICLE ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS PER DEPARTMENT/ ACADEMY
13. National Geographic Lessons http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Global Envision http://www.globalenvision.org/forteachers/16/858 Teachable Moments http://www.teachablemoment.org/high.html
14. Group Work! Within your departments, you may either 1. Create a complete lesson plan using the global lesson plan template. 2. Help each other sketch out global ideas for your subject areas. We have provided you with several global lessons that you may want to use or incorporate into your own lessons.