GLOBAL EDUCATION RESOURCES

• 101 Ways to Go Global and Green:  This resource provides tips and ideas for schools on how to become more globally and environmentally sustainable.
  
  
• Articles on Global Education:  This is a collection of articles on global and environmental sustainability.
  
  
• Global Education Resources: Independent School Models: Independent School Profiles:
  NAIS member schools that have integrated global elements into their programs provide excellent resources for other independent schools seeking to implement or enhance similar programs in their own institutions. This page leads to an ever growing collection of such school programs.   
  
  

• Organizations as Global Education Resources
  In this section, you will find a clearinghouse of organizations offering global education programs, resources, or services. 

• Global Education Presentations
  The following is a listing of presentations created by NAIS staff: 
  
  Educating 21st Century Citizens
  
  Global Citizenship Imperatives and Initiatives
  
  Independent Schools and Global Education
  
  International Networking
  
  International Trustee Handbook PowerPoint Presentation
  
  Schools for Global Citizens
  
  
• International Trustee Handbook: A Guide for Effective Governance for Independent School Boards
  This long-awaited international edition of NAIS's Trustee Handbook has been adapted for trustees who serve on school boards throughout the world. Although trustees at international schools share much in common with those at NAIS schools, international school boards are usually elected, their members are more likely to serve shorter terms, and their host countries are likely to consider institutional self-governance an anomaly. This handbook addresses challenges such as these, while providing an overview of the principles and practices of good trusteeship that are common to all independent school trustees.
  
  
• NAIS Global Schools:  A Snapshot
  This is the most up-to-date snapshot of NAIS schools offering global programs as part of their curriculum.  It is a PowerPoint presentation that highlights statistcs and information on independent schools' global initiatives.
  
  
• World Class Math from the World's Math Classes
  This is a document that came out of the three hour workshop presented at the NAIS Annual Conference in New York on February 27, 2008.  An international working group of leading math teachers spent several months exploring whether there are common best practices suitable for use in independent schools.  The group reported its findings at this workshop.  Members of the group include:  Maarten Dolk, Freudenthal Institute (Netherlands); Stephen Evans (England), Maria Koziebrodzka, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC, USA); Xiao Enli, Fudan University (Shanghai, China).
  
  To view Stephen Evan's PowerPoint Presentation, click here.
  
  To view a document on Improving Teaching and Learning, click here.
  
  

• Global Education Listserve 
  This listserve provides a forum for independent school staff and faculty to exchange ideas and resources for global education. If you would like to sign up for the listserve, please select the Global Education Listserve on this page. If you have not already logged in to the NAIS website, you will need to do so first. For further assistance, please contact Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler at wheeler@nais.org.

SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE PROGRAMS:

• NAIS on iTunesU:
  The NAIS iTunesU program provides participants the unique opportunity to showcase videos of their schools and of their innovative teaching methods through the use of technology.  It provides them with a platform through which they can share models of great teaching and learning experiences in the classrooms, models that many other schools can use in restructuring their own programs and curriculum.
  
  

• Teachers of the Future:
  This program provides selected teachers a way to distinguish themselves as leaders. They can advance independent school education by spurring discussion and idea-sharing about innovation in teaching and learning. 
  
  Each selected teacher:

• • leads an NAIS online educational discussion forum throughout the school year, and  
  • creates a demonstration teaching unit video (three to 10 minutes in length) to be posted on NAIS's online independent school community and/or TeacherTube.
    
    
• Schools of the Future Resources:
  In 2007, NAIS launched the Schools of the Future initiative to establish NAIS as the forum for conversations about schools of the future.  In support of this goal, NAIS continues to:
  • Promote initiatives in equity and justice, global perspectives, and educational technology so that these elements have an even greater profile in schools of the future.
  • Research new approaches and develop capacity to access best thinking and practices.
  • Project and predict new ways of teaching and learning.
  • Capitalize on new technology for teaching, learning, and communicating in the digital commons.
  • Seek out partnerships for experimentation in the arena of the schools of the future.
    
    
• Virtual Science Fair:
  In this unique forum, middle school teams of 1-3 students, research a topic of interest within the sciences. What makes this science fair different from the rest? With the aid of an e-mentor, these students compete locally and nationally with other NAIS-member schools from around the country using a virtual platform. Combining student engagement in the sciences with modern technology and professional guidance, this project is an exciting journey into the world of virtual science fairs.
  
  

Questions?  Contact Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler, associate director of global initiatives at wheeler@nais.org.