Winter '10-'11 Global Education News Now Available
 We are pleased to announce that the Winter 2010-2011 issue of NPCA Global Education News is now available. Click here to access the PDF file of the newsletter, featuring great information and ideas for incorporating global issues into education. Some of the highlights of this issue include:
- Afterschool Pilot Program for RPCVs (NY state)
- Articles: Food - Sometimes, but Sometimes Not and Like Water for the Fish
- K-8 corner: Thoughts on Teaching Peace
- 9-12 corner: Horse, of Course
- Lots of classroom resources, professional development and travel opportunities and more!
I hope you enjoy this issue and will let us know how you're sharing these and other resources in classrooms and communities. Please send your letters or materials for the next issue by February 15 to Susan Neyer, editor, at susanneyer@astound.net.
Peace,
Anne Baker
Vice President, NPCA
PS - there's still time to sign up to bring Peace Corps into your classroom on March 1st, the agency's 50th "birthday". Email globaled@peacecorpsconnect.org for more information.
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National Peace Essay Contest
The United States Institute of Peace is holding its annual NATIONAL PEACE ESSAY CONTEST. This scholarship contest is for high school students who are interested in international issues, conflict resolution, peace studies, justice, and human rights. The 2010-2011 contest's topic is "GOVERNANCE, CORRUPTION, AND CONFLICT." The topic changes every year. THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2010-2011 CONTEST IS FEBRUARY 1, 2011. Entries must be received by this date.
A study guide on the essay contest topic is available online in the Featured section (www.usip.org/npec). The contest promotes discussions among students, teachers, parents, and youth leaders. The contest also improves and strengthens students' critical thinking, research, and writing skills.
The scholarship award amounts are:
1 National award, first place: $10,000*
1 National award, second place: $5,000*
1 National award, third place: $2,500*
53 State awards, first place: $1,000 each
(*national awards include state award amounts)
Please visit the U.S. Institute for Peace's website - www.usip.org/npec for more detailed information on eligibility, registration, submission, and other requirements.
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2011 Intensive Summer Language Institutes
Posted by Request:
American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the 2011 Intensive Summer Language Institutes Program taking place next summer in Alexandria, Egypt and Changchun, China. The Intensive Summer Language Institutes provide fully funded fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. The program targets current K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Arabic and Chinese, as well as students enrolled in education programs preparing them to teach these languages. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and non-native speakers of Arabic and Chinese in order to qualify.
This U.S. Government language program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.
The program application, benefits, and detailed application instructions are located online at http://apps.americancouncils.org/isli2011. All application materials are due on March 4, 2011.
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2011 Summer Leadership Institute
Posted by Request:
The United States in Afghanistan
The Choices Program invites applicants for its 2011 Summer Leadership Institute on The United States in Afghanistan. Participants will receive an academically rigorous introduction to the foreign policy debates and historical underpinnings of the complex situation in Afghanistan today. Using Choices curriculum, participants will explore effective instructional strategies for engaging adolescents in the study of this important region of the world.
New this summer is the inclusion of leadership skills and strategies for expanding the scope of Choices' work with educators. Choices will expand its outreach to teachers in the coming years, and the 2011 Institute will continue to build a group of educators capable of enhancing the work of Choices nationwide.
Applications must be received by Friday, March 18, 2011.
Visit our website for more details.
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K-12 International Art Exchange
Posted by Request:
K-12 International Art Exchange - Welcoming RPCV's to Participate
OneWorld Classrooms welcomes all Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the US and around the world to involve schools in their communities in the upcoming round of the K-12 International Art Exchange.
For each exchange, participants mail OneWorld Classrooms 25 pieces of artwork created by students at their school; and, in return, OneWorld Classrooms mails them 25 pieces of artwork created by students from a variety of world regions. OneWorld Classrooms provides detailed participation guidelines and Email support. Participants must submit artwork so it arrives before May 3rd, 2011.
Interested volunteers may register online at: http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/iaereg1.html or send an Email to paul@oneworldclassrooms.org. General information is available online at http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/iae.html.
OneWorld Classrooms is a nonprofit organization founded by former WorldTeach volunteers. Over 300 WorldTeach and Peace Corps volunteers have participated since 2000.
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Amazon Rainforest Workshop & Machu Picchu Extension
Posted by Request:
Sign-up for Professional Development - June 25 to July 4, 2011
Celebrating 18 years, our summer's Amazon Rainforest Workshop for Educators and Naturalists is June 25 - July 4, 2011 at $1695, plus air. Teachers work side-by-side with scientists on a 1/4-mile canopy walkway in the upper Amazon basin of Northern Peru, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. A week of non-stop life experiences includes a Village Service Project, trading with the Yagua, night hikes in search of camouflaged creatures, fishing for piranha, a primate conservation project, ReNuPeRu Ethnobotanical Garden, plus pre-trip on-line learning support.
(Group Leader) Donna Krabill, Norfolk Botanical Garden Research Biologist Dr. Stephen Madigosky, Widener University
Entomologist Randy Morgan, Cincinnati Zoo For details on academic credit, Machu Picchu Extension (July 3-9, 2011, $1090) and other student group programs contact Frances Gatz, Ph.D., Environmental Expeditions at 800-669-6806,frances@ee-link.net or visit www.travel2learn.com
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2011 GEEO Summer Travel Programs
Posted by Request:
Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is offering 13 different travel programs for the summer of 2011: India/Nepal, China, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey/Syria/Jordan/Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa/Mozambique/Zimbabwe/Botswana, Morocco, Argentina/Uruguay/Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica and Guatemala/Belize/Mexico.
Educators have the option to earn graduate school credit (3 credits through Indiana University) and professional development credit while seeing the world. The trips are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. GEEO also advises teachers on how to find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips. GEEO provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org . GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-9PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe." |
School-to-School Program
Posted by Request: Partners for Communal Development, Inc is a Non-profit Corporation formed by RPCV'S in 2010. In 2008 Bob Tatgenhorst ( Peru '69-72 ) and John O'Brien ( Peru '62-'64, '70 ) visited several school sites in Peru, on the northern coast near Casma. The design and construction of these schools after the earthquake of 1970, formed the major part of their Peace Corps disaster relief service.
During their return visit they decided to form a non-profit, non-governmental, corporation, to further assist the pueblos in which the schools are located, with the hope of expanding this work into other areas both in Peru and other countries. These school projects were funded as part of a joint Peace Corps / US AID School to School program. If anyone might have any knowledge of, or ideas about, how they might locate the various US schools that participated in that school to school program, and share it with them, as this would be of assistance in furthering their work. All interested parties please visit their website / homepage at http://pcd-sdc.org . If you have any information, suggestions and/or comments, please contact them and leave a message at info@pcd-sdc.org.
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