Educating for Global Competence

Global Education Massachusetts

May 1, 2012

Anthony Jackson, Vice President, Education

ISSN School Performance VersusComparison School Performance

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ISSN SchoolsOutperformed 83 of 119times

Comparison SchoolsOutperformed 36 of 119times

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Global Competence

Vision, Mission,

and School Culture

Curriculum, Assessment, & Instruction

Professional Learning Communities

School Organization and Governance

Partnerships

Successful ISSN School

International Studies Schools Network Design Model

Vision, Mission, Culture

• Shared definition of success: globally competent, college ready graduates

• High expectations for all students to gain the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of a college ready, globally competent citizen

Curriculum, Assessment & Instruction

What would globally focused curriculum and instruction “look like” in ….

• Science?

• English Language Arts?

• Social Studies?

• World Language?

• Interdisciplinary Coursework?

Professional Learning Community

• Collaborative development of the globally focused curriculum and the capacities to deliver it in engaging and effective ways

• Professional education that includes shared teacher learning, international travel and exchanges, and personal goal setting with a focus on global skills and understandings

Family and Community Partnerships

• Family involvement that engages families as partners and calls on their diverse assets as sources of international learning at the school

• Community partnerships that foster and extend the school’s international mission and students’ learning opportunities

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The Graduation Performance System (GPS) is a school based performance assessment system designed to transform curriculum, instruction and assessment in schools.

The Graduation Performance System

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A process to produce and assess student work in relation to a set of performance outcomes and rubrics that demonstrate

college readiness and global competence in:

Common Core/State Standards

ISSN Graduate Profile

District/School Curriculum

Investigate the WorldRecognize PerspectivesCommunicate IdeasTake Action

6 Core Subject Disciplines 4 Domains of Global Leadership

These criteria are derived from, and aligned with:

GPS Performance Outcomes

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Designing Effective Tasks

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Scoring TasksCommunicate and collaborate to express and discuss scientific ideas using appropriate vocabulary, symbols conventions and media. Discuss the significance of a science issue.

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Refining Tasks

To learn more, come to Our 5th

Annual Conference in New

York City!

June 29 – 30, 2012

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