International Education Washington

Summit Planning Meeting - July 29, 2003

Tully's on 45th, Seattle  3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

In attendance:
Michele Anciaux Aoki, P-20 International Ed Summit Project Director (recorder)
Sue Ranney, Hamilton International Middle School, Seattle S.D.
Lili Hein, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle
Will Linser, Robinswood High School
Dee Dickinson, New Horizons for Learning,
Kristi Rennehbahm Franz, iEarn
Caleb Perkins, OSPI Social Studies

Agenda

  1. Review Communications Plan for August-September (when/where to distribute flyers, etc.)
  2. Finalize the schedule for the day (speakers, breakouts, etc.)
  3. Identify what handouts to provide registrants (in particular, policy-oriented piece from the Coalition)

Recent progress

  • We already have more than two dozen registrations for the Summit -- mostly from teachers and principals

  • Bill Stafford of the Trade Alliance of Greater Seattle has agreed to put together and moderate a lunch-time business panel about the importance of International Education to business

  • Mimi Met, Acting Director of the National Foreign Language Center in DC, will be coming out for the Summit to facilitate the breakouts on World Languages

  • UW Educational Outreach and Dr. Klaus Brandl of the UW are helping us create a one-credit class in conjunction with the Summit on World Languages: Standards and Assessments

  • GlobalSound has agreed to provide music from their international collection for transition times during the Summit

  • World Affairs Council is coordinating the Resource Fair and clock hours workshops for teachers from 3:30-6:30 pm and expects to have at least 35 booths for the Resource Fair

  • Caleb Perkins of Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is distributing Summit flyers at the OSPI Summer Institutes in August

  • Kristin Hayden sent out press releases about the Summit to several dozen media contacts in Washington State in June (we'll follow up with another press release soon)

Summary

  1. Communications Plan - revised

A number of suggestions were made for further outreach. These have been incorporated into the Summit Outreach page.

  1. Proposed Schedule for the Summit  (See updated Proposed Schedule for Day)
  • Dee reminded us that we need to offer more transition time between sessions since that is when important networking happens.
  • Dee offered to check with the Arts Corps about providing some live music for the opening of the Summit.
  • Lili updated us on the list of business people who have agreed to be on the Business Panel at lunchtime.
  • Kristi is working on presentations on technology and arts projects from iEarn.
  • It was recommended we include Multicultural differences in learning. Geneva Gay was suggested as a presenter.
  • Dee recommended having participants complete evaluations BEFORE leaving the Summit.
  • We still need to get breakout session titles for the World Affairs Council bonus sessions 4:30-5:30 and 5:30-6:30.
  • We'd like to invite Supt. Terry Bergeson to address the group. Kristi volunteered to contact her and possibly arrange for a videotaped message if she is not able to come in person.
  • We'd like to have an MC for the day who is excellent at managing transitions and keeping the focus. Dee recommended Enrico Cerna from KCTS and volunteered to contact him.
  • We invited Sharon Tomiko Santos to speak, but have not heard back yet.
  1. Handouts

We reviewed some possible handouts and everyone agreed they would work very well. If possible, we'll obtain hard copy originals from the source. If those are not available, we can print them from the Internet. They include:

Regarding the draft policy piece, Caleb said he would review the notes sent out earlier and begin to craft something we could use at the Summit.
See Draft Policy Piece (PDF 234 K) or Word version for editing

Other handotus that were offered:

  • Piece from OSPI (Caleb will obtain)
  • iEarn brochure (Kristi will obtain)
  • Notepads donated by a business??
  • UW peechees to hold everything (maybe donated by University Book Store?)
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