Seattle Community College District Boardroom, Seattle  3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

The Boardroom is located on the ground floor of the Siegal Center, corner of Harvard and Pike. Siegal Center is a block away from Seattle Central Community College. You may follow the exits/directions to Seattle Central Community College, and you will find Siegal Center on the corner of Harvard and Pike. Here are the directions to SCCC: http://seattlecentral.edu/map/  - This meeting will be followed by a General Coalition meeting from 4:30-5:30 in the same location.

Parking is available on the surrounding streets, or in the nearby college parking lot on the corner of Pine and Harvard for a modest fee. Please do not go to Seattle Central Community College. Please call me on my mobile phone at 206-660-6851 if you need further assistance.  -- Masaru Kibukawa

In Attendance:

Aysha Haq, Loretta Fergeson, Nancy Bacon, Kristi Rennenbohm Franz, Michele Anciaux Aoki, David Woodward, Masaru Kibukawa

Agenda

1. Overview of draft Summit Plan to Date (see below).
2. Finalizing the Theme - A brief discussion (please see plan below for thoughts about the theme)
3. Engaging Our State Leaders
4. Engaging Different Members of Our Community
5. Next steps (developing flyer, continue outreach and networking -- especially to Olympia, resource sharing, honing different ideas, contacting session facilitators, speakers, etc.)
6. Next meetings

Summary from the Meeting

The group discussed the theme once again and then an overview of the intent of the summit, which led into a conversation about the purpose of the coalition. Nancy Bacon and Masaru Kibukawa shared with others their efforts to date to learn about what is necessary to engage state leaders. They discussed broadly the constituent groups which include government, community groups, k-12 education, higher education and business. The group also discussed the theme of the summit. This meeting was followed directly by a general coalition meeting.

• Discussion of theme of Summit. What elements present? Humanistic goals are present, but be thoughtful about how you articulate them.
  
  Building Global Relationships: Multiple pathways, multiple perspectives, multiple cultures. Articulate education, trade, etc.
  
  Help educate people about people within our borders too. Communicate with each other.
  
  What is the lens for planning the Summit?
   
• Engaging Our State Leaders
  Conversations that Masaru and Nancy have had have raised issues:
  - Timing of event (in relation to having a candidates' forum) could be an issue -- not optimal use of the opportunity
  Other suggestions:
  - Business, trade, industry and agriculture (much impacted by international events)
  - Summit should proceed but perhaps do forum even at a later date after the elections to give them a compelling agenda.
  - Nancy met with Paul Isaki and Jim Meadows (WEA and WSCSS). Masaru met with League of Women Voters.  Maybe dovetail with these other efforts.
  - Need preliminary work to widen the Coalition (e.g., trade-related folks). Important to get these people on board.
  - Need formal process to invite WEA and League into the Coalition

• Five Quadrants:

1. K-12 Education and Associations
2. Higher Ed
3. Business and Industry and Agriculture, Maritime, etc.
4. Community (League of Women Voters, etc.)
5. Governmental

Jim talked about work of Social Studies Council. Three events:
(1) End of November (after election) Convene post-election session with elected superintendent with goal of impacting OSPI budget. WSCSS wants to divide Caleb's job into 2 (Social Studies and World Languages).
(2) Legislative Night for Social Studies in January.
(3) Suggest getting proactively involved with legislative leaders BEFORE legislature starts.

Recommendation: Create a calendar of events to hook into strategies.

Suggestions:

• Hold a forum after the elections.
• Broaden the coalition – the coalition needs a broader base of membership to reflect businesses (like agriculture), government, etc. and that we need to be strategically reaching out these various individuals/groups. Formally invite business leaders of various industries.
• Join with the good work the Social Studies council is already doing in advocacy for international education.
• Coalition needs a greater focus, with advocacy for international education potentially be one of the main purposes of coalition. Define a greater focus for the summit.
• The coalition should speak to its membership in terms that interest them - for example, how to prepare students for today's global economy?
• Clarify what it means to "engage state leaders" and answer the question, "what are we engaging state leaders in?"
• Learn more about the workings of the legislature and schedules and timelines for reaching out to them.
• Garner letters of support.
• Invite consuls and mayors.
• Engage Terry Bergeson.

Decision:

• Building Global Relationships chosen as the theme for 2004 Summit. Multiple partnerships, multiple cultures, building global relationships.

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Draft Summit Plan
Preschool-Graduate School International Education Summit

Theme

What theme might best capture the idea of Learning to Form Life-enhancing Relationships with People from Around the World?

• Engaging Relationships with People from Around the World
• Connecting with People from Around the World
• Tending to Our Relationships with People Around the World
• Building (or Engaging, Growing, Forging, Fostering, Nurturing, Promoting, Celebrating, Acknowledging, Enriching, Strengthening) Global Relationships

An Assumption and Starting Place:

We do much of the work we do because we wish to create a compassionate, peaceful world. Creating such a world entails learning to be more compassionate and peaceful ourselves – as individuals and as a collective. How do we let this heart of ours inform our work to form integrated learning communities and shape international education in our state and beyond?

At the Summit we will engage with people locally and from around the world of diverse ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and ability levels – to learn how to build mutually beneficial global relationships. The Summit will provide many hands-on opportunities for teachers and learners to share successful curriculum, projects, and other resources. The Summit will also offer a forum for dialogue to explore issues of citizenship and issues related to our economy in the context of global interconnectedness.

Participants:

(Broad segment of individuals and groups)

• Teachers & school administrators
• Students (including lifelong learners)
• Non-profits
• Leaders of small and big business
• State government leaders, including gubernatorial candidates, state legislature, school superintendent, etc.

Intention/Purpose/Focus

• Include, engage, and learn with people of diverse ages, ethnic groups (refugees, immigrants) and special needs, locally and from around the world, building international/global relationships
• Create chance for a individuals and groups to come together and dialogue
• Advocate for internationalizing education and developing a global perspective in all arenas
• Create a hands-on opportunity to share successful curriculum, projects, and other resources
• Work toward a common good, as it includes the world
• Jump out of the box and explore new ways of doing and being
• Further explore global citizenry
• Make explicit how intricately tied Washington State is to the global economy (1 in 3 jobs is tied to international business)

Tentative Sub-themes/topics

• Dialogues (the art of engaging another):

1. Presentation and discussion of models promoting and teaching through dialogue in our community: Walter Parker, Education, UW, CHID Dialogue Project, Intergroup Dialogue Project, etc.
2. Actual breakout session dialogues and facilitated conversations at tables on global citizenship, multicultural education, international education, role of business, etc. Possible session leaders Walter Parker, Education, UW, Anand Yang, Jackson School, UW, OneWorld Now! students, Masaru/Aysha/Cheryl, Dialogue project, etc.)

• Resource Sharing/Networking (creating networks and future opportunities for collaborations): sharing and discussion of successful curriculum, projects and other resources that infuse global perspectives (Facing the Future, Cleveland, Forest Ridge, Global Classroom fair, etc); possible resource fair; reception in conjunction with NAFSA in the evening
   
• Engaging Our State Leaders: Building relationships with all levels of state leaders
   
• Technology (technology that enlivens learning): Technology in creating global classrooms (iEARN, Garfield Technology Academy, etc.)
   
• Business & International Ed: Business leader as keynote during lunch, highlighting sister-city relationships, etc.
   
• World Languages: World language survey, language immersion experience, etc.

Tentative Schedule:

10:00-12:00: Large group presentation/dialogue, possibly highlighting use of technology - iEARN projects & others
12:00-1:15: Lunch with keynote, possibly business leader
1:30-2:30: Breakout sessions and dialogues
2:45-3:45: Breakout sessions and dialogues
4:00-5:00: Candidates' Forum (or Engaging Our State Leaders)
5:00-7:00: Global Classroom Resource Fair & simultaneous reception with Hors d'oeuvres, mini-presentations by various small groups and organizations advocating for international ed --by speaking to the work they are doing to infuse/embody global perspectives.

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