Teachers Making a Difference Issue 11 June 2023 Relax, Refresh and Reset

by Dr Cathy Coker

Refresh, Relax and Reflect

Good day teachers, it is now June and school is over for me. It was a crazy year. If you needed me to compare it, I’d say I was on a Roller Coaster ride and all I could do was hold on for dear life.

stay ahead of the game especially when the district is solely working with scripted curriculum.

My students are now on vacation. I am wrapping up the year and I have a lot to think about. Starting late in September was a struggle because I did not get to attend all the important curriculum meetings or workshops that help a teacher set their roadmap for the year. I just hit the road running. I learned a lot as the year progressed. I now know how Eureka works and what is expected of me and my students. I did not do so well with Amplify because I had zero knowledge or training on how it was supposed to be implemented. There was so much I needed to learn that all I did was maneuver through this district’s, this schools’, and this grade level’s quirks to do what I had to do as a teacher. It was a challenge. But now I get to relax, refresh, and reflect on how this year went.

This summer as most of you will also do unwillingly is take some time to Reflect. I will take some time to reflect on what I did, what I could have done better, and what I will do differently for my students come August. One of the things I do plan to do is

Programs like Eureka and Amplify work well for novice teachers because they are scripted but for a seasoned teacher like me it is like learning a whole new language. I already know how to teach Math and Reading. That was such a challenge. I did a lot of comparing and figured out what I needed to do to make life easier for me and for my students then I became more comfortable with teaching the scripted curriculum. A real teacher can not teach something she does not understand what the textbooks are saying without understanding the reasoning behind it. That is why we always tell our students what each lesson means, its importance, and how they will be able to apply it. So, grasping the curriculum first as a teacher is important to implementation of the subject effectively.

These subjects I already know by heart. If our ancestors/teachers knew how we are now calling adding and subtracting in 2nd grade they would be turning over in their graves. How times have changed teachers but being the diehard that I am, I will stay in the game one more year. I love challenges. Have a happy and restful summer vacation and never sweat the small stuff. I do suggest that you stay ahead of the game come August

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What is the Best Way to Teach Children to Read?

by Elaine Clanton Harpine, Ph. D

The National Reading Panel said that for children to learn to read, they need to learn how to take words apart by letter sound and then put the letter sounds back together and pronounce the word, not memorize rules or word lists.  This is the idea behind vowel clustering, which is the method that I use in my reading clinics.

spend time with a child, but it will not teach a child to read. It’s like handing you a book in French.  If you cannot read French, then the pages of the book are filled with meaningless letters and words.  The same is true for children who have not been taught how to break down or decode letter sounds.

Vowel clustering teaches all of the sounds for letter a at the same time; therefore, students can see from the first day that the letter a is not just a long and short sound.  Even my first graders go to the vowel board and work with letter sounds so that they can learn how words are pronounced and spelled at the same time.  This picture shows 4 sounds for letter a.

◊ False Assumption: Some people believe that, if children memorize sight words, learn a certain number of new words each day, or preview sight words before trying to read, children will learn to read.

Yet many people cling to false assumptions about teaching children to read. Here are some of the most common myths.

◊ Fact:  The National Reading Panel conducted a review of over 2000 studies and stated that for children to learn to read effectively they must have “phonemic awareness.”  Phonemic awareness means understanding letter sounds—not rules or a weekly list of words.  Research also shows that even children who start off reading in the early elementary grades often begin to struggle around third grade because it is impossible to memorize every single word.

◊ False Assumption: Some people believe that if we read stories to children that children will learn to read.

◊ Fact:  We learn to speak by listening to others, but we cannot learn to read by simply listening to someone read.  Reading a child a story should be a daily activity and is one of the most wonderful ways that you can

◊ False Assumption: Some people believe that if we just expose children to books or give them free books that this will teach children to read.

◊ Fact:  A book is probably the best gift you can ever give to a child, but it will not teach children to read. The truth is that children cannot learn to read until they understand that every letter represents at least one sound and many letters represent several

sounds.  The letter a, for example, can use seven different sounds, which doesn’t seem too difficult until you realize that there are at least 22 different vowel and consonant combinations that can be used to make these seven sounds for just the letter a.

We need to stop relying on false assumptions. Every student can be taught to read. At my reading clinics, we have had students who walked in the door in September failing in reading (some students 3 and 4 grade levels behind). By spring, those same students had moved up 4 grade levels in reading. How? Vowel clustering. For more information about using vowel clustering, see: https://www.groupcentered.com/reading-blog/ tutoring-hint-10-how-can-we-best-use-scientificresearch-when-teaching-reading-part-1-the-orallanguage-system

If you have questions about vowel clustering or the book, contact me at clantonharpine@hotmail.com

I am always happy to help.

Elaine Clanton Harpine, Ph. D.

Preview from page 160.  This is the vowel board for the long a sound.  The entire vowel board and step-by-step instructions on how to use the vowel board when tutoring are included in my new book,  Why Can’t We Teach Children to Read:  Oh, but Wait We Can.

Memorial Day 2023

By Paul Ruez, M.Ed. Former Army Combat Photographer Retired Educator

I begin my Memorial Day comments with a focus on triage because current or past PTSD suffering deserves compassionate and effective attention.

VA’s Vet Centers. Hot Line Call: 1-877-927-8387

Dial 988 Suicide & Crisis 24/7 Lifeline

Words often fail in the face of bloody conflict management. To quote Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, (www.CNVC.org), a powerful gift we can give to those suffering the trauma of loss is “your presence.” Listen to your loved ones – be there for them. Hold your advice and seek help to be supportive.

Memorial Day is personal. Thank you for digging into some tender memories which may be upfront in your mental landscape or buried deep. Considering experiences along your PTSD journey, I compliment you for choosing healthy behavior. For those still fighting their experiences, in whatever form, please call the above numbers now.

Today let’s Honor: Sacrifice – Teamwork – Selflessness – Tenacity – Love - Etc.

… these are ‘choices’ made by the men and women and their loved ones who served and serve. Focus on this, not the horrors of bloody Conflict.

To me, Memorial Day is a day to honor the warriors and these choices they courageously made. We too, can choose similar courageous steps on our behavior compass to deploy throughout the year in facing conflicts – personal, career, national and global.

To honor their sacrifices, I believe it is necessary to listen to 5 Star General and former President Eisenhower in understanding the context in which conflicts take place.

Similar to campaign financing… if wars did not make a financial profit, how would they look? The “Military Industrial Complex,” Eisenhower warned us about in 1961 is a profit-based system. If war was not profitable, our conflict management would look different.

10 Things To Remember When Student Teaching

by Rivette Pena

Student teaching is exciting and scary all rolled into one. This opportunity is something you shouldn’t take for granted. You will gain only as much as you put in.

I’ve compiled 10 things for you to remember while going taking this journey.

1. Good Impressions

Make a good impression on your mentor teacher and the administration at your hosting campus. At the end of your time there, you can ask for a letter of recommendation. At the end of my time at my host school, I asked my mentor teacher and the principal. The principal told me he had never written one for a student teacher before but he was so impressed with me he wrote one and asked me to apply with the district. Good impressions are important.

Remember on time is late, be early. Report daily because your days are numbered. Always be prepared.

2. Be Approachable

Be genuine and welcoming. Wear a smile as often as you can. It will be easier to warm up to your mentor and students. Show your students kindness and respect. A student will work their hardest for a teacher they love. Treat your class like family.

Befriend the office staff and the custodians. You don’t know how much power they really hold. They are the glue that holds the school together.

3. Be Open

Be open to constructive criticism. Don’t let it hurt your feelings. Grow from it. If you burst into tears or become angry, your mentor teacher may not offer you anymore advice.

Ask questions and listen to the answers. You are lucky enough to have a mentor teacher all to yourself. Use their knowledge, their goal is to help you become the best you can be. Take advantage.

If you make mistakes, own it and learn from it. How would your mentor have handled the same situation?

4. Collaboration

Build a network of support by collaborating with other teachers, staff members, and administrators within your school community. Make your presence known. Build those relationships by showing initiative, offering ideas and standing out. Be memorable.

5. Be Professional

You may not be getting paid but you are a teacher. Dress professionally. Be the best dressed person there. It’s all about being noticed. No short skirts, tight pants or low cut blouses. No torn jeans or ratty tennis shoes. This is a professional setting dress accordingly. If there is even a remote chance you may show your undergarments...change your outfit. Remember you will be on your feet all day so high heels, tight shoes or bulky boots may not be the most comfortable. Buy a school shirt so that when Fridays roll around you can show your spirit. Just because it is jean day doesn’t mean you have to go for comfort. Pair it with nice professional leisure wear.

What happens in the classroom, stays in the classroom. Respect confidentiality. You are a professional you will be expected to keep student information to yourself. No sharing student, parent or teacher information. No gossiping about teachers or students in the teachers lounge. Do not get sucked in. Even if everyone in the group is doing it. You don’t.

7. Establish a Relationship with Your Parents

Parents want to know how their kids are doing. They don’t want to only hear from you when their kid is messing up or getting into trouble. Let them celebrate their child’s successes as well. Drop them a note, an email or a phone call. Don’t overstep, clear it with your mentor teacher first.

8. Treat Each Day Like You’re Being Observed

You are on stage. You have the spotlight. Make it count. Show your mentor teacher or observer how much you deserve to be a teacher. Make them want to hire you. Show your initiative. Be creative in your lesson planning. Be prepared to answer questions about your lesson.

If it is early in the term and you feel like you have nothing to do, jump in and help with students. Show you are ready and willing to be a teacher. Kids don’t always look for help, look around and find someone who is struggling. Pass out papers, supplies and materials.

9. Highlight yourself

You have an opportunity to build a portfolio. Keep lesson plans, student products, reflections and suggestions for next time. Take pictures of you working with students (no student faces).

Record a lesson. Sell yourself. Collect as much evidence as you can to prove to others that you were made for this job. Impress a future employer.

10. Take Care of Yourself

6. Know Your Students

Learn their names. Know something about each one. Connect with each student daily. Read their IEP’s know their labels. Watch the way your students interact. In and out of the classroom.

Use your collected information to offer choices and be flexible in your planning. Get in there and interact with your students. When someone walks in the room, make it difficult to find you. Be in the mix with the kids at their level. Not separate away at a table/desk in the corner watching.

This is going to be a grueling time for you. Long hours of unpaid work. If you are lucky, you don’t have a paying job to get too. However, many student teachers have jobs as well. It is what it is, if you have to work make every moment count.

Eat healthy and regularly. Pack your lunches. Get sleep. You will not make it without sleep. Stay healthy so you don’t have to miss any work.

You’ve got this. Enjoy every moment because it can go by quickly.

Finishing the School Year Strong and Looking Forward to 2023-2024

by Rivette Pena

As 2022-2023 comes to an end, another year of experience is in the rearview mirror. Let’s leave behind our disappointments, our negative thoughts and our anxieties. Let us go forth with positivity and hope.

In our not so distant future many of us have change and a slew of new anxieties. Let’s do some things to make our new school year a little easier.

Purge

As you are packing, anything you haven’t used all year, TOSS IT! Yes, I said throw it away. I can’t tell you how many years I spent packing and unpacking the same books I stopped using many years ago. At a minimum transfer them to digital files. You don’t need the clutter. You will feel much better and it allows space to bring something new into the classroom. So toss it.

Setting the Tone for the New School Year

You are starting the new school year clutter free. Pick a theme and keep it simple. Harry Potter Classrooms are gorgeous but a lot of work. You owe it to yourself not to burn out before school ever starts

A new bulletin board a couple of themed inspirational posters. An accent here and there and your room is warm and inviting and it didn’t take you all summer to get it ready. Your family and your pocketbook will thank you for it.

Emergencies

Life happens. Get ahead of it. Have generic emergency subplans. Keep subs personal contact information. Leave seating charts and special information in the sub binder. Be kind to your sub because they may never come back again.

Support Network

Find a group of people not too many that can be your support. Someone who knows your curriculum and is willing to share. Someone who relates to you and is willing to listen to you vent but then battle it with positivity. Someone who will watch your kids when you have an emergency. Someone who will throw together a few things when you have an emergeny and have to be out.

The key to maintaining this support network is reciprocation. Be part of their support network as well.

Set Goals

Set some attainable goals for 2023-2024.

One-week Goal: set a goal that can be accomplished your first week back. Make it reasonable and attainable.

• “I will take attendance on time each day for one week.”

• “I will greet each student by name when they enter the room for one week.”

• “I will gather all the test scores from previous years to have a one page view of past test performance.”

One-Month Goal: Set an attainable and measureable goal that you can accomplish in one month.

• I will put the minimum number of grades into the grade book each week by the end of said week for one month.

• I will spend my lunchtime listening to my favorite podcast for one month.

• I will leave 30 minutes after the last bell each day for one month.

One-Semester Goal: Set an attainable and measureable goal that you can accomplish in one semester.

• I will contact each parent with an update on their child’s progress.

• I will write a letter to each student telling them how proud I am of how much they have accomplished this year and how much I will miss them next year.

• I will track growth of each child over the course of the semester in order to show growth.

Whatever your goals may be, may your next year be one of promise and hope.

Dr. Don Parker

Dr. Parker’s specialty is supporting school leaders and teachers to build trusting relationships with students. He provides strategies to improve culture and climate to enhance the education experience for staff and students.

With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Parker has held the roles of...

• Teacher | Dean of Students

• Asst. Principal of Student Life

• Asst. Principal of C & I

• Asst. Principal of Activities & Athletics

• School Principal

Dr. Parker holds a Doctorate Degree in Education and his Superintendent License. His PD is offered nationally through keynotes, workshops and corporate retreats. He is also the author of, Building Bridges: Engaging Students Through the Power of Relationships.

SPEAKING TOPICS TESTIMONIALS

Building Trusting Relationships with Students

• Effective strategies to diffuse challenging students’ misbehavior through relationships.

• Foster a relationship building mindset.

Building Resilience in Students

• Recognize risk factors.

• Employ protective factors for A.C.E. students.

• Teach students to demonstrate resiliency after making poor choices or unintended mistakes.

Enhancing Culturally Responsive Teaching

• Provides educators with tools to check biases.

• Advance culturally responsive teaching skills.

Burning Up Instead of Burning Out: Educator Wellbeing

• Enhance physical, mental and emotional health.

• Recognize signs of burnout and secondary trauma.

• Proactively manage anxiety and stress.

Dr. Parker presents on many different topics in a variety of areas. We never have a problem filling his sessions, as his outstanding reputation precedes him. The evaluations for his sessions are always excellent.

- Dr. Vanessa Kinder Executive

Director

South Cook ISC Chicago Heights, IL

Dr. Parker's workshop is one of the best that I've ever been to. He gave us practical strategies that for sure will help us build relationships with our students.

- Mr. Darryl Powell Principal Pulaski Heights Middle School Little Rock, Arkansas

The “You’re Dead” Skit Learn, Teach and Practice Civility

Adapted by Paul Ruez, M.Ed.

As another vital Restorative lesson that works, packaged as a fun ice breaker, the “You’re Dead” skit is found on page 9 of the Conflict Resolution Play PDF script. https://bit.ly/ConflictRes-Play

Use the PDF as digital cue cards. All it takes is four people to act out the skit. If other teachers are using this, that’s perfect!

As students experience this lesson in each class during the first week of school, they will learn a vital lesson in conflict resolution. You can ask who has not acted this out and pick your players accordingly.

As behavioral incidents (opportunities) arise during the year, you can build on the experiences learned in this and the other lessons and guide the students in applying these lessons to whatever is hitting the fan for them.

NOTE: At print time we are headed into the summer. This Skit and Play are perfect for summer school – public, private church, etc. And preparing for the coming school year, empower your offerings by including it in your opening week’s activities. Yes, this includes staff meetings!

Considering the urgency of learning conflict resolution that works, collaborate with other teachers to formally or informally perform the full Conflict Resolution Play.

What would your campus look like if the majority of students (and adults) were trained in and practiced this conflict resolution model? Video your performances (formal and informal) and share with us. I will be honored to help you take advantage of this opportunity - just ask. There are tips on how to deploy this creative tool on page 2 of the PDF script: https://bit.ly/ConflictRes-Play

RICHA PARASHER

AFS Volunteer and Freelance Qualified Facilitator (Virtual) and Educator

Email: richaparashersharma@gmail.com, WhatsApp: +91912 6877404

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/richa-parasher-sharma-47141b17

I am an experienced educator and researcher with over 15 years of experience. I consider myself as empathetic, sincere, hardworking, smart working, efficient, compassionate, respectful, with good management skills, problem solver, committed and passionate. I am technically sound, good at working remotely and offline. I always give my hundred percent in whatever work I do. I believe that work life balance is very important for a sustainable living. My mission continues focusing on exercising values and creating impact both professionally and personally.

EXPERIENCE

OCTOBER 2018 – TILL PRESENT VOLUNTEER AND FREELANCE QUALIFIED FACILITATOR, AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS

Certified and Trained Facilitator for the various A FS International programs

• STEM Academies: a 12 week virtual program, 2 live sessions per week.

• STEM Accelerator award winning program: Diversity Abroad’s excellence in diversity & inclusion in international education (EDIIE) awar d in 2022, for the category of outreach, marketing & recruitment. A 12 week virtua l program, 2 live sessions per week. Currently, I am facilitating this program.

• Student learning journey: Facilitated five sessions of SLJ and three advanced sessions. It is basically the program for participa nts who are on their exchange program to their host country or will be going to t he host country.

• Effect+ ( for AFS international for Educators and India)

• Global You Changemaker program, advanced certifica te on global citizenship for social impact 12 week virtual program with 6 live s essions, facilitated 2 times for different cohorts. This course promotes the skills necessary to create positive social impact in one’s local community and the world. the program explores design thinking, tools for problem solving, and social innovation co ncepts and practices through online modules, skills assessments, and interactive discussions with a global cohorts guided by facilitators

• Global competence course (GCC): self-paced program with 4 live sessions

• Pathways to global classroom (for AFS INDIA): Two days’ workshop

• Facilitator for level W training for AFS INDIA.

• Attend various trainings and meetings from time to time.

MAY 2022– MAY2023

PRIMARY TEACHER, VANDYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, INDIA SCIENCE AND MATH’S TEACHER

Brown Bagging It

Chicken Salad

Tostadas

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (10 ounce) Southwest-style salad kit

• 6 ounces rotisserie chicken breast, shredded

• 6 tostada shells

Directions

1. Prepare salad kit according to package directions, reserving tortilla strips and shredded cheese; fold in chicken.

2. Divide the chicken salad mixture among tostada shells. Top with the reserved tortilla strips and cheese

3. Enjoy!

Love yourself and your family with this easy delicious recipe.

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The Timid Rabbit Series®

Written by Dr Cathy Coker

Includes Anxious Andy Series

Written by Rivette Pena

: Rabbit Teaches Attitude of Gratitude

Moral: An Attitude of Gratitude Always

Leads to Prosperity

Summary: Mother Earth had asked Rabbit to help the people that lived on a mountain top change their attitude into one of gratitude. Their lack of gratitude for Mother Earth was the main reason for their poverty. To change their situation, they would need to change their attitude, but Rabbit had a problem. He was afraid to tell them because they were not the friendliest people to be around with. He knew that his message of gratitude was the only way that these people’s harvest would improve. But there is one obstacle that Rabbit has to succumb to and he needs to be grateful for that. How can he help others when he needs help too?

Title: Rabbit Teaches the Law of Resistance

Moral: What You Resist Will Persist

Summary: The people from both villages were supposed to take turns in watering the gardens, feeding the livestock, planting the crops, harvesting the crops, and plowing the fields after every harvest. But not everyone did their job, which caused the plants to die. The people mumble and grumble about the lack of harvest while resisting to change their ways. Mother Earth needs Rabbit to teach the people and the critters that they need to take their jobs seriously. The children are also resisting to obey their parents. Rabbit must teach all of them that the more they resist in complying with the laws of the land the less Mother Earth will give them, hence they suffer for their actions.

Title: Rabbit’s Great Vacation: Relax, Refresh, Recycle

Moral: We all play a part in the preservation of Mother Earth.

Summary: Mother Earth asked Rabbit to take a trip to the land where the water is crying out to her. He is to check out what is happening and fix the problem. You see, the people from the water are not like the people from the mountain. They live by the water that is salted. Their lives are just as plentiful, but there is something that needs to be done to restore the harmony and balance to their land. It is Rabbits’ job to see that all is well with the people and the ocean that provides for them. Mother Earth also wants Rabbit to experience what the terrain from the other side of the mountain feels like and the different critters that live in the salted waters. Rabbit has never seen water bigger than the pond his friend Goldie lives in. This will be a new experience for him. He thinks that he is going on a big vacation, until he finds out what’s waiting for him on the other side of the mountain.

Title: Anxious Andy has a Secret Admirer

Oh No! This has got to be the worst day ever. What is he going to do? He received a note on his desk from a stranger. A STRANGER ...someone he didn’t know wrote him a Valentine. What if this person was a stalker? This was his worst nightmare He needed to find out just who sent him this note.

Title: Anxios Andy Learns to Swim

If school wasn’t bad enough, he now had to take swimming lessons. He felt that hedgehogs should not have to learn to swim. He was terrified of swimming, well not exactly swimming but drowning. Yeah he was definitely afraid of drowning. What was he to do?

Name:______________________

Date:_________

7.6g I will solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part to whole and part to part comparisons and equivalents.

A local middle school was surveyed as to which class was their favorite. The data is displayed below.

Read each statement and determine if the statement is a F Fact or F Fib based n the information in the graph. Make sure to justify your answer with facts from the graph.

Science/Social Studies and Math make up 25% of all students.

One third of all students chose PE.

Twice as many students chose English Language Arts as chose Math.

25% less students chose Science/Social Studies as chose Band.

Only 20% of all students chose Science/Social Studies over all the other classes.

PE and Band combined account for 70% of the student’s choices.

Name:______________________

Date:_________

7.6g I will solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part to whole and part to part comparisons and equivalents.

Jenelle was sectioning her garden for spring planting. This is the percentage of her garden she has set aside for each type of flower. Her garden is 144 square feet.

Read each statement and determine if the statement is a Fact or Fib based n the information in the graph. Make sure to justify your answer with facts from the graph.

Statements

Jenelle allotted 3 times as much space for Bluebonnets as she did for Roses.

There is 50% more space for Lillies as there are for Daisies.

Hibiscus will take up 14 square feet of the garden.

Bluebonnets will account for 86.4 square feet of the garden.

The Daisies and the Lillies account for 1.44 square feet of Jenelle’s garden.

If the garden were 200 square feet, then the Lillies would account for 12 square feet of the garden.

Justification

Name:______________________

Date:_________ 7.6g I will solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part to whole and part to part comparisons and equivalents.

A local middle school was surveyed as to which taco was their favorite. The data is displayed below.

Read each statement and determine if the statement is a F Fact or F Fib based n the information in the graph. Make sure to justify your answer with facts from the graph.

Statements

People that chose Bacon and Egg were 25% less than people that chose Bean and Cheese.

Less than 50% of the people chose Bean and Cheese and Potato and Egg combined.

Twice as many people chose Carne Guisada over Chorizo.

40% less people chose Chorizo than chose Bacon and Egg.

50% of the people chose Carne Guisada or Potato and Egg.

15% of the people chose Chorizo

Justification

Math Activities for Middle School and Algebra I

Ideal for :

Engaging Classwork Activities

Self Checking Digital Activities

Assessments

Homeschool Practice

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How the AFS Global STEM Accelerator program is actually accelerating the career of women

By Richa Parasher, AFS International Volunteer and Internationally Qualified Facilitator, and Sean Reilly, Director of Program Development, AFS Intercultural Programs.

STEM, STEAM and STREAM are the buzzwords of today’s scientific world. Being from the science background and curious to learn new things, the opportunity to become an AFS Global STEM facilitator was like icing on the cake for me. AFS Intercultural Programs is a global not-for-profit network that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. Through a suite of programs like the Global Competence Certificate (GCC), Global You Changemaker (GYC), Effect + (for educators), Global STEM Accelerator and STEM Academies, and the Student Learning Journey (SLJ), AFS develops active global citizens, who are environmentally conscious, make judicious use of resources and have values in their lives. AFS also offers mobility exchange programs which help learners across the globe to go on exchange programs and develop global competencies.

Women are underrepresented in the STEM fields, representing only about 28% of STEM professions, despite holding more than 50% of the degrees in the field. The AFS Global STEM Accelerator program, funded by bp (a global integrated energy company) is close to my heart as it not only encourages, but actively creates opportunities for, women to participate meaningfully in the STEM fields.

The Accelerator program is a 12-week all-virtual program focusing on emerging and critical STEM skills and fields, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, global competence education, Social innovation and social entrepreneurship, with practical skills to create social impact (codeveloped with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Social Impact Strategy (Penn CSIS)). Scholars enrich their STEM knowledge and skills through interactive, hands-on curriculum, while developing critical global competencies, including problem-solving, analytical skills, intercultural understanding, and the ability to build bridges across cultures.

The AFS GlobalSTEM accelerator program won Diversity Abroad’s Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion in International Education (EDIIE) Award in 2022, for the category of Outreach, Marketing & Recruitment. This prestigious award was presented

to AFS at the Global Inclusion Conference in recognition of the AFS Global STEM Accelerators program, acknowledging strategic, thoughtful, and inclusive outreach practices to ensure young women and refugees gain equitable access to STEM and international education.

The program culminates with team projects and presentations that offer potential solutions to realworld challenges, with an emphasis on climate change and the energy transition. Scholars who complete the program earn the Advanced Certificate on Global Competence for Social Impact, awarded by AFS and the University of Pennsylvania Center for Social Impact Strategy.

Scholars who complete this course have not only the chance to become Entrepreneurs, they also develop intercultural values, soft skills like empathy, suspending judgment, and so on. Through these programs, these skills remain with them for life and help them to become better, more empathetic and positively impactful human beings.

During the program live facilitation sessions as facilitator, I personally have developed more acceptance in my life and I feel I am more empathetic. There were challenges faced by the young women participants, like someone experiencing bomb shelling in her locality, someone struggling with their gender identity, some do not have electricity, few do not have laptops or mobile phones, and AFS has extended the hand to provide tablets to the participants who could not afford to buy one. The one thing common in all was that all of them had spark in their eyes to learn and move forward in life. Indeed the team at international Mr. Sean Reilly: Director of Program Development, Brian Bright Musyoki: Consultant, Facilitator Coordination and Training, Saskia Kaya: Program Manager, Dylan Peterson, Education Development Specialist and the team of facilitators (all women, representing nine countries!) play a significant role in making this program a great success.

For more info please write to her: richaparashersharma@gmail.com

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