Symposium Agenda 26 June, Sunday 6:00pm 27 June, Monday 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am-9:30am 9:30am-10:30am 10:30am-11:00am 11:00am-12:30pm 12:30pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-2:15pm 2:15pm-3:45pm 4:00pm-5:00pm 5:30 pm 28 June, Tuesday 8:00am -9:00am 9:00am-10:30am 10:30am-10:45am 10:45am-11:45am 12:00pm-1:00pm 1:00pm-2:00pm 2:00pm – 3:30pm 3:30pm-3:45pm 3:45pm – 4:45pm 5:00pm – 6:00pm
6:30pm
Welcome dinner. Small dining hall
Breakfast Participant registration Why We Are Here. Group discussion. Introduction: Mike McGill. Remarks: Ellen Taussig. Moderator: David Matlock, NWS Coffee break Community-Building Activities. Adina Meyer, and Scott Davis, NWS Lunch The Poetry Project. Heather McKey, NWS Tour of the School/Immediate Neighborhood. Kevin Alexander, NWS Shifting the Paradigm: Creating World Class Education in the Second Machine Age. Keynote address. Dr. Yong Zhao, University of Oregon. Dinner
Breakfast Student Life Index Project. David Matlock, NWS, and Amy Chiang, ANSNCUU (Taiwan) Coffee break Ten Things You Need to Know About Our School. Moderator: Cecilia Tung, NWS Community-Building Activities. Adina Meyer and Scott Davis, NWS Lunch Teaching Tea Culture, Home Economics, and Humanities in ANSNCCU. Elisa Huang, and Peiyu Hung, AHSNCCU (Taiwan) Coffee break Oedipus in Shanghai. Adina Meyer, Heather McKey, NWS Connecting Students Through Interest Groups and Clubs. Roundtable discussion. Moderators: Kevin Alexander, Jeff Blair, David Montero, NWS Dinner at Ellen Taussig’s house
29 June, Wednesday 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am-10:00am 10:00am – 11:00am 11:00am-11:15am 11:15am -12:30pm 12:30pm – 1:30pm 1:30pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-5:00pm 5:00pm
30 June, Thursday 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am-11:00am 11:00am-12:00pm
12:15pm-1:00pm 1:30pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-3:15pm 3:15pm- 4:15pm 4:30pm-5:30pm
5:30pm TBD 1 July, Friday 8:00am-9:00am 9:00 am-12:00pm 12:30pm – 1:30pm 1:30pm-3:00 pm 3:00pm-3:30pm 3:30pm 5:30pm 2 July, Saturday 8:00am-9:00am 9:00am – 4:00pm (approx.) 4pm 3 July, Sunday 8:00am-9:00am 12:30pm-1:30 pm
Breakfast Creative Ideas Within a Fixed Curriculum. Roundtable discussion. Moderator: Adina Meyer, NWS The Principle of Secularism in French Schools. LEM (France) Coffee break Working Groups Formation. Moderator: David Montero, NWS Lunch OBAWorld Presentation and Training. Sol Joye, University of Oregon, Shie Benaderet, NWS Gates Foundation Visitor Center Free time and dinner on own (tickets to Chihuly Garden and Glass and Space Needle will be provided)
Breakfast Working Groups Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Global Curriculum, and Pedagogy. Roundtable discussion. Moderators: Kibiru Ejigu, Dawit Alemayehu, ILEA (Ethiopia) Lunch Working Groups Coffee break NWS Exchange Students Panel. Moderator: Dmitry Sherbakov, NWS Promoting Inclusive Education: a European and National Challenge. Patricia De Butler, French Regional Minister of Education for the LoireAtlantique Region (France) Dinner Movie night at the dorm
Breakfast Working Groups Lunch Working Groups Presentations. Moderator: Cecilia Tung, NWS Coffee break Reflections and Plans for the Future. Roundtable discussion. Moderator: Mike McGill. Closing ceremony. BBQ on the roof of 401 Breakfast Field Trip. Lunch (picnic) on the road Free time and dinner on own Breakfast at the dorm Departures Lunch at the dorm
Symposium Sessions June 26th, Monday Why We Are Here Room: MLK Time: 9:30am-10:30am Mike McGill, The Northwest School, U.S. Ellen Taussig, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Co- Founder and Former Head of The Northwest School Symposium Delegates Moderator: David Matlock Mike McGill, Head of The Northwest School, and Ellen Taussig, co-founder and former Head of The Northwest School, will greet symposium participants and provide historical background about global programs at NWS. Delegates will introduce themselves and share what they hope to achieve during the symposium. Community-Building Exercise Time: 11:00am-12:30pm (June 26), 12:00pm-1:00pm (June 27) Room: MLK Adina Meyer, The Northwest School, U.S. Scott Davis, The Northwest School, U.S. Adina Meyer and Scott Davis will introduce various community building activities that they use at The Northwest School to facilitate community building among faculty and students. Come prepared to sing, dance, and laugh! The Poetry Project Time: 1:30pm-2:15pm Room: MLK Heather McKey, The Northwest School, U.S. This presentation is an abridged introduction to a wonderful method of cross-cultural communications and exploration using the medium of poetry. Come with an open mind and be ready to share, write, and experience words and their relationship to place.
Shifting the Paradigm: Creating World Class Education in the Second Machine Age (Keynote address via Skype) Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm Room: MLK Dr. Yong Zhao, University of Oregon, U.S. Introduction: Mike McGill, The Northwest School, U.S. Yong Zhao proposes a new paradigm of education that meets the challenges and takes advantage of the opportunities presented by technology and globalization. In this presentation, Dr. Zhao will discuss the triad model of education to prepare global, creative, and entrepreneurial talents, including personalized curriculum/educational experience, product-oriented learning, and the globe-as-campus. June 28th, Tuesday Student Life Index Project Time: 9:00am-10:30am Room: MLK David Matlock, The Northwest School, U.S. Amy Chiang, The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan This collaborative curriculum project between NWS statistics students and AHSNCCU geography students creates a student-life index number that represents students’ well-being, happiness, and success in each country. Participants will be divided into small groups and tasked with coming up with ten categories that represent student life, such as amount of sleep, exercise, homework, etc. Each teacher group will then be given 1,000 points and asked to assign weight to each category representing its relative importance. Presenters will discuss the educational outcomes of this project at NWS and ANSNCCU over the last two years of its implementation. They will also talk about ideas for expanding the project, such as using indices for analyzing cultural difference between American and Taiwanese youth and involving students in discussions about improving their lives. Ten Things You Need to Know about Our School Time: 10:45am-11:45am Room: MLK Cecilia Tung, The Northwest School, U.S. (Moderator) Bennie Yang, The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Dawid Alemayehu, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Ethiopia Catherine Legendre, Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Graziella Cornuault, Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Carlos Villar Hernandez, Centro Docente María, Spain Representatives from each school will briefly introduce their schools. Participants will learn about the curriculum, electives, extracurricular activities, the student-to-faculty ratio, campus setting, and other important aspects of each school’s academic and community life.
Teaching Taiwanese Tea Culture, Home Economics, and Humanities Classes at The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (ANSNCCU) Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm Room: MLK Elisa Huang, The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Peggy Hung, The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan The tea culture class is an 18-week interdisciplinary course taught at AHSNCCU by a team of seven teachers from different backgrounds: Home Economics, Chinese, English, Chemistry, History, Geography, and Music. Each teacher presents tea culture form their unique perspective. For instance, the chemistry teacher has students perform experiments on different types of tea to analyze the content of vitamin C. Students also learn how to brew tea and how to use it as an ingredient in different recipes. Over the course of this unit, students make a brief video about what they have learned, which they present to the class at the end of the course. Humanities classes at AHSNCCU are taught to 11th grade students and require students to work on projects devoted to researching humanities issues. During the first semester, students are taught how to use research methods and tools. Research topics usually include politics, economics, world history, Chinese history, Taiwanese history, physical and human geography. Presenters will also talk about the home economics course at ANSNCCU which is “a melting pot” course composed of many different subjects. It touches upon aspects of family, nutrition, and clothing. Students learn many practical skills through hands-on experiments and activities. Elisa and Peggy will present these courses and will also teach delegates how to brew traditional Taiwanese tea. Oedipus at Shanghai Time: 3:45pm-4:45pm Room: MLK Adina Meyer, The Northwest School, U.S. Heather McKey, The Northwest School, U.S. Adina and Heather will present their project, "Oedipus at Shanghai," using the simplified ESL version of Oedipus Rex. Participants will experience activities used when students from DaJing High School in Shanghai visited The Northwest School in October of 2015 and worked with the school’s international and domestic students to study Sophocles' timeless tragedy. Using the simplified text, participants will explore themes of fate vs. free will, mythological archetypes and the tragic hero while learning about this classic story and having fun. Come prepared to read a scene or two!
Connecting Students through Interest Groups and Student Clubs Roundtable Discussion Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm Room: MLK Symposium Delegates Moderator: Kevin Alexander, Jeff Blair, David Montero, The Northwest School, U.S. Any student with a passion or interest can start an “Interest Group” at The Northwest School. These groups meet from one to four times a month and can operate any number of ways depending on the students involved. Some, such as the Feminist Interest Group, raise awareness on social issues throughout the community. Others, like the Coding Group, inspire students to learn from and teach each other about rapidly changing technologies in society. Delegates will talk about clubs and interest groups in their respective schools and will brainstorm how to connect students in partner schools who share similar interests using this model of student engagement. June 29th, Wednesday Creative Ideas Within a Fixed Curriculum Roundtable Discussion Time: 9:00am-10:00am Room: MLK Symposium Delegates Moderator: Adina Meyer, The Northwest School, U.S. In collaboration with Heather McKey, Adina developed the course, “Oedipus, the King” for English as a second language learners and taught it to a group of exchange students from the NWS partner school in Shanghai. Through this work, she gained a great deal of insight into the complexities of trying to find space in the government-mandated curriculum which she hopes to discuss with colleagues during the session. This open discussion between teachers working in different educational environments, moderated by Adina, should provide participants with a better understating of the realm of possibilities for joint projects that could organically fit into each school’s curriculum, schedule, and mission. The Principle of Secularism in French Schools Time: 10:00am-11:00am Room: MLK Ahmed El Bahri, Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Graziella Cornuault, Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Colette Schouppe, Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France The presenters will provide historical background about secularism to help participants understand this issue as it relates to French education. The secularism project at Lycée Emmanuel Mounier (LEM) was started a few days after the Paris terrorist attacks of January, 2015. At that time, a few students at LEM refused to observe a minute of
silence as was required. Six students from the 11th and 12th grades wanted to know why these students had refused to observe a minute of silence. They also wanted answers about the origin of the attack. The librarian, the Chief Education Advisor, and French, English, history, and management teachers embarked on an interdisciplinary project aimed at helping students better understand the issue and find answers to their questions. This project was formally launched in September of 2015 and included the study of caricature, the press, religion, law, and the work of different associations involved in secularism in French society. Students also screened and discussed three movies: The Three Lives of the Knight by Domique Dattola, Timbuktu by Abdurrahman Sissako, and Jimmy’ Hall by Ken Loach. The 11th grade French and management students prepared for and and held debates on the issue of secularism. On January 12th, 2016, LEM organized a “D-day”, when all students attended different work groups and participated in debates devoted to secularism. Working Group Formation. Working Groups Sessions Time: 11:15am-12:30pm (June 29), 9:00am-11:00am, 1:30pm-3:00pm (June 30), 9:00am-12:00pm (July 1) Room: TBD During the working group sessions, symposium delegates can work on a specific project and/or curriculum idea with their colleagues from one or more partner schools. Nine hours will be allocated for this during the last three days of the week. This time includes the working group formation session on the 29th and the presentation on the 1st. During the working group formation session, all participants will be asked if they would like to propose a specific project or curriculum idea they want to work on with other delegates and briefly (1-2 minutes) describe it. If a participant is not proposing a project, they should indicate the project idea they would like to join. Over the next 20-25 minutes, all participants will get the chance to ask followup questions of teachers proposing projects. The working group formation session concludes with teachers proposing a project (project leads), writing the title of their project on a poster, and all other participants signing up for one or more projects to work on. Project leads will also be asked to sign up for at least one of the proposed projects, in case the idea they are proposing does not find collaborators. Each group will be assigned a classroom where they can work during allotted times over the next two days. Each session will be facilitated by its project lead. Project leads will also be asked to coordinate the preparation of a brief presentation for the working group presentation session on July 1st. If participants are interested in joining more than one group, they are welcome to arrange their schedules to make that possible. They are, however, asked to coordinate their participation in the work of several groups with the respective project leads.
OBAWorld Presentation and Training Time: 1:30pm-3:00pm Room: MLK Sol Joys, University of Oregon, U.S. Shie Benaderet, The Northwest School, U.S. OBAWorld is a secure, social platform designed for innovation, collaboration, and learning developed by the College of Education at the University of Oregon. The Northwest School has used OBAWorld for designing, managing, and teaching courses, and for project-based learning since 2015. OBAWorld offers a robust platform for connecting schools, learners, and educators across the globe, and engaging them in learning beyond the classroom walls. During the presentation, delegates will be given an overview of the platform and some of the features that could be used by partner schools to create joint courses and work on collaborative curricular projects. All delegates will be provided with an OBAWorld account and be given a brief hands-on training. June 30th, Thursday Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Global Curriculum, and Pedagogy Roundtable Discussion Time: 11:00am-12:00pm Room: MLK Symposium Delegates Moderators: Kibiru Ejigu, and Dawit Alemayehu, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Ethiopia What values and precepts can educators adapt and develop from indigenous knowledge systems? How do learners critically reflect on the value of community and the embedded importance community systems have on the political, social, and economic systems in countries where such systems have a robust presence? Is identity crisis in young adults the result of a lack of such social anchors as communal identity, harmony, and intrinsic appreciation of nature found in indigenous knowledge systems? How can we link indigenous knowledge systems and western knowledge systems to design locally robust, globally connected curriculum? In the fields of engineering design, mechatronics, agriculture and energy technology, what working models can be replicated across schools? What is the feasibility of models in resource-poor and resource-rich countries that can encourage active learning, limitless exploration and creativity, and project-based independent learning? What do the teachers from partner schools think of the importance of puzzles, perplexity, and the process of 'getting there'? What is the value in that? And what can we, as global educators, contribute to this conversation?
These are some of the questions that will be covered during this group discussion moderated by teachers from the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia. Bring your ideas to the table and expect to take an active part in the discussion. The Northwest School Exchange Student Panel Time: 3:15pm-4:14pm Room: MLK NWS Students Symposium Delegates Moderator: Dmitry Sherbakov, The Northwest School, U.S. Since 2013, The Northwest School has sent 10th grade students to its partner schools in France, Spain, Taiwan, and China. This exchange program has proved to be very popular among NWS students. Participants are selected based on their academic standing, research project proposal, and personal traits. A panel of students who have participated on an exchange will meet with delegates to discuss their experience living and studying abroad. Students will speak about what they liked the most during their study abroad program and what they feel needs improvement. They will provide feedback about the duration of the program, their most memorable experiences, what was most surprising, making friends abroad, and connecting to their host families. Delegates will have the opportunity to ask questions. Promoting Inclusive Education: a European and National Challenge Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm Room: MLK Patricia De Butler, French Ministry of Education for the Loire-Atlantique Region, France. Inequality is at its highest level in 30 years in most European and OECD countries. This has a negative impact on educational outcomes, since education systems tend to reproduce existing patterns of socioeconomic status. Although a majority of European countries have taken measures to improve access to education for disadvantaged learners, a significant educational gap still exists, making access to quality education a challenge. The Paris Declaration of European Education Ministers (March 17, 2015) called for action to reinforce the role of education and training in promoting inclusive education. It identified four areas for work: • • • •
Promoting democratic values, fundamental rights, non-discrimination, social inclusion, and active citizenship; Enhancing critical thinking and media literacy; Fostering the education of disadvantaged children and young people; Promoting intercultural dialogue through all forms of learning.
This presentation will aim at showing how the French Education System has been addressing these issues.
July 1st, Friday Working Group Presentations Time: 1:30pm-3:00pm Room: MLK Working groups Working groups will present the projects they have been developing for three days and discuss next steps. Reflections and Plans for the Future Time: 3:30pm-5:00pm Room: MLK Symposium Delegates Moderator: Mike McGill, The Northwest School, U.S. This will be an opportunity for the delegates to reflect back on the week and discuss plans for the future, including, perhaps, Global Symposium II.
Keynote Speaker Dr. Yong Zhao Monday, June 27, 4:00pm-5:00pm Shifting the Paradigm: Creating World Class Education in the Second Machine Age Yong Zhao currently serves as the presidential chair and director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he is also a professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. He is also a professorial fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, Victoria University, Australia. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology in education. He has published over 100 articles and 20 books, including Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World. Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students. He is a recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association and was named one of the 10 most influential people in educational technology in 2012 by the Tech & Learn Magazine. He is an elected fellow of the International Academy for Education. His latest book, World Class Learners, has won several awards, including the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2013), Association of Education Publishers’ (AEP) Judges’ Award, and Distinguished Achievement Award in Education Leadership (2013). Until December, 2010, Yong Zhao was a university distinguished professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the U.S.-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. Dr. Zhao was born in China’s Sichuan Province. He received his B.A. in English Language Education from Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in Chongqing, China, in 1986. After teaching English in China for six years, he came to Linfield College as a visiting scholar in 1992. He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He received his M.A. in Education in 1994, and Ph.D. in 1996. He joined the faculty at MSU in 1996 after working as the Language Center Coordinator at Willamette University and a language specialist at Hamilton College. http://zhaolearning.com/
Participant list Adina Meyer Teaching faculty (Humanities, Comparative Literature), The Northwest School, U.S. Adina started working at The Northwest School in 1989. From 1993-1998 she lived in York, England, and taught Latin and Classics at Bootham School. She has been the recipient of three National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) teacher grants; the first was to study the life and work of Charles Darwin in the context of the Victorian era, which led her to write a historical play, Darwin and Nietzsche: The Malaise of the 19th Century. She has also written several other historical plays and musicals, including The Trial and Death of Socrates: The Musical Comedy and The Chairy Orchard. In 2006, Adina was the recipient of a special grant to study the life and work of Mozart in Vienna and Prague. She is a silver medalist in Highland Bagpiping. Adina loves America’s popular culture and taking road trips to discover all of the nation’s quirky places.
Alex Chen Teaching faculty (Math), The Northwest School, U.S. Alex's passion has always been to help students understand how the application of problem solving in math can directly help them with solving problems in other aspects of life. He has taught at The Northwest School during both regular year and as part of our Summer Camp. Before The Norwest School he was an SAT/math tutor at Mathnasium of Kent.
Amy (Ying Yin) Chiang Teacher (Geography), The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Amy is a geography teacher from Taipei, Taiwan who has taught for ten years. Amy teaches 8th and 10th grades and also serves as one of the school administrators working on arranging student competitions and coordinating teacher exchange programs. She likes using geography computer software to design lesson plans and to teach students how to do projects with subject maps. “I hope to exchange more curriculum ideas with other teachers during the symposium!”.
Bennie Yang Teacher (Chinese Language and Literature), The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Bennie holds a Ph.D. in literature and teaches Chinese language and literature to 10th and 12th grade students. She is also in charge of the National Education Group, a community of teachers involved in international education at AHSNCCU. In 2012, Bennie was awarded a Distinguished Senior High School Teacher Award which is awarded to one teacher in Taiwan annually for outstanding achievements in teaching. “I like to teach and share everything I know with my students and colleagues. I hope to share my ideas and experiences with my colleagues from partner schools during the symposium”.
Carlos Villar Hernández Teacher (Physical Education), Centro Docente Maria, Spain Carlos holds a bachelor’s degree in sports science and a master’s degree in personal training from the University of Granada, Spain. He teaches physical education and has served as the athletic program coordinator at Centro Docente Maria since 2008. Carlos visited The Northwest School as an exchange student in 1996 and 1998.
Catherine Legendre Teacher (English Language), Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Catherine passed her A-levels specializing in mathematics and physics, then attended one year in hypokhâgne (intensive foundation degree in literature) in Paris, and later attended the Sorbonne to obtain her bachelor’s degree in English literature, history, and grammar. Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree, Catherine received her teaching qualifications to be a primary school teacher specializing in teaching English. Later, she also received a certificate to teach English language to middle and high school students. Catherine has been teaching high school since 1992, and has been at Lycée Emmanuel Mounier since 2003.
Cecilia Tung Teaching faculty (Physics), Science Department Head, The Northwest School, U.S. Cecilia began teaching as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Belize, Central America, before arriving at The Northwest School in 1993. Cecilia loves introducing students to the wonders of physics and astrophysics through hands-on activities. She has a specific interest in technology, and understanding how things work on a mechanical and electrical level. Cecilia appreciates the international connections at The Northwest School and continually works to develop her students into global citizens. In her free time, Cecilia enjoys spending time with her family and dog, especially in the outdoors.
Colette Schouppe Teacher (French), Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Colette holds a master’s degree in modern literature from Sorbonne University in Paris. She stared her teaching career at a school in one of the Paris suburbs and continued teaching at Lycée Emmanuel Mounier after she moved to Angers. She currently teaches French literature to 10th and 11th graders. Colette has collaborated on different projects with Françoise Canter and Steven Wilburn from The Northwest School. She also works with her colleagues on the secularism project at Lycée Emmanuel Mounier. Colette strives to challenge her students to think independently, be confident, creative, and curious.
David Matlock Teaching faculty (Math, Statistics), The Northwest School, U.S. As a graduate student, David lived in Switzerland while researching high energy particle physics at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). While there, he worked on the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider. David firmly believes that every student has the ability to learn and understand math, and his goal is to demonstrate how useful math is when trying to understand the world. He is currently developing cross-cultural curriculum with the NWS partner school the Affiliated High School to National ChengChi University in Taipei, Taiwan. Other than teaching, David enjoys painting, racquetball, hiking, board games, reading, movies, and exploring issues of right and wrong.
David Montero Teaching faculty (Modern Languages: French and Spanish), The Northwest School, U.S. David has been teaching languages since 2000 and joined NWS in 2007. He was born in France and his family is from Spain. He grew up bilingual and immersed in both cultures. David, together with Françoise Canter, set up the partnership with Lycée Emmanuel Mounier in 2009, and has led several trips to the NWS sister school in France. When times allows, David enjoys cooking, baking, photography, gardening, and fixing things around the house.
Dawit Endale Alemayehu Head of the STEM Department and Education Technology Enthusiast, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Ethiopia Dawit is a physics teacher and leads the Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) department at the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia. Dawit was born in Addis Ababa. He studied a global and rigorous program in Tema, Ghana. In Ghana, he excelled in the IGCSE and the IB programs at SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College. He then moved to Minnesota, USA. There, he attended Concordia College, enhancing his studies in International Development, Physics, and Mathematics. At ILAE, Dawit enjoys working with young and gifted students on issues ranging from problem solving to innovation. He has enjoyed success in introducing integrated learning, and the use of classroom technology to improve his students’ understanding of the sciences and their problem solving ability.
Dmitry Sherbakov Director of Global Programs and Outreach, The Northwest School, U.S. Dmitry was raised and also started his science and teaching career in Russia. When the country and the university began to open to the international community in the late eighties, Dmitry was invited to the University of Toronto to work as a research scholar. Upon returning to Russia, he was charged with the task of internationalizing his school, Southern Ural State University (SUSU), a temporary assignment that turned into a career path. For nearly 10 years, Dmitry directed the international affairs office at SUSU. Later, he worked at the Institute of International Education (IIE), as the associate director of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program in Russia, which is the largest Ford Foundation scholarship program. He has been at The Northwest School since 2013.
Elisa Huang Teacher (Home Economics), The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Elisa has been teaching for 15 years. At AHSNCCU, she teaches home economics to students in the 7th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades. She is also actively involved in conducting research projects in collaboration with home economics teachers from other schools in the region. Elisa likes to develop innovative and creative activities for her students that may improve the quality of their experiences in and outside the classroom. She believes that the symposium will provide her with the opportunity to exchange ideas for future collaboration with her colleague from partner schools.
Ellen Taussig Executive Director, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Co-Founder of The Northeast School, U.S. Ellen has over 35 years of experience in education as a teacher and administrator at the Oakwood and Newbridge Schools in Los Angeles, the Overlake School in Redmond, at Seattle and Bellevue public schools, and at NWS. She is a former education coordinator for the Seattle Symphony and was a founding board member of the Pacific Rim Camp for the Arts. Ellen has served on the boards of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools and Zion Preparatory School. She was a Klingenstein Fellow in 1997, a member of the State Commission on High School Graduation Requirements, and is currently a governor appointee on the state Higher Education Facilities Authority. Her articles have appeared in Independent School Magazine and Education Week. Ellen was recently recognized as a Changemaker by Global Washington.
Francoise Canter Teaching faculty (French, Comparative Literature), The Northwest School, U.S. Francoise completed her graduate teaching in literature and linguistics at the University of California, San Diego, and was a French instructor at the Davis Language School.
Graziella Cornuault Teacher, (Management and Economics) Lycée Emmanuel Mounier, France Graziela holds a degree in management. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked for a French airline company as a marketing manager assistant and then for a U.S. company located in Nantes. She later received her teaching certificate, “Education Nationale”, and in 1994 started working at Lycée Emmanuel Mounier as a teacher of management and economics. She first met Françoise Canter in Paris in June 2010 and thus began a successful partnership with The Northwest School. Graziella is very interested in exploring how management intersects with other subjects taught at schools and would love to join any group during the symposium that may lead to an interdisciplinary project connecting students in partner schools. “As a dreamer, I imagine a global collaborative activity for my 11th grade class and would appreciate the opportunity to learn more about other schools during the symposium”.
Heather McKey Teaching faculty (Humanities), The Northwest School, U.S. Heather has been a teacher for many years in many settings: indoors, outdoors, in the United States and abroad, and in public and in private education. She has taught with Pacific Crest Outward Bound School, with recent political refugees at Foster High School, and at a public school in Prague, Czech Republic. She has participated in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Outside of teaching, she enjoys writing poetry and short fiction, as well as adventuring with her family, especially on rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
Jeff Blair Teaching faculty (Humanities), The Northwest School, U.S. Jeff’s interest in global education has taken him on multiple exchange trips to France as well as to ILAE, Northwest’s partner school in Ethiopia, where he served as a volunteer teacher and program coordinator. In 2010, Jeff was awarded a Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching to do educational research in South Africa, and in 2014 he participated in the Fulbright Japan Exchange for Sustainable Development. Jeff is the faculty advisor for the student-led Environmental Interest Group and a member of the faculty Environmental Sustainability Committee. Jim Miller Board Chair for the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, U.S. Jim is a professional consultant in the international and U.S. telecommunications and information technology sector. He has championed affordable and accessible technological infrastructure development for educational use, distance education, and general knowledge distribution, especially in emerging economies and markets. He is a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ (IEEE) Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (ieeeghtc.org), an annual meeting of practitioners and researchers in the utilization of technology for humanitarian purposes.
Jack Lloyd International Admissions Coordinator, The Northwest School, U.S. In 2006, Jack received a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program grant to study Thai language at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. He has a broad base of teaching experience (primary school through university level), including ELL instruction in China and Taiwan. Jack has also taught Chinese language at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and Thai first- and third-year language classes at the University of Washington. Jack serves as Northwest School’s international student advisor in addition to his international admissions work. Jack is an avid urban cyclist and also enjoys sea kayaking.
Kevin Alexander Dean of Students, The Northwest School, U.S. When Kevin Alexander jumps onto the front bumper of your car, grinning and bouncing so hard that you almost hit the ceiling, it's hard to remember that he's also the Northwest School's dean of students. And yet it makes perfect sense that this phenomenally good-natured, everybody's-best-pal also responsible for implementing a philosophically grounded, culturally relevant system of student discipline. He is, after all, the perfect embodiment of The Northwest School’s high-spirited approach to education: a deeply serious respect for the individual, for the community, and for academic excellence, all informed by exuberant good will.
Kibur Adera Teacher, International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia, Ethiopia Kibur is the course integration program lead, Model United Nations (MUN) club advisor, and a civics and history instructor at the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia (ILAE). Kibur was born in Gondar, Ethiopia, and excelled in the IGCSE and IB (International Baccalaureate) programs at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College (HGIC) in Ghana. He then moved to the U.S. to further his education. He attended Concordia College, in Minnesota, holds a B.A. in Economics.
Lauren Hammerle Residential Life Advisor, The Northwest School, U.S. Lauren graduated from Seattle University in 2014 with a double degree in Humanities for Teaching and in French. Studying abroad in Grenoble, France, during college motivated her to work abroad in her last academic year. She returned to France where she held a position as an English language teaching assistant, living in Angers and teaching in Saumur. When she wasn’t visiting her sister who lives in Paris, Lauren explored France and other countries all over the world. This year at The Northwest School, Lauren enjoyed working with the international students, assistant coaching the cross country team, and substitute teaching for the French department.
Mike McGill Head of School, The Northwest School, U.S. Mike began his career as a teacher of French, English, and Comparative Literature. He transitioned into independent school administration starting in 1988. Before moving to The Northwest School, Mike was the upper school principal at the Park School of Baltimore for 12 years, where he began a Chinese language program and established a partner school relationship in Beijing. Born in San Francisco, he spent a year studying in Nantes, France, has subsequently lived in New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maryland, and Washington. Mike is as an avid cyclist and cycling fan, and loves to travel, hike, read, attend the theater, and visit museums.
Patricia Gave de Butler Deputy Director of International and Global Affairs for the French Regional Minister of Education for the Loire-Atlantique Region, France Patricia is responsible for the implementation of projects of international cooperation in French primary, middle, and high schools, including both European projects and Passepartout USA, an exchange program for U.S. and French high school students and educators. Over the past five years, she has coordinated programs in England, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and South Africa in addition to Seattle, Washington. She holds a master’s degree in teaching French and English as a foreign language, and previously taught English for a number of years at both at the middle (college) and high school (lycÊe) levels.
Peggy (Peiyu) Hung Teacher (Geography), The Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Peggy is a geography teacher at the Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University. She graduated from the Geography Department at the National Taiwan Normal University specializing in geomorphology. Peggy teaches students how to navigate landscapes during their fieldwork. In cooperation with other science teachers, she is involved in developing new curriculum that teaches students how conduct research on humanities issues.
Sarah Porter Teaching faculty (Humanities), The Northwest School, U.S. Sarah has been a member of the Humanities Department since 2002 and served as Department Chair from 2007-2011. Prior to moving to Seattle, Sarah taught English at The Tandem School in Charlottesville, Virginia. A certified TESOL teacher, she also has experience teaching ESL and EFL in Seattle and Istanbul, Turkey. Her interests include reading history, speaking French, and watching sports, especially basketball and rowing.
Scott Davis Teaching faculty (Humanities, Mime and Movement), The Northwest School, U.S. Scott has a broad range of teaching experience at The Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Alaska, Viautas Magnus University School of Law (Lithuania), The Princeton Movement Theatre Group, and Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia). He danced professionally with Lingo Dance Theatre from 2000-2007 and collaborates and performs with a variety of local artists.
Shie Benaderet Educational Technology Coordinator, The Northwest School, U.S. Shie has spent more than ten years as an educator, teaching first in Moldova as a Peace Corps volunteer, later in both Monterey and Berkeley, CA, and now in Seattle. During that time he has been passionate about integrating technology into his classrooms and helping teachers use technology to engage their students in learning. When he isn't staring at a screen, he enjoys reading, going for hikes with his babies and wife, playing with his dog, Lily, and, since he had to give up his season tickets to move to Seattle, watching every Golden State Warrior game on television. Sol Joye Online Instructional Design Coordinator, University of Oregon, U.S. A teacher-practitioner since 2005, Sol brings years of both rural and urban public education experience to the Global Education team. He has wide-ranging experience with curriculum design and pedagogical strategies in social studies and game-design computer programming courses at both the middle school and high school levels. He has worked with middle level students through several online learning environments and has been recognized nationally for his teaching at the digital juncture of critical thinking, game play, and problem solving. He has been the recipient of awards from both The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the American Historical Association. He holds a B.A. in Public Administration, an M.A. in Education.
Tina Chang Teaching faculty (Chinese), The Northwest School, U.S. Before moving to the U.S. with her husband, Tina worked as a registered nurse in Taiwan. After many years of volunteer work in the Seattle Chinese community and in local schools, she helped develop the Chinese language program at West Seattle High School. Since joining the Northwest School’s Modern Languages Department, Tina has built and developed the school’s Chinese program. She led school’s first international trip to China in 2008, and has since prepared and led students to the NWS study abroad programs in Taipei, Taiwan, and Shanghai, China. In addition, Tina serves as a bridge to our international students and parents.
Tuney Kannapell Assistant Head of School, The Northwest School, U.S. Tuney has over 20 years of teaching experience at the Annie Wright School, the Frankfurt International School, and Louisville Collegiate School. Tuney also served as an education coordinator for the Blackacres Nature Preserve and as a wildlife biology technician for the U.S. Forest Service. Her interests include rock and mountain climbing, playing soccer, traveling, and food.
Yuki Wen Director of the Academic Office, the Affiliated High School of National ChengChi University (AHSNCCU), Taiwan Yuki has been teaching English for over 20 years and also serves as the Director of the Academic Office. “I look forward to expanding our exchange programs with more partner schools with diverse backgrounds so as to broaden our students' horizons. I would also like to learn how to strengthen student ties through different activities, such as curricular projects, study abroad, or by using an eplatform.�