International School Connection

1. GLC Seminar - Bulletin
(Events/Curaçao 2009 Global Summit)

...ter Today   Hello there, are you getting things ready to visit us for our four days Global Learning Seminar? 15-16-17-18 of March 2010   Download the Registrati...

2. 4 day Seminar Outline
(Global Learning Centers/Global Learning Network (Hubs))

Becoming a Global Learning Center School Professional Development Event   Conference Sessions Registration on Day 1:  7:00 - 8:00 A.M. Sessions Start:

3. A 4-day Seminar/School Visit Program
(Global Learning Centers/Global Learning Network (Hubs))

...       What? Becoming a Global Learning Center (GLC) School or College 4 days of ISC’s new GLC leadership training...

4. Nanshan School District Global Partnership Project
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

...nted with each other, familiarization with the technology for communication and preparation for the student learning projects in Fall 2009. The projects cover a wide range of subjects but mainly cente...

5. Learning Projects Fall 2009
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

Three-Continent School Partnerships are now ready to launch student learning projects in the Fall 2009.  In January 2009 three school districts on three different continents launched a pro

6. New ISC Global Project Coordinators - Linda Boza
(Global Partnerships/ISC Project Coordinators)

...h Florida, and she has extensive trainingthe International Baccalaureate Programme and in Kagan Cooperative Learning.  Linda has been a conference presenter for theFlorida Council of Independent ...

7. New ISC Global Project Coordinators - Mark Xing
(Global Partnerships/ISC Project Coordinators)

...s in the ISC are now part of my daily life as an indispensable obligation.  I envision that the global learning project we are developing now across the world will one day be part of local school...

8. 2010 ISC Youth Conference
(Global Youth Leadership/Conferences)

...; Students ages 11—19 are invited to join youth from around the world for fun, friendship, and active learning.  The conference is designed to empower young people to take action on ...

9. Launch of the 3-Continent Global Learning Project
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

A global learning project was launched in February 2009 between schools in three school districts: Pasco County Florida USA, Shenzhen China, and Stockholm Sweden.Nine k-9 school partnership teams have

10. Global Projects
(News/Newslight)

...  Pasco, Shenzen, Stockholm Partnership Nanshan School District Global Partnership Project Learning Projects Fall 2009 Global Partnership Teams GPP Meeting Nanshan March 2009 ...

11. Three Schools in Florida Welcome a Spanish Delegation
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

...students are grouped in Continuous Progress K-5 teams. Our teachers embrace team teaching, cooperative learning and we promote a "Continuity of Caring" environment for all our students ...

12. GLC Training Program
(News/Newslight)

...College Development Program For Leadership Teams    Becoming a Global Learning Center Purpose: To design school or college learning programs tha...

13. Prof. Sang Visits Florida
(Education Leadership/Teachers)

Professor Xinmin Sang, Director of  Digital Learning and Management at Nanjing University in China will visit Florida USA in October 2008  Professor Sang will deliver a paper at the internat

14. Spanish Delegation Visits Florida
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

...nt Day School Corbett Campus with Dr. Joyce Swarzman headmaster, to study their M.O.R.E. Approach to school learning. ...

15. Three-Continent Partnership Launched
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

...heir staff and students.  The purpose is to stimulate the development of the project schools as Global Learning Centers.  The focus of the partnership activity will be the ISC’s Global...

16. Program Information
(Events/Curaçao 2009 Global Summit)

Theme: Schools and Colleges as Global Learning Centers, with Students preparing to become global citizens.  The Environment as a Global IssueDates:        

17. Hans Forsberg, the new ISC Vice President
(About ISC/Leadership Team)

...n Nykoping Sweden, will bring his global network of resources to the ISC as we continue to develop a global learning network Hans involved his teachers and students for over 20 years in global activit...

18. Guiding Principles
(About ISC/Mission and Vision)

...oung people to become productive and contributing members of society to advance the human condition. Learning is local and global – Living, working, and learning today occurs within a loc...

19. Dr. John Mann
(About ISC/Principals Council)

...school and district level administrators in a new training program, with a digital environment and a global learning context for schools: Leadership for Sustainable Development....

20. Prof. Waynne James
(About ISC/ISC Ambassadors)

...   Professor James’ research and publications include the areas of adult development and learning as linked to professional development in educational settings, contemporary adult s...

21. ISC Youth Development
(Global Citizens/Education Leaders)

...hool students will connect youth to learn about each others’ cultures and schooling while working and learning together. The Youth Leadership goals are to: advance schools to be places with a le...

22. Jack Ming Yu
(About ISC/Principals Council)

International Principals' Council "I’ll make great efforts to make my school a global learning center according to the benchmarks set by the ISC, enable the professional staff in my sc

23. Shirley Ho-Woo
(About ISC/Principals Council)

... 13 primary schools.  Shirley is now working with the Ministry of Education, and she is also designing learning projects with the Confucius Institute (Singapore) as program consultant.She obtaine...

24. Paloma Sanz
(About ISC/Principals Council)

...in. Already principals and teachers are coming from all around Spain to observe the changes in teaching and learning with this new approach....

25. Professor Xinmin Sang
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...rtment of Educational Science and Management, Nanjing University Founding Director of Institute for Digital Learning and Management in Nanjing University Professor Xinmin Sang is a professor and docto...

26. Dr. John Fitzgerald
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...p educators develop their personal and leadership capacities to communicate with each other, and to promote learning in schools. ...

27. Towards Schools as GLCs
(Global Learning Centers/School Certification)

School Involvement in the ISC and/or Certification as a Global Learning Center Towards Schools as Global Learning Centers Step A: ISC School Registration The schoo

28. Ten Descriptive Benchmarks
(Global Learning Centers/Benchmarks & Indicators)

Ten Descriptive Benchmarks for a School as a Global Learning Center The emerging world community is dramatically reshaping how families, businesses and local school communities live and work

29. International Principals’ Council
(About ISC/Principals Council)

...cil was created in 2008 to stimulate the direction of the ISC as it promotes schools and colleges as global learning centers and students as global citizens.  Council members are selected from ma...

30. Yihan Fan's Trip to the Sun
(News/Newsflashes)

... might be a little below their age level, but this situation occurs a lot when it comes to foreign language learning, especially if they didn’t start off learning it since very young and don&rsq...

31. Make a Donation
(About ISC/Membership & Donations)

...tion to the volunteer work of the ISC and to its Mission of preparing educators and their schools as Global Learning Centers, and their students as caring and competent global citizens. Just fi...

32. China-USA College Partnership
(Global Partnerships/Projects)

...this ISC challenge.  PHCC intends to become the first college in the world to become an ISC Global Learning Center for its students.  This semester tourism students from Qingdao are work...

33. IDS - The Great Journey Series - Norlin
(News/Newsflashes)

...ogether to create an ISC Hub System that supports ISC work in the Tampa Bay Region as schools become global learning centers.  Please email: karolyn.snyder@verizon.net for more information. ...

34. Become a Certified Global Learning Center School or College
(Global Learning Centers/School Certification)

... A.Y. Jackson Secondary School, Ottawa, Canada, recognized for its demonstration of the Ten ISC Global Learning Center Benchmarks.  Martin Kleiman, Principal, accepted the award, following a...

35. Hub Development
(Global Learning Centers/Global Learning Network (Hubs))

...regional cluster of educators who are exploring the options and opportunities for shaping schools as Global Learning Centers.  Any group of educators that is interested in forming an ISC Hub, and...

36. Overview
(Global Learning Centers/Membership)

...and share with ISC educators around the world Opportunities to develop a school as a Global Learning Center Contribute to the growing knowledge bases of a Digital Organ...

37. Overview
(Education Leadership/LSSD Training Program)

... C: Organizing the Professional Work System Training Day 5: School-Wide Work Teams Training Day 6: Student Learning Communities  Training Cluster D: Designing the Learning System Training Day 7...

38. Overview
(Education Leadership/LSSD Training Program)

... C: Organizing the Professional Work System Training Day 5: School-Wide Work Teams Training Day 6: Student Learning Communities  Training Cluster D: Designing the Learning System Training Day 7...

39. Dr. Kristen M. Snyder
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...ting research on the ISC experiences and their effects; adding to the emerging fields of social networking, learning organizations, and leadership development; designing and guiding the use of The ISC...

40. Dr. Joyce Burick Swarzman
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...been recognized as the first Elementary & Middle School in the World to present a portfolio as a Global Learning Center.  Joyce provides continuous training and consulting to schools in the I...

41. Hans Forsberg
(About ISC/Principals Council)

...t practice” educational ideas and strategies can be shared in order to prepare students for life-long learning in a global society. All students can be encouraged to believe in the future and to...

42. Dr. Elaine Sullivan
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...p;Development Board of Directors Major Responsibilities: International on-line learning communities for members, plus training programs, seminars, coaching, and consulting...

43. Dr. Robert H. Anderson
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...versity of South Florida.  Bob has always been known for promoting innovations in school organization, learning, and leadership.  In his role as President of Pedamorphosis, he has promoted s...

44. Dr. Karolyn J. Snyder
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...s around the world to build new approaches to schooling for this global age.  Members of the ISC pilot learning community now have fresh approaches to school development, as well as professional ...

45. Hans-Erik Persson
(About ISC/Board of Directors)

...agement roles in education.  For 30 years, Mr. Persson has supported children, youth and adults in the learning process.  He has worked in many roles in education nationally and internationa...

46. Hubs and Program Development
(About ISC/Hub Coordinators)

...s).  The intent was to create Hubs of energy for the new work of the ISC, Developing Schools as Global Learning Centers.  In the process, each Hub gradually developed its own identity and ex...

47. Partnerships Overview
(Global Partnerships/Education)

...C engages in many partnerships that will advance its vision and mission about schools as sustainable global learning centers.  Four partnership projects are featured here to illustrate... &...

48. Mission, Vision, and Goals
(About ISC/Mission and Vision)

...l Leadership for sustainable school and college development, and for shaping schools and colleges as global learning centers.   Long-term Development Goals To develop a new sto...

49. Hub Coordinators
(About ISC/Hub Coordinators)

...rpose is to organize and coordinate local connections around the opportunities for schools to become global learning centers.  Hub Coordinators are found in Canada, China, Curaçao, Malaysi...

50. The ISC: a Multi-national University Cooperative
(About ISC/History)

...mbers met together for one week in Tampa to launch the pilot program, and were organized into international learning communities and program tracks.  An international leadership team was organize...