SAIS+2013

**2013 SAIS Annual Conference: The Global Future**

 * Conference Twitter Feed: #GlobalFutureEd**


 * Select Conference Highlights (PDF)**


 * Conference Resources (Presentations, Links, Handouts, etc.)**


 * Notes from Aris (Director of Global Education):**

The most important thing I took away from my conference that I would like to share is that we, as educators have the goal of teaching our students employable skills, not just the skills that get them into university or skills that make them "good students." Additionally, there are ways to evaluate our students in those areas once we've created a school-wide language for it. We don't have to refer to it them as 21 Century Skills or T-Shaped Leader. (I believe it was) Mt. Vernon who came up with their own letter shape for their goals.

"21Century Skills" is a catch phrase shooting around right now and I believe in it. Check out the "4 C's." It's fun to keep adding to them. Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity.


 * Great Resources:**

//World Class Learners// by Yong Zhao (I saw the author speak and adored him and his message) http://amzn.com/1452203989

//Seven Survival Skills// by Tony Wagner http://www.hosa.org/emag/articles/advisors_corner_oct08_pg2_5.pdf

//High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them// by J.F. Rischard http://amzn.com/0465070108
 * Important Assessments to Introduce to BHS:**

CWRA: a super cool way to assess 21st Century Skills in students. Justin Ryder is all over this and we both hope to bring it to BHS. PISA: Independent schools are able to use this assessment to compare their students to other independent school students. The benchmarks are based on 20 years of testing and will offer results against "global" competitors.

Here's a cool link about being a "T Shaped Leader" within an environmental arena, as an example. It would be nice for BHS to cultivate a model like this in ourselves and our students: []




 * Emotional Intelligence plays a large role in Global Education and 21st Century Skills:**

This link is fascinating: []




 * Side Notes:**

-Having an advisory directive on emotional intelligence would be pretty cool. -Emotional Intelligence naturally grows while studying Global Education. -Two Schools that are kicking a** and we can learn a lot from are Mount Vernon here in ATL and Providence Day School in Charlotte.