Global Competence Conference 2010

The Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) will host the Oklahoma International Education Summit. The summit’s focus is building global competence in schools. The summit will be a working series of sessions dealing with issues on leadership, teacher/leader preparation and professional development, and curriculum and instruction in the global age. Educators and other stakeholders who support international education will be invited to participate in the summit’s events. Recommendations for furthering global competence in Oklahoma’s schools will be disseminated to various statewide stakeholders after the summit and posted here on the SDE Web site.

Important Links

Tentative Agenda (pdf)

Keynote Speaker Bio - Andre W. Lewis, U.S. Department of Education (pdf)

Map to Event Location (pdf)

Suggested Edmond Hotels (pdf)

Download General Poster of Event (pdf)

Download Multiple Posters of Event with Quotes (pdf)

Grant Narrative (pdf)

Longview Foundation Grant Notification (pdf)

CCSSO Checklist for Global Education (pdf)

State International Education Planning/Survey Rubric (pdf)

Committee for Economic Development (CED) Education for Global Leadership (pdf)

Committee for Economic Development (CED) Executive Summary (pdf)

Look at what other states are doing!

Delaware (pdf)
Kansas (pdf)
Nebraska (pdf)
New Jersey (pdf)
Washington (pdf)
West Virginia (pdf)

Key partners include:

Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
Oklahoma Council for the Social Studies
Oklahoma Council on Economic Education
Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association
Oklahoma Governor's International Team (OKGIT)
Oklahoma Secretary of State’s Office
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
OU Confucius Institute
UCO Center for Economic Education
University of Central Oklahoma (UCO)

For more information, contact Kelly Curtright or Desa Dawson, Office of Standards and Curriculum, SDE, (405) 521-3035.

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