Advancing Global Programs in Indiana Schools

DRAFT

Advancing Global Programs in Indiana Schools

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

8:30 to 12:30

Assembly Hall

Indiana Farm Bureau Headquarters

225 South East Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Contact: Cathy Blitzer (317)443-4764 or

8:00 Registration and Coffee

8:35 Overview of the Workshop and Welcome: Cathy Blitzer, Indiana Department of Education

Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction

Don Villwock, President, Indiana Farm Bureau

Ted McKinney, Director, Indiana State Department of Agriculture

8:45 Global competence in the workplace: Roundtable Conversations with Presenters

Roundtable Session 1: Immigration trends in Indiana: impact on workplace, school and communities

Presenters: Angela Adams, Indiana University, Rholonda Ash-Nobbe, Indianapolis Public Schools, and Tom Morales, Morales Group

Moderator: Susan Adams, Butler University

Roundtable Session 2: Indiana trade and development trends: implications for education and training

Presenters: Mark Cooper, U.S. Export Assistance Center, Nancy Langdon, Develop Indy, and Daniel Spellacy, Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Moderator: Cathy Blitzer, Indiana Department of Education

Roundtable Session 3: Global workplaces and global collaborations: connecting Indiana to the world

Presenters: Sherry Zhirun Dong, Eli Lilly, Reggie Henderson, AMG Engineering, and Susan Tomlinson, Indiana Council for the Social Studies

Moderator: Hilary Kahn, Indiana University

Angela Adams, Associate General Counsel, Indiana University

Susan Adams, Ph.D. Butler University College of Education

Rholonda Ash-Nobbe, Arsenal Technical High School, Spanish Teacher

Mark Cooper, Director, US Export Assistance Center

Sherry Zhirun Dong, Eli Lilly and Company and

President, Indianapolis-Hangzhou Sister City Committee

Reggie Henderson, AMG Engineering

Hilary Kahn, Ph.D., I.U. Center for the Study of Global Change

Nancy Langdon, Senior Director of International Programs, Develop Indy

Tom Morales, President and CEO, Morales Group

Daniel Spellacy, Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Susan Tomlinson, President, Indiana Council for the Social Studies

10:15 Plenary Session: Shared Knowledge - Report from the Roundtables

11:00 Sharing best practices and resources for global learning

Mapping the Nation – linking local to global, tool by Asia Society and Longview Foundation

Education Mission to China Video

12:00 Communities of Practice and Global Champions: advocacy and strategic communication tools