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Included in this guide is everything you or anyone else needs to promote your Fellowship: 1. The NEA Foundation Overview: This answers the question: what is the NEA Foundation? In it, youll find out about our four core programs: Union-District Collaboration, Grants to Educators, Innovation (which includes our NEAF Global Learning Fellowship program) and Awards. Learn a little more about the organization that is behind your program. Still have questions? Visit our website, at neafoundation.org. 2. Global Competency Overview: This answers the question: why go global? It connects global competency to improved public education. (See document at the beginning of this program book). 3. Template News Release: Share this with communications professionals who can help you tell your story in your community. These may include: Your schools communications officer, or principal; Your districts communications officer or superintendent; Your local affiliates communication officer; or Your state affiliates communications officer. Dont have access to any of these professionals? Email the NEA Foundation communications teams for guidance and assistance. If youve worked with reporters before, you may choose to create your own media list to receive your release. If you do, please let the NEA Foundation communications team know. Wed be happy to help. 4. FAQs: We have anticipated a set of questions you may have or be asked and created answers you can use to address them. 5. Sample placements: How have Fellows been promoted in their communities? Take a look at a few articles that other Fellows have generated. Questions? Thoughts? Ideas? Email the NEA Foundation communications team: Carrie McCloud, cmccloud@nea.org Edith Wooten, ewooten@nea.org.
Grants to Educators
We support new ideas and practices to strengthen teaching and learning. Our goal is to fund and share successful strategies to educate and prepare students for bright and rewarding futures. We have learned that the best teaching methods come from our greatest assets: educators. That is why we have awarded nearly $7.1 million over the past decade to fund more than 4,500 grants to public school educators to enhance teaching and learning. To build our knowledge base and to uncover new, great practices in public education we invite all eligible educational professionals to apply for these grants.
The online application, profiles of funded projects, grant requirements and more can be found at: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/
Innovation
The NEA Foundation supports educators as they pioneer creative and innovative classroom approaches designed to prepare students for college, work, and life. The Foundations innovation work identifies new opportunities and tests approaches in public education aimed towards preparing all students to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
they acquire global competence skills. Over the course of one year, Fellows are supported by NEA Foundation staff, partners, and other field experts, as they work through the following: 1) 2) 3) 4) Readings and webinars to introduce global competence and country specific concepts; Online coursework on global competence and country specific concepts; Introductory language learning; A two-day professional development workshop with sessions led by leaders in global competency and country-specific knowledge; and 5) A study-tour designed to focus on the themes of global competence, education (both practice and issues of international, national, and state policy) and economics. At the conclusion of the Global Learning Fellowship, educators begin working on a final project to create a lesson plan, unit plan, or full curriculum integrated with global competency skills. By creating this plan, and then sharing with educators around the world via an open source platform, Fellows are contributing to an increasing field of knowledge on this topic. Furthermore, the Fellows become positioned to lead the profession by becoming advocates for global learning and global competence within their schools, associations, and districts.
More information and Fellow profiles can be found at: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/nea-pearson-foundation-global-learning-fellowship/
DonorsChoose.org
The NEA Foundation funds and supports educator-drive solutions to improve student performance by providing up to $250 for grants not exceeding $500. Thought our work, weve learned that the best ideas come from our greatest assets, educators. Teachers have great ideas to help their students learn more, but often lack the resources they need to bring these ideas to life. Last year, through our partnership with DonorsChoose.org, we matched public donations to support 1,500 NEA member requests for classroom materials posted on DonorsChoose.org, reaching 123,000 public school students. More information on our DonorsChoose.org funding opportunity can be found at http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/donorschoose-org/
Awards
Our Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize educators whose professional practice and advocacy for the profession are exemplary. They are shining examples of the millions of educators who work in Americas public schools.
Nominate an Educator
Each spring, we invite all NEA state, federal, and direct affiliates to nominate one outstanding educator for the NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence. These prestigious awards recognize and promote excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession. They also honor public education and the dedicated members of the National Education Association. The online nomination system opens in winter 2013. The nomination deadline is May 1.
More information on the Awards for Teaching Excellence and nominations can be found at: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/nea-foundation-awards/
We provide up to $1.25M in grant funding to our sites over a five-year period to support their collaboratively and locally-defined strategies to close the achievement gaps in their community. Grants are awarded to district-based teams composed of the school district, the teachers union and at least one community organization. Together, these partners focus on their communitys most pressing achievement gaps and develop a strategy to address them. The joint planning ensures that the implementation effort is owned by all parties increasing its effectiveness and chances for success. Current (marked with a *) and past district partnerships are: Lee County, FL* Columbus, OH* Springfield, MA* Hamilton County, TN Omaha, NE* Seattle, WA Milwaukee, WI
Online Curriculum
The NEA Foundations free online courses were developed to support district and union leadership and the field as a whole. Our goal is to increase the education communitys ability to design and implement reform projects collaboratively. We believe that these online courses can help to achieve this goal by building skill and capacity in labor-management relations, change management, and leadership. We will be developing a total of 19 initial courses with more to come in subsequent years. The courses are: Open to anyone with Internet access Designed for both groups to take together and individuals to take at their own pace Developed by content experts in the field
Course descriptions & links to enroll can be found at: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/enroll-in-online-courses/
TEMPLATE RELEASE
Carrie McCloud; cmccloud@nea.org; 202-822-7806 Local Contact Name; Email address; telephone number
2) Online coursework on global competence and country specific concepts; 3) Introductory language learning; 4) A two-day professional development workshop with sessions led by leaders in global competency and country-specific knowledge; and 5) An international field study designed to focus on the themes of global competence, education (both practice and issues of international, national, and state policy) and economics. The international field study in China, from June 20-30, includes visits to schools in Beijing and Xian to provide educators with structured opportunities to observe high quality instruction and to interact with Chinese teachers and administrators. It also includes opportunities to investigate Chinas historical and cultural significance. In preparation, the Fellows will complete an online course to provide them with a framework to contextualize their experiences in China by examining the impact of its historical and cultural legacies on contemporary Chinese society and educational system. The NEA Foundation has also partnered with Rosetta Stone to provide Fellows with basic Mandarin language training. As we know, language is the road map to other cultures and is therefore an important tool for building global understanding, Sanford said. Later in the year, the NEA Foundation will share the Fellows experiences and observations through blog posts and photos as they travel. At the conclusion of the NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship, educators begin working on a final project to create a lesson plan, unit plan, or full curriculum integerated with global competency skills. By creating this plan, and then sharing with educators around the world via an open source platform, Fellows are contributing to an increasing field of knowledge on this topic. Furthermore, the Fellows become positioned to lead the profession by becoming advocates for global learning and global competence within their schools, communities, and districts. Names and photos of the 2014 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellows are posted on the NEA Foundations website. The international field study is sponsored by the the NEA Foundation and is designed by Education First. Complimentary Mandarin language training is provided to each of the Fellows by Rosetta Stone. ###
About the NEA Foundation The NEA Foundation is a public charity supported by contributions from educators' dues, corporate sponsors, and others who support public education initiatives. We support student success by helping public school educators work with key partners to build strong systems of shared responsibility. Visit www.neafoundation.org for more information.
The NEA Foundation believes that in order for students to prepare for the global age, the educator must first be equipped with the knowledge, skills and disposition needed to teach in the global age. The NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship program expands on the NEA Foundations mission to advance student achievement by investing in public education that will prepare all students to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
What will educators do and learn during the Fellowship?
Over the course of one year, Fellows are supported by the NEA Foundation staff, partners, and other field experts, as they work through the following: Readings and webinars to introduce global competence and country specific concepts; Online coursework on global competence, country specific concepts, and interactive language learning; A two-day professional development workshop with sessions led by leaders in global competency and country-specific knowledge; and An international field study designed to focus on the themes of global competence, education (both practice and issues of international, national, and state policy) and economics. What does the study-tour include? This year, Fellows will tour China, from June 20-30. Visits to schools in Beijing and Xian are designed to provide educators with structured opportunities to observe high quality instruction and to interact with Chinese teachers and administrators. Fellows will also have opportunities to investigate Chinas historical and cultural significance. Subscribe to the NEA Foundations blog at www.neafoundation.org to receive photos and on the road accounts of their experiences and in China. How are Fellows prepared for the international field study? Fellows will complete an online course to provide them with a framework to contextualize their experiences in China by examining the impact of its historical and cultural legacies on contemporary Chinese society and educational system. Each Fellow will also receive basic Mandarin language training complimentary of Rosetta Stone. What happens after the tour? At the conclusion of the NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship, educators begin working on a final project to create a lesson plan, unit plan, or full curriculum integerated with global competency skills. By creating this plan, and then sharing with educators around the world via an open source platform, Fellows are contributing to an increasing field of knowledge on this topic. Furthermore, the Fellows become positioned to lead the profession by becoming
advocates for global learning and global competence within their schools, communities, and districts.
Coverage Opportunities:
State Association Coverage NDEA Member Karen Toavs of Williston Heading to Brazil North Dakota Education Association Apr. 25 Westampton Educator to Tour Brazilian Schools New Jersey Education Association May 20 Newspaper/Magazine Coverage East High teacher named Pearson Foundation Global Learning Fellow The Salt Lake Tribune June 27 School District Coverage Windwehen Named Pearson Foundation Global Learning Fellow North East Independent School District June 11 Blog Coverage Finding Your Boardwalk By Connie Russell July 10 Brazil Blogging: The Culture of our Most Vulnerable Students NEA Foundation blog June 28 Radio Coverage The Beehive Leigh VandenAkker 90.9FM KRCL