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Globalizing Professional Development: Inspiring & Sharing Ideas with Teachers
Globalizing Professional Development: Inspiring & Sharing Ideas with Teachers
Throughout my career as an educator, parent and school leader, I have sought many opportunities to connect my students with the world; nurture them to be peacemakers and global citizens in a world full of disagreements, dissension and violence. I have brought all my learnings to my classroom, continued to educate my school communities and collaborate with other schools across the world, to enrich, nurture and empower all American students to be global citizens.
So, if global education is a must for all children, what have you been doing to contribute to this goal, in your school communities, since?
International Goodwill & Friendship, Durban, South Africa
International Goodwill & Friendship, Durban, South Africa
For more than 20 years, I had the passion and commitment to gain global experiences and learning to educate my students. One of the most distinct experiences that I have been opportune to be a part of, was to earn this grant and travel to Africa and engage, collaborate and work with other school communities. Here in South Africa, students crave for a globalized community; where all children and adults exchange smiles and handshakes; learning and sharing the struggles of post-apartheid and mending the fences that separated them from others, for many difficult years. Funding Institutions: Institute of International Education and Toyota Motors of NA
Love knows no bounds, no countries or race, collaboration with other teachers and students is a pathway to Global Learning-Durban High School-South Africa
Internationalizing High School Education, Building Bridges and Collaborating with other Japanese schools- Fulbright-Tokyo, Japan
International Studies
Seoul, South Korea
Theme: Globalizing a Relationship between South Korea and the US, funded by the South Korea Foundation
Globalizing Parent School Communities and Engaging Parent Communities,
Teaching the Children How to be Global Neighbors - It Takes a Village ...
Reaching Out to Parent Communities-Van Nuys High School Community Programs
Actions Speaks Louder Than just Mere Words-Teachers as Peacemakers
Organizing our Communities- Our Neighbors, Our Communities, Our Friends
Learning and Serving the United States and every military branch and civilian agencies in articulating our values, here and overseas. Here is another opportunity that allowed me to serve locally and globally, a role in working with the National Language Service Corps (NLSC) of the US Department of Defense.
I was invited to present and share my experiences from Africa at one of the Los Angeles City schools in a high-density school community in South Central, Los Angeles. I took a personal necessity day to share my learnings and build capacity for another school, so they can also grow and empower their children.
As a Global Learning advocate and community collaborator, I was appointed to serve as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for Linked In, a business and professional organization on social media. I proudly accepted and continue to serve and share my experiences and expertise with others globally.
16 American Fulbrighters Arrive Finland as US Ambassadors of Goodwill funded by the US Department of State and the International Research and Exchange Programs (IREX)
Finnish Living and Teaching
Schools Attend 20 hours/week and Teacher Trust is the Key to Finnish Education Success
Finnish Vocational Programs
Career Technical Education Programs is Key to Finnish Educational Successes: Technical or Academic Pathways Choices After HS Graduation
Fulbright Finland Foundation CEO Terhi Mölsä present a Leadership Award to US Fulbrighter Conrad Ulpindo, 2022-2023
From California to Ukraine
A Ukrainian Professor Shares Her Experiences to US Fulbrighters, courtesy of the American Embassy in Helsinki.
National Hockey Championship: Canada Versus Finland
University of Eastern Finland Teacher Education Programs
Instructional strategies are better served cold; children learn by doing, anything else is boring and kills our imagination.
Our US classrooms is no different from the world's best; we just need better teachers and school leaders to engage learning and teaching.
Music is best taught by hands and body parts; learning is best with touch and thoughts.
Hotel Katajanokka is a privately owned lifestyle hotel, renovated with loving care into the historic premises of former Helsinki county prison.
LIfe is not about just sitting in your classroom expecting that a miracle will come the next day.
Teaching is like cooking food from scratch; every ingredient makes great nutrition for the soul.
Mutala School in Espoo, Finland - It doesn't matter how long you teach; what is more important is the quality of your efforts.
Never be ashamed of being a teacher or school leader; every nation is borne from your cold, bare hands.
Science has a great impact on each of us, whether we’re passionate about it or not. Our modern society wouldn’t have looked the way we know it if it wasn’t for science.
Think about it. Everything around that has made life easier for us exists because science made it possible.
From the gadgets you use everyday, to cars, buildings, medicine — we owe it all to some curious and brilliant minds that helped develop or invent things that today we take for granted.
Imagine living with no electricity, no means to travel long ways, no cures to help us treat the most common diseases that killed so many people in the past. And all of these don’t even begin to cover the good that came with the evolution of science and technology.
Cia was a gem to my team: Kendall, Katrina and myself could not have had the fun without her support and help, throughout our journey, Kiitos, Cia. Arvostamme sinua suuresti. Toivottavasti naemme sinut pian taas Kaliforniassa!
Tarja has always been there for me during my US Fulbright Research in Finland from Helsinki to Espoo to Joensuu. It was very cold but the warmth of her company made our work, a little smoother. Kiitos!
Finland Versus Canada - Junior Hockey Championship - Helsinki 2022
0 degrees below in Espoo - Bored in Ice but Texas saved the day! LOL
NLSC Southwest Liaison Certificate of Appreciation Awarded by US Navy Commander Giuliana Velucci- I've worked as a FEMA Covid-19 First Responder, Department of Defense, Department of Justice and Department of Public Health Specialist at the height of the pandemic as Southwestern US Liaison.
Don Insley, USAF Intelligence Officer and Regional Coordinator of Operations for NLSC Corps
Christine Ekre- NLSC Corps National Coordinator extending her appreciation for the work of the Suthwest Teams.
Hanging out with my Russian and Indian Linguistics Specialists at the Culver Hotel on March 6, 2024 - 5:00-6:30 PM
Thank you to the US Department of State Scholarship Programme for the European Union
Thank you to the US Department of State Scholarship Programme for the European Union
The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State has awarded my completion of another Fulbright Program to Europe
The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State has awarded my completion of another Fulbright Program to Europe
The Fulbright Program offers grants to qualified graduate students from Finland to study at the graduate level in the United States. Scholars from Finland may apply to conduct post-doctoral research at U.S. institutions and are eligible for Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants.
The CSUNposium, also known as the Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, is a student conference featuring oral and poster presentations. The purpose is to showcase excellence in scholarly research and creative activity conducted by CSUN students across all academic disciplines.
I earned a Graduate School Academic Scholarship at CSUN in my 20's and continue to serve as a Professor in the Science Leadership Programs.
I earned a Graduate School Academic Scholarship at CSUN in my 20's and continue to serve as a Professor in the Science Leadership Programs.
US and IIE Research Scholars and Science Leaders in South Africa
US and IIE Research Scholars and Science Leaders in South Africa
US Fulbright Reserach Scholarship to Japan
US Fulbright Reserach Scholarship to Japan
Yonsei University Research Scholar - South Korea Foundation
Yonsei University Research Scholar - South Korea Foundation
UA Flight 843 Recognition as US Representative to Japan
UA Flight 843 Recognition as US Representative to Japan
US Researcher Meet in Seoul, South Korea
US Researcher Meet in Seoul, South Korea
Rotary Foundation-Group Study Exchange Scholarships- Republic of the Philippines- Building Bridges
Rotary Foundation-Group Study Exchange Scholarships- Republic of the Philippines- Building Bridges
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