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Piedmont Named 1st Global-Ready School in NC

11/3/2015

Today Piedmont Middle became the first-ever school to earn the State of North Carolina's Global Ready Schools designation.

Global Ready in one Minute

Watch the above video to see a Global Ready School in Action:
Just a few of the many ways our students and teachers work to be global ready every day.

Direct Links to view video in HD : Google Drive YouTube

What is a "Global-Ready School" ?

The future is here ... and it does not include bored students!

Long before we were named "Global- ready", and even before we were officially named "IB", Piedmont was known as THE school for student-centered, active and innovative holistic teaching strategies with a global bent.

Today we use the IB Middle Years Program and Global Contexts plus personalized tech-infused learning strategies to create curious and open minded yet critical and inquiring risk takers who are knowledgeable, balanced, caring and principled.

A student who is inspired to learn is READY for whatever the GLOBAL future brings!

Slides from the NC State Board of Education meeting November 5th, 2015, where Piedmont was awarded a plaque for being the first global-ready school in the state.

Global ReadY Education in Practice

To earn this designation, Piedmont had to show evidence that we are a global-ready school. Here are some of the links we provided that show just a small slice of how we work to prepare our students each day.

LINKS are listed beneath the KEY ELEMENT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GLOBAL READY SCHOOLS RUBRIC each exemplifies:

Key Element 1

Key Element 2 - IB Global Focus Education committee impacts school decisions:

Key Element 3- global digital and content PD like these:

PD connects global competency with standards based curriculum like:

Resulting in lessons like these (sample plan) and (video)

Ongoing, daily job embedded global practice- based approach:

Key Element 4 - Engaging global content fully integrated into all standards and mapped and connected between issues and content:

Relevant Inquiry based instruction around global themes and multiple perspectives:

Sample Field trips:

International: Europe Trip https://pomsgoesinternational.wordpress.com/
National: Washington DC trip Photos and Itinerary
Local and Statewide many opportunities including
- Outer Banks http://msimmel.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/OBX+JOURNALS
- Cherokee
- Charlotte Area Trips
- Downtown walking trips

Sample Global Issue Units:

Student collaboration/peer assessment/collaborative process articulation and theoretical solutions to global issues:

Collaorative global issues solutions project
Student-Created Rubric for Multilingual Interdisciplinary Global Project
Peer Assessing Authentic Scale Models
Authentic Assessment Rooftop EggDrop and egg slingshot (if the egg doesn’t crack you have engineered a successful protective design)
Collaborative Authentic Assessment Bridge Building Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx0pdjkCdMq-M29PcG1CUTBGMk0/view
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont

Key Element 5

PBJ Service Project plan to solve a community need
Pinwheels for Child Abuse to create awareness, empathy and hope
http://piedmontwalk4ed.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/PiedmontWalk4Ed
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/love-of-learning-at-piedmont
Skate Deck Art Charity Auction
Can One Person Make An Impact? Inquiry Based Unit example
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/category/digital-citizenship
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/desmos-for-math
http://challenge2020.cmswiki.wikispaces.net

Multiple Perspectives:

Multilingual IB Monologue Project video (watch under 2 mins only)
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/we-do-advisory-right
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/celebrate-everyone-matters-day
School Abroad Virtual and F2F Partnerships:
Poland (collaborate via wiki and Skype) http://challenge2020.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/
Malawi (Social Media collaboration. cannot virutally collaborate with students- do not have internet ability) http://piedmontwalk4ed.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/PiedmontWalk4Ed
Local Global Connections and Community Partnerships:
Community Volunteers in Class
Hilton Partnership donates space to student and teacher meetings and events
Other Partnerships Community Partnerships at Piedmont

Travel Opportunities:

International https://pomsgoesinternational.wordpress.com/
Washington DC http://davidmilligan.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/WASHINGTON+DC+ITINERARY+2015
Outer Banks http://msimmel.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/OBX+JOURNALS
Cherokee Trip Curriculum Alignment
- http://msgurthie.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Webquests
- http://msgurthie.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/CriticalEvaluating

Media Center as Global Hub evidence:

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/intro-to-makerspace
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/category/makerspace
Photo evidence of Media Center Global Hub:
- Our Global Dreams Media Center Map
- Students with our Our STEM makerspace Sphero in the media center

Virtual and F2F Global Learning Experiences:

Poland (collaborate via wiki and Skype) http://challenge2020.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/
Malawi (Social Media collaboration. Cannot directly collaborate without internet ability) http://piedmontwalk4ed.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/PiedmontWalk4Ed

Experiential Learning examples

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/news-and-thoughts/digital-learning-at-piedmont
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/egg-drop-excitement
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/news-and-thoughts/big-hero-6-and-the-maker-movement
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/category/makerspace
https://youtu.be/iPPIu8t0kiI video clip of Tech infused experiential learning
Piedmont Community Service Website includes many of our community service projects

Key Element 6
Age-Appropriate Global Competency video evidence:

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/news-and-thoughts/digital-learning-at-piedmont includes age-appropriate hovercraft!
Discovering New Worlds with Tech
Piedmont in 30 Seconds Video

Blog and photo evidence of integrated global, career and post-secondary projects

Student evidence of global citizenship growth over time kept via IB portfolio and assessment such as:

Key Element 7
100% of our students study a world language PLUS we integrate Speaking World Languages into IB assignments across the curriculum:

Multilingual IB Monologue for LA and Humanities https://youtu.be/Ci7KjlLXaFI (watch 2 mins.)
Interdisciplinary Culture Cluster Multilingual Requirement
Language Arts Students India Website in partnership with Festival of India

Tech Infused Communication-Based WL examples

Quizlet , Interactive FlashCards, Online Spanish, Flipped French and other Online Resources used at Piedmont

Additional language programs offered include High School Spanish via NCVPS .

Native Speaker Curriculum Compacting andOnline Spanish, Flipped French and other Online Resources used at Piedmont including DuoLingro Memrise and virtual. High Quality Resources include
Quizlet 1 and Quizlet Example 2 , Interactive FlashCards, Online Spanish, Flipped French , Google Classroom Spanish Screenshot evidence
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont interdiciplinary

Comprehensive balanced standards aligned valid assessment evidence:

Singing in Spanish video clip
Online Spanish
Flipped French
Google Classroom Spanish Screenshots
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont Project Sample

Multiple opportunities to learn language include:

Online Spanish, Flipped French , Personalized 1:1 Google Classroom Spanish,
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/global-ready-piedmont
Language Arts Students India Website in partnership with Festival of India
International Travel
Multilingual Cross Curricular Culture Cluster
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/a-little-help-from-our-friends

Key Element 8
All courses assess global competence via PBL and IB rubrics as well as:

Comprehensive schoolwide assessment valid instruments include:

Standardized Test
Electronic portfolios http://piedmontibportfolio.weebly.com/ and http://piedmontibportfolio.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/home
IB Capstone Community Projects http://www.ibo.org/en/programmes/middle-years-programme/curriculum/myp-projects/
Examples at Piedmont of Assessments

Comprehensive assessment approach to demonstrating global competence are seen in:

Key Element 9
Evidence of our communication of global plan to teachers, stakeholders, and early and developing schools:

http://piedmonttalks.weebly.com/
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/how-to-register-for-staff photos of IB compact parents and students sign
http://myibp.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/home
Promoting our Global Education Plan to others:
Twitter http://four.tweettunnel.com/reverse2.php?textfield=PiedmontIB
https://twitter.com/LisGurthie
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com
http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/piedmontMS/Pages/Default.aspx

Communicating program data evidence:

Standardized Tests
Electronic portfolios http://piedmontibportfolio.weebly.com/ and http://piedmontibportfolio.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/home
Data-Driven Frequent Planning Meetings
- IB and other weekly and monthly Committee meetings schedule referenced at the Piedmont Global Ready School Plan
- 2014-2015 Committees from Faculty Handbook

Examples of our one way and two-way internal and external global ed communcation tools:

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com
http://jackiebarone.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Delaney+%26+Barone+Show
Piedmont Newsletter, Weekly Bulletin, Weekly Call and Email Evidence
Twitter Presence https://twitter.com/LisGurthie
Facebook
Websites Include Piedmont Talks, Celebrating Piedmont, Main Site and many Wikis

Key Element 10
Evidence our in-class Learning is connected to current work in global industries and endeavors like

Chicken Wing Dissection, Roller Coaster Design, Coding, STEM fields, etc
Bridge Building Efficiency Challenge Video Clip
Factory Industrial Design and Simulation
Active Learning in Language and Humanities Video Clips

Annual active learning with external partners

100% of our students do 20-30 hours community service plus optional involvement in:
Piedmont Top 10 Nationally Ranked Science Olympiad Team
Piedmont Odyssey of the Mind Global Competition Team
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/piemont-lego-league-team-wins
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/state-champ-history-team-heads-to-nationals
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/hi-tech-art-instruction
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/weve-got-the-second-best-dumpster-in-cms
Aerospace Collaboration with Discovery Place

Leadership participates in frequent face-to-face and online networks of school leaders

Related Posts: any posts tagged in the category PBL IB or Makerspace throughout this website, especially
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/mrs-newburger-takes-her-show-on-the-road

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