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Kansas in the World Award Winners
Posted 3:09PM - Wednesday, June7, 2006
Marian Sheeran (Japanese Teacher), Dr Rimmington, Cheryi Hannon (Principal in charge of CIS),
Nancy Hope (Executive Committee for KCIES) and Tanya Low (Chinese Teacher).
Kansas in the World Awards for Excellence in International Education in Schools for 2006 were presented to Shawnee Mission South High School and Southwest Junior High School, Lawrence at the recent KSDE Conference in Wichita. The awards comprise a plaque and $1,000. These awards recognize one elementary/middle school and one high school, each year that show a commitment to increasing international learning across the curriculum.
The jury for 2006 included:
Randi Hacker, Kansas
Committee for International Education in the Schools
Nancy Hope, Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia
Dr. Glyn Rimmington, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Global Learning, Wichita State University
Melanie Stuart, Kansas State Department of Education
Shari L. Wilson, Kansas Humanities Council
The Kansas Committee for International Education in the Schools (KCIES) is a statewide group of policymakers, educators, representatives of the business community, and other interested individuals first organized in 2003. The KCIES promotes the infusion of international topics into the K-12 curriculum, raises public awareness of the need for international education, and provides resources for teachers, students, parents and communities. Housed in the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas, the KCIES has received generous grant funding from the Asia Society, the Longview Foundation, the American Forum for Global Education, and the Kansas Asia Community Connection. For more information, see www.kansasintheworld.org.
Posted 3:09PM - Wednesday, June7, 2006
Marian Sheeran (Japanese Teacher), Dr Rimmington, Cheryi Hannon (Principal in charge of CIS),
Nancy Hope (Executive Committee for KCIES) and Tanya Low (Chinese Teacher).
Kansas in the World Awards for Excellence in International Education in Schools for 2006 were presented to Shawnee Mission South High School and Southwest Junior High School, Lawrence at the recent KSDE Conference in Wichita. The awards comprise a plaque and $1,000. These awards recognize one elementary/middle school and one high school, each year that show a commitment to increasing international learning across the curriculum.
The jury for 2006 included:
Randi Hacker, Kansas
Committee for International Education in the Schools
Nancy Hope, Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia
Dr. Glyn Rimmington, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Global Learning, Wichita State University
Melanie Stuart, Kansas State Department of Education
Shari L. Wilson, Kansas Humanities Council
The Kansas Committee for International Education in the Schools (KCIES) is a statewide group of policymakers, educators, representatives of the business community, and other interested individuals first organized in 2003. The KCIES promotes the infusion of international topics into the K-12 curriculum, raises public awareness of the need for international education, and provides resources for teachers, students, parents and communities. Housed in the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas, the KCIES has received generous grant funding from the Asia Society, the Longview Foundation, the American Forum for Global Education, and the Kansas Asia Community Connection. For more information, see www.kansasintheworld.org.
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