00:00:09:16	00:00:11:13	>> Each fall, Lodi High school
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00:00:18:07	00:00:19:24	Dozens of speakers from all over
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00:00:21:04	00:00:22:14	students about their countries,
00:00:22:14	00:00:24:04	cultures and communities.
00:00:24:04	00:00:25:15	(clapping)
00:00:25:15	00:00:27:08	>> Again!
00:00:27:08	00:00:29:09	>> Speakers Festival involves
00:00:29:09	00:00:30:22	speakers, many of them from
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00:00:33:17	00:00:35:08	who've traveled.
00:00:35:08	00:00:36:13	We have people from Egypt,
00:00:36:13	00:00:38:04	people from Afghanistan.
00:00:38:04	00:00:39:11	We have military people.
00:00:39:11	00:00:40:19	We have people who traveled
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00:00:42:08	00:00:43:16	>> We bring approximately
00:00:43:16	00:00:44:19	40 speakers in,
00:00:44:19	00:00:46:13	and have different sessions.
00:00:46:13	00:00:49:29	>> Hello from Thailand!
00:00:49:29	00:00:51:18	>> Does anybody
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00:00:54:03	00:00:55:05	>> I do.
00:00:55:05	00:00:56:10	>> Okay.
00:00:56:10	00:00:57:17	>> Okay, what is your guys'
00:00:57:17	00:00:59:03	favorite thing about Thailand?
00:00:59:03	00:01:00:24	>> And it's purpose is to
00:01:00:24	00:01:02:17	show students, show adults,
00:01:02:17	00:01:04:01	show communities,
00:01:04:01	00:01:05:11	why it is important
00:01:05:11	00:01:07:01	to have international education
00:01:07:01	00:01:09:05	happening for our students.
00:01:11:28	00:01:13:16	>> I was a brand new teacher
00:01:13:16	00:01:16:11	in the fall of 2001.
00:01:16:11	00:01:18:03	I watched the Towers come down
00:01:18:03	00:01:20:01	in my classroom.
00:01:20:01	00:01:21:15	I need to help my students
00:01:21:15	00:01:22:20	understand the world
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00:01:24:04	00:01:25:18	they can be active participants.
00:01:25:18	00:01:26:28	The purpose of doing
00:01:26:28	00:01:28:10	international education is to
00:01:28:10	00:01:31:21	really help students understand
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00:01:34:12	00:01:36:21	>> In the Black Sea region...
00:01:36:21	00:01:37:29	>> This is a great opportunity
00:01:37:29	00:01:39:05	for them to think
00:01:39:05	00:01:40:14	outside the box, understand
00:01:40:14	00:01:42:00	that there are other cultures,
00:01:42:00	00:01:43:20	and take that into their life.
00:01:43:20	00:01:44:25	>> If we continue to just
00:01:44:25	00:01:46:10	focus on, are we competing,
00:01:46:10	00:01:47:22	we're missing an opportunity
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00:01:50:12	00:01:52:00	>> We need to get in that boat,
00:01:52:00	00:01:53:19	or we will be left behind.
00:01:53:19	00:01:54:29	>> So, what we wanted to do
00:01:54:29	00:01:56:06	is invite our community
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00:01:57:25	00:01:59:09	>> So we formed this year,
00:01:59:09	00:02:00:26	a district-wide, community-wide
00:02:00:26	00:02:02:08	International Education
00:02:02:08	00:02:03:10	Committee.
00:02:03:10	00:02:04:16	>> We have members
00:02:04:16	00:02:05:21	of the community,
00:02:05:21	00:02:06:25	including clergy, our mayor.
00:02:06:25	00:02:08:03	We have teachers here,
00:02:08:03	00:02:09:21	business leaders, parents.
00:02:09:21	00:02:10:26	>> They asked me
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00:02:13:08	00:02:14:17	I took it to the corporation
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00:02:16:04	00:02:17:24	They strongly supported it.
00:02:17:24	00:02:19:05	>> The goal is really
00:02:19:05	00:02:20:14	to establish a mission statement
00:02:20:14	00:02:21:21	that will drive our
00:02:21:21	00:02:23:02	international education goals
00:02:23:02	00:02:24:04	in our district,
00:02:24:04	00:02:25:13	in our community.
00:02:25:13	00:02:26:28	>> International Ed Week itself
00:02:26:28	00:02:28:10	is not very expensive.
00:02:28:10	00:02:29:13	The speakers come.
00:02:29:13	00:02:30:15	They donate their time.
00:02:30:15	00:02:32:05	The staff brings the food,
00:02:32:05	00:02:33:20	donates the food.
00:02:33:20	00:02:35:05	But there's also some parents
00:02:35:05	00:02:36:22	and community members who feel
00:02:36:22	00:02:38:15	that we shouldn't be doing this.
00:02:38:15	00:02:39:25	>> Taxpayers, certainly, who
00:02:39:25	00:02:41:06	wonder where their tax dollars
00:02:41:06	00:02:43:05	are being spent and why.
00:02:43:05	00:02:44:12	>> Is the school there
00:02:44:12	00:02:45:26	a lot bigger
00:02:45:26	00:02:47:12	and different than ours?
00:02:47:12	00:02:48:20	>> Yeah, the school here
00:02:48:20	00:02:50:14	is so much bigger...
00:02:50:14	00:02:51:21	>> That we should be focusing
00:02:51:21	00:02:53:09	more on reading, writing,
00:02:53:09	00:02:55:18	you know, those types of things.
00:02:55:18	00:02:57:16	And our goal is we do both.
00:02:57:16	00:02:58:21	>> Basically, what I tell them
00:02:58:21	00:03:00:03	is, you know,
00:03:00:03	00:03:02:15	it takes about $12,000-$13,000
00:03:02:15	00:03:04:08	to educate one student.
00:03:04:08	00:03:05:15	And we don't even begin to spend
00:03:05:15	00:03:07:01	that on all of our international
00:03:07:01	00:03:08:08	programs put together.
00:03:08:08	00:03:09:09	>> We budgeted,
00:03:09:09	00:03:10:22	I believe, $16,000,
00:03:10:22	00:03:12:29	but spent closer to $3,800.
00:03:12:29	00:03:15:12	$3,800 is a very minimal amount
00:03:15:12	00:03:17:01	of money when you're looking at
00:03:17:01	00:03:19:21	our $18 million budget.
00:03:19:21	00:03:21:03	>> So it's a very minimal
00:03:21:03	00:03:22:17	cost for each student
00:03:22:17	00:03:23:24	that we can impact.
00:03:23:24	00:03:24:26	>> We start with a small core,
00:03:24:26	00:03:25:29	just like any other
00:03:25:29	00:03:27:03	great change that you have, you
00:03:27:03	00:03:28:10	have to start with a core group
00:03:28:10	00:03:29:21	of really dedicated people.
00:03:29:21	00:03:30:28	>> We're beginning to have
00:03:30:28	00:03:32:03	other districts come
00:03:32:03	00:03:33:05	and look at us as examples and
00:03:33:05	00:03:34:18	that's fantastic.
00:03:34:18	00:03:36:02	>> I'm Sallie Hanna-Downey.
00:03:36:02	00:03:37:06	I'm a special education teacher
00:03:37:06	00:03:38:11	at Parker High School
00:03:38:11	00:03:39:14	in Janesville.
00:03:39:14	00:03:40:21	We were trying to kind of
00:03:40:21	00:03:41:24	brainstorm to see if this
00:03:41:24	00:03:43:00	is something
00:03:43:00	00:03:45:10	that we can get a handle on.
00:03:45:10	00:03:46:19	It was amazing.
00:03:46:19	00:03:47:27	I saw a lot of the students
00:03:47:27	00:03:49:12	engaged, so I want to bring it
00:03:49:12	00:03:50:22	to Parker High School.
00:03:50:22	00:03:52:16	>> I live in an apartment...
00:03:52:16	00:03:53:23	>> One of the things that
00:03:53:23	00:03:54:26	students tell us about
00:03:54:26	00:03:56:03	our Speakers Festival is
00:03:56:03	00:03:57:25	how much it has impacted them,
00:03:57:25	00:03:58:27	and makes them want
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00:03:59:28	00:04:01:05	>> I like the Speakers Festival,
00:04:01:05	00:04:02:06	because we definitely learned
00:04:02:06	00:04:03:07	a lot about people
00:04:03:07	00:04:04:09	from other countries.
00:04:04:09	00:04:05:13	>> It almost brings tears
00:04:05:13	00:04:08:07	to my eyes, because they see,
00:04:08:07	00:04:09:18	they were impacted
00:04:09:18	00:04:11:02	by what we're doing.
00:04:11:02	00:04:12:16	>> Greece and Bulgaria,
00:04:12:16	00:04:13:26	and it has borders
00:04:13:26	00:04:15:25	with European Union, as you see.
00:04:15:25	00:04:16:29	>> We need to provide
00:04:16:29	00:04:18:11	our students with the skills
00:04:18:11	00:04:19:29	to function in the 21st century,
00:04:19:29	00:04:22:00	educationally, professionally.
00:04:22:00	00:04:23:15	When talking about international
00:04:23:15	00:04:26:09	education, Lodi gets it.
00:04:26:09	00:04:27:16	>> It's just this rippling
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00:04:29:05	00:04:31:03	our school and our community.
00:04:31:03	00:04:32:08	I think that makes us
00:04:32:08	00:04:33:12	really feel good
00:04:33:12	00:04:34:29	about what we're doing.
00:04:34:29	00:04:36:01	>> Can we say it again?
00:04:36:01	00:04:37:08	>> Hakuna matata.
00:04:37:08	00:04:38:21	>> Hakuna matata...
00:04:38:21	00:04:40:02	>> Well, I think it's
00:04:40:02	00:04:41:22	invaluable, it really is.
00:04:41:22	00:04:42:28	>> A truly educational
00:04:42:28	00:04:44:05	experience, for not only the
00:04:44:05	00:04:45:18	kids, but also for ourselves,
00:04:45:18	00:04:47:26	and I wanted to be a part of it.
00:04:47:26	00:04:49:06	>> Hakuna matata.
00:04:49:06	00:04:50:15	>> Hakuna matata means
00:04:50:15	00:04:52:17	no problems...
00:04:52:17	00:04:53:21	>> Through international
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00:04:55:05	00:04:57:03	our students are growing.
00:04:57:03	00:04:58:26	>> It's changing kids' lives.
00:04:58:26	00:05:00:02	It's opening doors that they
00:05:00:02	00:05:01:19	didn't even know were there.
00:05:01:19	00:05:03:01	It's wonderful.
00:05:03:01	00:05:05:04	They'll remember it, always.
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