FLGS Collaboration and Partnership Building Zoom

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Time: March 26, 2021 at 17:00-18:30 Finnish time (GMT +2:00)
Location: Zoom

Welcome to the Fulbright Leaders for Global Schools’ Fellows’ Collaboration and Partnership Building Zoom!

The theme of the event is Developing diverse, equal and language aware schools. When registering, the participants were asked to answer the following two questions related to the event theme:

  • What is the single most important challenge in your school/district related to developing diversity, equality and language awareness?
  • What type of U.S.-Finnish partnership/collaboration are you interested in exploring?

Get to know the participants by reading their bios:

Program

16:50 Zoom Call Opens

17:00 Welcome and Introductions

  • Mirka McIntire, Manager, Teacher Exchange and Education Programs, Fulbright Finland Foundation
  • Elizabeth Devlin-Foltz, Senior Program Officer, Teacher Exchange Branch, ECA
  • Jonathan Ferguson, Senior Project Director for the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs, IREX

17:10 Presentation: Finnish approach: Developing diverse, equal and language aware schools from leadership perspective 

  • Raija Johnson, Principal, Ojanperä School, Liminka
  • Eeva Lumiaro, Head of School, Friisilä School, Espoo
  • Anne Moilanen, Director and Head Teacher, Hiukkavaara School and Community Center, Oulu
  • Arita Norrbäck, Vice Principal, Tiistilä School, Espoo
  • Saana Ruotsala, Principal, Mattlidens Gymnasium, Espoo

17:30 Breakout Room Activity: Partnership Building “Speed Dating”    

18:00 Discussion Highlights

18:25 Closing Words

18:30 Event Ends

The event is by invitation only.

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