Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Seminar 1, Saturday, February 2

Location: Connecticut Association of Schools, Connecticut Principals' Center, Cheshire, CT
http://www.casciac.org/directions.shtml

Important: For Saturday, February 2, make sure your have made a photo copy of the inside page of your passport, completed payment and signed release form. If you have not completed all the forms or submitted them, you can bring them to the meeting. I will bring extra copies. Please bring business card or equivalent information so a Chinese business card can be prepared if you have not already done so.

Time: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 Arrival and Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions, Lou Pear and Dan Gregg (Ge Dan)

9:00 - 10:00 Language and Culture, Bing Liu

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:30 Building a Relationship with China: The Connecticut-Shandong Experience, Dan Gregg (Ge Dan)

11:30 - 12:00 Preparing for China, Dan Gregg (Ge Dan)

Lunch Provided 12:00 Noon

1:00 - 2:00 Thinking Ahead About Exchange, Caryn Stedman

Yingjie Liu, graduate student, University of Connecticut will be conducting research on the Connecticut Shandong School Partnership program. Ms. Liu is from Shandong Province and her research will also include partnership schools in Shandong. She will join us for the seminar.