Peace Corps

Conference Schedule

August 1, 2007

8:30—9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30—10:00 a.m. Icebreakers
10:00—11:00 a.m. Opening Keynote Event
Welcome Remarks: Jody Olsen, Deputy Director, Peace Corps
Introduction: Amy Horton, Director, Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research, Peace Corps
Speaker: Susan Sclafani, Director, Chartwell Education Group
11:00—12:00 p.m Panel Session 1
Integrating Global Issues Into the Curriculum
Gregory Fulkerson, Education Associate, World Languages and International Education, Delaware Department of Education
Betsi Shays, Deputy Director, International Affairs Office,
U.S. Department of Education
Robert Costello, Digital Media Coordinator, Encyclopedia of Life, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Audra Schmitt, Global history and geography mentor teacher, Rochester, New York
12:00— 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided
1:00— 1:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Thiagi , President, Thiagi Group
1:45— 2:30 p.m.

Panel Session 2
Taking Action—Global Issues and Service Learning
Karen Scheuerer, Manager, Global Action, Girl Scouts of the USA
Betsy McWhirt, National Director, Roots & Shoots USA
Amy Cohen, Director, Learn and Serve America

2:30— 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45— 3:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Matthew Erdman, Project Manager, Ecofusion
3:45— 5:30 p.m.

Resource Provider Fair

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