About+Global+Learning+Conference+2010


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INTRODUCTION ** Since 1997 the Global Classroom Partnership of schools has held a conference once a year, known as the Global Classroom Conference, in a partnership school country. Each year the conference has had a different theme such as //culture // or //health and wellbeing // which students have prepared for in advance and come together in the conference to discuss. This year our partner school of Ridgewood High in New Jersey, USA will be hosting the Global Classroom Conference for the first time. toc

The schools involved with the Global Classroom Conference 2010 are:

- Anderson High School, Shetland, UK - Brae High School, Shetland, UK - Bobergsgymnasiet, Ånge, Sweden - Graf Friedrich Schule, Diepholz, Germany - Gymnazium Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic - Ridgewood High, Ridgewood, USA - Lake Gininderra College, Canberra, Australia - Shirley Boys High School, Christchurch, New Zealand - South Peninsula High School, Cape Town, South Africa

=**GROUP **=
 * Each GC school is invited to bring a group of up to 10 students and a student coordinator from their school, AHS and BHS will count as one school. As it will be their last opportunity to participate in the project 6th years are to be given priority for places on the project. It is aimed to have the group selected as soon as possible so that the group can begin on all the prepatory work required for the project.

As GCC 2010 will, for the first time, involve students from both Brae High School and the Anderson High School it is proposed that students will meet at least once a month if possible, more frequently closer to the Conference, to put their respective ideas and work together under a single group. Each GC school is invited to bring a group of up to 10 students and a student coordinator from their school, AHS and BHS will count as one school. As it will be their last opportunity to participate in the project 6th years are to be given priority for places on the project. It is aimed to have the group selected as soon as possible so that the group can begin on all the prepatory work required for the project.

As GCC 2010 will, for the first time, involve students from both Brae High School and the Anderson High School it is proposed that students will meet at least once a month if possible, more frequently closer to the Conference, to put their respective ideas and work together under a single group.  ** =**DATES **= The dates for the GCC 2010 in Ridgewood have been set as arriving on June 9th 2010 and departing on June 18th 2010.

= = = GLC2010 Task List = Please review the GLC2010 Tasks page for a complete listing and explanation.

=** CONFERENCE LOCATION **= Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA is a town of about 25,000 people in the state of New Jersey on the Eastern seaboard of the United States, about an hour from New York City. Therefore as they will be residing in Ridgewood students will have the opportunity to go to New York City and experience some of the attractions it has to offer such as the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Empire State Building and Broadway. Ridgewood High itself has a school roll of about 1,600 and is the only public high school in Ridgewood.

=**ACCOMMODATION **= Accommodation in Ridgewood it is hoped will be in the form of host families. It may be the case that you will be hosted alongside another GCC participant in the same house, however it is rare that you would both be of the same nationality.  =**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">STUDENT COORDINATOR **= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As has been the case in most previous Global Classroom Conferences one member from the group will be appointed as the coordinator for the whole Shetland group. The student coordinator will have the primary role of directing the group and organising frequent meetings as well as reporting on the groups progress to the International Education team. The coordinator will also have to liaise with other coordinators from each of the partner schools and travel to the USA 2/3 weeks ahead of the rest of the group in order to coordinate with all other partner school coordinators ahead of the conference.

=**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">GETTING THERE **= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Travel will begin on Northlink Ferries from Shetland to Aberdeen. From Aberdeen the group will then fly to New York with either British Airways or Air France/KLM and returning via the same route. Proposed conference dates have still to be decided upon however in line with previous years it is likely that the conference will take place during the middle of June.

=**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">COST **= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">An approximate cost for the GCC 2010 attending has been put at £500, this is not including a £100 deposit for the trip.