Partner School Exchanges: Encouraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration, School Involvement and Community Engagement

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Partner School Exchanges Encouraging
Interdisciplinary Collaboration, School
Involvement and Community Engagement

• Deborah Johnson-Bousquet, French teacher
• Lynn Frick, English teacher
• Sauk Prairie High School

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Establish Rapport with the Partner Schools
Teachers

• Share information about your school, community
  and Wisconsin
• Discuss your plans and dreams
• Respond to interests of partner school teachers
• Provide resources and helpful information
• Understand that both sides want what is best for
  their students

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Find a Colleague within your School who shares an
interest in your project

• Someone who is willing to
• Brainstorm ideas
• work directly with French team
• alter curriculum
• make a time commitment
• invest in the project for the long term

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration The Project

• Begin dialogue with exchange teacher
• Consider curriculum
• Exchange ideas
• Allow at least a year for planning
• Apply for funding
• Face-to-face tweaking

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• Whats a book club without food?

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• Discussion circles

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• Introducing Larry Watson, author of
  Montana 1948

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• in his own words

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Reflection
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School on BoardInvolving as many as possible is
some small way

• Art
• Music
• Government
• Advanced Communications
• Family and Consumer Economics
• Sociology
• Environmental science

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Be flexible

• Expect a variety of levels of commitment
• Some plans may not work out as intended
• or may not materialize

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The Hosting Experience Planning for Success

• Encourage student participation-generate
  enthusiasm through letter exchanges, webcam
  sessions and sharing pictures ahead of time
• Letter to family detailing how this experience
  relates to the MOU and interdisciplinary projects
• Host Family Application-have families commit in
  writing
• Schedule of Activities to parents ahead of
  time-reassures host family is not responsible for
  total entertainment
• Parent meeting-expectations for hosts and guests

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Hosting An Entire Schools Experience

• Have planned activities but respect family time
• Welcome spontaneity and suggestions
• Seek help when needed
• Plan a school event-everyones welcome

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Thansgiving Welcome Dinner
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• Mashed potatoes for fifty

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• The interdisciplinary culinary team

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• Dinner in the River Arts Gallery

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• Attending sporting events

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• Involving the electives Choir

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• Band

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• Sharing music in French class

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• Carving pumpkins

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• The School Dance

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• The American Experience

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• Chicago

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• Boat ride down the Chicago River

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• Friends

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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Parent involvement

• The potluck and bonfire
• The Dells water park
• UW Mens hockey game
• Fundraising

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Community Resources-What can others contribute?

• William Jaquish-the Jaquish Dairy Farm
• Catherine Sullivan-Art historian
• Jeb Barzen- The International Crane Foundation
• Retired teachers Wayne and Kathy Bruno
• Larry Schroeder - Sauk Prairie Memorial hospital
• Gilles Bousquet - The University of
  Wisconsin-Madison

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• The Jaquish Dairy Farm

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• Jeb Barzen-The International Crane Foundation

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• Boatride down the Wisconsin River

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Lasting Friendships