CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS“All the presenters showed up promptly, were wonderfully prepared,

and engaged our students thoroughly.” Margarita Throop | NC Teacher

Carolina Navigators enriches the education of both UNC-Chapel Hill and K-12 students through engaged global learning. A total of 39 Carolina Navigators made 348 presentations to 10,617 students and 451 teachers in 44 schools in 10 North Carolina counties. The program did 85 presentations in low income Title I schools receiving financial assistance from the US government.

SERVICE-LEARNING“I thought you’d like to know how your instruction with Carolina

Navigators has led the way to future K-12 outreach even after graduation.” Carina Brossy | World View Program

For the fourth year, CN program coordinator Tara Muller taught the service-learning course “Intercultural Education in K-12 Classrooms.” The course gives UNC students ideas for integrating their own international experiences and knowledge to further the education of K-12 students. Topics studied include language immersion, intercultural communication tools, international math, globally focused professional development for teachers, and best practices for global education currently underway in our state. The course enrolled the capped maximum of 14 students who contributed 573 hours of service and drove 2,288 miles to deliver 109 presentations to 4,047 children over the course of the spring

semester. The service-learning students also organized events with the International Academy at Carrboro High School, Orange County Literacy Council and UNC’s Global Village.

NATIONAL IMPACT“I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated attending this

wonderful session. The discussions were so helpful and I gained much needed information regarding our emerging K-12 project.” Bonita Ewers | Elizabeth City State University

Carolina Navigators hosted a national workshop for K-12 classroom speakers programs in June 2009. Thirty participants from universities as far away as Hawaii, New York, Texas, Michigan, Illinois and Florida gathered to participate and receive Carolina Navigators materials to help start or strengthen an existing K-12 program. Materials provided included an evaluation toolkit, presenter handbook and training DVD, service-learning course syllabus and models for utilizing the latest technology. This year our program was also showcased in the March/April edition of International Educator, NAFSA’s magazine for international education professionals and at sessions in NAFSA and US Department of Education conferences.

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ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERSThis year the program added an advisory board of

teachers, community members and university staff

to help guide new ideas and directions for the program.

INCREASING EFFICIENCYAnother exciting development is the completion of an

online database for teachers and presenters. This

database saves both time and money by streamlining

administrative work related to creating, promoting

and scheduling presentations. Listings of presentations and

scheduled requests are now personalized for each user so that

information is easy to keep track of and is all in one place.

EMBRACING TECHNOLOGYPartnering with the UNC Study Abroad Office and the North

Carolina Center for International Understanding, we now

bring live virtual presentations from around the

world to NC classrooms. Interested UNC students

studying abroad are being paired with participating K-12

classrooms to deliver one cultural presentation a month

through live web conferencing from their host country.

Once students return to UNC, they will visit their partner

classrooms in person for a final presentation.

We are also developing for teachers an online bank of

resources related to our culture kits and presentations

which connect their topics to the North Carolina Standard

Course of Study in an effort to extend the reach and

usefulness of our resources.

NEW INITIATIVES

MEASURING IMPACTEnrolled UNC Students 14

Total Service Hours 573

Total Presentations Delivered 109

Total K-12 Students Served 4,047

Frank P. Graham Elementary 4Girl Scout Troops 4Glenwood Elementary 24Grape Arbor 7Gravelly Hill Middle 7Hillsborough Elementary 1Mary Scroggs Elementary 22McDougle Middle 12Mel and Zora Rashkis Elementary 19Orange County Literacy Council 8Orange County Public Library 2Smith Middle 12UNC-Chapel Hill Campus 16Woodlawn Middle 1Woods Charter 2

PERSON 2Southern Middle 2

TRANSYLVANIA 2 Brevard Middle 2

WAKE 28 Cardinal Gibbons High 3Cary Academy 3Garner High 2Girl Scout Troop 1Leesville Road Middle 1Salem Middle 4Southeast Raleigh High 10Wiley Elementary 4

WAYNE 3 Charles B. Aycock High 3

NON-TRADITIONAL PRESENTAITONS:

After-School Programs 38Girl Scout Troops 5Orange County Public Library 2Orange County Literacy Council 8Taste of Durham Festival 11UNC-Chapel Hill Campus 16

CAROLINA NAVIGATORS

CENTER for GLOBAL INITIATIVES

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Campus Box 5145 | Chapel Hill NC 27599

+1 919 843 6860 tel | navigators@unc.edu

cgi.unc.edu/navigators

348 presentations to 10,617 students and 451 teachers in

44 schools in 10 counties

RESOURCE LIBRARY CHECK-OUTS: 97New culture kits for: Senegal, Bangladesh and Israel

PRESENTATIONS BY WORLD REGIONAFRICAAMERICAS

ASIAEUROPE

M. EASTGLOBAL

5262

8051

1885

Culture

Arts/Folktales

Global Issues

Holidays/Religion

Language

48%

20%

13%

13%

6%

PRESENTATION TOPICS

PRESENTATIONS PER GRADE LEVEL:

Elementary (K - 5th) 149Middle (6th - 8th) 120High School (9th - 12th) 49Adult 9All Ages (Festivals) 21

PRESENTATIONS PER COUNTY/SCHOOL:

ALAMANCE 5Graham High 4Hawbridge Charter High 1

CABARRUS 4 Carolina International Day 4

CHATHAM 62 J.S. Waters 43Moncure 16Perry W. Harrison 3

DURHAM 35 C.C. Spaulding Elementary 1Creekside Elementary 2Durham Academy 9Sherwood Githens Middle 4Hope Valley Elementary 1Kestrel Heights 7Taste of Durham Festival 11

GUILFORD 11 Allen Middle 1Brooks Global Studies Magnet 7Southeast Middle 2Vandalia Elementary 1

ORANGE 196 C.W. Stanford Middle 7Carrboro Elementary 21Carrboro High 19Chapel Hill High 3East Chapel Hill High 1Emerson Waldorf Middle 1Estes Hills Elementary 3

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