this is "news 4 youodsunday." >> orning and welcome to "news 4 your sunday," i'mrika gonzalez in for pat lawson muse. so hard to believe but it is almost back to school time. in less than a month public school students will be back ins their classrh the first day of school monday august 20th. today we will be talking about global education programs in d.c. publi schools that many people may not know about. so joining me th morning to engage in this conversation is the wley, kate ireland, director of global education with dcps and carmen shepherd. good morning, ladies, and thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> just the concept of global

education at an elementary, middle schl, high scho level to me is mind blowing. i was privileged to be able to water at then that college level. so to think that we've got in d.c. an portunity for students at such a young age to access this is enomenal. tell me, kate, let's start with you, about so of the key global education programs offered with dcps. >> the reason thatve the invested in this and doing these different programs is exactly as you said, weve that it is something that can really change thatrajectory for students sometimes can be reserved for sort of a privileged anew, with heto make sure this is an inherent partur of children's studies in the district. we have world languages that we offer starting in kindergarten for every student in every chool in the city, we have our global program which include our study abroad program, fully

brfunded studyad for middle and high school students, we have our embassy adoption program, we bring local diplomats in to workith students and then in global vaudies we have global scholar certificateable for students, globally focused schools including seventi interal baccalaureate schools in the district. at ou both are principals these ib schools. at that you can to me about youd studentshe type of learning that they now have access to withofhese types programs and what you're seeing in your students. what you're being able toffer them. >> i'll start. about pson it really i creating a culture of learning. our a students learning what it means to be risk takers, learning what it means to question the worldd them. >> sure. >> and to be thinkers, right? so we want them coming away with some content knowledge, but also thinking about that doesis learning mean for me. >> right.

>> and how do i take action or steg to do someth about whatever the problem is that i'm learning about. >> at an elementary school level get o students that young the global concept? what is that they're doing? because they are not the ones thaare going abroad sohat are they doing at the elementary school level? >> so at shepherd it l ks like a lot of cultural celebrations, we celebration mark hardmardi. >> and the driver sit of that. thompson is an incredibly iniverse school so bng in those cultures that automatically exist in our buildg, having thoseolks celebrate that and then let's see what it looks like in nicaragua or el salvador, for example, and then there's other ways through of course online studies that we are able to maybe connect with students in another plaoutside of what we see every day in our neighborhoods. >> how many d.c. public schools are ib schools? >> seven. >> seven. >> across the district, yes.

>> okay. i mean, is that -- is that a fair amount for students to be able to -- for parents i should say to be able to try to getne into f these schools for these programs. >> absolutely. >> the size of the district. >> we have these global programs that any student can i synchto at any school. our ib schools are an opportunity for parents and families that are particularly interested i bringing the all l mindset in through these different celebrations,eb cting that diversity of our city and the global nature of it. with seven lsib schof you look at how we place across the map you are looking at the spread of the city. there are opportunities in a lot of our different neighborhoods and also opportunities therough lottery system for parents that may not be living in sort of that boundary aata could engage with that school. >> we still have more time to go. i want to dive into where this s concept cofrom, the international baccalaureate, and for our middle schoolers and high schoolers that do have the opportunity to go abroad what that looks like for them. hang wh me, we ar going to take a quick commercial break

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welcome back to "news 4 your sunday." we are talking back to school on a global level with dcps. kate, i want to ask you about on the interna baccalaureate concept. where does this come from and do your teachers have to have special training in order for these seven schools to be able to offer this their students? >> sure. so ib is not something that dcps created, the international baccalaureate organization started this program model back in the 1960s.ha the idea is it would be a school model that was available to often students of diplomats who would be traveling the world and who need co have atinual education system no matter where they lived. so it set some standard international benchmarks that are now recognized as some of the highest really in the education field. aso ib is model that many different schools and districts across our country instifferent es and across the world

naopt and leads to a diploma that is internaty recognized as well. >> and the training for that? do you have to have a certain certification in order to teach this, whether it's dual language, immersio i mean, abroad? >> yeah, so ib hasal thorough trainings that they offer for teachers and this is specific to what your content area is going to be and can help you de into a particular course or your grade level and i know that our principals often send my of their teachers -- because that is a requirement of being part of the ib is that you lyve teachers re immersed in this knowledge. >> and the authorization, so like we're- thompson started in 2010 so right before i joined e community and are actually getting ready to be reauthorized so it's really an idea ofkind of coming back together to look at our programming to see if we're doing what it we're supposed to be doing.en so it's reat. and shepherd is right behind us. >> at an elementary schoevel kids in dcps have the opportunity to attend these schools, dual immersion, you

have french -- >> shepherd offers french and spanish from our three year olds to our fifth graders. >>t's incredible. >> we're chinese mandarin at tromp son, it's exposure to the language. even our three year olds nern how to say nehow and communicate. >> at the higher level, middle school, high school, those kidsv dontura broad. >> they do. >> what does that look like? >> dcps study abroad is a program we launched three summers ago. it has a -- as a few days ago we've sent 1,400 students and ducators abroad fully funded. >> wow. >> we've been6 on different interest incompetence to 17 different countries. >> how long. >> 12 days. each of our students are first time travel sneers first time'mn a plane,sure, much less overseas. >> we try to remove the different barriers that might xist. we provided over800 pass two ports for free, suitcases if they need them and truly everything is covered and the students are coming back and

telling u this isetting them more excited to continue to arn a language,to study and work abroad. they are talking about the friendshipshey form, the interests that they're developing and learning about one another's culture because themp trips encs students from across the district. there are a lot of different cultures even within the tip itself. >> why would you say it's important for a student at that level to dip their toe in that water, to venture into something that may be uncomfortable or unknown to them, whether it -- you know, even if it is for 12 days, for 14 days, at that age that's a lot and it's important. tell me why. >> it is. for us it'smportant for two reasons, first is the sort of tangible piece of it. so sdents leavehe program knowing that they are able to be global travelers. so this is something that is possible for them. they have a passport in their sock drawer, they have he suitcase in closet. they may be on their first plea, they may be headed out for the t. irs timir the person in their family to travel. the other is this rt of social/emotional impact that we're hearing -- we're doing a

longitudinal study with gw and t hearing t students have increased confidence, have increased motivation to learn and then we'r seeing that with the data. so the students that are traveling with us are more likely to take the sats, doing bettert on s, getting more acceptance at colleges. we think the intrinsic pieces are being tangible effects. >> we have a few seconds left. plse chime in. we want to make sure that parents have access to this information. so where do they reach out? how can they learn more aboutl glo education with dcps at whatever level their child may ly? >> absolu so we have a website dcp lobaled.org and that encompasses all of our programs. there is a lot of information about our different ib schools, about the study abroad program and adoption program. everything we encompass is on seat website. >> anything ethat you ladies would like to add? l> i mean, i've been blessed to walk into a schhat already has this program in place and i can tell you tha thatft data

that you can't gather as well is really critical. sothe work that ib is able to help us do in our schools is developing that really positive school culture, getting kids thinking and deeply invested in their learning so that they can be a risk taker and understand what it means to be able to traveas another tion. brawley n shepherd, jay and kate ireland, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> we look forward to welco ang ba of our students within the district of columbia. stay with us. coming back with much more. hey! havertys is having a big sale. #newlivingroom

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continuing our conversation about innovative education o programs helpi students i'm joined by the executive irectors of two organizations that are helping kids from low income homes succeed in school. i want to introduce you to bny and lisa carter with the child and family network centers based

in alexandria. so tell me a little bit before we drive into some other questions, it he will me -- let's get a base for what each of the programs and the organizations does for students, both in d.c. and in alexandria. >> our name tells it all. we offer mprehensive after school programming to middle school students in particular. >> middle school, >> in title one schools. title one wou serve 600 students in seven schools and four are -- and three are . charte they are in communities where let's say resource right side not abundant. >> lease say, yourself. >> the child development centers weretarted in 1984, group of moms, 17 of their kids failed out of kindergarten, i didknt even you could fail out of kindergart kindergarten. they said we have to do something. therea acr d those kids were deemed gifted when they got to kindergartene that

year. we've been around doing this for 34 ars, we have ex classrooms in alexandria, 138 kids. we will turn an apartment complex, a two bedroom apartment into a classroom or storefront into a classroom. in kids are going to scho the neighborhoods that need us the most. most people are familiar with head start, we're serving the kids that fall through the cracks. they are making on average $27,000 a year for the family of four. >> early childhood education. >> they cannot afford that free cool education so we provide that for those families in communities in alexand 9,000 kids have walked through our schools. >> kids are coming back to schofl, what do some these after school programs consist of? what is the length of time and then we can dive into benefits of having a place for students to go where they can feel safe, where they can exert some positive energy and at the same time they can get something ewt of itding as well,

right? so talk to me a little bit about that. > that's exactly right. our mission is to offer comprehense programming and when i say comprehensive it means every day school is session from whatever time school ends up to 6:00 p.m. at night. you're right, it a safe place. our vision is for our all stars to really be safe and healthy, to gruate from high school and go to college, find a career they love and giveto back their community. to each one of these statements program anda real everything is layered with what we call social emotional learng. >> so as middle schooler, how do parents find out about this program? is it something they can voluntarily enroll in or what is it that they need to do? and if myud t is a middle schooler what is it that they're going to be doing? are they taki homework, are they outside blah i go with other udents or what does that program look like? >> we operate in schools so it's

very simple, we are partners with the school and there is -- you know, they help us spread the word that our program in there is a free program and we accept everybody. so everybody can enroll, it's just a matter of receiving paperwork backand everybody is n lled. our kids eat first and that is an i wish auto. >> you that's important. itis a issue. >> so if there is no food in a school provide theschofood. so they have a snack or supper depending on the school and we effectively extend the academic time because the first thing they do is academic support. everybody klpe:]m about the achievement gap so we help close the achievement gap, but there is also an opportunity gap that is very real. there is a difference between what kids in some parts of town can do because the parents can provide extracurricular activity and others don't have the opportunity.

ve lisa, we a little less than a minute before we go to commercial break. we are coming back with mo time, but what is it about the early childhood education that is just necessary, it's places l and in some where it may be free and other places it's not, but it is essential. >> yeah, you just said it, it really is, it's the critical ca component se kids are learning and their brains are developing so much between zero to five and all of the studies show if they just have that early education they will be mo likely to graduate from high school, go to college, this he will get a good job,heare going to be members of the community and give back and contribute versus going to prison and all of those other things we don't want kids to do. in that short amount of time they're in preschool they're getting ready for kindergarten but we're setting them up for success in life. >> we have much more to talk about after this commercial break. stay with us.

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for pat lawson muse. lisa, let's pick up where we left of it pertains to child and family network centers. you are not just dealing with young students, but your programs also support families,e the ps that are involved in all of this as well. so talk to me about the that child and family network centers provides to the parents. >> right. absolutely. because the parents have to be involved in their child's education because they are the first ine of he had can a i for their kids, right? so we have social workers on staff who work with the paren to set goals throughout the year so they're supporting those parents not just in helping to get them more involved in their child's education a how do i -- you know, if i can't read in english how do i that with my child at home, how do i look at the pictures and look at the colors ifaty edn level is not there to support that. >> sure. ut so some of those pieces, in addition looking at the families and saying what are the goals you want to set? do you want more affordable housing? do you want to earn length lish? do you want to have a better job? soing with them through that process over the ten months

that we have these families and tu children because we have them for that one year so f we do a lot two, in a short amount of time helping families to be more self-sufficient as well as the kids. it's a little more difficult for us, too, because we're talking in multiple languages, we have 19 countries and nine languages represented this year. >> wow. you are nonprofit so it is free bilingual education for these young learners. >> right. >> and their parents as well. tell me a few of these langu that you rattled off there. >> right now our teachers are speaking in arabic and in spanish. most of o students are spanish speaners, but we do have n languages. often we don't have somebody who can speak with all of those languages but we do the best we can. >> talk to me about the need in your respective areasn alexandria talk to me about the need for early childhood education, talk t me about the need for these after school ograms for kids who have a

safe place to go to after school. 's a little bit what i said before, it's the opportunity nkgap. if you tbout yourself when you were in middle school you participated in extracurricular activity and it shaped w you are today. >> correct. >> it's a social/emotional learning, it's growingp as a rounded individual, it's unlocking the potenti that every child has, regardless of where they are born or where th live. >> right. >> that's what we're offering. >> can i put you in the hot seat and ask you what do you know a number would be about how many students you learn? >> about 600. >> wow. okay. >> about 600. why he. >> lisa, for yourself. >> 600 is rally actually the number in alexandria, there's 60 625 accordi to the state of virginia that need these services so we learn 1 children, there are other providers in alexandria including the city of alexdria nd acps who do offer he had can a igs to lo incomefamilies but we are not learning all of the kids. we'd love to be d.c. and havesa

univ preschool, but we are not there yet. we'd like to serve fae low incomlies first, there is 100, 150 that needs services in alexandria just in this range. >> do you need volunteers? how can people pitch in and help. >> we always can use volunteers for everything. we run a basketball camp where it's all mentors and volunteers. with he need positive mentors for our children >> lisa. >> come on by, you can be in the classroom anytime with the kids but sometimes we need you to mulch the playground or paint the walls, all of those things need to get done and we used volunteers and volunteer board members as well. ifnybody is interested in getting more involved -- >> how many different locations you all have. >> we have eight classrooms so we have lots of playgrounds that need sprucip and lots of classrooms that could use a deep cleaning. >> aac the kids are coming to school. any words of advice to the parents the last couple seconds here that i will give you both. any words of advice or encouragement to our students or the parents with their students as they get ready to get ck to

school? >> oh, my gosh. my word of advice is st, you know, go with the flow, be freks i believe and adaptable. things happen and youan't be prepared for everything, so just be prepared for how much you can. >> and services areut there. services and help is out there if you can't. >> i'm g we have had this opportunity to be able to inform people about what is out there and hopefully to try to get the right type of tools into our students' hands, right? sometimes that's hard. reit's hard for pts and it's hard for teachers because we know that they pick up the slack when the ki come into the classroom and maybe they are not prepared. that's where we need your help. as we get closer to the new school year nbc 4 is working foh you wur annual backpacks for kids campaign and our goal is to donate new backpacks filled wihool supplies to 4,000 elementary school students in need when school starts this year. plea go to nbcwashington.com and search backpacks to learn how you can help us reach our goal. daniella and lisa, thank you very much for yourme. thank you for joining us on "news 4 your sunday."

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