Speaking of conferences, we should take a moment to let you know that we’re working with the fabulous Emily Tse of International Educational Research Foundation (IERF) to present a workshop on practical applications for dealing with secondary education credentials around the world.
Called “Focus on Secondary Education: Evaluating Credentials from Around the World,” it will be offered at NAFSA on Tuesday, June 1, from 8 am until 12 pm. It will be a VERY robust four hours since we’re going to cover a lot of really exciting things:
- a world roundup of the four main educational patterns including an overview of the US educational system
- resources for secondary credentials
- identifying appropriate academic records for determining assessment, especially what’s considered an official document and who the authority is
- how to deal with it when the applicant hasn’t yet reached the official document phase
- confusion between such terms as college, bachiller, baccalaureate, etc.
- academic vs. vocational track and what they can do with the respective documents at home
- lower vs. upper secondary and where they can go afterward
- GEDs
- advanced credit and things that seem like advanced credit
- Carnegie units
- forgeries and verification
For each of these exciting topics, we’ll have samples and exercises for participants to review and process during the workshop to ensure a thorough understanding. We’re also going to provide a manual of all of the documents including samples of resource material, resources to use in the workshop, a copy of the new & exciting IERF “Index of Secondary Credentials” which also has sample documents, and an appendix of the major secondary credentials. The workshop won’t be your standard lecture and note-taking; it will include discussion, case studies, debate, group exercises, and more!
Check out http://acsearch.nafsa.org/Default.aspx for more information, and be sure to register before the Early Bird deadline on April 23.