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This is the third year of the International Professional Development Schools Consortium partnership between SUNY Buffalo State and Santiago, Chile. It has truly been a pleasure to be part of the program’s development as the IPDS builds the Zambia and Dominican Republic programs while also expanding to Germany, Italy, and China. The opportunity to connect with educators around the globe has strengthened our work locally in so many new ways.
The reach of IPDS is also moving across the teacher education unit at SUNY Buffalo State. This year, Dr. Angela Patti of the SUNY Buffalo State Exceptional Education Department has joined the program to extend opportunities for teacher candidates, faculty, and children. This new collaboration builds on the February 2014 visit to Buffalo by representatives of Universidad Mayor’s Educación Diferencial program. Faculty member, Andrea Barnier, and teacher candidate, Danella Hernández, spent three weeks learning about special education in the US while teaching us about special education in Chile. Discussions are underway to include secondary social studies education majors for next year. As our departure date (June 7) gets closer, we are making many preparations. The SUNY Buffalo State teacher candidates are beginning to connect virtually with their Universidad Mayor “pen pals,” they are preparing instructional materials for their service learning work at Escuela 25 Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, and they have begun their comparative research projects. Once in Chile, we will participate in Spanish language classes and cultural experiences at ECELA (www.ecelaspanish.com), live with host families, visit Valparaiso, and trek in the Andes. Please read and respond to our blog postings for details about these experiences. All of these opportunities are made possible by support from numerous sources, and we extend our thanks to the SUNY Buffalo State School of Education, Elementary Education and Reading Department, Exceptional Education Department, International Education Office, and Volunteer and Service Learning Center as well as Universidad Mayor of Chile. We look forward to hearing from you!
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