Ridley College is proud to present
the Keynote Speaker:
Patrick F. Bassett
Patrick F. Bassett became the president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in August 2001. NAIS serves more than 1,350 independent (private) schools and associations of schools in the U.S. and abroad.

Keynote address:
The Right-Brained Future: Creating the 21st Century School

Schools are currently focusing more attention on thinking globally through enhancing international trips, globalizing the curriculum, developing global partnerships, and diversifying the school body. The traditional classroom experience is being transformed so that students are prepared for an interconnected and interdependent world. Canadian schools need to embrace international education. The world needs our Canadian global leaders.

In May 2008, CESI formed a Think Tank on International Education to identify and share best practices in this area. The discussion on October 30, 2008 focused on what it is, why it is essential, what it looks like in our schools and where it is going.

Presented by: Canadian Educations Standards Institute and Ridley College
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