BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:178@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150218T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082941Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-finland-phenomenon- global-education-series/ SUMMARY:The Finland Phenomenon *Global Education Series* DESCRIPTION: Finland's education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is\, why Finland? Doc umentary filmmaker\, Bob Compton\, along with Harvard researcher\, Dr. Ton y Wagner\, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured i n a new film\, The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System. In the 60-minute film\, Dr. Wagner guides the viewer throug h an inside look at the world’s finest secondary education system. A lif e-long educator and author of the best-selling book The Global Achievement Gap\, Dr. Wagner is uniquely qualified to explore and explain Finland’s success. From within classrooms and through interviews with students\, te achers\, parents\, administrators and government officials\, Dr. Wagner re veals the surprising factors accounting for Finland's rank as the #1 educa tion system in the world.\n\nClick here for more information about the fil m and to watch the trailer.\n\n\n\nThe film was followed by a live panel d iscussion with a question and answer period featuring:\n\nEd Graff - Super intendent\, Anchorage School District\nEd Graff was appointed superintende nt of the Anchorage School District on March 18\, 2013. Mr. Graff began hi s teaching career in 1991 at Gladys Wood Elementary School. Nine years lat er\, he became an elementary school principal in the district. In 2008\, M r. Graff was named executive director of Elementary Education. The followi ng year\, he became the Chief Academic Officer\, a position formerly refer red to as assistant superintendent for instruction. A graduate in Elementa ry Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage\, Mr. Graff holds a Mas ter's Degree in Education Administration from University of Southern Missi ssippi. He has post-masters coursework in curriculum\, educational leaders hip and instruction. Mr. Graff has served on several boards and profession al organizations\, including Junior Achievement\, School Business Partners hips and Alaska Learning Network.\n\nDr. Lisa Skiles Parady\, Executive Di rector of the Alaska Council of School Administrators\nElizabeth “Lisa ” Skiles Parady\, JD\, Ed.D.\, is the Executive Director of the Alaska C ouncil of School Administrators and the Alaska Superintendents Association . Prior to taking her position\, she served in a governor’s Cabinet as t he Director of the Department of Workforce Services and as a senior policy analyst responsible for all health\, human services and education issues.    Dr. Parady also served as the Chief of Staff for the Wyoming Departm ent of Education and most recently\, as the Assistant Superintendent of th e North Slope Borough School District. In that role she initiated and led the development of the Inupiaq culture\, history and language integrated c urriculum. Dr. Parady received her law degree and her doctorate in educati on leadership from the University of Wyoming.\n\n \;\n\nAnnika Helamo - Finnish Student\nAnnika Helamo is a Finnish exchange student who's study ing journalism at University of Alaska Anchorage during spring semester 20 15. She has first-hand experience of going through school in Finland. Anni ka was born and raised in Lapland\, North Finland in the city of Tornio wh ich is located next to the border of Sweden. After completing Finnish comp rehensive school in Sweden she attended both Finnish vocational and academ ic upper secondary school at the same time getting matriculation examinati on and occupational training in visual arts in 4 years. She is currently s tudying journalism and communication at Oulu University of Applied Science s in North Finland.\n\nJanis Fleischman - Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nThe panel was moderated by June Sobocinski\, Vice President of E ducation Impact at the United Way of Anchorage.\nJune Sobocinski is Vice P resident of Education Impact at United Way of Anchorage. She has a diverse professional background that spans the public\, private\, and non-profit sectors. For ten years an educator\, she taught in public and private seco ndary schools and colleges in Denver\, Boston and Anchorage. In the privat e sector\, June held management positions at U.S. West\, Room &\; Board \, and Ethan Allen. Since 2004\, June has worked in Anchorage to improve o utcomes for children and youth\, first at Catholic Social Services\, and n ow at United Way. She is currently directing the efforts of 90% by 2020\, a cross sector community partnership driving action to improve student out comes\, with priority focus currently on Kindergarten readiness\, math pro ficiency\, high school graduation\, and workforce readiness. June has degr ees in English and Philosophy and a Masters in Communication from the Univ ersity of Denver.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThis program was made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Finland.png CATEGORIES:Global Education Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR