NNER/iNET: Connections for Democratic Schools
NNER School Proposal

Background

As one strategy to advance our goal of partnering with like-minded organizations, the NNER is working with iNET, an international network of schools whose mission is to create powerful and innovative networks of schools that have achieved or have committed themselves to achieving systematic, significant and sustained change that ensures outstanding outcomes for all students in all settings. iNET is open to elementary and secondary schools throughout the world and serves as a means to connect schools around the world via their website, publications, international partnerships, and study tours.

The NNER’s goal in this collaboration is to give NNER schools an opportunity to work with other schools interested in providing access to quality educational experiences and challenging curriculum to all students. NNER schools work to advance the Agenda for Education in a Democracy (AED) in daily practices while attending to the immediate policy demands. The NNER is committed to supporting schools in this important and challenging work. To further our commitment to educate students to be active and critical participants in their social and political democracy—what John Goodlad refers to as education’s public purpose—the NNER is offering support to schools to become members of iNET.

For more information on iNET log on to the web page (www.ssat-inet.net); the resource provides online opportunities to share papers, videos, films, and audio files, participate in online discussions and conferences. There are student and faculty events. The NNER is interested in schools’ participation in, and reflections on, the value of these interactions in relation to furthering democratic school practices and learning.

Pilot Proposal

To support schools’ efforts to advance the public purposes of schools in a democracy, the NNER is offering up to six one-year iNET memberships to NNER schools. In addition, one additional school will be funded for a year by iNET. This opportunity has two purposes: 1) to give NNER schools an opportunity to engage with a wide network of schools that are also seeking to provide quality learning to all students, and 2) to give the NNER information on the value of the iNET membership as it relates to advancing the school’s work of educating active participants that understand and improve their local and national democracy.

Criteria for Applicants

Please complete the following application electronically and return it to Ann Foster at:
annf2@u.washington.edu. For selected schools, the iNET one-year membership will be paid by the NNER once the school is notified, and the membership will begin in August 2008.

Note: Applications are due to the NNER office by May 1, 2008. (All applicants will be notified by May 30, 2008.)

Application

Name of School:

Level (HS, MS, Elementary, other):

Address and Phone Number:

NNER Setting (of which the school is a member):

Name of Contact for this Application:

Contact Email Address:

Contact Phone Number (if different from above):

Please respond to the following questions (if possible limit your responses to two pages):

  1. Why is your school community interested in iNET membership?
  2. How will you involve your partner higher education institution in the iNET opportunities?
  3. How will your school use this connection to advance your school community’s commitment to democratic practices?
  4. How will your school use this connection to support students’ understanding of their role as participants in a social and political democracy?
  5. Are you willing to write a summary that explains your activities and experiences, provides some indication of level of participation in the activities, and describes connections with the Agenda for Education in a Democracy? Please list the name of the person responsible for the summary. (This will be sent to the NNER Executive Director at the end of the 2008-2009 school year, and the information will be shared at the 2009 NNER Annual Conference.)

 

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