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Clute Institute International Conference on Education, San Francisco, August 5-9, 2018

Clute International Conference on Education

Hyatt Centric Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA USA

August 5-9, 2018

Fostering Commitment to International Development Through Volunteer Work Programs for Students and Teachers

Presentation by David L. Brooks

About the Clue Institute International Conference on Education

The 2018 Clute International Conferences San Francisco will be held from Sunday, August 5, 2018 to Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco. Our conferences aim to bring together faculty and administration from all levels of education across the world. We encourage a cross-disciplinary exchange of thoughts, ideas and innovation through a variety of teaching methods and perspectives. The conferences provide a platform to enhance your knowledge and professional skills throug

The 2018 Clute International Conferences San Francisco will be held from Sunday, August 5, 2018 to Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco. Our conferences aim to bring together faculty and administration from all levels of education across the world. We encourage a cross-disciplinary exchange of thoughts, ideas and innovation through a variety of teaching methods and perspectives. The conferences provide a platform to enhance your knowledge and professional skills through interaction with colleagues and peers from different nationalities and backgrounds. This year the conferences include: The Clute International Academic Conference on Business (IACB), the Clute International Conference on Education (ICE), the Clute International Conference on Technology in Education (ICTE) and the Clute International Science Education Conference (ISCE)

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Dates: August 5-9, 2018
Welcome Reception: August 5, 2018
Presentation Dates: June 6-8, 2018
Early Registration: $575 USD (Expires on July 13, 2018)
Registration Fee: $650 USD
Submission Deadline, Final Abstracts/Papers Due: June 22, 2018 (Contact us if you miss a deadline)
Optional Tour: August 9, 2018 (Not included in registration fee)
Hotel room cutoff: July 20, 2018 (After this date rooms may no longer be available)

Fostering Commitment to International Development Through

Volunteer Work Programs for Students and Teachers

David L. Brooks, Associate Professor

Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

One way to achieve optimal use of development aid is to capitalize on the low-cost human resources through the humanitarian spirit found among student and teacher volunteers in developed nations. Effective programs that employ volunteer teacher trainers, student workers, and health care volunteers can bolster professional development of teacher and student work experience in local communities; thereby meeting part of people's basic needs in developing countries. Such low-cost, cooperative efforts can energize the professional and international work expertise of both the local native people and the visiting volunteers.

This presentation describes how three such programs had and are having a positive effect on developing education, health, and language programs by supporting three international development programs: 1) an in-service teacher training program in English language in rural Thailand, 2) building a community health service in rural West Africa, and 3) constructing homes for the economically disadvantaged in The Philippines. A short summary of the goals and logistics involved for the volunteers in three international development programs will be made. Guidelines for planning such programs, recruiting volunteers, and implementing a volunteer training program are outlined. Finally, ways to assist government offices, community welfare organizations, and schools to meet their manpower needs through cooperation with foreign education ministries, teacher training institutions, professional education organizations, and in tandem with committed individuals from developed countries are proposed.

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SUBMITTED online: The Clute International Conference on Education (ICE), August 5-9, 2018 San Francisco, CA Sunday, August 5, 2018 to Wednesday, August 8, 2018

at Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco.

https://www.cluteinstitute.com/clute-institute/clute-international-conferences/

Biography

I retired from full-time employment as university professor of English as a foreign language in March 2019, continuing to work as a part-time teacher for one year longer (March 2020). So I have lived and worked in the Tokyo area since 1979, making it 44 years since I immigrated to Japan, my wife's mother country. When I left teaching, it was also just a month before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic hit the world in Feb/March 2020. During that last year as an university employee, I was in transition from a full-time professorship to Adjunct Professor status (part-time teacher), which began in April, 2019, but ended abruptly in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID pandemic and subsequent shut-down of most societies work activities -- at least at the university. Nowadays, there are several activities that now occupy my abundant free-time: 1) I'm in the process of re-examining and expanding the scope and business objectives for my Japanese corporation, Edvantix, Inc. (K. K. Japan).

During my final years (April 2018 - March 2020) as a full-time faculty member at Kitasato University, I have been attempting to expand the workload and status of my own company, Edvantix, Inc. (K.K. Japan), 2) I was also interested in starting a new company (corporation, LLC, or sole proprietorship - as yet undecided), whose business enterprise revolves around: A) edutrekking (organizing and leading educational field trips / learning expeditions), B) Substitute Teacher Service, C) Overseas Study Programs Advice & Arrangements, D) Intercultural training and workshops for individuals, education, and company groups. While Edvantix, Inc. will be expanding its activities, both in terms of employees, and its clients, both in Japan and abroad, at least I was once considering establishing my new sole proprietorship to be based in Waimea, Hawaii (Big Island). I would (or should) be setting up shop by April 2024 and begin operating initially in Tokyo, California, Spain, and on he Big Island of Hawaii, although there are still some big hurdles and questions that need to be answered first.

Incidentally, I also travel extensively for business and leisure. As a long term resident of Japan who has raised a bilingual family, I've spent more than 30 years investing time and effort into internationalizing Japan's educational system. I have had a lot of both wonderful and frustrating experiences - and it appears there will be a lot more along the way. My free time and vacations are spent exploring my interests: traveling, learning about new cultures and languages - first hand, respecting our planet's living eco-systems, and developing and actualizing my own evolution and personal growth, discovering new forms of artistic expression -particularly in world music. My hobbies are - along with scuba diving, interacting with Web communities, learning new technologies (e.g. Twitter, iPhone, etc), hiking & camping, and cooking.

I love photography and travel and culture, particularly the intricacies of cross-cultural communication and intercultural differences, so, of course, I dabble in taking photos, collecting and playing various musical instruments, and do scuba diving. I also try to do underwater digital photography when I get the chance.

To read more and see my photographs, visit my Flickr profile at:
http://www.flickr.com/people/dbrooks_tokyo/

P.S. Flickr will be limiting free accounts to 1000 uploaded photos, but all of my 15,000 photographs will still be available on Flickr, which has been a quiet hobby of mine since 1999 or so.

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