ICCLE - The International Center on Child Labor and Education


	2005 Workshop Group

	Joyce Waterberry-CT, Reg Weaver, NEA President, and Gretchen Simard-VA

	Karen Hessel and Kerri Hickey, Herrick Middle School, IL

	Ken Tray, Lowell HS-CA, Nick Grisewood, author SCREAM Stop Child Labor, and Emily, Junior, Newton High School-CT

	Ron Adams, Teacher, and Kristen, student, Broad Meadows Middle School, MA

	Kailash Satyarthi and Tom, 12, and Kristin, 14 from MA

	Stephani Drow, Cleveland MS-MN, Helen Toth, AFT, and Ken Tray, Lowell HS-CA

	Sudhanshu Joshi-ED, ICCLE, Jill Christianson-NEA, Reg Weaver-NEA President, Kailash Satyarthi-Chair, Global March

	Nick Grisewood, author of ILO-IPEC Education Pack SCREAM Stop Child Labor

	Tom Bloomer, 12, from MA and Jim Daniel from St Francis Preparatory School, NY

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How do we equip teachers with the resources and skills they need to teach about global child labor issues?

ICCLE provides teachers with access to resources and skills by exhibiting at teacher conferences, such as the National Council for Social Studies conference, and hosting its own workshops and conferences.

Teaching about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking Conference, 4/25-26/08, Drew University

Teacher Workshop on Teaching about Global Child Labor Issues, Washington, DC, July 27-28, 2005

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ICCLE convened its 2005 Workshop on Teaching about Global Child Labor Issues July 27-28 in Washington, DC. The seven co-sponsors were 1) the American Federation of Teachers, 2) Child Labor Coalition, 3) International Labor Organization, 4) National Consumers League, 5) National Education Association, and 6) Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland. Funding for this workshop was provided by the United States Department of Labor. As a result, accommodation, meals, and take home materials - including AFT's Lost Futures Video and Teacher's Guide and ILO-IPEC's education pack SCREAM Stop Child Labor! and Teacher's Kit - were fully funded for all selected participants.

ICCLE brought together a mix of nearly 40 teachers, students and resource persons with a wide range of experiences advocating for child laborers. The teacher-participants were twenty teachers of social studies, geography, global issues, world cultures, music, etc. representing thirteen states: CA, CT, IA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA!

Adult resource persons included: Ron Adams, teacher from Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, MA; Nick Grisewood, author of the ILO-IPEC education pack SCREAM Stop Child Labor; Bev Witwer and Marlene Johnson, authors of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) child labor modules; and Kailash Satyarthi, Chair of the Global March against Child Labor.

Among the resource persons, were also four students - Tom Bloomer, 12, Kristen Bloomer, 14, Emily Oliver, 17, and Sharifa Holder, 16 - who lead sessions on Youth Action, Youth Participation and Communication, and Educational and Organizational Strategies. Emily Oliver is on the editorial board of ICCLE's youth e-newsletter. The Bloomers represent The Kids Campaign to Build a School for Iqbal, Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy, MA. Sharifa Holder attends Miss Porters School for Girls in Farmington, CT. Three of these students have extensive experience integrating child labor into their schools and communities. Sharifa returned home after and immediately began discussing the topic with her community. She expects to initiate a club to eradicate child labor at her school in January 2006.

After the workshop, ICCLE distributed and collected evaluation forms from both participants and resource persons. Eighty percent of all participants and resource persons who filled out an evaluation were "very satisfied" overall with the program. The other 20 percent were "satisfied. The information and sessions that respondents found most interesting, relevant or useful for them were: 1) Real people who have done "impressive stuff", particularly Kristen and Tom Bloomer, Ron Adams and Kailash Satyarthi, sharing personal experiences, work and reflections; 2) Nick Grisewood's leading them in hands-on teaching activities; and 3) learning teaching strategies and lessons from experienced teachers like Beverly Witwer and Marlene Johnson.

One hundred percent of the teacher-participants and resource persons who filled out an evaluation of the 2005 Workshop indicated that this sort of workshop for teachers will be useful in the future. Ninety percent of all respondents indicated that they will be interested in the future to organize similar workshops for youth leaders in their school districts. So, look for announcements of upcoming workshops for teachers and/or youth leaders "way in advance" and multiple times throughout the year (as teachers suggested), e.g., "a weekend early in the school year", the fall (Oct/Nov), the spring (Jan/Feb or March/April), and the summer.

Kinds of support ICCLE intends to provide To help you engage and remain active on global child labor issues and accomplish your goals, ICCLE is at least committed to:

Helping you find guest speakers/visitors (including former child laborers from any region, and child labor experts)
Helping you network, especially with victims and "heroes" who might give presentations in school assemblies and/or weekend workshops
Connecting teachers, both novice and veteran, who teach about child labor
Facilitating ongoing communication with other teachers through our newsletter and web site
Promoting and sharing classroom action plans and achievements
Keeping you abreast on educational materials, facts on child labor, workshop opportunities, and other important events.

How ICCLE aims to develop this program: Future Workshop Opportunities
Based your valuable feedback, ICCLE aims to organize technically smooth workshops full of as many experiences and testimonials as possible, child input, real application strategies, active group work and hands-on practical activities, "how to" exercises, lots of visuals, time to reflect and discuss, short lectures, and plenty of time to share experiences and brainstorm on how to integrate child labor into courses and schools. If you are interested in working with ICCLE to run a grade-, school-, community-, state-, or region-wide workshop for teachers and/or youth, do not hesitate to contact Beth Lindley/Sudhanshu Joshi at 202-778-6370.