Oregon International Council General Information
Mailing address:
Oregon International Council
PO Box 111
Salem, OR 97308-0111
Phone: (503) 584-7100
Fax: (503) 584-7102
Email: oic@chemeketa.edu
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Location:
The Oregon International Council is located in Building 29 on the Chemeketa Community College campus at 4000 Lancaster Drive, Salem Oregon
THE OREGON INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
A private, non-profit organization committed to strengthening international
knowledge and understanding throughout Oregon.
GOALS
Informed Citizens
A healthy economy
A peaceful world
THE ORGANIZATION
The Oregon International Council is a private, non-profit organization
established in 1983 to strengthen international education state-wide at all
levels. It is funded by membership dues, government and private grants, and
program fees.
OIC works with state education agencies, local schools and districts,
private schools and colleges, business, government and professional groups, and
individuals. As a small, independent organization, it has the flexibility to
serve as a bridge among education, business and other sectors of the community
to serve the needs of the people of Oregon for worldwide competence.
OIC PRIORITIES
Expand knowledge of the international dimension in the daily lives of all
Oregonians, emphasizing understanding of cultures, languages and peoples. The
Council has no specific foreign policy goals but seeks to enhance the basis for
responsible decision-making in public and private life.
Work with educators at K-12 and college levels to help achieve an "international mindset" among the people who will lead our nation in
the 21st century. By 1999 over 2,200 educators had taken part in OIC-sponsored
programs, providing new academic background and teaching support that
supplement the mono-national education most of us received in earlier years.
Assist organizations and individuals in identifying resources they can use
to expand their knowledge of the multinational world.
OIC PROGRAMS
Summer Institutes and Seminars, in Oregon and abroad, offer educators
intensive introductions to new cultures and to new teaching approaches and
materials.
Workshops during the school year use lectures, films, teaching activities
and new materials help prepare educators (primarily K-12) to broaden the
perspectives of future citizens.
Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Directory, OIC's yearly listing of programs
helps students make informed choices on international educational travel.
Curricular Library, with video tapes, discovery kits and readings helps
educators teach about foreign cultures and peoples.
OIC Connections, the Council's periodical newsletter, reports on
developments in international education and related fields.
Statewide In-service Schedule. Since 1995 OIC has produced and distributed
statewide a bulletin on in-service activities scheduled for Oregon's
Professional Improvement Day (2d Friday in October).
Associated Organizations - OIC works closely with the Confederation in
Oregon for Language Teaching (COFLT) to assist implementation of Oregon's new
initiatives on foreign language proficiency for all students, and with other
member organizations in the newly established Social Science Professional
Organizations Consortium to support - and encourage an international
perspective in - Oregon's new curriculum in the social sciences.
MEMBERSHIP
Individual members of OIC receive the newsletter, the annual exchange
directory and in-service schedule, OIC library access, and program discounts as
well as current information on OIC activities.
Organizational membership provides individual privileges for one or more
personnel (sliding scale, below). ALL employees receive program discounts,
library access, and dues reductions for individual membership.
MEMBERSHIP DUES SCHEDULE
Individual $20 ____; Student or over 62 $10 ____;
Employee of member org.(call 503.375.5447 for info) $10 ____; Non-teaching org.
$100 ____;
Teaching org: under 500 students $50 ____; 501-999 st. $100 ____;
1000-2999 st. $150 ____; 3000+ students $200 ____.
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