The SGGS Experience Stephanie Cheong Choy Lin St George’s Girls’ School Penang, Malaysia

St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, Malaysia – High Performing School since 2010 Student Enrolment: 1412 Teacher Enrolment: 126 Staff: 20

FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Community Educational Practices Citizens’ Project Green Projects Cooperative Activities Parent-Teacher Association L0cal Universities Private Colleges State Government Local Council Non-Government Organisations

Global Classroom Sharing “While sharing new learning about India, Puja, whose family is from India, commented, “My dad says that’s not really true.” From there we knew we needed more than books. We needed to talk with people in other cultures to discover the ways in which they meet their needs.” A Global Learning Community is Born (23/9/2011)

Reality Outside Their Classrooms (ROCs) Programmes International Conferences, Summits, Student Placements and Teacher Exchanges in Thailand, Singapore, India, Indonesia, USA, Egypt, Japan, Australia, Italy What about students who cannot afford to pay for the high cost of travelling overseas? International Students’ Conferences to bring together students from different countries PROGRAMMES

1 st SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2010 Optimising Student Potential in a Globalised World Towards Promoting Global Peace Towards Promoting Global Sustainability Towards Promoting Global Gender Equality Smart partners: Science University of Malaysia Countries: 7 No. of Schools: 22 No. of students delegates: 202 No. of teacher delegates: 22

2 ND SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2011 Youths of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow Leadership: Becoming Outstanding Leaders Leadership: Addressing Global Issues Leadership: Serving the Community

Smart Partners: Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute SEAMEO RECSAM Countries: India, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Malaysia No. of Schools: 42 No. of students delegates: 209 No. of teacher delegates: 47

3RD SGGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2012 Innovation and Entrepreneurship I&E: Youths as Entrepreneurs I&E: Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs I&E: The Real Business World I&E: Co-operatives: A Different Way of Doing Business I&E: School Cooperatives Smart Partners: ANGKASA, SKM Venue: Copthorne Orchid Hotel, Penang Countries: India, Indonesia, Thailand, China, USA, Vietnam, Singapore

Outcomes: Both teachers and students learn new skills: Leadership Organisation Public speaking Hospitality Journalism Report writing

BEGINNINGS OF A GLOBAL CLASSROOM Establish connections with teachers and students in other countries via blogging, FB, Twitter, Skype, Google, etc. These connections have gone beyond the participants, both teachers and students of the conference as they added their friends to the network. Very encouraging especially with both teachers and students from ASEAN countries chatting on FB in English exchanging ideas, discussing their homework and discussing about their examinations.

EMERGENCE OF THE “ASEAN COMMUNITY” AMONGST THE DELEGATES NETWORKING AND LINKAGES BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN ASEAN TEACHERS-STUDENTS CONNECT (SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE THROUGH PHYSICAL PRESENCE OR ELECTRONIC SOCIAL MEDIA)