World Class Reflection

For my summative, I was a part of the group “World Class” which organizes events for the international students who come to our school. My group had four members; Owen Scott, Amanda Henderson, Rachel Thompson and I. When the students arrived, Amanda and I would meet them at student services with Ms. McLean, give them a tour of the school and drop them off at their classes as well as introducing them to their teachers. As World Class does not have one big event, each member of the group got the opportunity to plan a small event for the international students. Owen held an “All About Hockey” class and brought them to an Ottawa 67’s game, Rachel held a Halloween party where we carved pumpkins, made pumpkin pie and watched a Halloween movie, I

In the first few weeks as they arrive, really strive to learn their names as it makes them feel important and valued. Don’t hesitate to greet them when you see them in the halls, as it will be nice for them when they still don’t know many people to see a friendly face. I know the group before mine really found the Remind app worked really well for them, but for us, it didn’t work because a lot of them didn’t have space on their phones for the app. So I’d suggest trying to use both the Remind app and putting notes on their lockers at the beginning and then choosing whichever one is working best for your group of students. It would be good if the next group who does World Class is made up of 2 females and 2 males because we found the guys in the group were much more willing to participate when a male leader was there, and the male leader couldn’t always be there. If you can, have a big event and a small get together every month as we found one meeting a month was not enough to connect with them as much as we would have liked. Have fun with it! The events you plan don’t have to be super extravagant, the international students often had the most fun with the simple things such as icebreaker games and carving pumpkins. Finally, try to remember and do something for the international student’s birthdays and make sure you say goodbye before they