CURRENTLY ON THE FACULTY of the City University of New York, Dr. Marleen Kassel has over 30 years of experience in the world of education. Marleen has many areas of expertise, including teaching and curriculum development for all grade levels, raising revenue for a variety of exchange programs, and international contacts in China eager for exchange programs with schools in the United States. She offers regularly scheduled seminars on topics for school administrators, teachers, and students.
Marleen has given presentations to
schools, nonprofit education organizations and museum education programs. She has received over 35 grants from private foundations and federal organizations
for
funding international education programs. She is PSI's CHINALINK©, having developed a unique, international program tailored to
the needs of PSI's client schools.
- Technical Guidance for Administrators eager to build and expand programs including obtaining funding, linking to networks of schools in the United States and China that partner virtually through e-mail and web cam exchanges, opportunities for summer exchange programs for faculty and students in China, and more!
- Professional Development guidance to create Chinese content modules.
- Popular high school topics geared for success on the ACT, SAT, SAT II, Advanced Placement, and other exams. Topics include literature, philosophy, religion, traditional history, the Communist Revolution, and political connections today.
- Popular middle school topics are geography and society, stories of prominent personalities in history, and cultural exchange on the Silk Road through Asia and Europe.
- Popular elementary school topics are Chinese New Year, folk stories, language units and China's Cultural day-long or week-long programs.
- Cultural training seminars for school professionals help with expectations of Chinese parents, ways to communicate with non-English speaking parents, ways to integrate students with limited English, and strategies to channel the potential of Chinese students in your school.
Schools using PSI’s CHINALINK© become magnets attracting parents eager to put their
children into successful learning environments.- Students will discover abilities and interests they were not aware of previously.
- Cutting-edge curriculum gives students a distinct advantage on standardized and college exams.
- PSI’s CHINALINK©provides timely, accurate and interesting content, making urban and suburban schools alike cutting-edge learning environments.
- Academic performance of teachers and students alike will be energized by contact with China.
- This foundation of knowledge about China prepares your students for the global world they enter after graduation—a world where China is an increasingly central player.
- PSI has made it easy for schools to incorporate CHINALINK© into their curriculum. In collaboration with Dr. Kassel, we offer different modules for schools to improve and broaden their focus on the growing role that China will play when your graduates enter the extremely competitive job markets.
- Curricular, cultural exchange and professional development modules for urban and suburban schools, public, non-public and charter schools, elementary, middle and high schools are all available for both current and potential PSI client schools.
- Karen McKelvey is PSI's Coordinator of our CHINALINK© initiative. Call Karen at 800.481.4774, ext 230 or e-mail her at karenmckelvey@psi-solutions.org for additional information about this exciting new PSI program.
