All,
Welcome back! I hope you had an exciting and thought-provoking week back to AISC and India!
Wellness
at AISC
WELLNESS COORDINATOR POSITION POSTED--Thank you Lauren for your remarkable work with the creation and leadership in this new position!---If you are interested in 2017-2018 Wellness Coordinator, please take a look at the job description HERE. Email me by January 31 with your statement of interest, intended vision for wellness at AISC, and qualifications for the position. Final selection will be completed by the end of February.
Wellness Blog Link---Are you interested in seeing what is happening with wellness at AISC and in Chennai? If so, click here to stay updated. We have lots of exciting events planned so be sure to check in!
Upcoming Conferences
Makeology
Maker Summit @ AISC - March 3-4, 2017--NO COST TO AISC TEACHERS
Makeology is a hands-on Maker Summit for curriculum leaders,
classroom educators, principals, and heads of schools who want to learn more
about how to leverage the Making pedagogy and practices to deepen, enliven, and
transform teaching and learning for their students.
Join Consilience and AISC to experience hands-on
professional learning through the following strands: Making in the Classroom;
Programming; Design Thinking; Wearable Technology. Learn more at http://chennai.makersummit.org/ For AISC teachers interested in
participants sign ups and presentations solicitations.
Last chance to sign up with me by Wednesday January 17!
Cairo American College Professional Learning Network
Cairo American
College (CAC) teachers would like to share their insights and teaching models
with other international school teachers in the region in order to better
support teacher understanding and student learning.
We are hosting a
professional learning weekend from March 25 - 27, 2017. Teachers have an opportunity to participate in a Lab Site process to learn about one of these three teaching models used at
CAC:
Alternatively,
administrators may attend the MAP Testing Workshop, in which
participants learn how best to generate annual reports, graphs, and conduct
international comparisons of their testing data. Be sure to bring your own data
to the workshop!
Please find
attached a document that includes the full weekend schedule, information about
lodging and activities in Cairo, and detailed descriptions of the professional
learning sessions. Please also note the following:
· Eligibility: Educators from regional international
schools outside of Egypt.
· Cost: $250 payable
by US or Egypt bank check or bank transfer. Payment must be made by March 1,
2017.
Interested? Send
an email to Dan and we can discuss this exciting learning experience.
NESA Winter
Training Institute - January 20-21, 2017
#NESAchat
This week's NESA Twitter chat is #nesachat: Mindfulness in Education: Tuesday, January 17, 10:00 – 11:00 AM AST (GMT+3).
Thanks to Diego Estrada @JDEstradaRuiz, HS Counselor, American International School - Riyadh for hosting. Link to the chat doc and questions here: Mindfulness in Education
View #nesachat archive on Storify @nesachat
Mindfulness also features at the WTI with Krysten Fort Katenese's institute on Mindfulness in Education: Teaching with Body, Mind and Heart.
Early Releases Days January 25, 2017
Early Release Days in January will be follow the regular school schedule and will not have Professional Development Programs. This is done deliberately to provide more instructional time in the month and allow more personal time to teachers after the school. If you, a colleague, or your team/department would like to meet, you are still free to do so.
The Differentiate Professional Learning Sessions presented by the Learning Coaches, scheduled for January 25 will be rescheduled to February 22.
Upcoming Consultants
Standards Based Assessment/Reporting and Developing processes for analyzing and interpreting student data. Look for invites and updates to plan for his February visit.
Tom Schimmer is an independent education author, speaker, and consultant from Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). He is recognized as a leader and expert in the areas of assessment for learning, sound grading practices, educational leadership, and student data analysis. Tom will be at AISC from February 6 - 10.
Thank you!
Paul Peter-Frampton and Karen Sumaryono for their presentation to TALL on Dr. Gini Rojas's recommendations from her May 2016 visit.
Rachael Moser, Clayton Filter, Calley Connelly, and James Dowling for their participation and presentation to the PCA at the DTL Coffee.
I will be away at NESA's Winter Training Institute January 19-21, this blog post will serve for the next two weeks.
Have a great week!
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