Before Christy Curran left, I was able to give her a small gift of thanks for her time at AISC, a bag made from one of the advertising banners with her name on it. I was also able to thank her for two portable phrases about education she shared with me and our faculty. If you did not hear them, I would like to share them with you. The first, “fall in love with everyone of your students.” Hard to do, but helpful to foster the learning relationship between teacher and student. The second phrase I thanked Christy for was “believe every student is a writer.” This speaks to me because it recognized the need to believe in the potential of every one of your students. Thank you, Christy
Please do provide your feedback on Christy Curran’s visit at https://goo.gl/forms/pjiiPvx6toKXijOF3
Also a heartfelt thank you to Rachael Moser for ALL her organization and personal guidance of the mini-lesson, pre and post conferences, and master organizer of Christy’s dynamic schedule!
On Campus
Suzie Boss—Inquiry Through Project Based Learning
I'm a journalist who writes about the power of teaching and learning to improve lives and transform communities. Author of Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World and co-author of Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, I'm inspired by educators who push the boundaries of the traditional classroom. I'm on the National Faculty of the Buck Institute for Education, and have also helped nonprofit organizations design programs that teach both youth and adults how to improve their communities with innovative, sustainable solutions. Suzie will be at AISC on April 3-5, 2017 to primarily work with Middle and High School Science and Social Studies Departments. HERE is a FINAL schedule of her visit (times and meeting subject to change). Individual invites will be sent out this week.
Upcoming Consultants
Tania Lattanzio--Inquiry
Tania* is international educator who co-founded Innovative Global Education. The focus of her work at AISC will be on developing and conducting professional development for teachers and leadership, modeling pedagogy in classrooms, developing and designing inquiry-based units and lessons with teachers and working intensively with teaching teams, through mentoring and coaching, to improve planning, teaching and assessment that has a direct focus on inquiry.
Tania will be at AISC on April 24 – 27, 2017 to work with Elementary School and Middle School teachers. (note on consultant change: Andrea will not be joining Tania at AISC in April for health reasons.)
Professional Learning and Development Request Form
In order to better understand the time commitment teachers are planning for their professional learning opportunities, the AISC Request form has been revised. HERE is the REVISED Professional Learning and Development Request Form. The only change you will see is the addition of adding DATES AWAY FROM SCHOOL (including travel dates). The REVISED form is updated on this blog and on the AISC Moodle Staff Portal. Going forward, please use this form.
Professional Learning and Development Opportunity
Link from Kevin on the Integrate Tech Summit in Mumbai http://www.tech-summit.org/
Wellness at AISC
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!
Worthwhile Reading
Here is a shared site by Suzie Boss to help us think together on Project Based Learning https://sites.google.com/site/aiscpbl/
Have a great week!
PS: I will be away from campus at NESA Spring Educators Conference, March 31-April 2
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