“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is a vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
- Carl Jung
September 27 Early Release Professional Learning Day
2:30-5:00 PM Agenda
With High School away on Discover India, Wednesday’s meeting in the Elementary and Middle Schools will focus on better understanding assessments through rubrics. A rubric is A rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria (from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Elementary School Teachers will be working with Learning Coaches to review report card descriptor rubrics and reporting standards. Middle School teachers will be learning about meta-rubrics (grading rubrics with a rubric). See Alan's notes on directions to upload your rubrics LINK HERE prior to the meeting.
- Elementary School Homeroom and EAL Teachers meet in Madras Hall
- Middle School Teachers meet in The Hall of Light
Upcoming Educational Consultants
Erma Andersen will be on campus, September 27-29, to deliver Institute 1 of Math Specialists in International Schools Training for Elementary and Middle School Teachers. This training is one of five trainings toward a certificate in international math teaching(two year commitment). Erma is scheduled to return to AISC for a second institute in 2018-19 (specific dates to be determined).
Institute 1: MSIS Certification Year 1: Numbers and Operations
The focus is on the content and the Common Core Mathematical Practices that support the Numbers and Operations progressions of the Common Core Standards. Attention will be given to ways of representing numbers, relationships between numbers, number systems, the meaning of operations and how they relate to one another, and computation within the number systems as a foundation for algebra
Professional Learning Opportunities
Learning and the Brain Conferences LINK HERE
8 Two-Day Institutes, including:
- Developing a Maker Mindset
- Standards-based P.E.
- Proficiency-Based Assessment in the World Language Classroom
- Adaptive Challenges for iLearning Professionals
- Early Childhood Educators: Growing Your Instructional Practice Through Collaboration
- Assessment 2.0: Grading from the Inside Out
- Mining Mentor Texts in the Classroom
- How to Grade for Learning
Three special themes: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Early Years Pedagogy and Transforming Learning.
PTC in DUBAI, 15-16 September 2017
Leadership Tools for Teacher Leaders
or
Empowering Students Through Assessment
Leadership Tools for Teacher Leaders
or
Empowering Students Through Assessment
PTC in BANGKOK, 6-7 October 2017
Curriculum Design for International Teacher Leaders
Curriculum Design for International Teacher Leaders
or
Digital Tools for International Teacher Leaders
Digital Tools for International Teacher Leaders
Jay McTighe, Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 2018 Chaing Mai, Thailand
Understanding By Design
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Feb. 2-3, 2018 Chaing Mai, Thailand
Institute on Quality Differentiation
The Learning Coaches Corner
Does money and travel prevent you from participating in all the professional development opportunities available to educators?
Here are some ways to participate from the comfort of your home and for free:
NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) is holds webinars for free to the public several times a year. The next webinar will focus on elementary and the life science DCI.
Title: Revitalizing Elementary Science through 3-D InterAgtion (click to register)
Target audience: Elementary School Educators
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT / 4:30 p.m. MT / 3:30 p.m. PT
Duration: 90 minutes
Another great way to gather resources is to participate in Twitter Chats. Every morning between 4:30-8:30 you can participate in several chats related to science, NGSS, Inspirational teaching, Teach Like a Pirate, educational coaching, Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project, etc. Here is a schedule for all the twitter chats related to education. These are my personal favorites: #tlap, #educoach, #ngsschat, #edtechchat, #pblchat, #LEADlap, #TCRWP, #adechat, #sschat, #formativechat, #scitlap
Another one of my favorite resources for online PD is ASCD. Some of the archived webinars are free to the public and they get the big name experts in our field.
Here are some of my favorites:
Cultivating Curiosity in Your Classroom, Wendy Ostroff (I know this was a book club last year)
Grading Smarter, Not Harder, Myron Dueck
Teaching in the Fast Lane, Suzy Pepper Rollins
Sometimes webinars can be early in the morning but if you register for them, they will send you a recording.
Happy Learning!
Hilary
Wellness at AISC
Are you interested in seeing what more is happening with wellness activities at AISC and in Chennai? If so, click HERE for AISC WELLNESS MATTERS BLOG to stay updated. We have lots of exciting events planned so be sure to check in!
Dates to Remember
Math Specialist in International Schools Training--Sept. 27-29--Erma Anderson
NESA Fall Leadership Conference--Oct. 19-22
NESA Fall Training Institute--Nov. 3-4 (new location--Bahrain)
Adaptive Schools Foundations Training--Nov. 20-23--Carol Simoneau
Cognitive Coaching Foundations Part 2 (Days 5-8)--Jan. 20-23--Dr. Ochan Kusuma-Powell
NESA Winter Training Institute--Jan. 26-27
Responsive Classroom Training--Feb. 5-9
ECIS Library Conference--Feb. 15-18 (15th is pre-con & 18th is post-conference)
Project Based Learning--Feb. 26-Mar. 2--Suzie Boss
Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom--Mar. 5-9--Tania Lattanzio
NESA Spring Educators Conference--Mar. 30-April 1
Professional Growth and Evaluation Deadlines
Professional Growth Plan Paperwork---completed by September 15
SAP-S Summative Paperwork---completed by September 30
SAP-X Quad Blogging Meeting---October 3
Professional Growth New Teacher Plan--paperwork by September 30, meeting to follow
Worthwhile Reading
The Value of Listening: Cultivating the skill and the orientation to listen to your students--and help them hear each other. Read the Harvard School of Education article LINK HERE
How Kids Learn Better By Taking Frequent Breaks Throughout The Day. Read the MindShift article LINK HERE.
Five Ways To A More Student-Centered Classroom. Read the KnowledgeWorks article LINK HERE
Also, David Hassler (Sarah Hassler’s husband) sent me a blog post from a friend back in the US who does presentations live and via Skype for schools on the topic of dog sledding and the Iditarod Dog Sledding Race. Karen competed in the Iditarod sled dog race I think 2 or 3 times and she does a great presentation with her dogs for elementary schools. She has a thrilling story of falling through the ice into a creek on the race at something like midnight, all alone, and how her dogs pulled her out! If you are interested in talking to Karen, reply to LINK HERE
Have a great week!
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