“The purpose of life is not to be happy, it's to be useful, honorable, passionate, to have made some difference that you have lived and lived well." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Strand
Early Release Professional Development Celebration!
Thank you to
all Strand Participants! I loved hearing you celebrate your work. I
want to continue to hear from you if I have not already. Please complete
the Strand Survey LINK HERE by Friday May 18.
Professional
Learning and Development
To make it
easier for you to update your individual Professional Development and Learning
Transcript, see the LINK HERE for a complete list of 2017-2018 AISC
Professional Learning and Development Opportunities.
Follow these step to have an individualize, signed AISC PLD
Transcript:
- Make a copy of the 2017-2018 AISC PLD Opportunities
- Individualize the list including which of the AISC PDL events in which you
specifically participated.
- Include the
number of hours per event. Example: Suzie Boss--PBL--2.5 HOURS
- Share it with me with your name on the list
- I will have it printed on letterhead, stamped, and signed
- You pick it up at the DTL Office
This is a great
way to stay up to date on your continuing education recertification hours. Please
submit all requests for transcripts by 8:00 AM on June 2 for signature.
Those received after June 2, can pick up transcripts at the start of next
year.
New
Faculty Assistance
In order to help
new faculty acculturate to Chennai, your help is needed. If you have a
MUST KNOW TIP to living in Chennai, please add it to the document linked below.
After vetting of
comments by the Wellness Committee, a document will be created for New Faculty
to hang on their refrigerator, top tips from the AISC Community.
Please add a tip you feel new faculty MUST KNOW to improve the
quality of life in Chennai. Some examples are below AND should help new
faculty settle in to life in Chennai. A
sentence starter could be for each of these tips, Did you know…
Co-Teaching
In preparation
for 2018-19, The Teaching and Learning Leadership (TALL) and the EAL (English
Additional Language) Program have created and approved Guidelines for
Co-Teachers (Homeroom/Subject Area & EAL Teachers) Working Together To
Support Students in an effort to better communicate the roles and
responsibilities of Co-Teachers (Homeroom/Subject Area & EAL) please find
the following document. LINK HERE This is a preview for next year. An
individual email will be shared with teachers in co-teaching partnership.
Please ask Dan
or Paula questions you may have.
SEVAI
Service Learning Update
It is that
time of the year when we collect used books for donations to local schools.
This year, we have very specific requests from the NGOs on what they need.
1. Story books
for elementary kids
2. EAL books
for elementary kids
3. Board games
(no missing pieces)
4. Educational
games (no missing pieces)
5. World Atlas
If you have
any of the above items that can be donated, kindly contact Balajee - gbalajee@aischennai.org
Please note
that we do NOT need any item that is not listed above, do NOT send the items to
Balajee without prior confirmation.
Professional
Learning Opportunities
PTC Teacher
Leader Institutes,
PTC TTC CTC TLI
2018 Institute registration open for members!
Cathy Kaye’s
Summer Service Learning Advisory Institute, June 16-19, 2018 in New York State at the Albany Conference
Center, see more information LINK HERE
Opal School
Summer Symposium:
Inventing the World
Every summer,
hundreds of educators committed to recognizing, celebrating, and extending the
creative and cognitive capacities of children join Opal School teacher-researchers
and invited guests for three full days of renewal through synthesis, dialogue,
materials exploration, and reflection. June 20-22, 2017 Portland, Oregon LINK HERE for more information.
Teaching and
Learning Through Inquiry By Trevor MacKenzie 18th – 19th March 2019, Hong Kong 22nd - 23rd March 2019,
Munich 25th - 26th March 2019, Dubai LINK HERE
Wellness
at AISC
Interested to
read more about 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!
Worthwhile
Reading
Albert Camus’s beautiful letter of gratitude to his childhood
teacher LINK HERE
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