“Being an inquiry teacher means more than being able to design tasks
within a cycle of inquiry or inviting students to ask and pursue problems and
questions. Inquiry comes from a deeper commitment to reflective,
process-oriented learning. The inquirer
(both teacher and learner) see themselves and their learning as a ‘work in
progress’ “
Kath Murdoch (2015) Power of Inquiry.
Kerala
Flood Assistance
Many of you
may be aware that our neighboring state of Kerala is severely affected from the
recent floods. We at AISC are helping the people of Kerala by supporting them
in their efforts to rebuild their state. We are collecting donations for the
government school children on Wayanad District in Kerala. You can donate school
supplies to the children of Kerala. We are collecting the following items.
Please donate
only NEW items:
1. School bag
2. Stationery
(pencils, eraser, notebooks)
3. Lunch
box/snack box
4. Water
bottle
Collection
boxes will be kept at various points around the campus from Monday through
Friday. For those who
wish to donate money, click here
Thank you,
Balajee
Ginhapalle, SEVAI Program Manager
Team and
Committee Survey for 2018-19
SURVEY
ASSIGNMENTS SHARED LINK HERE
Early
Release Professional Learning Strands for 2018-19
Developed by
Learning Coaches and the Teaching and Learning Leadership, the purpose of
the Professional Development Strands is to create personalized and relevant
professional learning during dedicated time. The Strands were created as
a partnership with AISC Leadership and Learning Coaches for teaching faculty to
have time for deep understanding of an educational topic with a consistent
group of colleagues.
2018-2019
Strands
New Faculty
SBAR
Inquiry Through UbD
Making Data Useful for You
Sheltered Instruction
Enhancing instructional strategies (for teacher assistants)
Project Based Learning
cNet: WLD
cNet: PE and Health
Strand Sign
Up: September 5
Strand
Assignment: September
11
September 5:
Strand
Rollout All Faculty 2:30-3:30; Section Meetings 3:45-5:00
October 10:
Strand Session 1
November 14: Strand Session 2
February 20: Strand Session 3
March 20: Strand Session 4
April 3: Strand Session 5
May 15: Strand Session 6 w/ Internal Strand
Celebration / Culminating Project
Dates to
Remember
Adaptive
Schools Foundations Training @ AISC October 19-22, 2018
In order to
internally train some of the 65 AISC faculty who are not Adaptive School
trained AND to make an opportunity for individuals to be eligible for Advanced
Training (scheduled for Nov. 2018 on the AISC campus), TALL approved offering a
voluntary Foundations Training for October 19-22, 2018. For more
information on the training the AISC Profession Learning Event Descriptions LINK HERE, see LINK HERE.
The dates of the
on campus training for Adaptive School Foundations Training are October 19-22. If you previously signed up for the
April 2018 training that was postponed, your name has already been added to the
list of interested participants (unless you have told me otherwise) .
There is no personal professional development expense associated with
this training.
Final approval
of attendance would be handled by your respective supervisor. This survey is to
indicate interest to attend. If you have already arranged with your
supervisor to attend, you have also been added.
Deadline for
signing up would be September 7, 2018. Sign Up LINK HERE
UN
International Peace Day at AISC
AISC celebrates our community and international-mindedness on UN
International Peace Day on Friday, September 14 with a Parade of Nations that
is the first hour of the school day. Different from other years, a normal
school day will follow the Parade of Nations, as the Country Pavilions have
moved to International Day on Saturday, September 15. The Parade of Nations
will start out with the countries coming to the FAC Stage, and then the MS and
HS students will proceed to the FAC Cafeteria, with the ES students remaining
in the FAC Theater for a short program. More information on the Parade of
Nations will be shared by Todd Welbes, and more information about International
Day will come from Kirsten Welbes.
Information on UN International Day of Peace
Each year the UN International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21
September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to
strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and
peoples. The theme for this year is The Right to Peace.
The United Nations invites all nations and people to honour a
cessation of hostilities during the Day and to otherwise commemorate the Day
through education and public awareness on issues related to peace.
If you are interested in linking to this day and event, please see
these resources for event.
Source: United Nations Peace Day 2018 LINK HERE
Kath Murdoch--Inquiry As A Mindset for Teaching and
Learning: A Workshop for Elementary Teachers--Aug. 17
Responsive
Classroom Training--Sept. 6-8
NESA Fall
Leadership Conference--Oct. 18-21, Athens
NESA Fall
Training Institute--Nov. 2-3, Amman
Joelle
Basnight & Megha Radhakrishnan, Adaptive Schools Foundations Training--Oct. 19-21
Carol Simoneau & Doreen Miori-Merola, Advanced Adaptive
Schools Training--Nov. 12-15
NESA Winter
Training Institute--Jan. 26-27, CHENNAI
Suzie Boss, Project Based Learning--Jan. 21-24
& Jan. 28 - Feb. 1
Erin Kent, TCWRP, Focus on Reading--Feb. 4-8
Erma Anderson Math Specialist in International Schools
Training--March 19-21---Institute #3
NESA Spring
Educators Conference--Mar. 29-31
Dr. Ochan Kusuma-Powell, Cognitive Coaching Foundations Part 1 (Days
1-4)--April 13-16
Professional
Growth and Evaluation Deadlines
Professional
Growth Plan Paperwork and Meeting---completed between September 15-30
SAP-X Quad
Blogging Meeting---September 27
SAP-S Summative
Paperwork---completed by September 28
Professional
Growth New Teacher Plan--completed by September 28
Professional
Learning Opportunities
Knowledge
Source Upcoming Workshops
A Reggio Emilia based Workshop for Early Years
Teachers LINK HERE
Performance towards Proficiency – Assessing Authenticity of Oral
Communication UNIS Hanoi, October 20, 21 2018 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
EAL
Shout-out!
As we all know,
English is the medium of instruction at AISC. But what does that really mean
for instruction? The role of English takes on a whole new meaning for our ELLs.
If we are fluent English speakers, we may overlook the prominent role language
plays in our lessons, not to mention a shared set of beliefs and norms we may
carry. Becoming aware of and talking about this concepts can make us better
classroom teachers.
So, to start the
conversation, here are some scaffolds we can use to effectively teach our
linguistically diverse students:
- Depart from a
predominantly language-based instructional mindset. Feel free to use
pictures, gestures, experiments, interaction, and other students as
supports.
- Allow students to
draw on the resources they already have. These student resources can be
found in their already developed social, linguistic, cognitive, and
strategic repertoire. Encourage them to use their complete bag-o-tricks.
- Be explicit in
language instruction. If they need to know a word, tell them. If they need
to use a particular language syntax, tell them. Just because it’s been
taught doesn’t mean it’s been learned.
The good news
is, we get to adjust our instruction as students gain proficiency. As our ELLs
strengthen their language, we should remove our scaffolds. ELLs know they have
double the task of our proficient speakers. Learning language and content
simultaneously is a heavy lift. However, hundreds of thousands, if not millions
and/or billions have done it. Our AISC Raptors can as well.
peace-
Sarah
ssarah@aischennai.org
Room 1209
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
In Sweden’s
Preschools, boys learn to dance and girls learn to yell. LINK HERE for the New York Times article.
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