“We turn not older with years, but newer every day” Emily Dickinson
NESA Winter Training Institute is coming to AISC!
We would like to invite you to attend. TALL has approved programmatic funds for those teachers that have professional development interests or goals aligned with the trainings offered. In other words, tell us what you are interested in and why does it connect to a school strategic goal, a personal PG&E goal, or a sectional goal. Learn more about the trainings available at NESA WTI
Final approval of attendance will 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 STILL NEED TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY. Survey LINK HERE
Timeline of Interest to Attendance:
Survey to indicate interest opens: Oct. 26
Survey closes: Nov. 12
Participants vetted by TALL: Nov 15
Participants notified by Director of Teaching and Learning: before Nov. 22
Registered by Dec. 1--early bird registration deadline
PLEASE NOTE: January 25 there is no school to accommodate the NESA WTI @AISC. Republic Day 2019 is Saturday, January 26.
NESA Winter Training Institute Volunteers
Winter Training Institute will be in Chennai! NESA and AISC is looking for volunteers for the following:
- Buses on Friday and Saturday (morning & afternoon)
- Registration on Friday morning
- School ambassadors to welcome, direct and help speakers set-up on Friday morning (preferably teachers attending the workshops)
- After the plenary session on Friday, the same people can lead their session’s delegates to their meeting room
- Lunch Time/Coffee Break Patrol
If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up LINK HERE
Wellbeing Update from Jen Gold and Nigel Holdsworth, Wellbeing Committee Leaders
What do we really want for our students?
In asking groups of parents what they want most for their children, one is likely to hear answers such as happiness, success, love and good health. We also want those things for our students at AISC and, as such, have Wellbeing as a strategic pathway in our Futures Planning.
By intentionally nurturing a culture of wellbeing in school, students learn valuable life skills, providing them with an increased capacity to learn and a strong foundation on which to create their own pathway towards a successful life.
Wellbeing Work at AISC
Over the last three years, many community members have contributed their energy and ideas to create a vision for Wellbeing at AISC.
We believe Wellbeing is a combination of feeling good and functioning well. Knowing and taking care of yourself, making positive choices and helping others enables one to flourish. Our Wellbeing approach will promote and foster healthy habits, self-awareness, self-management, and positive relationships in an effort to create a culture of Wellbeing in our school community.
Measure What You Treasure
As we move forward with this approach at AISC, we believe that bringing attention to this important topic and examining the impact our actions have on student Wellbeing is crucial. To this end, we will be conducting a survey of students in grades 5-12 using the Wellbeing Profiler, which was developed by the University of Melbourne.
This survey will take place in late November and more information will be given in the coming weeks regarding this important endeavor.
CARE Institute Visit, October 30
In order to support our local community, Dr. Nathan, Founder of CARE Institute, along with five faculty members, and thirteen post-graduate students will visit AISC on Tuesday, October 30. of the CARE Institute will visit AISC. CARE has training programs in “Learning Disability” and Counseling. They will be visiting predetermined classrooms, meet with members of the Counseling department, and members of the Learning Support department. To learn more about CARE Institute Brochure. To see the schedule of the visit the LINK HERE.
SEVAI Service Learning Update from Balajee Ginjapalee
Grade 2 SEVAI
On Monday, October 29, and Tuesday, October 30, Grade 2 students will visit Seva Samajam, a neighborhood orphanage and school to meet and interact with their kids. This is the first of multiple interactions through the year where Grade 2 students from AISC and the orphanage will visit each other to learn and play together. These interactions are part of Grade 2 SEVAI project connected to their social studies unit Identity and Personal History.
ULead Conference
Operation Smile's Ulead Conference is on AISC campus October, 27-28. The theme for this year's conference is One Smile at a Time. Nearly 100 students from different city schools will participate in the conference. Over the course of two days, the conference will bring to life the four pillars of Operation Smile: Leadership, Awareness, Service, and Education. This will be done through a variety of activities ranging from team building games to service projects and inspirational speeches and workshops conducted by speakers from across India. AISC has been working with Operation Smile for more than five years. Any questions, please see Balajee.
Dates to Remember
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 Participation List LINK HERE Schedule LINK HERE
Carol Simoneau & Doreen Miori-Merola, Advanced Adaptive Schools Training--Nov. 12-15
A Few Interesting Topics at WTI in CHENNAI:
- Literacy Coaching Cohort LINK HERE for more information
- Math Instruction in Elementary School with Sherry Parrish
- Designing Quality Assessment for Physical Education
- Building Networked Communities of Practice with Joelle Killion
- Student Achievement with Ken O’Connor
- Early Childhood: Emergent Curriculum
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
The Association of International Schools of India, Leadership Conference, September 27-29, Taj Lands End, Mumbai LINK HERE for more information
EAL Shout-out!
Ah, dictation. Call me old fashioned, but there can always be a time and place for a good, whole class dictation activity/lesson. Good dictation can encompass all four language skills: Students listen to the words. Students speak for clarification. Students write the words. Students read to self-check. Dictation can be used as a quick check on student progress. The instructor can “gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of each student,” (Alkire, 2002) and plan subsequent lessons accordingly.
Some benefits of dictation
- Dictation has real world applications: phone messages, bus schedules, etc.
- Dictation can be viewed as developing note taking skills.
- Dictation exercises student’s short-term memory.
- Dictation can be used at any language level.
- Small classes or large classes, dictation can be an incredibly engaging activity.
- Students can self correct. (adapted from Alkire, 2002)
Dictations are great filler activities. If you find yourself with extra time at the end of a lesson, dictate the key points or lesson objectives. Even better, have student dictate to each other! It's a quick activity that has real life implications.
peace-
Sarah
Room 1209
ssarah@aischennai.org
P.S. And, don't worry! We haven't forgotten about the co-teaching infographic. Just putting some finishing touches on it... Stay tuned!
Alkire, S. (2002). Dictation as a Language Learning Device. The Internet TESL Journal, 8(3). Retrieved from http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Alkire-Dictation.html
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!
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