“We can’t teach wifi kids with landline strategies” Adam Welcome
Wednesday Meeting
March 6, 3:45-5:00 Wednesday’s Meeting time will be used to meet in Vertical Teams. Team Facilitators will lead the meetings.
Agendas will come from individual facilitators. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served.
Vertical Team membership and meeting location LINK HERE
Purpose Statement:
The purpose of Vertical Curricular Teams is to create cross-sectional opportunities for subject-specific discussions and provide greater curriculum and instruction alignment EY-12. Vertical Teams are organized to help answer important subject-area questions, as below, and to work on specific curriculum development as determined by TALL, cCore, and the Office of Teaching and Learning. The Vertical Teams are lead by the Facilitators listed below. Vertical Team membership is determined by the principal and/or teaching assignment.
Guiding Questions:
- What is the major work (purpose) of the Vertical Team / curriculum area?
- What EY-12 curricular area(s) are most in need of improvement? Instruction, Assessment, Alignment...
- How is data being used to guide curriculum, instruction, and assessment?
- Where is your vertical area (science, EAL, math, etc.) on the Curriculum Development Process. LINK HERE
Vertical Team Meetings Dates and Times:
August 22, 3:45-5:00 (K-12 Specialist, and 6-12 Vertical Teams)
September 19, 2:30-5:00
February 20, 2:30-5:00
March 6, 3:45-5:00
Math--Calley Connelly
Science--Rebekah Lopata
Social Studies--Walter Basnight
English / Language Arts--Shari Abbott
Visual Arts--Kate Wentworth
Performing Arts--Deb Lee
World Language—Keeley Tagtmeyer
P.E.--James Dowling
EAL--Seema Sandhir
LSS--Lucy Palmquist (Amritha will be substituting for Lucy)
Counseling –Jen Gold
Mix--Priya V.
Indian Studies--Preethi
Early Years 3 & 4--Dave Allen
Dates to Remember
Erma Anderson Math Specialist in International Schools Training--March 19-21---Institute #3
NESA Spring Educators Conference, March 29-31, 2019 | Bangkok
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
Chapters International Workshops
Workshops on: Reading Workshop & Inquiry; Early Years Pedagogy; Enhancing Learners Agency; New Insights for Readers Workshop. LINK HERE for dates and details
Knowledge Source Upcoming Workshops
Workshops on: Inquiry, Project Based Learning and Socratic Seminars for Classroom Teachers. Many more options. 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
Endicott International School Advanced Degrees LINK HERE
EAL Shout-out!
SIOP Professional Development Opportunity!
A blended learning approach
The Office of Teaching and Learning would like to offer a blended learning professional development opportunity to AISC teaching staff. The Center of Applied Linguistics (CAL) offers an online Sheltered Instruction Operations Protocol (SIOP) self-study for teachers who would like to learn more about this instructional framework. At the end of the blended learning program, participants will
- Identify the characteristics of sheltered instruction and recognize the eight components of the SIOP model
- Identify principles of second language learning in the classroom, and analyze the forms and functions of academic language in sheltered lessons.
- Distinguish between content and language objectives while creating effective language objectives.
- Create practical SIOP application and resource for the AISC population.
Interested participants are able to fulfill these commitments:
- Complete this survey of interest no later than Monday, 8 April. We may not be able to accommodate all who are interested, so registration will come on a “first come, first serve” basis.
- Complete the online program and the guided reflection by the end of July 2019, meaning you have 3 months to complete the course.
- Create a SIOP folder and download any content from the course you find useful or may reuse in the future.
- Share your certificate of completion and guided reflection with Sarah Sahr once you complete the program.
- Attend two Saturday morning, face-to-face session in order to unpack the online course.
CAL claims that this course “should take no more than five hours to complete all three modules.” However, to do the online course with fidelity, it might take more like 10 hours. The two Saturday, face-to-face session will be from 8am-12pm.
AISC will register and pay fees for AISC participants. If a participant does not fulfill the commitment outlined above, the participant will reimburse AISC the US$150 registration fee.
** This professional development opportunity will happen twice for the 2019-20 school year, once in the first semester and again in the second. Participants will be asked to identify their preference in the survey of interest.**
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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