“Vulnerability
is at the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it
appears it is also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of
love.” Brene Brown
Wednesday,
August 14 Faculty Meeting
Topic:
Understanding the MSA (Middle States Association) Accreditation Process at AISC
Wednesday
meeting from 3:45 - 5:00 in the FAC Cafeteria
Please bring laptop devices to meeting
Table
assignments will be shared prior to Wednesday
3:30-3:45
Coffee, Tea, and Cookies
3:45-4:45 Presentation
3:45-4:45 Presentation
4:45-5:00 Q
& A Session w/ Samosas
Professional Learning Strands 2019-2020
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 the dedicated time. The Strands were created
as a partnership with AISC Leadership and Learning Coaches for teaching faculty
to have time for a deep understanding of an educational topic with a consistent
group of colleagues.
There will
not be a Strand Roll Out presentation this year, individuals will sign up for
Strands (if they are not in pre-determined cNet Curriculum Development committees)
during the August Team and Committee Survey
2019-2020
Strands
AISC Culture: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose--for New Faculty
Responsive Classroom
Action Research
Cultures of Thinking / Making Thinking Visible
Co-Teaching
Phonics
Phonics
Wellbeing
cNet: Performing Arts
cNet: Performing Arts
cNet: PE/Health
cNet: Early Years 3 and 4
cNet: MS/HS Math
cNet: MS/HS Science
October
9: Strand Session
A
November 9: Strand Session B
December 11: Strand Session C
February 12: Strand Session D
March 11: Strand Session E
April 8: Strand Session F w/ Internal Strand
Celebration / Culminating Project
Adaptive School Resource Corner
Productive group work is organized by three focus areas:
facilitating groups, developing groups, and becoming a more skillful group
member.
If you are a
team leader, department head, and/or a teacher interested in developing
productive groups come visit the coaching offices or reach out to the coach in
your section for resources. Each coaching office has resources for developing
and facilitating collaborative groups. Our resources include
The
Adaptive School Source Book & Learning Guide,
Lemons to
Lemonade: Resolving Problems in Meetings, Workshops, and PLCs, National School Reform protocols, and
others. Additionally, coaches, as well as Agency Trainers and
Trainers-in-Training (Joelle, Calley, and Walter) are willing to support the
development of agendas and/or be a sounding board for the development of
groups.
Professional
Development Request Form 2019-2020
The most recent professional development request form is linked on the
sidebar. Please use this form for all future professional development
requests.
Professional
Learning Opportunities
Google Summit for International Schools Katmandu, September 21-22, 2019 LINK HERE for more information.
Chapters
International Workshops
Knowledge
Source Institute Upcoming Workshops
Project Based
Learning Workshop with
Suzie Boss, Amsterdam Oct 4-5, 2019
EAL
Shout-out!
As one of the several “twobies” at AISC, I can’t begin to tell you
how wonderful the start of this year has been. I have truly enjoyed not having
to: 1) register our cat through the proper channels, 2), sort out my go-to
grocery stores & water delivery, 3) wait for my AXIS Bank Card, 4) buy
various vehicles, and probably the most important 5) track my shipment. And,
those are just personal items! The list of items to organize on the school side
of things… way too long to put here. Point being, I’m happy it’s year-two.
Year-two comes with a bit more clarity and vision of how I fit in
at AISC (I’m assuming other twobies might feel the same way). So, I’d like to
share a short list of what you might see me doing around campus:
- Operationalizing
the various resources that were created last year. Specifically: a co-teaching infographic, a collaborative teaching cycle bi-fold, a language philosophy, a translanguaging spectrum, and for parents
the EAL Webpage.
- Creating
co-teaching classroom lab workshops for grades 1 thru 8. With help for the
AISC coaches, these labs will showcase the complete Collaborative Teaching
Cycle.
- Visiting
various grade 9 & 10 classrooms to recognize the needs of our HS ELLs.
- Managing
WIDA testing (student WIDA scores are in PowerSchool!) and how these
scores are used
- Exploring
ways to support all AISC teachers
For the most part, I hope to be in the classrooms more. So, that
means, if any teacher would like me to visit any classroom, please reach out! I
am more than happy to assist any teacher in any way I am able. Feel free to
drop me a line or send a calendar invite (my calendar is always up-to-date). I
will find a way to accommodate your needs.
Peace-
Sarah
Room 1209
Wellness
at AISC
All the
information on Faculty Wellness from our Wellness Coordinator, Keeley
Tagtmeyer, click HERE for AISC WELLNESS MATTERS BLOG to stay updated. We have lots of
exciting events planned so be sure to check in!
Priya V. will
be serving as our Wellness Coordinator while Keeley is on maternity leave.
Worthwhile
Reading
Have you signed
up for the Marshall Memo? Kim Marshall is a guy. He writes a weekly round-up of important
ideas and research in K-12 education. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/R9QXCjTvfo1K7aDq5 Also, see Babs in the Elementary /
Middle School CIC to hear more about the benefits of the Marshall Memo!
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