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2020-2021 Social Buddies
Did you have a good transition to AISC? If so, this is your chance to
pay it forward! We will be looking for new social buddies. We are currently reviewing our social buddy
system but if you are interested, please send come talk to me or send me an
email!
Introducing the Visiting Expert
Guideline and Proposal Form
Inviting visiting experts to AISC is an
excellent way to expand our educational program and provide learning
opportunities for students. Experts may be invited to contribute to
courses/projects in a particular section, work across sections in a subject
area, or anchor a special event. Specifically, Visiting Experts should be in
support of the AISC Curriculum.
AISC has always supported distinguished
visitors to campus and over the years the experts have only increase. Due
to the success of bringing these outside experts to our students, we have
increased the financial commitment to these worthy endeavors. We have
also increased the structure to support these visitors.
If you are interested in inviting an
expert to campus, and that expert is not a community member (ie. a parent) you
will need to complete the Visiting Expert Approval Form before
extending an invitation. This process will also ensure that AISC offers a full,
varied, and balanced collection of visiting experts throughout the year.
Completion of an approval form is required regardless of whether a speaking fee
or honorarium is involved.
EAL Shout-out!
We spend a lot of time creating
language supports for our ELLs. And, as we should! Learning language while
learning content is no laughing matter. For the most part, support comes in the
form of a scaffold. But what can we do to change a language scaffold, designed
for a specific learning activity, into a learning strategy, something to
support lifelong learning? And, quite frankly, what’s the difference between a
scaffold and a strategy? Let’s start with the differences.
Scaffolds are
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Strategies
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· built because of an activity
· developed because of student need
· shared by the teacher
· connected to what students will know
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· transfer across subject area
· (occasionally) start as scaffolds
· are chosen by the student
· connect to a lifelong skill
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Now, if we believe this to be true, I
posit that from our units of instructions, scaffolds come from the knowledge we
want students to acquire, while strategies derive from the skills we want
student to put into their intellectual bag-o-tricks.
So, when looking to what supports we
want to provide students for a particular activity, ask yourself: is this a one
off? Will they complete this task and then forget about it? If yes, you may
want to build a language scaffold. If no, maybe you need to dig deep into your
bag-o-tricks and find a learning strategy that students will be able to use,
not only for this task, but for multiple tasks to come.
Peace-
Sarah
Room 1209
ssarah@aischennai.org
Professional Growth and Evaluation Deadlines
Professional Growth Plan Paperwork and Meeting---completed by
September 15
SAP-X Quad Blogging Meeting---September 12
SAP-S Summative Paperwork---completed by October 1
Professional Growth New Teacher Plan--completed by October 15
Professional Learning Opportunities
NESA Spring Educators Conference, April 2-5, 2020
Chapters International Workshops
Asia Calendar of Professional Development Opportunities LINK HERE
Knowledge Source Institute Upcoming Workshops
Positive Education Workshops at SSIS
February 27th
(Thursday) Embedding Character
Strengths
February 28th
(Friday) Optimizing Resilience
February 29th
(Saturday) High Quality
Connections
Thinking Collaborative Presenters'
Forum & International Conference at ISKL,
April 29 & May 1 and May 2 & 3
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
Interested in student activism in the classroom. Watch Chris Muller here!
In Alaska’s Wilderness, a new vision of higher learning. A great recommendation from Eric Hudson at Global Online Academy (GOA)
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