January 24, 2020

“Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques.  The teacher is the heart of the educational system.” -- Sidney Hook

2020-2021 Social Buddies--LAST CALL!

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!

Social buddies will NOT have to return earlier this year, they will get to virtually introduce themselves in March to new faculty via the AISC Online Transition Course.  Talk to me to find out more!

Early Release Professional Learning Day

January 29,2020

2:30 - 5:00

Agendas will come from your sections!

EAL Shout-out!

A big thank you to the ES and MS for completing the EAL Strategies Survey this past December. Based on your feedback, we have 8 optional sessions for anyone (including HS) to attend. They are:

1.    January 28: Integrating content and language - SHED

2.    February 11: Intentional Grouping - SHED

3.    February 25: Listening strategies - Hall of Lights

4.    March 10: Recognize new vocabulary in reading - SHED

5.    March 24: Using new vocabulary in writing - SHED

6.    April 21:  Translanguaging - SHED

7.    May 5: Targeted feedback in the 4 skills - SHED

8.    May 19: Error correction when impeding comprehension – SHED

Sessions are Tuesday morning from 7:30-8:15am. A light breakfast and child care will be provided. Reminders of EAL Strategy Talks and the specific topic will be posted in the ES and MS faculty notes. For those who expressed a high interest in a particular topic, I will send a calendar invite… just to put it on your radar.

Looking forward to seeing you at EAL Strategy Talks!

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 Winter Training Institute, January 24-25, 2020

NESA Spring Educators Conference, April 2-5, 2020

TeachConX, February 14 & 15, Bangalore India LINK HERE -- a pd opportunity w/ Dr. Shabbi Luthra, Suzie Boss, Kevin Crouch, and Peggy Sound focus on learning through the three C’s:  Conceptual, Competency, and Character Learning.

Chapters International Workshops

Asia Calendar of Professional Development Opportunities LINK HERE

Knowledge Source Institute Upcoming Workshops

2019-2020 Professional Development Calendar PDF

Consilience Workshops LINK HERE to inquiry

Positive Education Workshops at SSIS

February 27th (Thursday) Embedding Character Strengths

February 28th (Friday) Optimizing Resilience

February 29th (Saturday) High Quality Connections

Link to All Three, scroll down 

Thinking Collaborative Presenters' Forum & International Conference at ISKL, April 29 & May 1 and May 2 & 3

Art Education Summit - artseducationsummit.com  at The American School of the Hague

Education Across Frontiers, Summer PD - Adaptive Schools and Cognitive Coaching - Genoa, Italy

Endicott International School Advanced Degrees LINK HERE

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

A series on Competency-Based Learning in Action from Global Online Academy.  Read the latest post, How Do You Design For Feedback and Reflection?