“Remember, we learn to do the work by doing the work.” from Collaborative
Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator’s Guide to School Improvement
PD Request UPDATE
Given the
shifting health landscape and the fluid air travel situation, if you
plan to request to attend a professional development opportunity in
February or March in any country with a documented coronavirus case, please
have a conversation with your supervisor regarding the necessity of your travel
plans. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Coaching Collaborative:
Coaching Survey
The Coaching Collaborative is working to
improve the Coaching Program at AISC.
This survey is about voluntary/elective
coaching conversations and coaching cycles. This survey is not about
regularly scheduled curricular meetings (i.e. ES literacy or math meetings) or
coach-facilitated meetings (i.e. MS STEAM meetings or Environmental
Responsibility meetings).
This survey is anonymous and will be open
from Friday, January 31 until Monday, February 10, 2020.
A summary of the results will be shared on the
Raptor Way Blog and inform what you may see coaches doing in the
future.
EAL Shout-out!
Many thanks to those who attended the
first EAL Strategy Talk! As a reminder, our first session was about
intertwining language
development with content. To do a quick summary, look at this
picture:
Content has several strands that weave
together to make a rope. Language has several strands that weave together to
make a rope. Once those two ropes are made, we join them together as the strongest
rope. Got it!?
Let’s unpack that just a bit… Teachers
should be aware of three things when intertwining language development with
content:
· Content/Connection
is the knowledge, skills, and abilities students need to learn.
· Communication/Code-breaking is the vocabulary,
syntax, and functions students need to use.
· Cognition/Challenge
is the higher-order thinking and reasoning students need to exhibit.
These three things happen
simultaneously during instruction. If you are able to identify all three things
in your lesson plan, you’re doing it!
Here’s a quick activity you can include
in any lesson to make sure you are incorporating language development. Once you
assign a task or give an instruction, ask students, “What language do you need
to be successful?” Make a quick “word/phrase wall” on your whiteboard, listing
the language students need to use. If they can’t think of anything, have a few
words or phrases in your back pocket to share.
This will probably be the only time I
share a summary of the EAL Strategy Talk. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the next
one!
Tuesday, 11
February
7:30-8:15am,
SHED
Intentional
Grouping
Cheers-
Sarah
Room 1209
ssarah@aischennai.org
Professional Growth and Evaluation Deadlines
Professional Learning Opportunities
NESA Spring Educators Conference, April 2-5, 2020
AERO Summer Institutes, June 21-26, 2020
Math K-8 & 6-12, English/Language, Arts, World Language, and Academic Leaders
See Dan for details and paper applications (due March 2,2020)
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
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
Dan Pink offered a peer reviewed article
with useful scientific advice for improving student learning. Scholarly article (it is long)
by John Dunlosky et al. originally published in 2013.
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