February 7, 2020

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.  --Brian Herbert

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 Wednesday, February 12, 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.

Survey LINK HERE

EAL Shout-out!

Fun facts about language learning (Thanks, WIDA!):

• Multilingual learners use and develop language through activities which intentionally integrate multiple modalities, including oral, written, visual, and kinesthetic modes of communication.
• Multilingual learners' language, social-emotional, and cognitive development are interrelated processes that contribute to their success in school and beyond.
• Multilingual learners use their full linguistic repertoire, including translanguaging practices, to enrich their language development and learning.
• Multilingual learners use and develop language to interpret and present different perspectives, build awareness of relationships, and affirm their identities.

Interested in unpacking any of these dot points? If so, I'm just an email (or door knock) away!

Cheers-

Sarah

Room 1209

ssarah@aischennai.org

P.S. The next EAL Strategy Talk is this coming Tuesday!

What: Intentional Grouping, a deep dive into heterogeneous and homogeneous grouping
When: Tuesday, 11 February, 7:30-8:15am
Where: SHED

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 details here

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

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, LINK HERE, 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

ELLSA 20/20 EAL Success in Sight, March 7-8, 2020, rescheduled September 19-20, 2020 b/c of the Coronavirus outbreak

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! 

We give a big thank you to Ms Priya V! She did an amazing job as our Wellness Coordinator while Keeley is on maternity leave. Welcome back Keeley!

Worthwhile Reading

It's not too late to get start on a 2020 project! Charles McKinney has just the plan... Project-Based Learning: Vision Boards for the New Year. Published 9 January 2020, this short article might be just want you, and your students, need to set some 2020 goals. Onward!