The Coaching Collaborative (Learning Coaches and DTL) has started reading Coaching for Equity by Elena Aguilar. It is a very timely read as many in the world are aspiring to sustained, transformational change, especially aspiring toward a higher degree of social justice. This requires us to change our behaviors. In education these behaviors are) designing lessons, delivering instruction, analyzing data, creating assessments, etc.) as well as our beliefs and ways of being. If we aspire to societal change, this will also start with a change in behaviors.
Behaviors, beliefs, and ways of being are the three interrelated components, with the understanding that behaviors stem from beliefs and beliefs stem from ways of being. Aguilar reminds us “the boundaries between beliefs and ways of being, and between beliefs and behaviors are porous. Addressing only behaviors without surfacing, evaluating, and shifting the underlying beliefs and ways of being will not result in transformation or even in sustained change.” As we move to break and hopefully time to pause and reflect, a thought I leave you with, What transformational change do you want to make?
Aguilar, Elena. Coaching for Equity (p. 62). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
September 23, 2020 Faculty Meeting: Focus on Curriculum
Thank you for your dedicated work during Wednesday’s faculty meeting focused on vertical teams to continue work on their SMART goals for curriculum documentation. Please continue to use the resources below to guide your efforts.
Helpful Resources:
MASTER AISC Curriculum Documentation Framework and Process
Faculty Meeting on Curriculum Development Presentation Aug 12, 2020
Faculty Meeting on Curriculum Documentation Presentations Sept 2, 2020
AISC Curriculum Decision-Making Matrix
Curricular Program Change Form
Professional Learning Resources
Near East South Asia (NESA) Council of Overseas School is offering an eight-part webinar series for school parents. The webinar series is for you too!
Join with parents across the NESA region to hear from distinguished specialists and to explore and learn new strategies in support of your child as a learner. Years of research reveal that schools that partner with parents positively impact student growth and achievement. This series will address child development within the context of family and school. Attendance is open to the entire school community.
September 29, 4:00-5:00pm (GMT+3)--session features Jennifer Abrams on Collaborating Effectively: The Parent-Teacher Partnership. Here is a brief description of the webinar.
Given this time of uncertainty with more distance learning and lots of Zoom conferences, parents and educators are both asking, How might we communicate effectively with each other at this time? What do we know about the best strategies for these specific moments? What questions should we be asking ourselves before we speak, and what specific wording is best for when we do speak? Based on Jennifer’s books, Having Hard Conversations and Hard Conversations Unpacked, and her work in interpersonal communication, this session will provide parents and guardians with language tools for having humane and growth-producing conversations with teachers and school leaders.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
To put on your calendar, Homa Tavangar will host a NESA webinar on Building Racial Literacy and Building Human Empathy, November 10, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm (Athens, GMT+3). Below is a brief description and guiding question for the webinar.
The BIG Question: How can we reimagine justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in our schools and for our children?
At this crucial moment in the movement for racial justice around the world, how can schools move beyond the semblance of diversity and inclusion into centers of justice and equity that nurture, encourage and safeguard all of their students? This dynamic session will explore how key terms like diversity and empathy are used generously in schools with little examination of the conditions necessary to bring either to full expression. In addition to building racial literacy, this session integrates live music and storytelling to stimulate empathy and activate the imagination needed to transform our educational environments - and nurture meaningful conversations at home.
EAL Shout Out!
Interested in doing some further research on EAL strategies, have you read Jonathan Bifield’s blog for EAL Classroom Strategies ? Some of the over seventy strategies that are helpful include: Give One, Get One; Chunking; and KWL Charts. Many of these strategies can be used online as well as on campus.
Wellbeing at AISC
All the information on Faculty Wellness from our Wellness Coordinator, Priya Venugopal, click HERE for AISC WELLNESS MATTERS BLOG to stay updated. Sign up for Wellbeing Academy activities, activities for faculty by faculty!
Professional Growth and Evaluation Deadlines
Professional Growth Plan Paperwork and Meeting---completed by September 15
SAP-X Quad Blogging Meeting--completed by October 9
SAP-S Summative Paperwork---completed by October 9
Professional Growth New Teacher Plan--completed by October 15
Worthwhile Reading
Coaching for Equity by Elena Aguilar
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing our Stories of Race, Culture, and Identity by Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi
Constructing Grounded Theory for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Researchers by Kathy Charmaz
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