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PRECONFERENCE PRESENTERS :
EARASBO Pre-Conference
November 3, 4, 2006
MCINTYRE, COREY
Title: School Finance Challenges (two part session)
EARASBO Pre-Conference
November 4, 2006
BURNETT, JEFFERSON G.
Title: Speaking their Language: Communicating the Value of an Independent School Education
November 3,4, 2006
GEORGE, MARILYN
Title: WASC Accreditation Session - Friday November 3, 2006
Title: WASC Visiting Committee Chair Training - Saturday, November 4, 2006
November 4, 2006
ALVY, HARVEY
JOHNSON, DOUG
ARPIN, TERESA
JUKES, IAN
BETTS, BAMBI
KILLION, JOELLEN
Joanna Motion
Frank Opray
Adele Hodgson
Peter Mahoney
Lister Hannah
SCHOPPERT, GAIL & POWELL BILL
Harvey Alvy
The International School Leader: Promoting Instructional Leadership in Vibrant Learning Communities
Description:
International school leaders serve in schools that expect quality instructional leadership. This interactive institute will examine strategies to help effective instructional leaders meet teacher needs by addressing: how supervision has “shifted” to focus on student work, implications of the “shift” on supervisory practices including teacher conferencing and observing, the importance of Professional Learning Communities and professional growth options for teachers, faculty meetings as invitations to learn, inspirational stories as a culture building instructional strategy, the importance of trust and respect, and the paradoxes of international leadership.
Biography:
Harvey Alvy's experience as an international school leader is extensive, taking him from the American School in Kinshasa, to the AIS in Israel, the AES in New Delhi, and the Singapore American School. Harvey served in the principalship for more than a decade in both elementary and secondary schools, and is a founding board member of the Principals' Training Center for International School Leaders. In 1991, the NAESP selected him as a National Distinguished Principal for American Overseas Schools. In 2004 he received the Eastern Washington University (EWU) CenturyTel Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence. Presently, Harvey is an associate professor at EWU specializing in educational leadership.
With Pam Robbins, he has co-authored The New Principal's Fieldbook: Strategies for Success (2004, ASCD), The Principal's Companion (2nd edition, 2003, Corwin Press), and If I Only Knew…Success Strategies for Navigating the Principalship (1998, Corwin Press). Recently, Harvey authored a June, 2005, Kappan article, “Preventing the Loss of Wisdom in Schools: Respecting and Retaining Successful Veteran Teachers,” and co-authored a May, 2005 Educational Leadership article, “Growing into Leadership.”
In 1983, Harvey earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Montana, focusing on the challenges of new school leaders. He has conducted seminars, workshops, and presentations, in North America and internationally on assisting aspiring and new leaders, professional development, effective supervision, ethical leadership, curriculum alignment, characteristics of great teachers, and shaping collaborative school cultures. In recent years Harvey has conducted international workshops in New Delhi, India; Singapore; Beijing
and Shanghai, China; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bali, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; Harare, Zimbabwe; Warsaw, Poland; Tokyo, Japan and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Teresa Arpin
Achieving Greatness: A new look at strategic planning & strategic action
Description:
For a system to achieve what it cares deeply about, it is clear that several preliminary conditions are essential before introducing a change effort. The focus of this day is to help system leaders understand the context for change and planning and how to guide their organization through system level change.
Bambi Betts
Toward Best Practice in Every Classroom: Leading the Professional Development Process
Description:
Teaching matters. The evidence is indisputable. The most essential role of the school leader is to ensure there is a highly effective teacher, who is able to 'cause the intended learning' in every classroom, everyday. The good news is that school leaders in international schools CAN actually strongly influence instructional practice through both individual and institutional processes, and build a strong professional learning community. In fact, schools that DO NOT pay rigorous attention the relationship between how kids are learning and how teachers are teaching are doomed to mediocrity - and mediocrity is in NO ONE'S school mission.
In this day long, practical session, the overarching goal is to become more skilled defining a professional development processes, both formal and informal, that will lead to continuous improvement in instructional and assessment practices.
Essential questions for the day are:
- What is the critical relationship amongst learning goals, learning results, and professional development?
- What are the essential ingredients for an effective professional development program?
- What does a 'model' professional development program look like?
- What is the best design for adult learning?
- How can we best individualize professional development?
- How do we manage the relationship between helping teachers and leaders improve and the evaluation/appraisal process?
- What professional development programs are proving 'successful' in international schools?
- And what do I actually do as a leader in this process?
The session is suitable for school heads, principals, curriculum director and others who are charged with leading their schools to become professional learning communities.
Biography:
Bambi Betts is the director of both the Principals' Training Center for International School Leadership, and the Teacher Training Center for International Educators. Both these organizations provide professional development opportunities designed uniquely for international schools. Bambi has been a director, principal and teacher in international schools for over 20 years, most recently Director of Escuela Campo Alegre in Caracas, Venezuela. She has been a consultant in over 70 international schools, conducting training on a variety of topics related to the effective international school, including assessment, curriculum leadership, instructional strategies ,faculty evaluation, board training. She has written many articles on practical ways to improve international schools and authors a regular column on the PTC pages of The International Educator (TIE). Bambi will additionally take on the role of CEO of AISH (Academy for International School Heads) in January of 2007.
Joana Motion / Frank Opray / Adele Hodgson / Peter Mahoney / Lister Hannah
Building a culture of philanthropy in International Schools
Description:
Now more than ever before, philanthropy has a pivotal role to play in the future success and positioning of international schools. Heads, Trustees, Administrators and Development staff will learn how to establish, structure and maintain a culture of philanthropy at their school. Sessions will explore the roles of the Head and the Board and examine which strategies to adopt and which activities to grow. You will also gain practical skills in communicating with your alumni, building up fundraising activity and translating your strategic plan into major gift opportunities.
Biography:
Joanna Motion was appointed the first Vice President for International Operations for the Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) in 2003, having served as Executive Director of CASE Europe since 2000.
CASE is a membership association, providing training and advocacy for over 3000 educational institutions in 52 countries around the world in the areas of fundraising, alumni relations, marketing and communications.
Educated at an International School in India, Joanna's 25 year career in education has taken her from the UK to Australia and back and she has held positions in four universities. She has worked in public relations, communications and development and she set up alumni associations for both the University of East Anglia and the University of Melbourne.
Recent travels have taken Joanna to visit universities and schools around the globe and to speak at conferences in places ranging from Thailand to Uganda and from Paris to Prague.
Biography:
Frank Opray has held fundraising and marketing positions as Director of Development at Wesley College, Melbourne, (3,500 students), for five years and subsequently, at Carey Baptist Grammar School, (2,300 students), for four years. Prior to these appointments he spent many years in market research and in management consulting, primarily in the services sector. During that time he was for three years a Board member and Treasurer of Wesley College, Australia’s largest school.
He has particular expertise in educational fundraising, marketing and finance, the development of alumni structures, school governance and in the use of school administration computer software. He also conducts Heads’ searches.
Frank now consults through Washington Services to international schools on fundraising, alumni relations, marketing, start up and governance issues in Australia and particularly in Asia. He regularly presents papers at Development and fundraising conferences in Australia, Europe and Asia.
He is a qualified accountant and volunteers his time as President of the Foundation at Queen’s College, University of Melbourne.
Biography:
A much-traveled international academic, Lister Hannah is President of the Prem Tinsulanonda Center in northern Thailand.
In over thirty years of headship at schools around the world, Lister has led schools in Canada and Tanzania, been one of the principals at the United Nations International School, New York, headmaster of the Munich International School in Germany - whilst also founding the Bavarian International School and serving on the board of the European Council of International Schools. Before coming to Thailand, Lister returned to his own school, Geelong Grammar in Australia, as Headmaster. He joined the Prem Center in January 2000 with a brief to set up a world class educational institution, something that was more than just an international school.
Corey McIntyre
School Finance Challenges (two part sessions)
Description:
This session is dealing with school finance challenges and the tools we have developed to address them, and how the trends, challenges, and tools may apply to your constituents.
Biography:
Corey McIntyre is the Chief Financial Officer of the National Association of Independent Schools. In this capacity, he supervises the financial operations of the organization and designs and implements strategies to address our fiscal goals. He also serves as a liaison to members on independent school financial issues.
Before joining the NAIS staff in July of 2006, McIntyre worked as the CFO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, an advocacy organization with nearly four million members and supporters nationwide. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of the Langley School, a preschool through grade eight independent school in McLean, VA. For nine years, McIntyre worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, beginning as an Associate and moving up to Senior Audit Manager. McIntyre served clients in industries that included independent schools, publicly traded companies, national trade associations, an international hotel chain and a registered investment company. Among his clients were Georgetown University, George Washington University, Mary Baldwin College, Strayer University, Inc, the National Cathedral School and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
McIntyre, a CPA licensed in Virginia, received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from James Madison University (VA).
Marilyn George
WASC Accreditation Session - Friday, November 3, 2006
Description:
This one day interactive WASC session will examine the essentials of the Focus on Learning self-study process and the many ways it can be adapted to a school's situation. The session will provide an opportunity for EARCOS educators to examine strategies inherent in Focus on Learning that support the school's assessment of student learning in relation to schoolwide learning results and curricular objectives/ standards. During the latter part of the session, there will be a panel of EARCOS educators who will share how they adapted the Focus on Learning process for respective schools, including its integration with strategic planning. This session enables participants to become eligible for serving on WASC visiting committees.
WASC Visiting Committee Chair Training - Saturday, November 4, 2006
Description:
The workshop will prepare EARCOS educators to chair a WASC visiting committee. The roles of "keeper of the vision regarding ongoing school improvement" and "manager of the visiting committee" will be examined. There will be insight and advice shared by EARCOS educators who have already chaired full and mid-term visits.
Doug Johnson
Is Technology Making a Difference in Your School?
Description:
Schools are pouring thousands of dollars into educational technologies. How can schools maximize the impact that this investment makes through careful, collaborative and simple in educational technology and tools for determining if technology is having a positive impact onboth the instructional and administrative roles of the school.
Biography:
Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato Public Schools since 1991 and an adjunct faculty member of Minnesota State University since 1990. His teaching experience includes work in grades K-12 both here and in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of four books: The Indispensable Librarian, The Indispensable Teacher's Guide to Computer Skills, Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age and Machines are the Easy Part; People are the Hard Part His regular columns appear in Library Media Connection, Leading & Learning and Education World website. His articles have appeared in over forty books and periodicals. Doug has conducted workshops and presentations for over 130 organizations throughout the United States as well as in Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Canada, the UAE and Australia. He has held a variety of leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.
Ian Jukes
Knock-Your-Socks-Off Electronic Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power & Pizzazz
Description:
Knock-Your-Socks-Off Electronic Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power & Pizzazz This intensive hands-off workshop focuses on learning and mastering the elements of effective electronic presentation planning, design, organization and delivery. Participants will be provided with an overview of all of the technical and conceptual elements that will allow them to design, deliver, and critique powerful electronic presentations. The elements of this workshop will include the following: doing the research; understanding your audience; preparing the elements of the presentation; sequencing ideas; utilizing the principles of graphical design for effective communication; preparing yourself for presentations; organizing the presentation area for greatest impact; the technical elements for delivering a powerful presentation; handling an audience; and analyzing your performance. The key elements of the workshop are: The top ten principles of planning presentation before using presentation software; the top ten principles of effective presentation design using presentation software; he top ten principles of graphical design using presentation software; and the top ten principles of presentation delivery. This workshop is not about how to use PowerPoint - it's about how to design powerful and persuasive presentations in order to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences for a wide range of purposes. Participants will be provided with an approximately 50-page handout.
Biography:
Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor and keynote speaker. As the Director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and on-line training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the course of the past 10 years, Ian has worked with clients in more than 30 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations typically speaking to between 200,000 and 300,000 people a years. In August 2002 Consulting Magazine Online named him one of the top ten educational speakers in America.
Ian has written six books, 9 educational series and had more than 100 articles published in various journals. Ian is also the publisher of an on-line electronic newsletter, the Committed Sardine Blog, which is electronically distributed to more than 17,000 people in 60 countries.
He is also the creator and co-developer of TechWorks, the internationally successful K-8 technology framework; and was the catalyst of the NetSavvy and InfoSavvy information literacy series; he has been a Contributing Editor for several journals and magazines. His two most recently published books are Net.Savvy: Building Information Literacy for the Classroom, co-authored with Anita Dosaj and Bruce Macdonald, and Windows on the Future, co-authored with Ted McCain. Corwin Press publishes both books. He is currently working on the 2nd edition of Windows on the Future and a book on Digital Kids and another on Schools of the Future.
Ian is an educator first and foremost. His focus has consistently been on the compelling need to restructure our educational institutions so that they become relevant to the current and future needs of children. His rambunctious, irreverent and highly charged presentations and articles emphasize many of the practical issues related to ensuring that change is meaningful. As a registered educational evangelist, his self-avowed mission in life is to ensure that children are properly prepared for the future rather than society's past. As a result, his material tends to focus on many of the pragmatic issues that provide the essential context for educational restructuring.
Joellen Killion
School-Based Coaching for Teacher and Student Success
Description:
Participants will develop a deep understanding the role of school-based coaches as instructional leaders. By examining nine roles and the responsibilities and challenges of each role, participants will understand the scope of the role of a school-based coach. Participants will practice the foundational skills of coaching including relationship and coaching skills.
The workshop will be an interactive session that combines mini-lecture, discussion, small-group work, with application tasks that ask participants to apply their learning. Session outcomes are: Develop a deep understanding of nine roles for school-based coaches and the knowledge, skills, and challenges associated with each role; analyze current coaching responsibilities to determine how they are configured in relationship to the nine roles; understand how the coaching continuum is used to deliver coaching services; develop listening skills that help coaches empower their teacher clients and unleash their potential for innovation and success.
Biography:
Joellen is the Director of Special Projects for the National Staff Development Council. In her work with NSDC, Joellen focuses on improving teacher quality and student learning. She is currently working on several projects involving results-driven staff development and the evaluation of staff development. Joellen has written numerous articles and several books about professional development. As a former school district staff developer, curriculum coordinator, teacher, and consultant, Joellen has supported schools and districts in the areas of staff development, facilitation, shared leadership, training skills, school improvement, data-analysis, team building, and instruction.
Jeffeson Burnett
Speaking their Language: Communicating the Value of an Independent School Education
Description:
Market research can provide invaluable insight into what parents, students, and the public think about independent school. Knowing what constituents value will help you reach new families and tell the independent school story more effectively. We’ll review recent research and offer tips on how you can better communicate with your core audience.
Biography:
Jefferson Burnett directs a team that develops and implements the organization's public policy, legislative, and regulatory agendas, identifies policy trends, and develops strategic responses. He also oversees a cross-functional team dedicated to raising awareness of independent schools and providing products and services to help independent schools with their own advocacy work. He speaks and writes frequently on issues related to independent education, federal legislation, regulation, and advocacy.
Before coming to NAIS, Burnett was vice president for independent schools at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). He has also been an adjunct instructor in anthropology at Georgetown University, a history teacher at the Robert Louis Stevenson School (CA), and an English teacher at St. George's School (RI).
Jefferson has an A.B. in anthropology from Columbia University, NY, and a M.Phil. in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge. He is an alumnus of Sherborne School, Dorset, England, and St. George's School and St. Michael's Country Day School, both in Newport, RI.
Gail Schoppert/Bill Powell
Learning Through Partnership (School Board Governance)
Description:
The Preconference Governance Workshop is aimed at making international School Boards and Directors more effective in their work together. Topics include: roles and responsibilities, principles of good practice, effective meetings, handling complaints, dealing with crisis, evaluation of Director and Board, and other topics arising from the Preconference Survey.
Biography:
Gail Schoppert was born in Oregon, in the U. S. and was educated at Oregon State, Ohio State and UNC-Greensboro, from which he holds a doctorate in education. He worked outside the U. S. for 35 years, including 19 years as a Director in the international schools; IS Kuala Lumpur (1978-83), AS The Hague (1983-92), AS Warsaw (1992-96) and as Interim Director at AIS Rotterdam (2002-03). He was a member of the board at Pinewood School in Thessaloniki, Greece and now serves as a member of the board of The American Farm School in the same city.
Dr. Schoppert has been involved in full school construction projects, installation of the IB Diploma program, and developing competitive speech & debate programs in three parts of the world. He has Chaired a number of Accreditation Visiting Teams around the world. He worked for six years for The European Council of International Schools as facilitator for school board development.William Powell has served as an international school educator for the past twenty-five years. Bill is the author of numerous journal articles on inclusion and empowering children and co-authored the book Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools with Ochan Kusuma-Powell. Bill is a trainer for the Principal’s Training Center (PTC) and serves on the board of directors for the Academy of International School Heads. He is a consultant for Education Across Frontiers.
