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    THURSDAY   ROOMS
November 1, 2007 13:00-19:00 EARCOS REGISTRATION   Perlis Room -next to the Grand Ballroom
November 2, 2007 07:30-22:00 EARCOS REGISTRATION   Perlis Room
November 3, 2007 07:30-19:00 EARCOS REGISTRATION   Perlis Room
November 4, 2007 07:00-18:00 EARCOS REGISTRATION   Perlis Room
         
    FRIDAY November 2, 2007  
  08:30-16:30 Council of International Schools Board Meeting   ECC I
WASC 08:30-16:30 WASC Visiting Team WASC Training: Focus on Learning Kedah
LTP 08:30-16:30 GAIL SCHOPPERT/ALAN CONKEY Leadership through Partnership (LTP- EARCOS School Heads & Chairs)
Partnership Governance: The Head and the Chair
Perak
  18:30-20:30 ISKL Alumni Reception Hosts: Toni Mullen, Director of Alumni Affairs
Liesbet Recter CE85
RSVP: ISKL_alumni@iskl.edu.my
Suite 2107
  19:00 ACAMIS Board Meeting   ECC II
         
    SATURDAY November 3, 2007  
    PRE-CONFERENCES PRE-CONFERENCE TITLES  
  08:30-16:00 VALERIE SCANE, Board Pres., JIS
GAIL SCHOPPERT/ALAN CONKEY - Facilitators
SCHOOL BOARD PRECON
Partnership Governance: The Head and the Chair
(continues on Sunday after Keynote
10:00-16:30)
Perak
  08:30-16:00 EARASBO
GUY ROBINSON, JIS
HIMMAT SANDHU, SAS
CHRIS ROOSE
BUSINESS MANAGER'S PRECONFERENCE
The Building Blocks of School Security
(continues on Sunday after Keynote
10:00-16:30)
ECC I
  08:30-16:00 JONATHAN BORDEN Confucius Meets Piaget: Understanding Korean Students and Parents Kelantan
  08:30-16:00 ART COSTA Building a More Thought-full Learning Community with Habits of Mind Johore
  08:30-16:00 CASE
(Joanna Motion/Frank Opray/Krista Slade)
Leading School Advancement Pahang
  08:30-16:00 BILL GERRITZ/KEVIN BARTLETT/TOM BAKER/PAM HARPER The Learning Lens: Transforming Schools by Focusing on Learning Selangor
  08:30-16:00 JOHN LITTLEFORD Strategic Governance and School Climate: The Key to Leadership Survival Kedah
  08:30-16:00 BILL KENTTA/JOSH RECKORD Building Communication Skills for International School Leaders Penang
  08:30-16:00 ROLAND YOSHIDA Becoming Empowered by Doing Action Research ECC II
  08:30-14:30 MARILYN GEORGE WASC Visiting Committee Chair Training Negeri Sembilan
  16:15 PM Council of International Schools - AGM Meeting   Selangor
  17:30-18:00 RECEPTION Welcome Orientation for New Heads of EARCOS/EARCOS Board EARCOS Suite
  18:00-19:00 RECEPTION Reception for Conference Presenters EARCOS Suite
  19:00-21:00 OPENING COCKTAIL RECEPTION OPENING COCKTAIL RECEPTION Grand Ballroom
         
    SUNDAY November 4, 2007  
  07:15 Christian Service   Selangor
  07:15 Catholic Service   Kedah
    IST DAY OF CONFERENCE IST DAY OF CONFERENCE  
  08:00-09:30 Conference Opening
Welcome to Delegates
Harlan Lyso, EARCOS Board Pres.
Connie Buford, Regional Education Officer, East Asia
Dick Krajczar, EARCOS Executive Director
Linda Sills, EARCOS Associcate Director
Grand Ballroom
    Music Entertainment by Int'l. School of Kuala Lumpur    
KEYNOTE KEYNOTE Introduction to the Speaker- Roger Hovde, ISS

ART COSTA Keynote Speaker Sponsored by International Schools Services
"Five Thoughts for a more Thought-full Curriculum" Grand Ballroom
  08:00-16:30 Hospitality Lounge by Sodexho    
  09:30-10:00 TEA & COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by Perkins Eastman
   
  10:00-16:30 School Board SCHOOL BOARD PRECON, continued
Perak
  10:00-16:30 EARASBO BUSINESS MANAGER'S PRECON, continued
ECC I
SESSION I 10:00-11:15 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Art Costa Designing and Posing Powerful Questions Grand Ballroom
  2 Bambi Betts Raising the Bar on Teacher Quality: Creating a Teacher Evaluation Program (Part I) Penang
  3 Virginia Foley Team-building techniques that Work Kelantan
  4 DJ Condon The Tao of Educational Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Lemon Garden Terrace
  5 Marilyn George, Margaret Alvarez & Eva Kampits Becoming Accredited: Essential Elements Johore
  6 Dennis McLoughlin A HighTrust Leadership's Effectiveness: Thinking & Responsibility! Sarawak
  7 Frank Opray Asia booming: Mobility, Demographics, Educational Demand; therefore - Opportunities for International Schools ECC II
  8 Kenneth Paynter World Virtual School—Symbiotic Evolution of Principles and Practices Pahang
  9 Jeff Utecht Online Professional Development—Matching the Tool with the Need Selangor
  10 Roland Yoshida Becoming Empowered by Doing Action Research Kedah
  11 Jon Zurfluh Transformational Leadership in Technology Planning Negeri Sembilan
         
SESSION II 11:20-12:30 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Bambi Betts Raising the Bar on Teacher Quality: Creating a Teacher Evaluation Program (Part 2) Penang
  2 Kevin Downing The Impact of Nature and Nurture on Learning and Teaching Lemon Garden Terrace
  3 Judith Guy/Edward Lawless Initiatives and Directions in the IB Kedah
  4 Bill Kentta/Josh Reckord Just Listen Pahang
  5 John Littleford The Big Bang: Transition Issues that Undermine Governance Sabah Ballroom
  6 Dennis McLoughlin High Trust Leadership Skill that put Vision into Action… Action into Results! Sarawak
  7 Toni Mullen/Liesbet Recter "The Voice of Experience" an international alumni panel discussion Johore
  8 Maya Nelson School Within A School — A Unique special education model Kelantan
  9 Margaret Shibuya/Kathleen Riggins The Virtues Project: Simple Strategies to Empower Learners ECC II
  10 Dennis Sparks Leading for Results: Continuing the Dialogue Negeri Sembilan
  11 Jeff Utecht Virtual Learning Environments—What the Future Holds Selangor
  12:30-13:30 LUNCH    
  12:30-13:30 IASAS LUNCH MEETING   Shang Palace Rest.
Private Room
  12:30-13:30 ACAMIS LUNCH MEETING   Pub, 1st floor
  12:30-13:30 JCIS LUNCH MEETING   ECC II
 
  13:30-14:15 *AGM
(for Heads only)
  Sabah Ballroom
Job-a-Likes 13:30-17:00 Job-a-Likes    
  13:30-17:00 Admissions Personnel Laurie Thompson, SAS Business Centre
  13:30-17:00 High School Principals Grant Millard, ISKL Kelantan
  13:30-17:00 Middle School Principals Robert Godley, SAS Penang
  13:30-17:00 Elementary School Principals Maureen O'Shaughnessey/Debbie Cook, Brent I.S Mla. Sarawak
  13:30-17:00 Curriculum Coordinators Naomi Aleman, ISKL Selangor
  13:30-17:00 Development/Alumni Rose Hastings, ASIJ Business Centre
  13:30-17:00 I.T. Directors Paul White, NIST Pahang
  13:30-17:00 Athletic/Activities Directors Bob Connor, ISB Lemon Garden Terrace
  13:30-17:00 Board Members Valerie Scane, JIS Perak
  13:30-17:00 Human Resources Shanthi Nathan, ISKL Negeri Sembilan
  14:15-17:00 * Heads Large Schools Paul Chmelik, ISKL ECC II
  14:15-17:00 *Heads Medium Schools Tony Race, IS Singapore Kedah
  14:15-17:00 *Heads Small Schools Steve Alexander, Vientiane IS Johore
  15:00-15:30 TEA & COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by Lehigh University
   
  19:00-22:00 Cultural Evening, Bazaar and Reception including Malaysian Music Dance    
         
    MONDAY November 5, 2007  
    2ND DAY OF CONFERENCE 2ND DAY OF CONFERENCE  
  07:00-08:00 Breakfast meeting for Heads of A/OS- Assisted Schools 07:00 - 08:00 Outside Lemon Garden Terrace
  07:00-08:00 Breakfast Meeting for MRISA   Lemon Garden Coffee Shop
  08:00-09:15 Opening Remarks/ Announcements
Morning Greetings by Tim Carr, ASIJ, EARCOS Board
08:00-09:15 Grand Ballroom
    Music Entertainment by Mont'Kiara Int'l. School    
KEYNOTE KEYNOTE Introduction to the Speaker- Carolyn Brunner, Buffalo State, SUNY
KEYNOTE DENNIS SPARKS
Sponsored by
Buffalo State, SUNY
"Cultivating Ourselves as Leaders" Grand Ballroom
  08:00-16:30 Hospitality Lounge by Sodexho    
  09:15-09:45 TEA & COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by ISS
   
SESSION III
09:45-11:00 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Kevin Downing Constructively Aligning your Curriculum with Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL) Perak
  2 Bill Kentta/Josh Reckord Organizational Development in School Kelantan
  3 David Koutsoukis Creative Tools for Teaching Values (Part I) ECC I
  4 Bill Mules (CASE) How to Ask: A Primer for Heads Negeri Sembilan
  5 Kenneth Paynter Introducing "EARCOS" Collaborrative Workspace"— An Online Environment for Regional Collaboration Pahang
  6 Dennis Sale The "Thinking Curriculum": A Practical Framework for Promoting Good Thinking (Part I) Penang
  7 Anthony Skillicorn/Susan Edwards Meeting the Rischard Challenge Sarawak
  8 Dennis Sparks Dialogue with Dennis Sparks Grand Ballroom
  9 Jeff Utecht Beyond E-Mail—Communicating in the 21st Century (Part I) Selangor
  10 Paul White Teaching with Tablets: the development and use of a one to one tablet laptop program Kedah
  11 Ronald Miles Wilder Overcoming Obstacles to Effective Teacher Supervision: What schools can do? (Part I) Johore
  12 Naomi Woolsey Add another AERO to your Quiver ECC II
SESSION IV
11:10-12:25 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Art Costa Learning to Listen with Skill and Empathy Grand Ballroom
  2 Rose Hastings Why do Alumni Relations at International Schools? Pahang
  3 Bill Kentta/Josh Reckord Recognizing and Dealing with Burnout in Ourselves and Others Kelantan
  4 David Koutsoukis Creative Tools for Teaching Values (Part II) ECC I
  5 John Littleford The Current State of Instability: Research Patterns in the Chair/Head Partnership Johore
  6 John Ritter Good Governance—Keeping our Promises Negeri Sembilan
  7 Chris Roose The Building Blocks of School Security Sarawak
  8 Dennis Sale The "Thinking Curriculum": A Practical Framework for Promoting Good Thinking (Part II) Penang
  9 Paul White Taking Learning Online: Developing an Online Curriculum to support Teaching and Learning Kedah
  10 Ronald Miles Wilder Overcoming Obstacles to Effective Teacher Supervision: What schools can do? (Part II) Johore
  11 Jeff Utecht Beyond E-Mail—Communicating in the 21st Century (Part II) Selangor
  12 Roland Yoshida Becoming Empowered by Doing Action Research Perak
         
SESSION V
12:30-13:45 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Art Costa Mediating the Metacognitive:Thinking about your Thinking Grand Balroom
  2 Kevin Downing Adding Value to Students through Institutional Research Selangor
  3 Judith Guy/Ed Lawless Making it Happen — Implementing IB programmes in Asia Pacific Schools ECC I
  4 John Littleford Powerful Trade Offs: The Nine Sacred Cows of Income and Expense Johore
  5 Dennis McLoughlin Beware: 6 Valleys of Death. Stay Away-Excellent-Be Happy! Kedah
  6 Josh Reckord/Bill Kentta Who Decides? Kelantan
  7 Dennis Sale Effective 'E-Pedagogy' Penang
  8 Gail Schoppert/Alan Conkey Effective Board Committees Perak
  9 Linda See Pandemic Preparedness for International Schools Pahang
  10 Margaret Shibuya/Kathleen Riggins The Virtues Project II: School Spirit and Personal Development ECC II
  11 Virginia Foley Teambuilding Techniques that Work: Applying Personality Theory Negeri Sembilan
         
  14:00 Explore KL, Golf outing, and Evening Free    
  14:15-16:30 ISS Head of Schools Meeting - Rob Ambrogi   ECC I
  14:15-16:30 WASC COMMITTEE MEETING (by invitation only)
Marilyn George
  Business Centre
(to be confirmed)
  14:30 Walking tour in KL lead by by Kenny Peavy (KL expert)
  -Meet at the Lobby-
  14:30 Tour to ISKL
Tour to MKIS
  -Sign up the registration desk-
  14:30 Ministry of Tourism is providing bus in City tour including shopping (free of charge) and visit Selangor Pewter
  -Sign up the registration desk-
         
    TUESDAY November 6, 2007  
    3RD DAY OF CONFERENCE 3RD DAY OF CONFERENCE  
  07:00-08:00 Breakfast Meeting for Heads of Small Indonesian Schools   Lemon Garden Terrace
  08:00-16:30 Hospitality Lounge by Sodexho    
  08:00-08:15 Opening Remarks
Morning Greetings by Larry Jones, Surabaya, EARCOS Board
Special Remarks by Angus King
Former Governor of the U.S. State of Maine
08:00-08:15 Grand Ballroom
KEYNOTE 08:15-9:30 Introduction to the Speaker- Howard Kravitz, ISI

KEYNOTE
DENNIS MCLOUGHLIN
Sponsored by
Insurance Services Int'l.
"Care & Celebration of the Educational Leader: A Performing Artist/an Incredible Gift!" Grand Ballroom
  09:30-10:00 TEA & COFFEE BREAK
   
SESSION VI
10:00-11:15 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Prue Anderson/John Lindsey Reading Literacy in English: Patterns in International School Student Data ECC II
  2 Art Costa Cognitive Coaching: Conversations that Promote Self-Directed Learning (Part I) Sarawak
  3 Virginia Foley Crosscultural Communication in Management Kelantan
  4 John Littleford Keeping Your "Head": The Opportunities and Pitfalls in Executive Compensation and Evaluation Johore
  5 Dennis McLoughlin Using HIGH TRUST to Influence Others to Choose What is Best & Maximize Their Potential (not control with power) Grand Ballroom
  6 Dave McMaster/Alex Gibbs (CASE) Case Study: Canadian International School in Hong Kong — Sweet Music for our Ears Negeri Sembilan
  7 Kenneth Paynter Follow-Up on Learning 2.0 in Shanghai—Sustainable EARCOS Technology Conferences Pahang
  8 Angus King Transforming Education on a Grand Scale Perak
  9 Linda See Roles of the School Nurse ECC I
  10 Dennis Sparks First Change Ourselves (Part I) Kedah
  11 Jeff Utecht Mastering RSS—Make the Web Work for You (Part I) Selangor
         
SESSION VII
11:30-12:45 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Diane McKoy United States University Undergraduate Admissions for International Students Kelantan
  2 Art Costa Cognitive Coaching: Conversations that Promote Self-Directed Learning (Part II) Sarawak
  3 Kevin Downing The Impact of a Problem-based Curriculum on Metacognitive Development ECC I
  4 John Lindsey/Prue Anderson Mathematical Literacy: Patterns in International School Student Data ECC II
  5 John Littleford The Politics and Effectiveness of Faculty Compensation, Appraisal and Workload Johore
  6 Kenneth Paynter What's Happening Now in Educational Technology? — An Informal Panel Discussion/Forum Pahang
  7 Bill Powell/Ochan Powell
CANCELLED
CANCELLED "Production Styles: How the Medium Affects the Message and the Measurement" (Part II) Perak
  8 Dennis Sale Building Rapport in Cross Cultural Facilitation using Neorolinguistic Programming (NLP) Grand Ballroom
  9 David Shepherd (CASE) From Year Book to Face Book: Building an Advancement Operation from Scratch Negeri Sembilan
  10 Dennis Sparks First Change Ourselves (Part II) Kedah
  11 Jeff Utecht Mastering RSS—Make the Web Work for You (Part II) Selangor
  12 Roland Yoshida Providing Input to the Development of the EARCOS Research Institute Penang
         
  12:45-13:45 LUNCH    
  12:45-13:45 Special Session
Associate Members Presentations
(Box Lunch provided)
   
  12:45-13:45 Andreas Paaske
KOMPAN
Life skills and School Playgrounds - creating unique play environments Perak
  12:45-13:45 Tim Ramsey
Follett International
School Resource Management: Maximizing your return on investment with Follett Software’s Destiny Resource Management Solution Kedah
  12:45-13:45 Richard Rediker
Rediker Software
What’s New in School Administrative Software? Selangor
  12:45-13:45 R. Mark Beadle
Sevenstar Academy
The Benefits of Online Learning Pahang
  12:45-13:45 Clay Hensley
College Board
Tools for International Schools: How Can the College Board Better Connect Your Students to College Success? ECC I
         
SESSION VIII
13:45-15:00 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Prue Anderson/John Lindsey Interpreting School-level Student Assessment Data ECC II
  2 Jason Atkins Serving the Expatriate Community by Understanding Third Culture Kids Selangor
  3 Jim Hausman/Medard Gabel "Be the World" aboard a gym-sized fulll-planet map of Spaceship Earth (Part I) Kedah
  4 David Goetz Functional/Dynamic Fitness Training and the Impact on Student Fitness Negeri Sembilan
  5 Maya Nelson School Within A School — A Unique special education model (Repeat) Lemon Garden Terrace
  6 Kenneth Paynter Technology Work-A-Like—A chance to Discuss Ongoing and Emerging Issues Pahang
  7 Kenny Peavy Teaching as if the Earth Matters Sarawak
  8 Josh Reckord/Bill Kentta Meeting Make Over-through putting sizzle in your meetings build your organizational capacity Kelantan
  9 Chris Roose Emergency Response Planning Perak
  10 Dennis Sale Creative Teaching: What It Is and How To Do It Johore
  11 Linda See Stressed Out! ECC I
  12 Roland Yoshida Providing Input to the Development of the EARCOS Research Institute (repeat) Penang
         
  15:00-15:30 TEA & COFFEE BREAK    
         
SESSION IX
15:30-16:45 (12 Breakout Sessions)    
  1 Alan Conkey/Gail Schoppert School Board Policy Perak
  2 David Koutsoukis Creative Tools for Managing Student Behaviour ECC I
  3 Dr. Iskandar Rizal Man versus Machine in the Laptop-Enabled School Pahang
  4 Virginia Foley Trauma: Strategies for Management and Resilience Lemon Garden Terrace
  5 Don Miron Ubiquitous Computing and an Inquiry-based Classroom: A Model for Live-long Learning Selangor
  6 Jorge Nelson/Ron Montgomery Education beyond the 21st century: constructing a sustainable legacy Penang
  7 Chris Roose Individual Security Measures Johore
  8 Anthony Skillicorn/Susan Edwards Meeting the Rischard Challenge (Repeat) Kelantan
  9 Dan Kennedy Building a World-Class Marketing Plan for your School Negeri Sembilan
  10 Jim Hausman/Medard Gabel "Be the World" aboard a gym-sized fulll-planet map of Spaceship Earth (Part II) Kedah
  16:00-18:00 WASC
Marilyn George

WASC: Serving as a Visiting Committee Member
ECC II
  17:30-18:30 Cocktail Reception Reception and Welcome to Associate and EARCOS Board Members Malaysian Suite
  19:00 GALA DINNER
GALA DINNER
Ballroom
         
    WEDNESDAY November 7, 2007  
         
  08:00-Noon APAC MEETING   ECC I
  08:30-16:30 Marilyn George, Margaret Alvarez & Eva Kampits Serving on a CIS, CIS/WASC or CIS/NEASC Visiting Committee Perak
         


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