Prue Anderson / John Lindsey
Workshop 1 (Prue
Anderson)
Topic: Language Arts
Title: Reading Literacy in English: Patterns in International
School Student Data
Description:
This workshop will examine the International Schools’
Assessment (ISA) student data for three aspects of reading:
retrieving information, interpreting texts and reflecting on
texts and the effect of some background variables. Data is from
the 2006/7 ISA administration in which over 28,000 students
from 170 international schools participated.
Workshop 2 (John
Linsey)
Topic: Mathematics
Title: Mathematical Literacy: Patterns in International School
Student Data
Description:
This workshop will examine International Schools’ Assessment
(ISA) student data in four mathematical literacy content areas
of Uncertainty, Quantity, Space and Shape and Change and Relationships
and three competencies of reproduction, connections and reflection.
Data is from the 2006/7 ISA administration in which over 28,000
students from 170 international schools participated.
Workshop 3 (Prue
Anderson)
Topic: Language Arts and Mathematics
Title: Interpreting School-Level Student Assessment Data
Description:
How can school-level student assessment data be used to guide
policy decisions and monitor progress? What kinds of data do
schools need and what conclusions is it reasonable to draw?
The International Schools’ Assessment school reports will
be used to illustrate ways schools might interpret and track
their student performance data.
Biography:
Ms Prue Anderson is a Senior Research Fellow at the
Australian Council for Educational Research. She has worked
on a wide range of assessment projects in reading, writing and
interpersonal and social development for school students. She
has worked for state and federal agencies in Australia and national
and international agencies in developing countries. Prue was
the project manager working with the Basic Education Assistance
for Mindanao (BEAM) to develop baseline assessments in reading
mathematics and science in Grades 4 and 8 in the Philippines.
She has also worked with the Education Department in PNG to
develop a standards monitoring program for literacy and mathematics
for students in years 3, 5 and 8. She has undertaken capacity
building work in pilot test development and questionnaire design
through the World Bank Institute running a three-week workshop
with representatives from six African countries. She is currently
the project director for the International Schools’ Assessment
(ISA).
Dr John Lindsey is a Senior Research Fellow at the
Australian Council for Educational Research. He has made major
contributions to a variety of programs both within Australia
and internationally. In 1993-94 he directed the development
of test materials in Physics, Specialist Mathematics and General
Mathematics and Science at Population 3 (final year of secondary
school) for the Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS). In 1997 and 1998 he was part of a team developing
mathematics and science materials for use in the OECD Programme
for International Student Assessment (PISA) project. Dr Lindsey
has been project director since 1994 of the NSW Selective High
Schools Test, which each year provides tests in Reading, Writing,
Mathematics and General Ability for Year 6 students. Since 2004
he has led a team developing mathematics assessments for the
International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) which extends
the PISA construct for 15-year-olds to all year levels from
Year 10 to Year 3.
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Jason Atkins
Workshop 1
Topic: Third Culture Kids
Title: Serving the expatriate community by understanding Third
Culture Kids.
Description:
We have all heard the term Third Culture Kid, but do we really
understand what it means? What are the four experiences common
to families living abroad? What are the two major challenges
for children growing up overseas? How do these and other realities
change the way we serve our students?
Biography:
Jason Atkins works at Brent International School, Manila where
he is currently the Assistant Upper School Principal. He has
also served as an English Teacher, Department Head and the Director
for Academic Affairs. He holds two bachelors degrees, credentials
to teach both elementary and high school, as well as a Cross-cultural
Language Acquisition and Development certificate. He completed
his MA in International Education at Oxford Brookes University
in England and wrote his thesis on third culture issues. Mr.
Atkins grew up in California and has also lived in London. For
the past nine years he and his wife have lived in the Philippines
where both of their TCK children, ages 7 and 5, were born. In
his spare time he enjoys travel and mountain climbing. He has
visited over 25 countries and climbed over 150 peaks.
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Bambi Betts
Workshop 1
Topic: Raising the Bar on Teacher Quality: Creating a Teacher
Evaluation Program
Title: Raising the Bar on Teacher Quality: Creating a Teacher
Evaluation Program
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Description:
Quality teaching is the most essential ingredient in an effective
school. This workshop is designed to provide those involved
in the evaluation or appraisal of teachers in international
schools with a set of practical skills for putting an effective
evaluation program in place. It will be useful to school heads,
principals and other school leaders who evaluate faculty. Through
a series of active learning opportunities, participants will
explore answers to the following questions: What are the purposes
of teacher evaluation?, What are the essential components of
an effective evaluation program?, What criteria should be used
to evaluate teacher performance and progress?, What are the
inherent problems and issues of evaluations programs?, What
data sources are most effective?, Are there unique features
of teacher evaluation programs in international schools?, What
are the key learnings from teacher evaluation research from
the last decade?
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Frank Opray CASE
Workshop 1
Topic: Enrolment, Demographics & Advancement
Title: “Asia Booming: Mobility, Demographics, Educational
Demand; therefore - Opportunities for International Schools”
Description:
The international school sector continues to expand worldwide
with particular growth in the Asia/Pacific region - embracing
both existing and new schools. This opening session will explore
the political, economic and societal reasons behind this remarkable
growth trend and will identify the opportunities it is presenting
for alumni relations and philanthropy in our schools.
Bill Mules CASE
Workshop 2
Topic: Philanthropy
Title: How to Ask: A Primer for Heads
Description:
Bill Mules, former Head of the American School of London, will
candidly share his experience raising significant private support
for ASL. This session will be a stellar opportunity to learn
from a master about the art of asking - and the joys of receiving.
Biography:
Bill Mules has spent his entire career in education, predominantly
at the secondary or elementary level in independent and international
schools. For the past three decades he has been a school head,
retiring last June as the Head of The American School in London.
Bill has presented at CASE conferences from Edinburgh to Bangkok.
He has a particular interest in the relationships among Heads,
Boards, and Advancement Officers, an area that he feels is critical
to any successful fund-raising effort.
Bill is the principal officer of Mules Consulting, located in
his home port of Baltimore, Maryland. He currently serves as
a member of the Board of Directors of the British International
School of New York.
Dave McMaster / Alex Gibbs
CASE
Workshop 3
Topic: Project-Based Fundraising
Title: Case Study: Canadian International School in Hong Kong
– Sweet Music to our Ears
Description:
Two-and-a-half years ago, the Canadian International School
of Hong Kong (CDNIS) undertook an ambitious capital fundraising
campaign. The aim of the campaign: to raise over HK$60million
for the construction of a world-class Arts Complex, which was
to mark the final phase of expansion in the school’s physical
development.
The onset of the fundraising drive proved a challenge with a
mere HK$1.5 million raised in the first six months. Today, with
less than half a year to go before the doors officially open
to this state-of-the-art HK$100million complex, this figure
currently stands at over HK$75million dollars.
Find out about the obstacles and the opportunities CDNIS encountered
on their journey. The school’s speakers look forward to
sharing some insight into their experiences and revealing some
secrets to a successful capital fundraising campaign.
Biography:
David McMaster is Head of School at the Canadian
International School of Hong Kong (CDNIS), a position he assumed
in August 2004, having served two years as their Middle School
Principal. Since his appointment as Head of School, Dave has
introduced various progressive initiatives that have positioned
CDNIS as a leading international school in the region. Such
developments include the introduction of the International Baccalaureate
Programme (Primary, Middle and Diploma) and the launch of a
school-wide one-to-one laptop programme designed to be in keeping
with global best practices in the field of education. In 2006,
CDNIS also played a key role in the creation of the International
Schools Sports Federation of Hong Kong (ISSFHK). A native Canadian,
Dave has over 19 years experience in education. Prior to joining
CDNIS, he was a Teacher, Vice-Principal and Principal at elementary
and secondary schools in three districts of British Columbia,
Canada. Dave became a High School Principal at the age of 31,
making him one of the youngest principals in British Columbia.
In 1996, he was appointed Principal at West Vancouver Secondary
School, the flagship school in West Vancouver and one of the
top schools in British Columbia. Dave completed a Master of
Arts in Educational Leadership at San Diego State University.
He also attended Queen’s University, where he received
a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education, a Bachelor of Arts
in Geography and an Education Degree in Secondary Education.
Alex Gibbs is Communications and Development
Manager at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong (CDNIS),
a position he assumed in May 2004. Since joining CDNIS, Alex
has raised the school’s profile through a targeted communications
campaign, which encompassed the introduction of a comprehensive
range of marketing tools such as their award-winning website
at www.cdnis.edu.hk. Celebrating their 15th Anniversary in 2007,
the school was named the “Leading International School”
in Hong Kong by an independent panel of judges through Hong
Kong Business magazine’s “High-Flyers” campaign.
Over the past two years, Alex has coordinated the execution
of a major capital fundraising campaign to finance the construction
of a world-class HK$100,000,000 Arts Complex scheduled to open
in February 2008. To date, the campaign has succeeded in generating
over HK$75,000,000 in funds. Prior to joining CDNIS, Alex was
a Senior Associate at international public relations firm GolinHarris
in Hong Kong, where he was the lead consultant for major clients
including DHL, Giorgio Armani and Marriott International. Alex
studied Business at the University of Technology, Sydney, and
Economics at the University of Sydney.
David Shepherd
CASE
Workshop 4
Topic: Alumni Relations
Title: From Year Book to Face Book: Building an Advancement
Operation from Scratch
Description:
David Shepherd will inspire you with what he has achieved with
his team at UWCSEA in Singapore. From no alumni records whatsoever
– the files were thrown out – this school is building
a dynamic global network of supporters for the College, including
an online community.
Biography:
David Shepherd
Assistant Head (External Relations)
United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA).
After teaching for three years' in the UK, Dave joined UWCSEA
in 1992 as a teacher of physical education. In 1994 he was appointed
as the head of the department and, for the next nine years',
guided an exceptional team of teachers through a period of significant
expansion for the College. Following three years' as the Director
of Admissions, Dave was appointed to his current post in August
2006.
Dave has been tasked with establishing the framework from which
the College can launch an effective and comprehensive fundraising
campaign. The development office is benefiting from a higher
level of strategic priority and increased resources; combined
with some late nights', Dave's aim is to establish a model programme
for philanthropic activity in international schools.
In addition to teaching, Dave has pursued a passion for sport
psychology. He completed a master's degree in 2000 and provides
voluntary consultation services to a range of athletes and governing
bodies based in Singapore.
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Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D.
Workshop 1
Topic: Language Arts, Social Studies,
Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, Mathematics, etc.
Title: Designing and Posing Powerful Questions
Description:
Participants will become aware of the questions they are asking,
and the attributes and structure of powerful questions. The
will practice designing and posing questions deliberately intended
to engage and transform the thinking, self-esteem and perceptions
of others.
Workshop 2
Topic: Listening Skills
Title: Learning to Listen with Skill and Empathy
Description:
Skillful listeners are aware of, employ and monitor their own
use of certain non-judgmental response behaviors. Their intent
is to enhance the quality of communications, to model listening
and empathizing and to establish and rapport.
Workshop 3
Topic: Thinking Skills
Title: Mediating the Metacognitive: Thinking about your Thinking
Description:
What goes on in your head when you think? Such a question invites
others to Talk Aloud about their Problem Solving—a characteristic
of quality thinkers. In this session participants will learn
how to engage others’ minds and to conduct dialogues intended
to increase awareness and skill in thinking and talking about
thinking.
Workshop 4
Topic: Mentoring/Coaching
Title: Cognitive Coaching: Conversations that Promote Self-Directed
Learning (Part 1 & 2)
Description:
The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to produce self-directed
persons with the cognitive capacity for high performance both
independently and as members of a community. This session, directed
towards staff developers, administrators, supervisors and mentor
teachers, will describe strategies to enhance teacher perceptions,
intellectual functions and decisions as prerequisite to improving
instruction.
Biography:
He is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State
University, Sacramento and Co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent
Behavior in El Dorado Hills, California. He has served as a
classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, an assistant superintendent
for instruction and as the Director of Educational Programs
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has
made presentations and conducted workshops in all fifty states
as well as Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Islands of the South
Pacific.
Author of numerous journal articles, he edited the book, "Developing
Minds": A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking; is
the author of "The Enabling Behaviors", "Teaching
for Intelligent Behaviors", and "The School
as a Home for the Mind." He is co-author (with Larry
Lowery) of "Techniques for Teaching Thinking","Cognitive
Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools", (with
Bob Garmston) and co-editor of "Assessment in the Learning
Organization", "The Habits
of Mind Series" (with Bena Kallick) and the trilogy,
"Process as Content"
(with Rosemarie Liebmann,).
Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Costa served
as President of the California Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development and was the National President of A.S.C.D.
from 1988 to 1989.
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DJ Condon
Workshop 1
Topic: Administration
Title: The Tao of Educational Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Description:
The influence of culture on leadership is a topic of great practical
importance to international educators. This workshop will focus
on how certain Taoist principles can be applied in any school,
regardless of location. Topics to be addressed include nature
of the leader, male-female power relations and the change process.
Biography:
D.J. Condon first came to Asia in 1982 to study Chinese philosophy
and literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After
stints in Florida and the Netherlands, he returned to Asia in
1998 to work at Taipei American School, where after seven years
in a variety of positions, he had acquired the longest job title
in school history: K-12 Principal for Curriculum, Research and
Program Development. Twice before a presenter at EARCOS Admin
conferences, he is currently the secondary school principal
at the International School Yangon (Myanmar) and is pursuing
an Ed.D. in Educational Policy and Administration at the University
of Minnesota.
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Kevin Downing
Workshop 1
Topic: Nature and Nurture in Learning and Teaching
Title: The Impact of Nature and Nurture on Learning and Teaching
Description:
This presentation will consider the evidence for and
against the reported ‘effects’ of nature and nurture
on learning and teaching. For example, are Asian students different
from their so-called western counterparts and what lies at the
heart of any perceived differences?
Workshop 2
Topic: Learning and teaching - Institutional Research
Title: Constructively aligning your curriculum with Outcomes
Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL)
Description:
This workshop gives an overview of Outcomes Based Teaching and
Learning (OBTL) as a means of improving the curriculum and introduces
the concept of constructive alignment to bring about a coherent
and accountable institutional structure. In addition to providing
examples of a constructively aligned approach, it draws on the
presenter’s experience of facilitating this change within
the university sector, and involves a demonstration of an e-learning
tool developed for assisting with constructive alignment.
Workshop 3
Topic: Institutional Research
Title: Adding value to students through institutional research
Description:
This presentation will describe and demonstrate the use of the
Learning and Study Strategies Inventory as an institutional
research tool which can be used to evidence value added to students
by both curricular and co-curricular activities. It also considers
the value of data from this type of institutional research in
bringing about evidence based institutional change.
Workshop 4
Topic: Pedagogy and Curriculum Design
Title: The impact of a problem-based curriculum on metacognitive
development
Description:
Using research conducted by the presenter, this workshop considers
the question of the extent to which a problem-based curriculum
or a new social environment, leads to more effective development
of generic, as well as subject specific skills than more ‘traditional’
learning and teaching approaches.
Biography:
Dr. Downing is Acting Senior Academic Co-ordinator for City
University of Hong Kong. He has experience of teaching in the
UK, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Romania, Latvia and
France and is a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist
with a current Licence to Practice and Associate Fellow of the
British Psychological Society. He has substantial published
work in the field of psychology, education, social work and
criminology. He is current editor of International Health, and
a member of the editorial boards of the British Journal of Community
Justice, and International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology
and Education.
Dr. Downing was awarded the City University of Hong Kong Teaching
Excellence Award in 2004/2005 for his contribution to the development
of “blended learning” with the innovative use of
technology. He successfully developed teaching materials and
learning environments that promote active student engagement.
He is also the recipient of the prestigious International Award
for Innovative use of Technology in Teaching and Learning conferred
in the USA in April 2004.
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Anthony Skillicorn and Susan
Edwards
Workshop 1
Topic: International Education and Community Service / Global
Curriculum
Title: Meeting the Rischard Challenge
Description:
How might an international school build a programme that will
empower students to address global issues in a meaningful way?
How do educational institutions link the curriculum to the practicalities
of addressing global problems? Using the United World College
of South East Asia’s Global Concerns programme as a spring
board, we provide a model for schools to actively address ten
of the ‘20 Global Problems’ as identified by Jean-Francois
Rischard.
Biography:
Anthony Skillicorn has taught in South Africa,
England, and since 1987, United World College of South East
Asia (UWCSEA), Singapore. At UWCSEA he has served as the Housemaster
of IB Hostel; Head of Grade; Head of Global Concerns; Coordinator
of Initiative for Peace and Coordinator of Tsunami Relief Programme.
These responsibilities have allowed Anthony to facilitate the
creation of a large number of student-led initiatives and a
number of large projects. At the center of his philosophy is
putting ideas into action and empowering students so they can
take genuine responsibility. The Global Concerns projects focus
on reconciliation, education, empowerment, children and the
environment. It is both fortunate and ironic that it is the
problems and challenges faced by many in developing nations
that offer the opportunities for much of the work that Anthony
has undertaken over the past nineteen years. He counts as his
greatest achievements changing the way his students view the
world rather than the successful completion of projects in developing
countries.
In 1997, Susan Edwards joined the faculty at
United World College of South East Asia, Singapore, as a teacher
of English, Humanities and Indonesian. She is currently a Head
of Grade in the Middle School and Coordinator of Global Concerns
in the Middle School. In addition to these positions, she is
coordinator of the College’s Aceh Project. Since its inception
in March 2005, the UWCSEA Aceh Project has rebuilt and furnished
a Junior High School in Banda Aceh; rebuilt multi-purpose sports
courts in three schools; facilitated teacher training for Acehnese
colleagues; established scholarship opportunities for Acehnese
students to attend UWCSEA; faciliated Grade 11 IB Project Week
visits to Aceh and provides scholarships for over 200 students
who became orphans as a result of the Tsunami. As Coordinator
of Global Concerns, Susan threads the ideals of Global Concerns
through the curriculum and the pastoral care programme in the
Middle School.
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Virginia Foley
Workshop 1
Topic: Management
Title: Teambuilding Techniques that Works (part 1)
Description:
These exercises cross cultures and organizations and apply to
large teams and small. Strengthen your team’s ability
to work together or bind together a new team using techniques
that work. Office climate surveys, problem-solving techniques,
team competitions, off-site retreats, and even having fun will
strengthen your team and build communication.
Workshop 2
Topic: Management
Title: Teambuilding that Works: Applying Personality Theory
(part 2)
Description:
Looking at your team from the standpoint of type theory
provides a deeper understanding of self and others. Use the
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) theory to enhance your team’s
cooperation and turn diversity of styles into an asset for your
team. What is your team’s preferred type!
Workshop 3
Topic: Management
Title: Crosscultural Communication In Management
Description:
Visible cultural differences in your workplace are just a tip
of the iceberg. Understanding how workplace norms differ across
cultures will make you a better communicator. Explore your communication
style and better understand others through diagnostic exercises
and dialogues which illustrate cultural differences and lead
to greater management effectiveness.
Workshop 4
Topic: Management
Title: Trauma: Strategies For Management And Resilience
Description:
Earthquake, cyclone, terrorism, grief, relocation and loss.
Who is immune? Play a critical role in providing an environment
for overcoming the effects of trauma and relating to others
in non-violent ways. You will understand the dynamics of trauma
for youth and adults and learn how to build resilience.
Biography:
Virginia brings over twenty years of foreign service experience
on four continents to her practice as a coach and certified
professional counselor with emphasis on cross-cultural adjustment
and relocation issues, an organizational team builder, facilitator
and international training consultant. Her clients include USAID,
the U.S. State Department, U.S. Peace Corps, international hospitality
organizations, American and International Schools, the Asian
Development Bank, IBM, and Save The Children, among others.
A former Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines, Virginia
has counseled Peace Corps Volunteers on two continents. She
is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator presenter, administering
the MBTI in Bolivia, Peru, Zimbabwe and Jordan. With three third-culture
children grown to maturity, Virginia has counseled other expatriate
families through humps of overseas life and served as consultant
to more than one overseas school. Virginia has both personal
and professional knowledge of the stresses of overseas living,
crisis management and trauma recovery.
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Medard Gabel / Jim Hausman
Workshop 1
Topic: Interactive sensate learning. (All disciplines)
Title:"Be the World" aboard a gym-sized full-planet
map of Spaceship Earth (Part 1 & 2)
Description:
WorldDay "Be the World" participants play out an Earth
history timeline and a roll call of present-day humanity on
a gymnasium-size distortion-free flat map of planet Earth. Through
activities and thought experiments, profound perceptual shifts
re-enliven forgotten senses– of scale, dimension, perspective,
balance, belonging, engagement, and empowerment. Participants
store "in their bones" newfound experiential sensations
of the scales of time and space, the robustness of life, the
incredible improbabilities creating the current condition, the
dense interconnectedness of simple factors that emerge as complex
systems, and an awareness that, like the 40,000 generations
that have preceded ours, individual actors can and do make huge,
often undreamed, differences.
Biography:
Medard Gabel is the CEO of BigPictureSmallWorld,
a research and education company that produces simulations,
games, and educational materials, as well as consults with corporations
(GM, Motorola, IBM and 35 other Fortune 100 companies), governments
(U.S. Congress, The Netherlands, Spain, Tanzania, and Costa
Rica.) organizations (UN, Young Presidents Organization, Rotary
International, etc.), and schools throughout the world. His
most recent simulation, the Climate ChangeGame has been played
from Paris to Penang. He is the author of six books on subjects
ranging from the global food and energy situations to multinational
corporations and planning. He runs a program each summer at
the United Nations and UN International School where high school
and college students develop solutions to global and local problems.
He worked with the late Buckminster Fuller for over twelve years
and recently participated in a training program run by Al Gore
on climate change.
Jim Hausman formed and operates EmergentWorld,
to create and disseminate "tools for an ecology of mind"
such as WorldDay experiential-learning workshops, distortion-free
full-planet flat maps, Tubespace modeling toys, and republished
out-of-print books. The aim is to empower learners to feelingly
discover the handful of simplicities that together emerge as
the requisite complexity of the world. He has served on the
boards of an overseas resident association, an international
school, an incubator for social entrepreneurs, and consults
with educators to integrate desired course innovations as physical
artifacts requiring no curriculum changes.
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Marilyn George Ed.D. / Margaret
Alvarez / Eva Kampits
Workshop 1 (Sunday)
Title: Becoming Accredited: Essential Elements
Description:
The session will address the essential elements that must exist
and be operating effectively in a school whose purpose is to
move into the accreditation process that focuses on high student
achievement and ongoing improvement. This includes the following
areas: philosophy, governance, administration and organizational
issues, staffing, instructional program, student support, culture,
and resources.
Workshop 2 (Monday)
Title: EARCOS Accreditation Committee
Description:
The EARCOS Accreditation Committee will meet to review the
EARCOS Interim Reports. In addition, the newly expanded EARCOS
Accreditation Committee will meet to discuss issues and ideas
related to the accreditation of WASC schools in the EARCOS region
as we examine ways to ensure that the process is relevant, efficient,
and effective.
Workshop 3 (Tuesday)
Title: WASC: Serving as a Visiting Committee Member
Description:
The session will emphasize the preparation and, particularly,
the role and responsibilities for a WASC visiting committee
member during the visit. This will reinforce the visiting committee
member information covered at the full day pre-conference session.
Workshop 4 (Wednesday)
Title: Serving on a CIS, CIS/WASC or CIS/NEASC Visiting
Committee
Description:
This full day session will provide the background that will
prepare EARCOS educators to serve on joint process visiting
committees for the Council of International Schools and
the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Biography:
Dr. George has been the associate executive
director of WASC since 1987. In addition to her knowledge of
accreditation and school improvement, her areas of expertise
are curriculum/instruction and staff development. She has been
a classroom teacher, staff development specialist, trainer,
consultant, and a high school district administrator of staff
development and state/federal programs. She has worked extensively
with the California State Department of Education in the areas
of program quality reviews, the mentor teacher program, and
staff development programs. She has given presentations and
written and other publications in the areas of staff development,
mentoring, and accreditation. Her degrees are from Westminster
College (B.S.), University of Wisconsin, Madison (M.S.), and
UCLA (Ed.D).
Mrs. Alvarez has a Master of Arts degree from
St Andrews University (UK), a Masters in Educational Administration
from Sheffield University and a Diploma in Business Administration
from Singapore Institute of Management. She has spent most of
her career in international education, working in Europe and
in Asia. She has been a foreign language teacher, a high school
principal, a school head, and has served on the EARCOS Board
of Directors. She serves as an accreditation officer for the
council of international schools. She is currently based in
Singapore.
Dr. Kampits, active in NEASC since 1980, she
is director of NEASC’s Executive Office. Appointed in
1994, she promotes educational collaborations, contributes to
public policy, engages in research and develops assessment/evaluation
models worldwide. Her career spans administration and teaching
at M.I.T. (Artificial Intelligence Lab.; Lab. for Computer Science;
The Media Laboratory), and chief academic officer for a women’s
college. Consultancies, publications and keynotes range from
educational technology to accreditation. She guides NEASC partnerships
with Ministries of Education (China, South Africa, Thailand,
U.A.E). Born in Hungary, Kampits holds degrees from Harvard
(B.A.), Boston College (M.A.., Ph.D.) and University of Innsbruck,
Austria.
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David Goetz
Workshop 1
Topic: Physical Education / Coaching
Title: Functional / Dynamic Fitness Training and the Impact
on Student Fitness
Description:
Recent reports on the alarming rate of increasing obesity in
children have raised health concerns and forced physical educators
to take a new perspective at how personal fitness is taught.
This workshop will look at the recent trend towards Functional
Training over traditional warm-up and exercise practices as
a way of more effectively influencing the fitness levels of
today’s students. Insights gained by participants in this
workshop may influence how administrators staff their Physical
and Health Education departments and coaching staff.
Biography:
Currently a HS Activities Coordinator and Personal Fitness instructor
at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, David Goetz is
a veteran teacher of international schools. He has an undergraduate
degree in Physical Education and Biology from Queen’s
University, where he also earned his Bachelor of Education.
Additionally, he holds a Master of International Education from
Framingham State University, and a Masters of Science in Interdisciplinary
Studies and a Certificate of Educational Leadership from the
State University of New York. Before ISKL, David served 8 years
at the International School of Beijing where he was the architect
of the school’s current activities program. He has also
served time as a PE teacher and Activities Coordinator at the
Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic and the Inter-American
Academy in Ecuador.
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Judith Guy & Edward Lawless
Workshop 1
Topic: Education Overview – General Address and discussion
forum (for educators experienced with the IB)
Title: Initiatives and Directions in the IB
Description:
This presentation will review recent developments and new initiatives
in the IB. The wider challenges for schools and the IB organization
as a whole in broadening access and in meeting its mission will
be discussed in this context.
The presentation will specifically focus on how the organization
is addressing the key questions of :
How is the IB evolving and changing to meet the changing demands
and needs of schools, teachers and students?
How is the organisation ensuring that the IB remains fit for
purpose?
Workshop 2
Topic: Education Overview – General Address and discussion
forum (for educators new to the IB)
Title: Making it Happen – Implementing IB programmes in
Asia Pacific schools
Description:
This paper aims to give an overview of the three IB programmes
– the underpining philosophy and the implied pedagogy
and the challenges for change agents in schools. The discussion
will include a perspective on the Learner Profile being adopted
across all three programmes and examine strategies adopted to
enhance articulation between the primary years, middle years
and diploma programme. Information on authorization standards
and procedures for schools adopting the programmes in Asia Pacific
region will be available.
Biography:
Judith Guy is currently the Regional Director
for the International Baccalaureate Organisation in the Asia
Pacific Region. Judith has degrees in Biochemistry, Plant Physiology
and in Education. Her first teaching position was with Volunteer
Service Abroad (New Zealand’s equivalent to the Peace
Corps), in Western Samoa. Within education, Judith has had a
variety of roles including teaching middle and high school science,
curriculum and IBO programme coordination, university and college
counseling, working as a Community Health Education Officer,
and lecturing at the Cook Islands Teachers College. She has
taught and worked as an Administrator in national and International
schools in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
Western Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Ed Lawless is currently Teacher Education Manager
for the International Baccalaureate Organisation in the Asia
Pacific Region. He has degrees in English and in Education.
He taught Secondary English in the New York State school system
until 1986, when he began his career in international education
as an IB English Teacher on the French Riviera. Since then he
has enjoyed a diverse career in international and national schools
in Singapore, Western Australia and Queensland, where he has
served in a variety of teaching and administrative roles.
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Rose Hastings
Workshop 1
Topic:Alumni Relations
Title: Why do Alumni Relations at International Schools?
Description:
Presenting the history of alumni
relations at ASIJ, describing challenges & opportunities,
Cooperative activity involving brain-storming in small groups,
and Wrap-up
Biography:
Rose Hastings was born in Kofu, Japan and grew up
in various cities around the country. After attending a Japanese
elementary school and Canadian Academy, she spent her high school
years at ASIJ. Upon graduating from ASIJ she went to Boston
College for two years before transferring to the University
of Texas at Austin. After completing her BA, she moved to New
York and began working as the Recruitment & Publications
Associate for the Japan ICU Foundation. During her two years
with JICUF she traveled to over 20 cities in the U.S. to recruit
students for ICU in Japan. She also developed relationships
with various ICU alumni chapters throughout the country and
found that they were eager to help promote their school. In
May, 2006, Rose moved back to Tokyo to work at ASIJ’s
Admissions Office for two months, before beginning her work
as the school’s Alumni Relations Officer.
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Dan Kennedy
Workshop 1
Topic: Marketing
Title: Building a World-Class Marketing Plan for your school
Description:
Any solid marketing plan has three components: Assessment, Branding
& Building a Communication Plan. This workshop will
present a framework adapted from the global marketing giant
Procter & Gamble. Topics addressed to include: market evaluation,
competitive analysis, 'customer' research, segmentation, defining
your proposition, using an agency vs. in-house, establishing
measurable communication objectives and examining the Return
On Investment (ROI) of your marketing spending.
Biography:
After spending seven years with Procter & Gamble in Sales
and Brand Management (Marketing), Dan became the Marketing Director
for the US's largest Christian bookstore chain. In his current
role as Marketing Director for International Schools of China
(ISC), Dan helps ISC's six international schools develop their
brand identity and strategic marketing plans. His love for education
is rooted in being the father of four young children. Dan, his
wife Sara and their kids live in Tianjin, China.
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Angus King
Former Governor of the U.S. State of Maine
Workshop 1
Topic: Technology
Title: Transforming Education on a Grand Scale
Description:
While in office as governor, Angus King launched an initiative
to provide every public middle school student with a laptop
computer. The first program of its kind in the nation, it was
met with considerable resistance. But with his trademark style
of leadership, Mr. King was able to persuade the state legislature
to enact the program. It has since been copied in other U.S.
states with similar success. International school leaders face
similar challenges on a smaller scale. How can you convince
your educational thought leaders, your board, your parent community
and other constituents that the time and money invested in a
laptop program are worthwhile? How do you successfully lead
change on a grand scale? What are the characteristics of a successful
technology reform program, and how can you implement such a
complex program in your own school? Drawing on his rich experience
in business, education and politics, Mr. King will share perspectives
that any international school administrator will find useful,
inspiring and entertaining.
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David Koutsoukis
Workshop 1
Topic: Values Education
Title: Creative Tools for Teaching Values
Description:
In this workshop you will discover a simple, but powerful method
for teaching values; learn how to teach values in a variety
of contexts; learn how to teach values using multiple intelligence
methodology; learn about resources that will save you hours
of preparation time; and learn how to make values education
fun!
Workshop 2
Topic: Behaviour Management
Title: Creative Tools for Managing Student Behaviour
Description:
This session outlines a formula for effective behaviour management
and emphasises the importance of a whole school approach. David
will cover a range of practical ideas and strategies from his
widely acclaimed book the “Behaviour Management Toolkit.”
Powerful, practical ideas you can use in your school the very
next day.
Biography:
David Koutsoukis helps educators build positive
and productive classrooms and schools. He is based in Perth,
Western Australia and travels throughout Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa and South-East-Asia where he presents at schools,
colleges, universities and conferences. David has written numerous
articles and is the author and creator of the Behaviour Management
Toolkit and posters, the Values Education Toolkits and posters
and the Six Kinds of Best Values Education program. His resources
are published by RIC Publications.
Working with teachers from hundreds of schools across four continents
has given David the opportunity to observe teachers and schools
in action and discover what they are doing well, and what they
are not! He shares this wisdom with other educators through
his presentations, consultancy and resources. David’s
passion and enthusiasm for what he does is contagious and his
entertaining presenting style and engaging personality have
seen him inspire audiences of all ages.
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John Littleford
Workshop 1
Topic: Board Governance
Title: The Big Bang: Transition Issues that Undermine Governance
Description:
In the international school scene, the tenure of most heads
often is less than five years because of a lack of transition
planning following a search combined with the loss of institutional
memory on the board.
Boards may think they do not need a transition plan and immediately
place multiple demands for change upon the new head of school.
In executing those plans, without yet knowing the cultural context,
many heads unknowingly are digging their own “graves.”
This session will point out patterns of success and failure
following searches and how capable heads can side step the typical
“holes in the road” and beat the odds.
Workshop 2
Topic: Board Governance
Title: The Current State of Instability: Research Patterns in
the Chair/Head Partnership
Description:
The partnership of head and chair is crucial to the success
of a school head and school. In 80% of the cases where a head
leaves under duress or is stressed by board behavior, it is
due in part to an uncomfortable partnership with the chair.
In 20% of governance difficulties with boards, the board chair/head
partnership is seen as too close, and the rest of the board
rebels at what it considers to be a lack of critical oversight
of the head by the chair.
This session will outline the key reasons for this instability
and the core solutions to ensuring and enhancing healthy chair/head
partnerships.
Workshop 3
Topic: Financial Management
Title: Powerful Trade Offs: The Nine Sacred Cows of Income and
Expense
Description:
Relying on tuition alone may not be enough to ensure the fiscal
health of international schools. Since most have a weak giving
culture (if there is any charitable giving tradition at all),
balancing creatively the sources of income and the demands for
expense is crucial to the long term health of schools. On the
income side, most schools overlook profit centers, increasingly
the margin of excellence for independent and international schools.
This session will show how to balance the trade offs of income
and expense most effectively while honoring a school’s
unique culture and how to build and expand profit centers that
can generate one million annually of net income on a ten million
dollar budget.
Workshop 4
Topic: Executive Compensation and
Evaluation
Title: Keeping Your 'Head”: The Opportunities and Pitfalls
in Executive Compensation and Evaluation
Description:
Compensation is a sensitive topic for school heads and yet it
is a core tool by which schools recruit and retain top talent
in the international scene. This session will examine patterns
of head compensation worldwide, the balance of incentive pay,
base pay, and benefits, all within the context of effective
yet fair evaluation. With over 2500 client schools on this topic
worldwide, Mr. Littleford will report on the factors that most
influence the compensation of school leaders. These factors,
other than region, would surprise most boards and heads.
Workshop 5
Topic: Teacher Appraisal
Title: The Politics and Effectiveness of Faculty Compensation,
Appraisal and Workload
Description:
Teachers want higher salaries and yet have the freedom to create
and teach. Boards want accountability, standards and measurement
as a core condition for charging higher tuitions and paying
out more money in salaries.
Heads are caught in the middle in managing board/parent expectations
and faculty/staff reactions. This session will help heads explore
with boards and teachers how a collegial and intellectual dialogue
can be structured to discuss seriously mission based compensation
and more effective, substantive and positive appraisal all in
the context of a fair and equitable workload that clarifies
expectations.
Biography:
John C. Littleford, Senior Partner of Littleford
& Associates, has over 1250 clients worldwide on these topics:
executive compensation; faculty and head compensation; board
governance; faculty evaluation; financial management; mentoring
new heads; team building; school climate issues; strategic planning;
fundraising and marketing. He has over 120 international clients
representing over 60 countries. His book, “Faculty Salary
Systems in Independent Schools” was published by NAIS
in 1983 and was a popular seller for NAIS for 14 years.
Mr. Littleford consults with schools and non profits of all
kinds worldwide, including cultural and community organizations
and foundations, as well as with corporations.
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Diane McKoy
Workshop 1
Topic: United States University Undergraduate Admissions
for International Students
Title: United States University Undergraduate Admissions for
International Students
Description:
This session will review the undergraduate admissions and financial
aid application process for international students applying
to colleges and universities in the United States. We will discuss
the Early Decision/Early Action processes, the admissions essay,
standardized testing, teacher recommendations, and other topics
of interest.
Biography:
Diane McKoy, Senior Associate Director at Columbia University,
has been in the admissions field for over 25 years. She has
served in a number of capacities on a regional and national
basis for College Board and the National Association of Admissions
and College Counseling most recently she served on the NACAC
Editorial Board for the “Journal of College Admission.”
She also works with the Overseas Project in conjunction with
College Board/State Department that is involved with international
schools and counselors. Diane also serves on the Board of Trustees
for two independent schools in the United States. She is very
interested in issues of access for under-represented students
and has started a free college counseling, financial aid and
college preparatory program for high school students in Harlem
and Washington Heights in New York City. Diane received a BA
in American History from Yale University and holds an M.A. and
M.Ed from Teachers College of Columbia University. She is working
on a doctorate in education with a focus on educational opportunities
for African American women in the United States.
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Dennis McLoughlin
Workshop 1
Topic: Leadership: A Science Based,
Performing Art!
Title: Using HiGH TRUST
to Influence Others to Choose What is Best & Maximize Their
Potential (not control with power)
Description:
Step into the future with High Trust Leadership. Really smart,
talented people are different. They want work that integrates
emotions, influences the future, touches the lives of others,
includes freedom to create, and is intrinsically rewarding.
“19th century. carrot and stick approach, assembly line
motivation will not work. Personal integrity, the correct vision
and High Trust Leadership will.
Workshop 2
Topic: High Trust Leadership
Title: BEWARE: 6 VALLEYS OF DEATH. STAY AWAY –EXCEL-BE
HAPPY!
Description:
BEWARE: 6 VALLEYS OF DEATH. STAY AWAY AND LIVE TO TELL YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN YOU WERE AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER. VISIBLE ONLY TO
HIGH TRUST LEADERS, NOT TO HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, NOT TO WHARTON
BUSINESS SCHOOL,….UP YOUR LEADERSHIP!
Workshop 3
Topic: HIGH TRUST LEADERSHIP
Title: A HIGH TRUST LEADER’S EFFECTIVENESS: Thinking &
Responsibility!
Description:
A HIGH TRUST LEADER’S EFFECTIVENESS CAN BE MEASURED BY
THE OPTIMISM AND INNOVATION/CREATIVITY IN HIS/HER FACULTY. Thinking
& Responsibility guarantees the future.
Workshop 4
Topic: High Trust Leadership
Title: High Trust Leadership Skill that put Vision into Action,…Action
into Results!
Description:
This is a “hands on” High Trust Leadership positive
skills development workshop which deals head on with the reality
of the school culture: hurt negative teachers, rude demanding
people, rumors, lack of previous leadership, …all positive,
all solutions, all High Trust!
Biography:
Every generation has its pioneers, people who with trailblazing
initiatives change our idea of the world, change the way we
perceive, and Dennis M. McLoughlin is such a trailblazer.
Born in the USA buy raised in the Orient, Mr. McLoughlin combines
a world of experiences (United State Marine Corps, Shakespearean
actor, cowboy, entrepreneur, “gifted discipline problem)
with teaching experience that includes everything from Watts
to the Navajo Indian Reservation, from Watts to East Lost Angeles.
Clinically proven-school researched,
Mr. McLoughlin’s Trust Psychology/High Trust Thinking/Leadership
are influencing a major evolution, a “paradigm thinking
shift” from fragmented, non-emotional, passive management
to leadership/learning that is vital, passionate, cognitive-emotionally
integrated, intuitive, where teachers/students take all learning
to performance in an atmosphere that nurtures “a high
need to achieve,” moral commitment, and energy for the
new world of thinking, responsibility and community.
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Don Miron
Workshop 1
Topic: Technology
Title: Ubiquitous Computing and an Inquiry-based Classroom:
A Model for Live-long Learning
Description:
This workshop is designed for teachers and administrators
who are currently using or planning to implement 1:1 laptop/handheld
programs. The topic will examine not only the pedagogical foundations
for ubiquitous computing and how it enhances an inquiry-based
learning environment, but also how the skills developed in such classrooms can
be translated into lifelong learning skills. How to develop
and deliver lessons using this model will be introduced
with the intention of giving participants a view of what an
effective " Anytime, Anywhere" connected
classroom looks like.
Biography:
Don has 25 years of experience in international education at
seven postings throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.
He has worked as an IT Director, Technology Coordinator, High
School Technology Teacher and University of Maryland Adjunct
Professor of Technology. His most recent experience includes
the development and coordination of a successful 1:1 laptop
program for grades 6-12 in Surabaya, Indonesia as IT Director. He
now works as a Technology Resource Facilitator at Shanghai American
School. Don has been a professional development provider
for schools in Asia as well as a regular presenter world-wide
on topics including " Preparing Schools for 1:1 Ubiquitous
Computing Programs", "Security Protocols
in K-12 Schools", "The Web as an Educational
Medium", "How to Supplement Your Already
Successful Classroom with Moodle " and Vodcasting:
It's not just podcasting anymore". He specializes
in networking, programming, database development and technology
integration for wireless laptop programs.
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Toni Mullen / Liesbet Recter
Workshop 1
Topic: Alumni
Title: “The Voice of Experience” an international
alumni panel discussion
Description:
Over 14,000 students, parents and faculty comprise the International
School of Kuala Lumpur’s alumni family. How does the experience
of being an international school alumnus impact one’s
life? How can the school support this expanding community? Five
ISKL alumni from various decades and perspectives share reflections
and impressions on their experiences as alumni of an international
school. The panel will also discuss the implications of staying
connected to one’s alma mater.
Biography:
Toni Mullen, Director of Alumni Affairs
Educated at international schools in Bogotá and Tokyo,
Toni Mullen is a keen advocate for maintaining worldwide connections.
She has worked at ISKL for nine years as a special educator
and high school social studies teacher. Prior to this posting,
Toni was employed at Jakarta International School, International
School of Bangkok and Eagle Hill School in Connecticut. Currently,
she is the Director of Alumni Affairs, a three year old position
at ISKL where she is establishing protocols for reconnecting
to this expanding international community.
Liesbet Recter' 84
Educated at the International School of Kuala Lumpur (K-12),
Liesbet has come full circle and is now back at her alma mater
teaching middle school Health and Physical Education. Her three
children attend ISKL. Having experienced the wealth of an international
education, Liesbet entered teaching so she could continue to
be a global citizen and contribute to the value of international
education.
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Jorge Nelson / Ronald I. Montgomery
Workshop 1
Topic: Educational Leadership
Title: Education beyond the 21st century: constructing a sustainable
legacy
Description:
To prepare students for success in life, schools need to expand
traditional programs by addressing creativity, global issues,
emotional intelligence and technology. With this new, well-rounded
program educators will guide students in constructing successful
solutions for their individual futures as well as for the continuing
future of the world.
Biography:
Jorge Nelson has 23 years experience in accredited
international schools: Thailand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Mexico,
Venezuela, Bali, & Guam. He graduated with honors from the
Office of Overseas Schools, US Department of State Doctoral
Fellowship program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies;
Master’s of Arts in Curriculum and Teaching and Bachelor
of Science in Education.
Jorge is Headmaster of International School Songdo, Korea. “Thirty-three
miles to the south of Seoul, Songdo, billed as the most ambitious
privately financed project in history, is taking shape in the
Yellow Sea: The metropolis of 350,000 people, many of them expatriates
living and working on-site for multinationals, is being built
on a man-made peninsula the size of Boston. The estimated $20
billion cost is being underwritten by Korea's largest steel
producer and by the real-estate developers from the U.S.-based
Gale International.” – Lindsay, G., Age of the Aerotropolis,
FastCompany, July/August 2006, Issue #107.
Ron Montgomery enjoys creating school facilities
and school programs. He currently serves as Project Executive/Interim
Headmaster of New Songdo City International School south of
Incheon, Korea. This 2100 student school is being created in
the heart of a Free Economic Zone and will open in the fall
of 2008.
Prior to this project Ron served as Head of Shanghai American
School. There he had the opportunity to guide the school’s
development from a Pre-K-8 program operating in rented facilities
to a Pre-K through 12 program on two new school owned campuses.
Before the international experience he served as school administrator
on four separate secondary campuses in Washington State. In
each of these settings extensive school facilities and expanded
educational programs were created under his leadership. He feels
there is no greater reward than being instrumental in creating
schools that have a positive impact on the lives of young people.
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Maya Nelson
Workshop 1
Topic: Special Education
Title: School Within A School – A unique special education
model
Description:
Overseas international and American schools have struggled
with the ability to meet the needs of students with learning
differences. Over the last decade, the numbers of students with
learning needs have increased worldwide. The School Within A
School (SWS) was implemented into the Taipei American School
in 2005 after extensive research into special education models
in the United States. This workshop will include information
about the research, development, implementation phase, and current
outcomes when considering the inclusion of students with special
needs using this type of a model. Information regarding the
planning process, admissions criteria, teacher implications,
and teaching methodology will also be discussed.
The SWS serves students with moderate level language, attentional,
and learning/academic needs. The classrooms are self-contained
though students participate in specials classes and activities
with their same age peers. The program was started as a pilot
during the 2005 to 2006 school year. Because of the success
of the program, the SWS was expanded to meet the needs of students
in both the elementary and middle school.
Biography:
Maya Nelson started the School Within A School program at the
Taipei American School (TAS) in 2005 to meet the needs of the
expatriate community. The success of this program has enabled
TAS to meet the needs of diverse learners. Maya has over twenty-five
years experience as a special education and elementary education
teacher and administrator in both international and U.S. public
school system. During her years overseas, Maya has researched
models of service delivery and best practices for at risk students
and students with learning needs in international school settings.
She has started and implemented a variety of programs in several
schools around the world. Maya has presented at U.S. and International
conferences on meeting the needs of our most fragile learners.
Maya served as the Student Support Services Director at TAS
from 1999 through 2007. She is currently an Associate Principal
at the Lower Primary, Hong Kong International School.
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Kenneth Paynter
Workshop 1
Topic: Online Education/Collaboration
Title: World Virtual School – Symbiotic Evolution of Principles
and Practices
Description:
Learn about the development and current status of the World
Virtual School Project - a very unique and innovative joint
venture of the eight international schools regions and the U.S
Dept. of State Office of Overseas Schools - which is providing
a mechanism for unprecedented inter-regional communication and
collaboration.
Workshop 2
Topic: Online Education/Collaboration
Title: Introducing “EARCOS Collaborative Workspace”
– An Online Environment for Regional Collaboration
Description:
EARCOS has activated a site for hosting a variety of regional
collaborative initiatives. This presentation is geared towards
School Administrators and Technologists who want to familiarize
themselves with this opportunity to work together on a common
platform. We will explore the site in its current state and
discuss future possibilities.
Workshop 3
Topic: Educational Technology: Collaboration
Title: Follow-Up on Learning 2.0 in Shanghai – Sustainable
EARCOS Technology Conferences
Description:
As a Special Technology Consultant to the EARCOS Region, Ken
Paynter will share his understanding of the evolution and execution
of the September Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai. This presentation
will focus on the importance of continued efforts to develop
technology conferences in the coming years in the EARCOS Region.
Workshop 4
Topic: Educational Technology: Collaboration
Title: Technology Work-Alike – A chance to Discuss Ongoing
and Emerging Issues
Description:
Educational Technology folks seem to always value the opportunity
to simply get together and share what is going on. This session
is definitely geared for “tech talk”, but of course
School Administrators are welcome to listen in on what are the
issues of the day in this ever-evolving cultural landscape.
Workshop 5
Topic: Educational Technology
Title: What’s Happening Now in Educational Technology?
– An Informal Panel Discussion/Forum
Description:
This workshop is an open discussion about apparent (and perhaps
not-so-apparent) trends and implementations in PreK-12 educational
technology. A panel of various “players”, representing
students, teachers, tech integrators, and school administrators
will seed and/or extend the conversations. Bring your educational
technology issues and questions to this “town hall”
type forum.
Biography:
Ken Paynter is the Director of Information Technology at the
Severn School, a 6-12 college preparatory school in Maryland,
USA, and he is the Project Manager of the NESA Virtual School.
His previous school position was as Technology Coordinator at
AIS-Tel Aviv, Israel. Before his career in education began in
1981, he worked as a factory and farm laborer, and as a musician
and piano technician/tuner (still playing the string bass).
Mr Paynter received his BS in Elementary Education and taught
fourth grade for fifteen years, all the while becoming increasingly
interested and experienced in the many ways in which computer
technology could be employed as an educational tool. Bitten
with the "tech bug," he became a middle school computer
teacher, and then Network Manager before he moved to AIS-Tel
Aviv. His classroom tenure, combined with specialized technical
training and experience, has proven to be invaluable in the
planning and development of educational technology initiatives.
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Kenny Peavy
Workshop 1
Topic: Environment
Title: Teaching as if the Earth Matters
Description:
Do they care? What should schools and teachers be doing
to motivate students to care about the environment? Kenny will
present data collected during his Action Research project that
demonstrates the most effective strategies for implementing
environmental education at your school.
Biography:
Kenny Peavy is originally from Georgia, USA. He holds a Masters
of Science in Science Education from Montana State University.
He is also a certified Science and Math teacher with a Bachelor’s
degree in Biology from the University of Georgia. Kenny has
worked extensively in ecological field studies ranging from
water quality, aquatic entomology and icthyological surveys
while employed at the University of Georgia’s Institute
of Ecology, as well as insect herbivory and plant chemical defenses
through Emory University and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
Peavy has taught thousands of students about the wonders of
Nature as a naturalist in the mountains of the San Bernardino
National Forest, the piedmont of Athens, Georgia, and the rainforests
of Malaysia and Thailand. As a public school teacher Kenny has
taught high school Biology and middle school Earth Science.
Kenny has written and published several natural history and
travel articles published online and in print in both the United
States and Malaysia. His hobbies include hiking, fishing, camping,
and exploring the outdoors. Kenny is also a singer, song writer
and guitarist for the rock band The Benchmarx in Malaysia. The
Benchmarx are recording and releasing their first CD in June
of 2007. Currently Kenny lives and teaches in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
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Josh Reckord / Bill Kentta
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Workshop 1
Topic: Organizational Development
Title: Just Listen
Description:
Most of us have been conditioned to be poor listeners. Few of
us have received any formal training on how to become better
listeners. Yet listening takes up more of our waking hours than
any other activity. Attend this session to learn about your
listening style, listening faults, and how to become a better
listener.
Workshop 2
Topic: Organizational Development
Title: Recognizing and Dealing With Burnout in Ourselves and
Others
Description:
Recognizing and Dealing With Burnout in Ourselves and Others
Do you (or someone you know) feel irritated much of the time—tired,
stressed and stretched to the limit by the demands of your life?
Do you feel like you’re burning, or in danger of burning
out? More people than ever are stressed, exhausted, and unfulfilled
but carry on their lives in the same way, regardless. They do
so at their own peril. Attend this session to learn how to protect
against burnout.
Workshop 3
Topic: Organizational Development
Title: Organizational Development in Schools
Description:
The way to improve schools is so simple it’s embarrassing:
getting people to work together toward a common goal. The purpose
of this session will be to identify the various components of
organizational development and to discuss how schools can create
an internal group of organizational specialist to help staffs
accomplish school improvement in the areas of decision making,
teaming, communication skill building, problem solving, collaboration,
meeting skills, and resolving conflict.
Workshop 4
Topic: Organizational Development
Title: Who Decides?
Description:
Through exploring Decision-making examples and models we will
build an understanding of the components of successful decisions
in the school setting. This will include an explanation of different
roles and steps in the process. The understanding and use of
consensus as a component of collaborative work in the school
setting remains a challenge for many of us and will be a special
focus of this workshop.
Workshop 5
Topic: Organizational Development
Title: Meeting Make Over- through Putting Sizzle in your Meetings
Build your Organizational Capacity
Description:
Why accept the same old meetings~ make people look forward to
your school meetings and even ask for more of them. Meetings
offer the opportunity to be pivotal to your organization building
capacity so why not take the challenge of leading the best meetings
people have ever been a part of.
Biography:
Josh Reckord is a retired teacher with 37 years of school experience.
From 1995-2005 he worked at the American School in Japan in
Tokyo where he was involved in and facilitated a number of projects
and school initiatives. He is interested in working with groups
in various settings and in strategies to improve their ability
to work collaboratively. In retirement, he is a volunteer member
of the Eugene (Oregon) Cadre, a group of school employees who
support organizational development in the Eugene Public Schools.
He also continues to work with community and school groups in
the areas of facilitation and organizational development.
Dr. William Kentta has been a Curriculum and Staff Development
Administrator in the Eugene, Oregon public school system for
more than twenty years. He has a Ph.D in English and has taught
at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, and the
University of Maryland--Far East Division, Vietnam. He has taught
high school English, speech, and journalism. Bill has been an
Organizational Development consultant in public schools since
1977 and has consulted nationally and internationally. He has
made presentations at National Staff Development
Conferences, presented at workshops and conferences for EARCOS,
and has published several articles in the Journal of Staff Development.
Formerly the Director of the Eugene Cadre--the oldest volunteer
group of Organizational specialists in the United States--he
is currently semi-retired and continues to consult on organizational
development topics.
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John Ritter
Workshop 1
Topic: School Governance
Title: Good Governance – Keeping Our Promises
Description:
Governance training is becoming a normal practice at international
schools, due in part to recently added accreditation standards.
How can we assure that this training “takes”? How
can we increase the prospects that the goodwill, good intentions,
and good understanding expressed at governance training at the
beginning of the year are put into practice through the rest
of the year? At this session we will consider methods –
within training and beyond – to help Boards and Heads
better implement and sustain what is learned
in training . . . to help us keep our promises for good governance
through the year.
Biography:
John Ritter has served as the head of Lincoln School in Kathmandu,
the International School of Beijing, the International School
of Amsterdam, the American International School of Lusaka in
Zambia, and the Vientiane International School in Laos. He has
served as a Visiting Practitioner at the Principals Center,
Harvard Graduate School of Education and has been recognized
as a National Distinguished Principal by the US State Department
and US Department of Education. In recent years John has conducted
over 50 Board retreats and other forms governance training for
international schools in Asia and Africa; he is now specializing
in this service as a member of Search Associates.
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Iskandar Rizal
Workshop 1
Topic: Technology
Title: Man versus Machine in the Laptop-Enabled School Sponsored
by APPLE INC.
Description:
Technology without content is futile and wasteful. And over
the last seven years, the technology integration program at
Cempaka International Schools has provided a lot of learning—both
through success and failure—in its partnership with Apple.
In this session, Dr. Rizal will address questions that current
and aspiring technology schools need answered from an administrator’s
perspective. How can I help my teachers adopt technology in
useful ways? What helps keep teachers and students focused on
the content, rather than the tool? And how can this ethos of
learning be facilitated, rather than distracted, by the tools
themselves? Dr. Rizal will draw on his history as an educator,
administrator and executive to shed light on the challenges
and opportunities of
becoming a digital school with a purpose.
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Chris Roose
Workshop 1
Topic: School Security
Title: The Building Blocks of School Security
Description:
This workshop is designed to assist in the implementation or
enhancement of an already-existing school security program.
Discussion will center on understanding security principles
using a building block instruction method.
Areas to be discussed:
Threat assessment, vulnerability assessment, guard force, access
control, building design, and prospective security additions.
Workshop 2
Topic: Personnel Security
Title: Individual Security Measures
Description:
Never more pertinent than now, it is important to be prepared
for all emergencies in our continually changing world. This
seminar is designed to help each individual establish levels
of personal security and how to avoid being a “soft target.”
Workshop 3
Topic: School Emergency Planning
Title: Emergency Response Planning
Description:
This seminar is designed to review the concepts behind emergency
operation planning and assist in the preparation for that emergency.
Discussion will center on the organization of the emergency
response efforts.
Biography:
Chris began his Army career as a paratrooper from Fort Bragg,
NC. After departing the military he accepted a civilian position
with the US Air Force and is currently the Anti-Terrorism Officer
assigned to the US Embassy in Kuwait.
Chris has a BA in Criminal Justice and subsequently obtained
an MA in Security Management from Webster University.
Chris has assisted the international school community with security
needs since 2002. Over the last five years he had opportunities
to present security seminars at the MAIS 2002 Rome, NESA 2003
New Delhi, AAIE 2004 San Francisco, OSAC (Overseas Security
Advisory Council) Casablanca 2004, EARCOS 2004 Ho Chi Minh City,
Tri-Association 2005 San Jose, NESA 2006 Muscat, and MAIS 2006
Cairo, conferences.
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Dennis Sale
Visit website http://dennissaleearcos07.blogspot.com/
Workshop 1
Topic: Curriculum Development
Title: The ‘Thinking Curriculum’: A Practical Framework
for Promoting Good Thinking (Part I & 2)
Description:
This workshop demonstrates the key design steps in developing
a practical whole curriculum approach for promoting critical
and creative thinking in any curriculum area. The framework
has been developed over many years of applied research in systematically
infusing thinking throughout the curriculum development cycle
(e.g., learning outcomes, instructional methods, assessment,
etc).
Workshop 2
Topic: Creative Teaching
Title: Creative Teaching: What it is and How to do it
Description:
This workshop demonstrates a unique and practical approach for
developing creative teaching competence, derived from extensive
research with teaching professionals in a wide range of subject
areas and contexts. The approach is fully calibrated to established
research in human learning and offers diverse ways for teaching
professionals to design creative strategies best suited to their
personal teaching styles.
Workshop 3
Topic: E-Learning
Title: Effective ‘E-Pedagogy’
Description:
This workshop demonstrates an effective and resource efficient
E-learning design approach. It highlights the importance of
the creative application of pedagogical principles with a clear
identification of what specific ICT’s can offer in terms
of enhancing learning opportunities in given situated contexts
(e.g., learning outcomes, content areas, student cohorts, etc)
Workshop 4
Topic: Cross Cultural Facilitation
Title: Building Rapport in Cross Cultural Facilitation using
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Description:
This workshop draws upon extensive experience in conducting
facilitation in many cultural, ethnic and learning contexts.
It demonstrates that despite the often documented differences
in working with diverse learning groups, there are certain fundamental
universal principles of communication and human conduct that
typically result in good rapport building and productive learning
outcomes.
Biography:
Dennis Sale is presently Section Head of Educational Development
at Singapore Polytechnic. He has worked across all sectors of
the British educational system and provided a wide range of
consultancies in both public and private sector organizations
in the UK and several Asian countries. Over the past 17 years
Dennis has been extensively involved in training, coaching and
assessing teaching professionals in a variety of vocational
and cultural contexts.
His specialist areas of research include ‘creative teaching’
and ‘curriculum development’. He has invented highly
effective and practical models in these areas, conducted numerous
workshops in all educational contexts and many countries, presented
papers at international conferences and published in a variety
of journals and books. Dennis is widely noted to be a charismatic
presenter and facilitator.
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Gail Schoppert / Alan Conkey
Workshop 1
Topic: Sharing Board Concerns
and Solutions that Work.
Title: Board Members Job Alike
Description:
This long session will be in three parts: A general
session to rank importance of general concerns and set the agenda;
a presentation by the ASIJapan Superintendent and Board Chair
and separate sessions for board members of large (Schoppert)
and small (Conkey) schools. The leaders will be chiefly facilitating,
not “presenting”.
Workshop 2
Topic: Policy and
Policy Development.
Title: School Board Policy
Description:
This is one hour session to differentiate between policy and
procedures. It delves into the importance of why schools need
to be run by policy rather than on an ad hoc basis or by individual
directors’ personalities.
Workshop 3
Topic: Board Effectiveness: Committees
Title: Effective Board Committees
Description:
The workshop will cover the number and composition of board
committees, the scope of their authority, agendas and minutes
and evaluating their effectiveness. Case studies and other forms
of audience participation will be used.
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.
Alan Conkey, taught in Eugene, Oregon for twelve
years before starting his overseas school career in 1980 at
the John F. Kennedy Schule in West Berlin. After Berlin he spent
the next nineteen years as head of four different international
schools in: Croatia, The Czech Republic, Ecuador and The Netherlands.
When he left his position in Rotterdam he spent a year at Boston
University teaching and working on his dissertation before becoming
Senior Governance Consultant for the Council of International
Schools.
As a full time consultant with the Council of International
schools, he travels worldwide presenting On-Site Governance
Development and Partnership Development Workshops. He also works
with schools that have specific requests outside of the governance
areas.
He was a founding member and served as president of the Central
and Eastern European Schools Association. He served on the Board
of Directors of the European Council of International School
for five years with three of those as treasurer. He also served
on the board of the Academy for International School Heads.
He is presently serving as an advisor on two school boards in
the Middle East. When not working, he enjoys time at home in
Florida playing golf.
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Linda See
Workshop 1
Topic: Pandemic Preparedness
Title: Pandemic Preparedness for International Schools
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Description:
Is your school prepared for a pandemic outbreak or even another
SARS? Based on the US State Department, World Health Organization
(WHO), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the California State
School system guidelines, discover how to draft a decision-making
matrix, education and practices that can be implemented and
contingency plans that need to be considered. A practical exercise
and matrix formats will be provided.
Workshop 2
Topic: Health Care
Title: Roles of the School Nurse
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Description:
The National Association of School Nurses’ definition
of the seven key roles of a school nurse serves as the framework
for the health care professional in the international school
setting. The school nurse plays a key role as a health educator
for students and the community, a subject expert to develop
health programs and policies and a liaison to the health care
community both within the country and with international agencies.
Maximize the benefits for your students by understanding how
the school nurse fits into your professional team.
Workshop 3
Topic: Health Care
Title: Stressed Out!
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Description:
Stress, an adaptation to change, is a key player in the lives
of international communities. For some stress is a motivator
for others it debilitates. Learn how to recognize the adverse
effects of stress early, how to assist students, employees and
family members cope with stress and healthy strategies to keep
stress under control.
Biography:
Linda See is a Registered Nurse from the USA who has worked
with the International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for
the past 7 years as the Health Care Coordinator. She has worked
in critical care, home care and geriatric nursing and is a retired
Captain with the US Army. Linda is the co-founder and co-chairperson
of the International School Nurses of Asia (ISNA). ISNA was
found in 2001 to provide international school nurses in the
Asean region with professional development and networking opportunities.
Conferences provide a structured format that assists international
school nurses develop standardized health care policies and
programs to benefit the international student education. The
role of the school nurse continues to develop in the international
school setting and can provide a vital link to improve and support
the health of both the students and the school community.
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Dennis Sparks
Workshop 1
Topic: Leadership
Title: Leading for Results: Continuing the Dialogue
Description:
This session will continue the dialogue regarding Leading for
Results that began at the Spring Heads Meeting in Vientiane,
Laos in April 2007. Participants are asked to bring their copies
of Leading for Results to the session.
Workshop 2
Topic: Leadership
Title: Dialogue with Dennis Sparks
Description:
This session provides an opportunity for participants to dialogue
with Dennis Sparks regarding the ideas presented in his keynote.
Workshop 3
Topic: Leadership
Title: First Change Ourselves (Part 1 & 2)
Description:
Leaders’ emotions and clarity regarding their fundamental
choices and values have a profound effect on the culture of
the organizations they lead. This session will teach participants
how to create cultures based on appreciation, celebration, and
the use of strengths and to identify the fundamental choices
that shape their work and lives.
Biography:
Dennis Sparks has been executive director of the 12,000-member
National Staff Development Council since 1984. Dr. Sparks has
also been a teacher, counselor, co-director of an alternative
high school, and director of the Northwest Staff Development
Center, a state and federally-funded teacher center in Livonia,
Michigan.
He completed his Ph.D. in counseling at the University of Michigan
in 1976, and has taught at several universities. He speaks frequently
throughout North America on various topics related to professional
learning and leadership.
He is author of Leading for Results: Transforming Teaching,
Learning, and Relationships in Schools, 2nd Edition (Corwin,
2007); Designing Powerful Professional Development for Teachers
and Principals (NSDC, 2002); Conversations that Matter
(NSDC, 2001), a collection of his JSD interviews since 1991;
co-author with Stephanie Hirsh of Learning to Lead, Leading
to Learn (NSDC, 2000); co-author with Joan Richardson of
What is Staff Development Anyway? (NSDC, 1998); and
co-author with Stephanie Hirsh of A New Vision for Staff
Development (ASCD/NSDC, 1997).
Dr. Sparks' articles have appeared in a variety of publications,
including Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The American
School Board Journal, The Principal, and The School Administrator.
All of Dr. Sparks' interviews and articles are accessible on
the NSDC web site at www.nsdc.org/library/authors/sparks.cfm.
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Margaret Shibuya / Kathleen Riggins
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Workshop 1
Topic: Character Education
Title: The Virtues Project: Simple Strategies to Empower Learners
Description:
The five strategies of the Virtues Project are presented; Speak
the Language of the Virtues, Recognize Teachable Moments, Set
Clear Boundaries, Honor the Spirit, and The Art of Spiritual
Companioning. The use of these strategies creates a safe environment
for learning and provides a positive framework for all school
interactions.
Workshop 2
Topic: Character Education
Title: The Virtues Project II: School Spirit and Personal Development
Description:
Two strategies will be explored. Honor the Spirit offers ways
to enhance school spirit. It also supports the spiritual development
of students in an inclusive and respectful way. Spiritual Companioning
is a skill and an art in which the speaker finds his own clarity
and gains mastery of his life.
Biography:
Margaret (Peggy) Shibuya of Sapporo, Japan has a MA
in Education and is a certified elementary teacher with 20 years
of teaching experience. She was introduced to the Virtues Project
character education program in 1996 and has been implementing
its strategies in her classroom since 1997. In 2004, she trained
as a Virtues Project facilitator under Master Facilitator Ruth
Suzuki in Sapporo, Japan and took further training in 2006 from
Master Facilitator Betsy Lydle Smith in Seattle, WA (USA). She
gives presentations and workshops about the Virtue Project to
educators and educational groups in the Sapporo area and is
interested in bringing the Virtues Project character education
program to international schools throughout Asia. She has served
on the Board of Councilors for Hokkaido International School
from 1994 to the present. She is presently teaching and coordinating
the IPC and the Elementary team at Hokkaido International School.
Kathleen Riggins was first introduced to the Virtues
Project in 1996. She has been a facilitator of The Virtues Project
since 2004. She trained under Master Facilitator Ruth Suzuki,
and gives presentations and workshops on The Virtues Project.
She is interested in bringing the Virtues Project character
education program to international schools throughout Asia.
Kathleen received a MA degree in Library Science from the University
of Iowa. She worked in the same university library as a reference
librarian for two years. She has lived in Sapporo, Japan, since
1971. She has taught English as a second language for several
years. She has been the librarian at Hokkaido International
School since 1996. Before that, she served on the Executive
Board of Hokkaido International School 1990 to 1996. While she
was Chairperson, 1992-1996, the school moved to its present
campus.
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Jeff Utecht
Workshop 1
Topic: Technology
Title: Beyond E-Mail – Communicating in the 21st Century
(Part 1 & 2)
Description:
Many Schools rely on e-mail as their main line of communication
with students, parents, the community and even among staff.
The new World Wide Web, known as Web 2.0, is allowing schools
to move beyond e-mail and communicate in a variety of ways.
Through the use of podcasts, blogs, Google tools, and other
new free web based programs, schools can communicate in more
effective and relevant ways with their audience. Come learn
what communicating in the 21st Century looks like. (Participants
are encouraged to bring laptops)
Workshop 2
Topic: Technology
Title: Virtual Learning Environments – What the Future
Holds
Description:
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) have been around for some
time. We just know them as games such as: Sims, World of Warcraft,
and Halo. These VLEs were disguised as games but recently new
virtual worlds such as Second Life have created learning opportunities
in new virtual spaces. Come learn how Second Life is being used
to foster Professional Learning Communities, how some schools
are taking field trips and creating projects in Second Life
to share with others. With a population of well over 6 million
and growing, Second Life is guaranteed to wow you! (Participants
are encouraged to bring their laptops)
Workshop 3
Topic: Technology
Title: Mastering RSS – Make the web work for you (part
1 & 2)
Description:
If there is one web 2.0 tool that is underutilized and well
worth the time and energy to learn, it’s RSS. RSS, or
Really Simple Syndications, is becoming the standard on the
web. RSS allows you to aggregate sites you like into one program
or web page. Using RSS cuts down the time you spend waiting
for pages to load and surfing the web. Think of RSS as a supermarket.
A supermarket where you get to stock the shelves with all of
your favorite items and then you get to browse those items whenever
you want.
RSS can also have a powerful effect on students. RSS can allow
them to create Personal Learning Networks (PLN) with other students
and professionals around the world. No longer is the teacher
in the classroom the only source for information. Students can
learn from a variety of people and media via the web. RSS allows
teachers and students to create learning networks that can then
be integrated into the daily lives of students in schools.
Workshop 4
Topic: Technology
Title: Online Professional Development – matching the
tool with the need
Description:
Offering Online Professional Development opportunities for your
staff can be both time saving and engaging. These tools can
also help to create professional learning communities within
your school. But how do you get started? How do you know which
online tools to use? This session will be discussion based as
we explore the different online learning tools available to
schools today. We will examine ways each tool can provide you
with different options on how your school designs professional
development opportunities.
Biography:
Jeff Utecht is currently the K-12 Technology Specialist at Shanghai
American School. Jeff is a guest blogger on the techlearning.com
blog and at present maintains several sites including achinaonline.org,
pudongnervecentral.com, and oversees the operation of teentek.com.
He currently has two blogs at thethinkingstick.com and utechtips.com.
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Paul White
Workshop 1
Topic: Technology
Title: Teaching with Tablets: the development and use of a one
to one tablet laptop program.
Description:
This workshop will look at some of the pitfalls and tips for
piloting a laptop program. It will consider the total cost of
ownership and how such programs can be funded. How laptops can
be used to enhance teaching and learning and the special benefits
of tablets and digital ink. Notes for the workshop will be posted
on my blog: http://educationwithtechnology.blogspot.com/
Workshop 2
Topic: Technology
Title: Taking learning online: developing an online curriculum
to support teaching and learning.
Description:
This workshop will look at how to developing an online curriculum
and use it effectively to support teaching and independent learning,
both in and outside the classroom. Notes for the workshop will
be posted on my blog: http://educationwithtechnology.blogspot.com/
Biography:
Paul White is the Director of Technology at the New International
School of Thailand (NIST), where he has been for three years.
He has a background in I.T. System Management as well as being
a curriculum head of department. NIST has a one-to-one tablet
laptop program in the secondary school and mobile carts of tablets
in elementary. The one to one program is supported by a SharePoint
online learning platform. Technology at NIST has been featured
in a number of Publications such as PC World magazine; and EWorld
magazine. Last academic year, over thirty schools visited NIST
to see how technology was being used. Paul is a conference and
regular workshop presenter. http://www.nist.ac.th/Technology
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Ronald Miles Wilder
Workshop 1 (Double
Session- Part 1 & 2)
Topic: Administration: Teacher Supervision
and Evaluation
Title: Overcoming Obstacles to Effective Teacher Supervision:
What Schools Can Do
Download Handout (What the
Research Indicates and What Principals Can Do About It)
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Description:
Overcoming teacher antipathy and ambivalence toward the evaluation
process is essential to fulfilling the legitimate purposes of
teacher evaluation: accountability and improvement of instruction.
This presentation is based on findings from research on the
evaluation structures of schools and qualifications of administrators
in the EARCOS region in their evaluation of teachers.
Biography:
Dr. Ron Wilder is currently in his third year as high school
principal at Taejon Christian International School in South
Korea. Previous international schools experience as principal,
social studies teacher, and MUN director includes Switzerland,
Guam, Bolivia, the United Arab Emirates, and Costa Rica. The
workshop topic he is presenting is based on his doctoral dissertation
at the University of Minnesota, entitled Evaluating evaluators:
The qualifications of principals to evaluate teachers in accredited
international schools in the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas
Schools. As MUN director at ACS, Abu Dhabi, Dr. Wilder presented
a workshop that he had co-developed with former CAC, Egypt MUN
Director, Donna Albrecht, on the future of Model United Nations
in the NESA region at the 2004 conference in Bangkok. His wife,
Melinda, is an IB HL Math teacher at TCIS. Ron and Melinda have
three boys in elementary school.
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Dr. Naomi Woolsey
Workshop 1
Topic: AERO
Title: Add Another AERO to your Quiver
Description:
The AERO Project, supported by the U.S. Office of Overseas
Schools, has continued to grow by developing new standards in
Music, Visual Arts and World Languages which augment the existing
standards in Science, Social Studies, Mathematics and English/Language
Arts. AERO also has created courses in Curriculum Mapping, Evidence
to Excellence (process for collaborative review of student work)
and Academic Leaders to assist schools as they become standards-based.
Come and learn more about these developments and how your school
can benefit from AERO's offerings.
Biography:
Naomi Woolsey is Director of Project AERO, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools.
She brings a wealth of experience to this position, having worked
as a teacher and administrator for many years, both in the United
States and abroad. She began her career as a high school English
teacher and later worked as a school principal at both the middle
school and primary levels. She enjoyed her time abroad working
in several locations as school principal, including the American
Community School in Athens, the International School of Bangkok
and the International School of Luxembourg.
Most recently, she was the primary head at Washington International
School in D.C. She earned her doctorate in educational administration
from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has a strong
background in curriculum and instruction. Her work with AERO
gives her the opportunity to assist schools as they become standards-based
in order to improve student learning. Working with school teams,
she provides support and direction for the process of adopting
standards and using them to guide curriculum improvement, through
the principles of curriculum mapping, backward design, assessment
and best practices.
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Roland Yoshida, Ph. D.
Workshop 1
Topic: Action Research
(part 1)
Title: Becoming Empowered by Doing
Action Research
Description:
In case you missed the pre-conference workshop, we will work
on the fundamentals for conducting action research. Bring your
questions and we will work on them. We will conclude this session
on the following day.
Workshop 2
Topic: Action Research
(part 2)
Title: Becoming Empowered by Doing
Action Research
Description:
We will conclude the topics presented at the pre-conference
workshop by developing research plans for you to implement in
your schools.
Workshop 3 & 4
Topic: EARCOS Research Institute
Title: Providing Input to the Development of the EARCOS Research
Institute
Description:
Be on the ground floor of creating the EARCOS Research Institute.
We want your ideas on the types of articles that should be considered
for publication, editorial board membership,
among others. Don’t be shy; the Research Institute’s
quality will only be good as the creative ideas of its contributors
and supporters.
Biography:
Ron is currently Professor of Education and Provost Emeritus
at Lehigh University. He teaches the doctoral research, ethics,
and the policy and politics courses in the Educational Leadership
program. He has served the University as Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs from 2000 to 2004 and as Dean of its College
of Education from 1996 to 2000. Before Lehigh, he was Dean of
Queens College – CUNY’s School of Education, and
was Professor of Educational Psychology at Fordham University.
His vitae may be found at: www.lehigh.edu.
An advocate of using interdisciplinary approaches to solving
education problems, he has written more than 60 scholarly articles
-- mostly concerning the education of students with disabilities.
He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools. He formerly chaired
the Visiting Panel for Research of the Educational Testing Service
and was Vice Chair of the Middle States Commission on Elementary
Schools. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association
and member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Jon Zurfluh
Workshop 1
Topic: Leadership, Technology, Strategic Planning
Title: Transformational Leadership in Technology Planning
Description:
This workshop will explore the strategies that must be employed
to best grapple with the issues that leaders face in regards
to the effective integration of technology planning into core
strategic planning. Building on the work of Quinn and Spreitzer
(2006), this session will explore the facets of transformational
leadership and implications for leading a systematic transformation
of an organization to one that effectively uses technology resources
to accomplish broader goals.
Biography:
Jon is currently Deputy Headmaster at Shanghai Community International
Schools in Shanghai, China. He is currently celebrating his
25th year in education with experience as a teacher of most
grade levels and a technology advocate. Recently, in his role
as Director of Technology and Assessment, Jon helped to organize
and coordinate a learning conference to help in building a bridge
between technology coordinators and teachers. Jon is a strong
believer in integrating technology rather than technology for
its own sake. In his role as Deputy Headmaster at SCIS, he still
has broad authority to develop and implement technology policy
and initiatives in the context of overall school improvement
and strategic initiatives. Jon has 10 years of experience living
and working in China.
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