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PHOEBE BARASH
Workshop 1 & 2 - Title: An Introductory Look at Conflict Management: Building Relationships (Part 1 & 2)
Description: Educators face a variety of conflicts on a daily basis. The purpose of this workshop is to build upon skills that each participant already possesses. Building on skills already in the ‘toolbox’, opening up communication and adding new tools each individual will be challenged to confront conflict creatively.Focus will be on building a common language around conflict resolution, basic conflict management skills , conflict triggers, skills needed to facilitate difficult meetings, building and improving relationships. This will be accomplished introduction to basic conflict theory, role plays, collaborative problem solving. ++ download handout
Workshop 3 - Title: THE NEW TEACHER: Implications for Learning in Building Relationships
Description: New year; teachers set the goal of building classroom communities through relationships. For a new conflict can happen, the goal gets derailed. New teacher attrition can be related to lack of pre-service in classroom management, conflict and behavior management. This workshop introduces strategies useful with new teachers in building community classrooms; maximizing the
teaching/ learning environment. ++ download handout
Workshop 4 - Title: The Respectful School: Intervening when faced with incidents of bullying.
Description: Research confirms: adult presence, the most important deterrent to bullying. Intervening isn’t always comfortable. It takes empathy, courage, comfort with language. A short introduction of educator’s legal responsibilities in the US will act as a framework. Participants will look at: what to do, words to use. The workshop includes small group discussion and role plays. ++ download handout
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KAREN BURKE
Workshop1 - Title: Brain Based Learning: Promising Practices for Improving School Leadership ( Part 1 & 2)
Description: Decades of research on brain-based learning, differentiation, and learning styles has impacted school leadership styles. This session will include research-based suggestions for addressing practical issues of school leadership and the competencies that characterize successful leaders in education and related professions. Participants will be introduced to instruments utilized in the assessment of leadership characteristics based on brain-based learning theories.
Workshop 2 - Title: Brain Based Learning: Promising Practices for Addressing School Issues ( Part 1 & 2)
Description: Decades of research on brain-based learning, differentiation, and learning styles has impacted education and schools across the world and continues to reach new educators annually. This session will include research-based suggestions for addressing practical school issues such as at-risk students, assessment, homework, honor codes, talent development, time-of-day preferences, counseling and cultural issues.
JARIK CONRAD
Workshop 1 - Title: The Fragile Mind: Its Impact on Human Relations (Part 1 & 2)
Description: The human brain is one of the most powerful machines on earth. Despite its undeniable prowess, this remarkable machine can lead us astray, particularly regarding complex, people-related issues. The presenter will review the significant role of emotional intelligence in achieving intercultural sensitivity. Dr. Conrad helps participants become “cultural connoisseurs.” ++ download handout
Workshop 2 - Title: The Missing Link: Emotional Intelligence in Schools (Part 1 & 2)
Description: Emotional intelligence, the ability to recognize and manage one’s emotions while simultaneously understanding and influencing the emotions of others, is an essential skill for the global citizen. New research results suggest emotional intelligence training improves student outcomes such as cooperation, empathy, responsibility and commitment to fairness. ++ download handout
KATHY DAULTON
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Workshop 1 - Title: How to Find Time to Tackle BIG PK-12 Curriculum Issues
Description: Tired of starting from scratch on the math curriculum yet one more time? How to take advantage of curriculum mapping and related administrative policies to update most existing classroom curriculum annually… leaving you and your faculty more time and energy to systematically undertake school-wide needs like assessment or program evaluation.
Workshop 2 - Title: How to Get Things Done: Annual School-wide Action Plans
Description: How to choose annual school-wide tasks, write action plans for each, accomplish them, report on progress, and use the results to enhance the image of the school and communicate changes to current and prospective families, faculty, and even accreditation agencies.
RALPH DAVISON
Workshop 1 - Title: Balancing Your Life As A Head Of School
Description: Heads of School have extremely rewarding but demanding careers. They often serve as mentors and role models for hundreds or even thousands of people daily. And their days are long and complex. This workshop is designed to look at the complexities of this work and to explore ways a Head of School can balance his or her personal life and career.
Workshop 2 - Title: Retirement: How Can We Do It Well?
Description: Recent research has shown that more than half of the Heads currently leading independent and international schools plan to retire in the next few years. But will they retire well? This workshop explores some of the questions that Heads often do not consider about life after the Headship, but should!
ANDY DAVIES
Workshop 1 - Title: Intercultural Sensitivity among Teachers at an International School
Description: Andy has been exploring the usefulness of assessing the intercultural sensitivity of faculty and administrators at international schools; the potential for recruitment, the implications for professional development, and the “profile’ of an international educator.
Workshop 1 - Title: Substance Abuse Prevention Ideas for International Schools
Description: Doug Helgeson and Andy Davies will describe the main aspects of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program at International School Bangkok; hair testing, the Health curriculum, Freedom From Chemical Dependency workshops, selection of students for testing, disciplinary measures, and follow-up counseling. Participants will then be asked to share methods used at their schools.
MARILYN GEORGE / MARGARET ALVAREZ / EVA KAMPITS / WANG YAN
Workshop 1 - Title: Becoming Accredited: Essential Elements (with Margaret Alvarez and Eva Kampits)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 - Title: Four Parties Accreditation NCCT, WAS/CIS and NEASC Presentation
Description: This brief session will provide an overview of the international and Chinese accreditation streamlined process that allows for a seamless accreditation process with joint self-studies and team visits and provides for multiple awards of accreditation from various associations that include NCCT, CIS, NEASC, and WASC. The workshop is for Heads and representatives from schools interested in learning about joint accreditation of NCCT and one or more of the international accreditation agencies.
BILL GERRITZ / TOM BAKER
Workshop 1 - Title: Teacher Development and Appraisal in International Schools: What Seems to Work (Part 1)
Description: Tom and Bill will share work in progress aimed at improving teacher development and appraisal. The emphasis will be on practical, day-to-day approaches rather than programs or theories. The two sessions are sequential. Participants should leave the sessions with useful practices for their own schools.
Workshop 2 - Title: Teacher Development and Appraisal in International Schools: What Seems to Work (Part 2)
Description: Tom and Bill will share work in progress aimed at improving teacher development and appraisal. The emphasis will be on practical, day-to-day approaches rather than programs or theories. The two sessions are sequential. Participants should leave the sessions with useful practices for their own schools.
JUDITH GUY / EDWARD LAWLESS
Workhop 1 - Title: Snakes and Ladders: Pedagogical Leadership in International Schools
Description: This interactive presentation will review some of the common challenges faced by of international schools leaders and explore popular strategies for success. The presentation will specifically focus on key issues of school leadership such as:
• School philosophies and pedagogical implications
• Leadership models
• Developing a community of learners
• Management of Culturally Diverse Schools
WALT GMELCH
Workshop 1 - Title: Managing Conflict and Colleagues (Part 1)
Description: This session will address three Rs of creative conflict management: (1) Recognize the nature and causes of conflict; (2) Assess your key interpersonal conflict responses and styles; and (3) practice the art of “principled” resolution. Part 1 investigates causes, strategies and styles of conflict management. Part 2 explores techniques for principled conflict resolution and how to work with difficult colleagues.
Workshop 2 - Title: Managing Conflict and Colleagues (Part 2)
Description: This session will address three Rs of creative conflict management: (1) Recognize the nature and causes of conflict; (2) Assess your key interpersonal conflict responses and styles; and (3) practice the art of “principled” resolution. Part 1 investigates causes, strategies and styles of conflict management. Part 2 explores techniques for principled conflict resolution and how to work with difficult colleagues.
DENNIS HARTER
Workshop 1 - Title: Looking for Learning in 21st Century Classrooms
Description: As classrooms include more technology, like projectors, SmartBoards, and laptops, how do we recognize best practice when looking for learning? In a constantly changing landscape of technology, what new assessment tools do supervisors need to ensure that they are effectively developing their staff? Come with questions, leave with answers.
Workshop 2 - Title: I.T. Curriculum 2.0 – A different model for technology integration
Description: Most schools value technology integration – but how? Are their common, accepted standards and are they focused on the right learning for students? Is it accessible to teachers? This workshop will share a different approach to embedded I.T. learning that we are developing and implementing at International School Bangkok.
TOM HAWKINS
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Workshop 1 (with Robbie Briggs and Tamera Fillinger)
Title: Good to Great Era Planning (building the framework)
Description: The International School of Beijing has created a model for successful school development based on the work of Jim Collins’ Good to Great in the Social Sector. This session is intended for Board Members and Heads who work to set the framework (Hedgehog concept) and annual goals of the school. Learn to develop a mission-driven framework and indicators for success.
Workshop 2 (with Joyce Li and Jim Kerrigan)
Title: Disciplined People (building the teams)
Description: The International School of Beijing has created a model for successful school development based on the work of Jim Collins’ Good to Great in the Social Sector. This session is intended for Board Members, Heads, HR professionals and principals charged with “getting the right people on the bus in the right seats”, starting with keeping those already on the bus in the right seats.
Workshop 3 (with Dale Cox and Mark Hillman)
Title: Disciplined Thought (planning for the near and long-term)
Description: The International School of Beijing has created a model for successful school development based on the work of Jim Collins’ Good to Great in the Social Sector. This session is intended for Board Members, Heads and principals charged with thinking strategically about the school. Strategic planning, operational planning, and future planning will be highlighted in this session.
CLAY HENSLEY
Workshop 1 - Title: Connecting the Global Generation: the Internationalization of College Board's Members & Programs
Description:In a post-American world, higher education has developed into an international service. Increased emphasis is being placed on quality standards, world-class assessments, transnational recognition and global scope.
This interactive session will provide a forum for educators to advise the College Board on how to better support the mission of EARCOS schools. We will address how the College Board's membership and programs play a critical role within emerging dialogues about student readiness, mobility, and opportunity in an ever-flattening educational environment.
JOHN JOSEPH
Workshop 1 - Title: Mind Your Brain – a Journey into the Mechanics of Learning, Emotions and Brain Care for Young Minds
Description: Your students’ capacity to learn, their moods and attitudes towards school, their day-to-day behaviour and ultimately their academic success can be significantly boosted by Cognitive Strategy Training, or put more succinctly, learning about learning. In this 75 minute presentation, John Joseph will give you an insight into the strategies and resources he uses to share the secrets of learning with students. The program is a remarkable PowerPoint-based series of lessons. Each colourful PowerPoint Section reveals amazing information about the human brain and how to use that information to enhance understanding and retention. John Joseph will take you through many of the exact slides and processes he uses in his student presentations – over 500 PowerPoint slides, including many animations, developed through his teaching of over 100,000 students across 17 countries. Each PowerPoint Section reveals research-based strategies to guide you and your students through a remarkable study of the human brain. The teacher’s book provides step-by-step notes and anecdotes for each slide. This remark-able journey of discovery is fun, educative, and designed to boost the motivation and confidence of young people as they develop as learners.
Workshop 2 - Title: What’s Your Style? – Learning Styles with the Brain in Mind
Description: The first step in learning is to engage the mind. In schools, this process is driven by the strategies that teachers use. Numerous research studies and long term observations of how people approach new learning tasks have confirmed that some learning styles are more suited than others to particular methods of instruction and assessment; particular occupations, and particular relationships with other people. Mismatches between students’ learning styles and the characteristics of people and instructional methods they engage with, can prove to be a major contributing cause of learning difficulties or underachievement in classrooms. Using John Joseph‘s Information Processing Models, this 75 minute session examines the ways the brain processes information and explains how to construct learning episodes that utilise the talents and styles of every student in your class. John will explain the CD-Rom assessment tool and accompanying manual he has developed which characterises individuals in light of the latest findings into brain research and learning. At the core of this tool is an extensive questionnaire for students and teachers. The result is a plot of the user’s profile, which can be saved and exported. Teachers can use the tool to build a comprehensive view of students’ strengths and weaknesses, and to plan lesson methodologies to reach every student. Teachers can also assess their own teaching style and can map it against a group of students for comparison. They can import and export information on selected groups of students and teachers. The tool is a fully featured application for students to interactively learn about the relationships between learning profiles and career paths and to compare their own profiles to possible future careers. They can also build a profile of their friends, classmates and family. Students can undertake an activity that allows them to interactively select and prioritise their favourite teaching strategies and they can construct a personal learning framework designed to utilise their specific talents and interests. This is an engaging, interactive and highly educative tool.
Key topics presented:
Introduction: Setting the scene for Learning Styles
Section 1: Information Processing Model Section 2: Assessing Learning Styles
Section 3: Assessing Teaching Styles
Section 4: Programming and Planning with learning Styles in Mind
Take this session and enjoy bringing the world of Learning Styles to every student in your class.Workshop 3 - Title: Learning in the Emotional Rooms – How to create classrooms that are uplifting for the spirit (Part 1)
Description: There is little doubt that emotional smartness is a critical skill for successful living. The Emotional Rooms Model is arguably John Joseph’s finest work. The Model provides a conceptual framework and language to assist teachers and their students in establishing common ground for productive working relationships. The presentation focuses also on the building of resilience in students and teachers alike, as well as highlighting and developing key emotional skills and understandings. This inspiring workshop is based on John Joseph’s new book: Learning in the Emotional Rooms – How to create classrooms that are uplifting for the spirit.
Key topics presented:
• The Emotional Rooms Model – its origins and possibilities
• Defining and building the balance between emotions and the intellect – the sensitive years
• Introduction to the power of concepts and behaviour – growing healthy thought patterns
• The Concept Model – teaching kids resiliency
• Designing and developing Blue Room and Green curriculum and methodologies
• Red Room – strategies for management and prevention
• Using the Emotional Rooms to improve relationships – reconnecting young people with caring adults
• Developing behaviour rubrics with the Emotional Rooms in mind – growth instead of punishment
• Dumping behaviour management for reconnecting with learning – developing intellectual competence
• Discipline with dignity – non-punitive growth strategies
• A new ways to look at consequences – restorative practices
• Kids in the Red Room – strategies to promote genuine personal growth
• The ‘Strengths, Challenge and Growth Meter’ – a diagnostic tool for planning interventions
BILL KENTTA / JOSH RECKORD / KEVIN BAKER / ANDREW HOOVER
Workshop 1 - Title: Where Are We?
with Andrew Hover
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Description: You can’t change what you are doing organizationally without first being clear about where you are. This workshop explores tools for assessing where you are individually, and as a group, when you consider changes in direction and the demands for increased organizational capacity. This session will be tool and technique rich. Topics include the development of assessments, surveys, the power of developing narratives, and organizational story telling.
Workshop 2 & 3 - Title: Dealing With Behaviors That Push Our Hot Buttons
with Kevin Baker & Andrew Hoover
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Description: This session will focus on strategies and techniques to counteract individual and group behaviors that aggravate our sensibilities: people who come late to meetings...who dominate discussions ... who do not participate…who makes us angry or agitated. We will start by identifying what triggers our hot buttons, share those identified by EARCOS participants during the past four years, and discuss remedies for moving beyond social breakdowns to successful breakthroughs.
Workshop 4 - Title: Team Tune-up
with Andrew Hoover
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Description: We use teams to describe work groups throughout our organization. This workshop looks at the tools, tips and techniques for getting the most out of teams--a powerful organizational workhorse for helping organizations operate at increased capacity. The workshops will be resource rich and an opportunity to explore examples of team improvement strategies.
LINDA KIISK
Workshop 1 - Title: Space, Culture and Learning Style: A Visual Evolution
Description: This session examines the divergent styles of the brain’s architecture. The presenter, an artist and architect from Wyoming, outlines a history of the development of the brain and demonstrates how the visual center of the brain influences our responses to one another and the environment.
Workshop 2 - Title: Aligning Habitats with the Architecture of the Brain
Description: As a continuation of the first session on visual brain differences, the presenter demonstrates how the architecture of our brains must be aligned with the architecture we inhabit. The implication is that the shape of our living and learning environments impacts the quality of our mental, physical and spiritual health.
Workshop 3 & 4 - Title: Green Schools in a Brown Landscape (Part 1 & 2)
Description: This double session introduces attendees to the concept of green schools. Case Studies of green schools in Wyoming and Colorado are presented first half of the session. In the second half, attendees are invited to bring examples of schools in their respective regions. We will work in teams to explore ways to modify building sites, design and construction to improve energy and environmental efficiency. (Bring site plans, floor plans and photos.)
ALAN KNOBLOCH
Workshop 1 - Title: Walk-Through Observations
Description: Too many teachers and not enough time, walk-through observations provide administrators with an efficient way to see teaching and learning in action. In addition, walk-through observations help administrators gather data about current classroom practices. This workshop will show administrators how to facilitate teacher reflection based on the walk-through observations and the conversations that result from them. In addition, a variety of methods for involving teachers in walk-through observations will be shared.
ELSA LAMB
Workshop 1
Title: A Differentiated Approach to Teacher AppraisalDescription: A model will be presented that provides teachers with a choice of how they will be evaluated, and allows them to participate actively in the appraisal process. This standards based model also empowers teachers to utilize the process as a tool for learning, and contributes to a collaborative teacher/administrator relationship.
DENNIS LARKIN / LYNNE COLEMAN
Workshop 1 (with Lynne Coleman)
Title: Using Critical Friends to Build Capacity in Schools (Part 1)
Description: Critical Friends approaches offer a variety of professional development strategies for focusing on students’ learning and facilitating teacher collaboration. This two-part workshop will raise participants’ awareness of the power of Critical Friends approaches to build capacity and focus the work of schools on teaching and learning. The goal is to introduce the elements of Critical Friends Groups (CFGs) as professional development pedagogy and to give participants an opportunity to participate in some of components of CFGs in a practical setting.
WILLIAM LISHMAN
Workshop 1 - Title: An exploration of finding ones most important strength
Description: This will be an exploration of methods of finding ones core strengths through examples and personal experiences, We will explore going back to childhood and finding those inborn strengths and then translating them into adult careers.
Workshop 2 - Title: Learning from the birds in 3 dimensions
Description: A journey through human flight and how we learned from the birds
Workshop 3 - Title: Escaping the box, Earth friendly shelter
Description: This will be an exploration of How the shape of where we live influences our thoughts and way of life. A journey through the challenges of building an unconventional home.
DEANNE MAGNUSSON / DR. GERALD FRY
Workshop 1 (with Dr. Gerald Fry)
Title: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Leadership: West Meets East
Description: The complex relationship between globalization and internationalization has dramatically increased the need for cross cultural understanding and competence among educational leaders. The influence of culture on the many dimensions of leadership and the implications for school leaders working in diverse international contexts will be emphasized. Session participants will be provided with the opportunity for an interactive discussion of the GLOBE study (based on 62 countries and cultures) findings which examine the important relationship between global leadership and organizational behavior.
Workshop 2 - Title: Leadership for Secondary School Reform: Small School Communities of Learning
Description: Based on research findings on how students best learn, and to prepare students with the requisite knowledge and skills for a 21st century and global society, it has been suggested by prominent researchers and education experts that secondary schools be “recultured” into small school communities of learning. Characteristics of effective leadership, and innovative examples of successful small secondary school learning communities will be emphasized.
MARY MARGARET MALLAT
Workshop 1 - Title: Invest in Your Parent Organizations and Harvest the Benefits
Description: The workshop will explore strategies that go beyond building a connection between teachers, the school and individual parents and extend to the establishing of a constructive relationship with the parent community as a group. This approach allows for the opportunity to build support for school initiatives and a framework for responding to issues and group concerns.
DAVID MCMASTER / JOHN JALSEVAC
Workshop 1 - Title: Our Journey Down the IB Path: Building Consensus through the Trial, Decision, and Implementation Stages
Description: After 3+ years of research, consultation, parent, Board, staff and student meetings and information sessions CDNIS is well on its way to undertaking all 3 IB programs. We will share our journey from feasibility study to implementation. We will also share our triumphs and tribulations as well as advice on what we have learned along the way.
STEVE MEADE / SUSIE HEINRICH-JABAL
Workshop 1 - Title: Standards-based Assessment and Reporting: the exciting, the challenging and the muddy!
Description: Standards-based assessment and reporting (SBAR) transforms learning for students and teaching and assessment for teachers. But how do you get going and how do you get ahead? Steve and Susie have gotten down and dirty with standards-based assessment and reporting and want to share their journey. This practical, hands-on session will walk you through the process, challenges and insights that Jakarta International School and Hong Kong International School faculty, students and parents have experienced. In particular, they will address the following questions:
a) What is standards-based assessment and reporting?
b) How does it transform learning for students and teaching for teachers?
c) What must be in place for SBAR to be successful in a school?
d) How does a school get started on and follow through with SBAR?
e) What does SBAR look like in the classroom and on a report card?
f) What are some tips for managing this change process with your teachers, parents and students?
NANCY HARGRAVE MEISLAHN
Workshop 1 - 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 US. We will discuss the Early Decision/Early Action processes, the admissions essay, standardized testing, teacher recommendations, and other topics of interest. Possible addition: Sponsored by the Office of Overseas Schools.
MAGGIE MOON
Workshop 1 - Title: Building Capacity From Within – A Literacy Coach Can Make a World of Difference (download handout)
Description: This workshop will guide in the development of elementary school “Literacy Coach.” When teachers have help coordinating reading and writing instruction, as well as someone to lead study groups and encourage grade level collaboration, instruction improves immensely. This workshop will also provide a basic background of Reading and Writing Workshops in grades K-5.
Workshop 2 - Title: Literacy Coaching 101: Helping Teachers Identify Successful Strategies for Reading and Writing Workshop Instruction (download handout)
Description: A Literacy Coach demonstrates best practices in reading and writing workshop instruction, as well as provides “in-the-moment-of-teaching” coaching. This workshop will describe the variety of ways a Literacy Coach can work with teachers, in order to develop state of the art literacy instruction across the elementary grades.
Workshop 3 - Title: Supporting Collaboration Among Teachers – Curriculum Mapping and Units of Study Across a Writing Year (download handout)
Description: This workshop will explain the importance of developing year-long plans for Writing instruction, using Units of Study in the Writing Workshop. When teachers collaborate, the consistency provided for students across a grade and years, helps ensure overall student progress and growth in writing, as well as teacher collaboration.
JORGE NELSON / ROB MONTGOMERY
Workshop 1 - Title: It is 2010 – what now?
Description: An exploration of state-of-the-affordable-art sustainable information and communication technologies supporting myriad areas for effective 21st century education: constructional assembly of relevant, project-based, rigorous curriculum, leveraging affordable instantaneous global communication and collaboration, reinforcing appropriate behaviors for successful online learning, rethinking human resources and recruitment strategies, getting parental buy in for Learning 2.0, etc.
ALAN NOVEMBER
Workshop 1 - Title: Teaching Zack to Think: Developing Critical Thinking Skills on the Net
Description: Too many students are not sure how to separate fact from fiction on the Internet. The Internet can provide any version of the truth to support almost any belief. We can teach students how to read the “grammar” of the Internet and to apply strategies to validate information on a website. This popular workshop provides step-by-step teaching tips that help students and teachers think critically about Internet information.
Workshop 2 - Title: Building Learning Communities
Description: We now have tools to build and strengthen our learning communities. We have the opportunity to provide our students with authentic assessment relationships over the web that can help dramatically improve student motivation. We can take advantage of the communication tools the Internet provides, such as Instant Messenger, video conference or email. Research suggests many students are more willing to ask for help and accept criticism when they are online.
Workshp 3 - Title: Student as Contributor: Digital Learning Farm
Description: Before tractors and combines, 80% of the population was involved in farming and children made a vital contribution to the family with real chores. While technology eventually eroded the meaningful work of children, we have enough technology today to restore the dignity of real work in school. All of our students can use collaborative online tools and research and global communications skills to add value to the learning community.
These contributions include:
* Curriculum Review Team
* Tutorial Creation/Organizing/Design Team
* Global Communication Team
* Official Scribes
* Resource Finders
* Technical Editors
Workshop 4 - Title: Leadership: Managing the Transition
Description: This workshop outlines essential skills for leadership, and offers practical guidelines and creative solutions for building accountability into the planning process. Articulating vision and mission, managing change, and aligning technology to primary goals are emphasized. A shift in planning from technology to the quality and application of information and communication is a critical next step.
ANDY PAGE-SMITH / MERRIS PAGE-SMITH
Workshop 1 (with Merris Page-Smith)
Title: Supporting and Developing a Learning Culture: Leadership and Teaming
Description: How effectively is your school supporting and developing teamwork? What should this look like and how can it be developed? Do you encourage a ’learning culture’ within your school through the building of teams? This workshop will consider both the theory of, and applications for the development of an effective teaming culture within your school environment with the aim of supporting ongoing professional growth and learning. How do you develop a learning culture in your school through the building of teams? “The best way to improve schools is to develop the people within them…” (Anne Conzemius & Jan O’Neill, 2002)Collaboration and Teamwork is the foundation for continuous improvement in any institution. Consider Focus, Reflection, Collaboration and Leadership as integral components of a healthy learning environment Review what a learning community is, what a team is, and discuss the five major dysfunction of teams and how to overcome them. Finally, complete a school “health check” and team member assessment to determine how effectively you currently operate within your school community.
ROBERT PANGRAZI
Workshop 1 - Title: A New Focus: Active and Healthy Schools
Description: The Gopher Active and Healthy School Program is designed to focus on authentic outcomes for wellness, specifically increased physical activity, healthy eating habits, and sun safety. Evidence will be offered to support this rationale for a new approach to physical education.
Workshop 2 - Title: Active and Healthy Schools: A New Vision for Accountability
Description: The NASPE outcomes for physical education, which include physical fitness and skill development, have long been used as measures for program success. These goals have not been achieved by schools: Such goals are inappropriate for evaluating physical education program. A new vision for establishing achievable and meaningful goals will be presented.
Workshop 3 - Title: Using Pedometers to Promote Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Youth
Description: Attendees will participate in this session. It will involving a number of walking activities to learn how pedometers can be used to measure steps, physical activity time, and moderate to vigorous physical activity. The goal of the session is to teach participants the value and ease of using a pedometer to monitor daily physical activity. Goal setting strategies for students will also be included in the session.
ROXY PESTELLO
Workshop 1 - Title: The Power of Positive Relationships
Description: One of your most important tasks in your organization is to create an atmosphere of trust and integrity. To do that you must focus on and create positive relationships. This interactive session will demonstrate how to do that effectively
Workshop 2 - Title: The Human Side of Coaching for Success
Description: This interactive session based on best practices will show you how to coach your staff to increase productivity and effectiveness. You will learn what to do and what not to do to create a successful organization.
Workshop 3 - Title: Creating Positive Board/Administration Relationships
Description: This session will show you a proven way to start your Board and Administration working together effectively and provide guidelines for continued success.
Workshop 4 - Title: Leadership Transition that Works
Description: Schools constantly change principals, heads and other leaders in the organization. The time it takes staff to adjust to a new leader often results in lost effectiveness, efficiency and conflicts in the operation of the school. This interactive session will show you how to maximize a positive transition.
BLAIRE PETERSON
Workshop 1 - Title: Leadership for the 21st Century: Awakening to School 2.0
Description: Administrators in today’s 21st century schools have to be visionaries, change agents, modelers, educational leaders, and managers. Learn more about each of these roles and acquire resources that will support your professional growth as a 21st century leader. For more information visit http://principalsoffuture.wetpaint.com/
ROB RISCH
Workshop 1 - Title: On the Move: Transition Programs in EARCOS schools
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Description: This workshop will summarize research from my doctoral dissertation on TCKs and the results from my investigation. The purpose of this investigation was to survey international schools in the EARCOS region to determine the extent to which transition programs exist in these schools and to describe the characteristics of these programs.
LINDA SILLS / TIM CARR / RENA MIRKIN
Workshop 1 - Title: EARCOS Global Initiatives- Global Issues Network Conference Beijing
Description: EARCOS’s Strategic Plan guides us into the embracing of many GLOBAL initiatives. These sessions will provide an update on all of the efforts in place and plans.*A look at the Global Citizen Award and how it continues to evolve and its impact.
*You will be treated to an insightful look at the inaugural EARCOS GIN Conference in Beijing. Through the use of video you will be able ”to attend” this amazing event. A panel of school leaders who attended will be asked to give their thoughts/impressions and answer questions. A Virtual connection with students who attended will also allow for first hand and salient information.
*Then you will be provided with an exciting preview of this year’s conference in Bangkok.
Plenty of time for questions will be provided.
KRISTA SLADE / DAVID SHEPHERD / MATT WILCE
Workshop 1 - Title: Advancement Research 101: Beyond Google
Presentation Partner: DAVID SHEPHERD
Description: Prospect research can identify potential major donors and also help to expand databases with contact details of people who have lost touch with your school. Led by a professional prospect researcher, this session will share tips on how to identify successful alumni, former staff, parents and find lost alums who are affiliated with your school. This session will give you practical tips for in-house prospect research, specifically within the Asia-Pacific region and how to take advantage of web-based tools most effectively for knowledge management and fundraising success.Workshop 2 - Title: Social Network Primer: Making Effective Use of Social Web for Advancement
Presentation Partner: MATT WILCE
Description: Did your communication office just get comfortable sending HTML newsletters? Well, there is something new headed your way with Web 2.0. From the basics to beyond, this session takes a complete look at how the emergence of Web-based social networks is affecting international/independent school communication. Specifically, learn about one school's efforts to get ahead by leveraging these sites to improve interaction with young alumni and prospective students. Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Linked IN, H3, and moreŠlots of data and information you can use right away.
SMITH, GREG/ CURTIS, GREG/ KRAETZER, DIRK / KERRIGAN, JIM
Workshop 1 - Title: Disciplined Action (development of curriculum, co-curricular programs and budget)
Description: The International School of Beijing has created a model for successful school development based on the work of Jim Collins’ Good to Great in the Social Sector. This session is intended for Heads, Curriculum directors, Athletic/Activities Directors, and Business Managers charged with developing disciplined plans and programs.
KATHY STETSON
Workshop 1 - Title: Using Growth Data to Inform Instruction
Description: Are assessment data for each student used to inform instruction? Does your students’ academic growth guide program planning? Discover how computer-adaptive assessments, combined with reports and tools for using the data, enables educators, students and parents to monitor student growth over time and also inform program improvement efforts. NWEA, a non-profit organization, engages in ongoing, supportive relationships with partnering school districts and educational agencies internationally and throughout the United States.
ANN STRAUB
Workshop 1 - Title: Leadership for Learning: Tools and Strategies for a Collaborative Focus on Learning (Part 1) Download Handout
Description: Learning leaders, whether they are appointed school administrators, department heads and team leaders or informal teacher leaders, need an understanding of their role in a school, what collaboration for learning looks like and what skills and strategies are required to achieve this in their team, department or school. Part 1 of this two session workshop will focus on the traits and role of effective school learning leaders, and the development of learning focused teams.
Workshop 2 - Title: Leadership for Learning: Tools and Strategies for a Collaborative Focus on Learning (Part 2) Download Handout
Description: Learning leaders, whether they are appointed school administrators, department heads and team leaders or informal teacher leaders, need an understanding of their role in a school, what collaboration for learning looks like and what skills and strategies are required to achieve this in their team, department or school. Session 2 of this two part workshop will focus on the tasks of a learning focused team including learning focused agendas, and protocols for looking at student work and learning data.
PHIL STROUP
Workshop 1 - Title: Fund Raising in International Schools: What Works?
Description: We know international schools face unique fund-raising challenges and that transplanted approaches may be costly and ineffective. How best to fund-raise when an alumni group might not be your best source for major gifts? A carefully crafted Strategic Development Plan (SDP) that is built on research, goals, metrics and strategies is the foundation of success. Development Directors and those responsible for advancement functions have asked for approaches that make sense. Learn how to develop a SDP‚s that can dovetail your school improvement efforts and bring about results that can help the students at your school.
Workshop 2 - Title: Evaluating Your Strategic Marketing Plan
Description: International schools are a business. Like any successful business, a Strategic Marketing Plan (SMP) implementing the right goals and metrics will ensure full enrollment and provide the foundation for successful fundraising. Research on customers, market forces and understanding the role of logic and emotion, key influencers and how to conduct the all important tour and close will be explored. With data and careful analysis, school leaders will be able to make informed decisions to effectively market your school to families and donors.
Workshop 3 - Title: Assessing Your International School’s Fundraising Readiness
Description: Participants will learn key elements of feasibility studies used to determine a school‚s readiness for fundraising. International schools require unique approaches that incorporate marketing principles. Western-style philanthropy or a culture of giving is less well-established and generally not synonymous with private international schools. This session will help you appraise your school‚s readiness to determine if, and what type of, fund-raising could make sense for your school. Fundraising is not for every school; learn how to make an informed decision to ensure reasonable success.
Workshop 4 - Title: Staff Resistance to Marketing and Fundraising Efforts - Strategies to Overcome
Description: Many educators are not trained or prepared for their role in marketing an international school. Staff (certified and classified) who are reluctant to fulfill their role in marketing often turn opportunity into disaster and unknowingly undermine efforts. In this session, participants will explore professional development approaches to overcome staff resistance and how to ensure that cohesive and positive messages are communicated to the community by all staff - implications for the inquiry-to-close process, school tours, webpage standards and parent relations will better prepare staff to understand and perform their role.
Workshop 5 - Title: Customer Relations: More Important Than You Can Imagine
Description: How customer friendly is your international school? International schools make significant investment in resources for admissions, marketing, fund-raising, websites, publications and efforts to generate an inquiry for admissions. Customer relations is a key influencer on school selection, impacts word-of-mouth (reputation) with key clients, loyalty and may sends „unintended messages that undermine effortsassessment instrument which will help establish policy, practice and standards, policy and practice for to build enrollment and donor relationships. Participants will complete a self-your school. Implications for office staff, school tours, donor relations, and parent-teacher meetings will be presented.
TIM STUART
Workshop 1 - Title: The 3R’s of International Education
Description: This workshop considers how to create a positive learning and growth environment for international school children by developing the three R’s: Rigour, Relevance & Relationship. Together, we will explore the research and anecdotal evidence supporting this theory as well as practical ways to implement, foster, and evaluate these factors in our schools.
ANDREW TORRIS / AMANDA DE CARDY
Workshop 1 - Title: Moving from Principal’s Epistles to Podcasts and Blogs with Style
Description: The use of web-based communications has swept modern culture. In many schools tools such as Wikis, blogs, Skype, Vodcasts/podcasts and YouTube/TeacherTube are replacing the monthly principal’s newsletter. This workshop will give the participants an understanding of each of these tools, and will focus on HOW to use these tools using design and communications techniques. Learn how to make the web work for you, not you working for it!
JEFF UTECHT
Workshop 1 - Title: The New Web: Why International Students are Ahead of the Technology Curve
Description: International students use the web, due in part to the fact they move and relocate frequently. This session will explore the tools students are using today on the web and discuss how our schools can take advantage of these tools to communicate and engage students in the learning process.
Workshop 2 - Title: The New Web: The Changing Nature of Communication
Description: How do you communicate? How should you communicate? How are parents and students expecting you to communicate? The Internet allows schools to communicate in a variety of ways. This presentation demonstrates and discusses the different ways schools can harness the power of the internet to communicate with their school communities.
Workshop 3 - Title: The New Web: Building a Positive School Profile
Description: In today’s fast paced information world, trying to stay ahead of our students in the web space can be difficult, but at the same time a necessity for our schools today. Your school’s web presence is at risk if you are not actively controlling it. Come learn how and why you need to control your school’s web presence
Workshop 4 - Title: The New Web: An Administrator’s Guide
Description: The Administrator’s guide to the new web is designed to get you started using new web tools today to communicate with your school community. From podcasts, to blogging, to using twitter we’ll cover the latest and greatest tools for your school and send you back ready to get started communicating on the new web.
BERNADETTE VAN HOUTEN
Workshop 1 - Title: Education in a multilingual world
Description: This session will focus on dilemmas international schools face when adopting or promoting mother-tongue instruction in a student population of diverse backgrounds and languages. We will also answer questions commonly asked by parents and teachers regarding the educational and emotional effects of multilingualism at home and for their children’s future.
Workshop 2 - Title: Wellness and health: diversity in expectations
Description: This session will be a journey through the sometimes surprising diversity of beliefs, habits and expectations regarding wellness, health and hygiene we come across in our international communities.
We will discuss strategies for handling possible misunderstandings and conflicts regarding these issues which may occur in or outside of the classroom.
Workshop 3 & 4 - Title: The Adolescent Expat
Description: Parents experience concerns regarding the benefits and consequences of expatriation for their adolescent children. We will discuss various psycho-social questions which vary according to cultural background and host-country context. We will evaluate strategies which could be implemented by the international school and specific advice which can be given to parents.
JANET WEBSTER www.janetbwebster.com
Workshop 1 - Title: Challenges facing international schools in special education
Description: In this session, we look how schools have traditionally tried to deal with diversity. We consider the impact of a quarter century of philosophy and legislation concerning special education on parents’ expectations of international schools. We discuss the responses of international schools to the demands for increased services to students with a wider range of special educational needs. We also consider the challenges faced by international schools as they find ways to deal with the increased diversity.
Workshop 2 - Title: Biting the bullet – a hard-headed look at the way forward
Description: In this session, we will explore the big picture of special education and what administrators need to think about before plunging in. We’ll look at how to establish what needs are currently served by your school and what needs you can (and want) to serve. We’ll look at how different aspects of a school (philosophy, policies, admissions, identification procedures, instructional programs etc) need to be aligned so diversity may be better addressed.
Workshop 3 - Title: Standards for Special Education Services
Description: This session will focus on standards in service delivery to students with special educational needs. We will examine current standards required by accreditation agencies and also look at generally accepted standards in the field. All aspects of special education services will be considered including admissions, service delivery models, teacher training and experience, paraprofessionals and the role of regular educators. Participants will leave with a lens through which to view services in their own school.
Workshop 4 - Title: When academics is not enough – the new reality in special education
Description: Many students requiring special education services need more than extra help in academic subjects. An increasing number of students in international schools have deficits in such areas as social interaction, pragmatic language skills and executive function skills. Without sustained and intensive intervention in these areas, no amount of academics will prepare them for life after school. In this session we look at these areas of deficits and examine the impact of this growing group of students on international schools. Guidelines for assisting schools to respond are proposed.
DEB WELCH
Workshop 1 - Title: The Wise Use of Data to Improve Learning: An Introduction
Description: Our international schools abound with data, yet what do we do with it? What data is worth the time to collect and analyze? How can administrators be efficient in the preparation of data in order to give teams the most time for meaningful analysis? In this session you will:
• Learn what data to collect as an international school and how to collect it
• Gain ideas for displaying data so that it is useful for teachers, administrators and Boards
• Explore different approaches for disaggregation that yield insights
Workshop 2 - Title: The Wise Use of Data to Improve Learning: Data Analysis Cycle
Description: The group assembles at the table to analyze significant data about learning in your school. You’ve constructed the graphs and disaggregated it in multiple ways. Individuals stare at the charts and look at you for some direction. What do you do now? How can you move a group to go beyond the numbers and actually dig deeper at the causes of some pesky learning problems? How can the analysis of data reach the level of impacting classroom practice? In this session you will:
• Experience questions that help groups offer predictions and capture observations about data
• Learn how to probe deeper for root causes to generate theories of causation
• Provide rationale for verifying explanations with other data
• Obtain strategies for moving a group to action
Workshop 3 - Title: The Wise Use of Data to Improve Learning: Protocols and Strategies
Description: By analyzing meaningful student performance data the potential of collaborative teams can be unleashed so that classroom practices improve. What are some proven protocols for teams to use for different purposes? What protocols could assist departments and grade level teams for looking at common assessment data, IB scores, and other significant classroom assessments? Additionally, what strategies might be helpful for Boards to utilize when analyzing school improvement data? In this session you will:
• Acquire facilitative strategies for teams to analyze data to build a shared understanding of what can be done to improve learning
• Practice using protocols for international school data and debrief on the knowledge and skills required for the process to be most effectiveWorkshop 4 - Title: The Wise Use of Data to Improve Learning: Goal Setting
Description: Goals to improve student learning provide a purpose for teachers to collaborate. Establishing a specific and measurable goal creates a focus for a team and promotes dialogue that will truly impact learning. Yet what does a well-written goal look like? In what ways can the wise use of data guide the drafting of the goal and be used to measure progress? How can teams write action plans that emphasize what to do instructionally? In this session you will:
• Analyze examples of team goals from international schools that are specific and measurable
• Obtain tools that give structure to the writing of goals and foster meaningful professional conversations
• Explore the link between team goals, your school’s vision and mission, and school improvement
FRED WESSON / SUSIE HEINRICH-JABAL
Workshop 1 (with SUSIE HEINRICH-JABAL)
Title: That was then, this is now; How the Klingenstein Program shapes international school leaders
Description: The Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University was the first program to professionalize independent school leadership. Two leaders who have benefited from the Center’s offerings reflect on their experiences in programs that offered the best available educational and leadership literature under the direction of prominent education experts, talented professors, and master teachers.
JON ZURFLU
Workshop 1
Title: TBA
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