REGISTRATION ROOM Location is next to the Grand Ballroom (Perlis Room) November 1, 2007 November 2, 2007 November 3, 2007 November 4, 2007
13:00-19:00 07:30-22:00 07:30-19:00 07:30-18:00
Friday, November 2, 2007 08:30-16:30
19:00
Council of International Schools Board Meeting
ECC I
WASC Training: Focus on Learning
Kedah
GAIL SCHOPPERT / ALAN CONKEY Leadership through Partnership (LTP- EARCOS School Heads & Chairs)
Perak
ACAMIS Board Meeting
ECC II
Saturday, November 3, 2007 PRE-CONFERENCES 08:30-16:00
VALERIE SCANE / GAIL SCHOPPERT / ALAN CONKEY -- Title: Partnership Governance: The Head and the Chair The workshop focuses on teamwork activities to develop a positive and effective working relationship between chair and head from each school represented. Both must attend and other board members are not invited to this session. EARASBO GUY ROBINSON, JIS / HIMMAT SANDHU, SAS / CHRIS ROOSE BUSINESS MANAGERS PRECONFERENCE -- The Building Blocks of School Security 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: Emergency management planning, threat assessment, vulnerability assessment, guard force considerations, access control, building security design, blast mitigation, and prospective security additions. (This is a discussion-based workshop and has evolved over the last four years. The workshop will focus on teaching security concepts and discussing 8-12 real school security situations and how they were solved.)
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Perak
ECC I
JONATHAN BORDEN -- Confucius Meets Piaget: Understanding Korean Students and Parents This presentation examines the historical, cultural, and educational background of our Korean students and parents. Common educational issues of this group will be examined from the framework of Korean cultural identity, parental expectations, social relationships among students, learning styles, and individual differences. Suggestions on how to effectively work with Korean parents and students will be made, as well as links to Japanese and Chinese students.
Kelantan
ART COSTA, -- Building a More Thought-full Learning Community with Habits of Mind Shared vision, one attribute of effective schools, is achieved when all members of the school community focus on a common set of outcomes. The Habits of Mind—those characteristics of effective problem solvers—can become the norms of the entire community. Working together, school staffs can create a learning environment designed to cultivate these life-long learnings.
Johore
JOANNA MOTION / FRANK OPRAY / KRISTA SLADE -- Leading School Advancement Advancing your educational institution takes leadership, savvy, and powerful partnerships. Participation in the CASE/EARCOS “Leading School Advancement” preconference on Sat., November 3, 2007, will give you the skills and confidence to change your outlook forever. Our expert speakers lead by example and will be uniquely positioned to offer inspiration and best practice to heads, trustees, senior administrators, and advancement staff.
Pahang
EARCOS Administrators’ Conference 2007
