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Registration Information Pre-Conference
Location is next to the Grand Ballroom (Perlis Room)
November 1, 2007 13:00-19:00 November 2, 2007 07:30-22:00 November 3, 2007 07:30-19:00 November 4, 2007 07:30-18:00
08:30-16:30
19:00
08:30-16:00
Friday, November 2, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007 PRE-CONFERENCES
Council of International Schools Board Meeting
WASC
Training: Focus on Learning
GAIL SCHOPPERT / ALAN CONKEY
Leadership through Partnership (LTP- EARCOS School Heads & Chairs)
ACAMIS Board Meeting
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.)
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.
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.
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.
