Session 7

11:30-12:45

DIANE MCKOY -- United States University Undergraduate Admissions for International Students

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.

Kelantan

ART COSTA -- Cognitive Coaching: Conversations that Promote Self-Directed Learning (Part 2)

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.

KEVIN DOWNING -- The Impact of A Problem-Based Curriculum on Metacognitive Development

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.

Sarawak

ECC I

JOHN LINDSEY / PRUE ANDERSON -- Mathematical Literacy: Patterns in International School Student Data

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 2006-2007 ISA administration in which over 28,000 students from 170 international schools participated.

ECC II

JOHN LITTLEFORD -- The Politics and Effectiveness of Faculty Compensation, Appraisal and Workload

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, ETC07Program 06.7.28 10:55 AM Page 1 substantive, and positive appraisal—all in the context of a fair and equitable workload that clarifies expectations.

Johore

KENNETH PAYNTER -- What’s Happening Now in Educational Technology? – An Informal Panel Discussion/ Forum

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. ROOM: Pahang

DENNIS SALE Building Rapport in Cross Cultural Facilitation using Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)

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. ROOM: Grand Ballroom The specialist independent healthcare adviser for international schools and teachers.

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