Session 1
THURSDAY | 29 October 2015
10:00-11:15
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MARTIN HALPIN / JOSHUA EUTEN AD Institute SALATHIP C Certified Athletic Trainers in International Schools Have you considered having a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) in your program? Did you realize that for many international schools having an ATC is actually a possibility? In the and Canada, ATCs are in most major high schools and are now being employed in many middle schools, where as in the international scene the hiring of ATCs is becoming an emerging practice among schools looking to advance their programs and school marketing. This session will examine the arguments for having an ATC in your school program and some of the ways to make this a reality. STEPHANE ALLAGNON Curriculum BRUNEI 1 What Does It Mean to Be Proficient in a World Language? What Are the Tools? This session will present many different tools available for teachers and schools to use to offer their students a true and recognized way to promote their fluency in a world language. We will look at and present the DELE, DELF, DELI, HSK, JPLT, and Goethe Zertifikate. I will present our challenges and successes at our school, Woodward Academy, and explain why we decided to offer them to our students.
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TIM CARR / MICHAEL NACHBAR Blended Learning THE GARDEN GALLERY Blended Learning Catalysts Learning happens in a host of ways, and technology has been a catalyst for pedagogical change. Various forms of “blended learning” have emerged in recent years, and Global Online Academy has pioneered a particular sort that reflects the missions of international and independent schools. Join us to learn more about this style of teaching and learning. ALEC COUROS Technology / Student Safety CHAO PHRAYA Understanding Digital Citizenship (Part 1) Issues such as cyberbullying, sexting, and student access to inappropriate content are important areas of understanding for teachers, administrators, children, adolescents, and parents. In this session, participants will be presented with many of the important issues that face our schools in an era where access to information is ubiquitous, and digital messages are easily spread. Through a balance of information-sharing and questioning, participants will come to better understand such issues through a positive framework, one that moves toward the intentional development of learner digital identities. STEPHEN DARE / JENNIFER SWINEHART Leadership NEXT 2 Building Trust in Schools (Part I) Participants will explore how leaders can understand trust in schools, move from informational learning to transformational learning through the development of a trusting environment and build higher levels of trust that will increase risk-taking and creative thinking amongst their staffs as well as feel confident embracing cognitive discourse as an asset and not something to be avoided.The workshop will introduce characteristics of cultures with high and low levels of trust and offer practical strategies leaders can use to model, promote, and increase levels of trust in their schools. MARILYN GEORGE Accreditation MYANMAR 3 Becoming Accredited: Essential Elements 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. CHRIS JANSEN Leadership PHILIPPINES Emergent Leadership: People, Culture, and Collective Intelligence In this interactive workshop participants will explore their roles—positions that involve balancing a complex range of people, tasks, and outcomes. This will involve exploring emerging approaches in leadership including shifting from power to influence, fostering networks instead of hierarchies, and taking on the role of a catalyst. Participants will undertake a self-review against a leadership framework and then collectively consider ways in which their leadership portfolio can be enhanced, to develop people and deliver school-wide impact on school culture. Specific techniques will be explored including articulating collective values and vision, proactive mentoring of colleagues, fostering interaction and participation of staff and students, and building engagement through sharing power and decision-making. MIKE JOHNSTON Change MALAYSIA Creating Change in Schools How do you ensure long lasting sustainable change? Have you ever had an initiative fade away and you are not sure why? Not sure where to start in implementing a great idea? Do you want to support middle level leaders in leading change? Change is a state of being in schools that thrive. Come learn together the theory of change and how to ensure you maximize your time in implementing new ideas. ROBERT LANDAU Change MYANMAR 1 Think Globally, Learn Locally — Empower Locally, Change Globally Robert will continue the discussion from last year about the need to shift the way we look at service in our schools. By using a small foundation in Cambodia as an example, you will see how much can be accomplished when children and adults are guided towards empowerment and “we” become the guides on the side to coach, mentor, and facilitate. This shift in position will actually teach our international school students more and empower them to, in turn, empower others. Robert will try to provoke your thinking about what you are currently doing to enable you and your students to create a new service ethos in your schools.
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