Preconferences
SUNDAY | 22 October 2017 09:00-17:00
EARCOS REGISTRATION
Room ANTE ROOM
MONDAY | 23 October 2017 07:30-18:00 08:30-16:00
EARCOS REGISTRATION EARCOS BOARD MEETING
ANTE ROOM THE BOARDROOM SUITE
TUESDAY | 24 October 2017 07:00-20:00
EARCOS REGISTRATION
ANTE ROOM
08:00-20:00 International School Leadership Program University of San Francisco / Washington State University
VIETNAM ROOM
PRECONFERENCE
08:30-16:30
SEAN WATT THE VALLEY ROOM II IB Category 3 Workshop - Leading with a Clear Vision and Strategy - Leading with a clear vision and strategy is one of a new series of IB workshops focus on leadership in international education.These rich professional development experiences are led by an outstanding and diverse group of leaders who are passionate about sharing their knowledge and experiences.Together, they are building a global community of strategic and innovative educational leaders. Research shows that a school with has a strong vision and mission has a very much higher chance of having high student achievement as well. The objectives of this workshop are to introduce and clarify the value and strength of a good vision and mission, and to enable you to develop a strategic plan to create, implement, review and make sustainable, an excellent vision and mission for your school context. It is important that your vision and mission imbue the philosophy and values of the IB and provide the best structure for the full implementation of the IB programmes. (Audience: For aspiring leaders and new heads of school. All workshops are recommended for aspiring leaders, including teachers, coordinators and new heads of school.) CURRICULUM COORDINATORS PRECONFERENCE RAMI MADANI / PAUL O’NEILL / GLENDA BAKER THE GARDEN GALLERY “Guess what’s in the teacher’s head?” Why a shift from compliance to authentic learning and assessment is an educational imperative. - In order to get students to a level where they are assessment capable learners we need to involve students in more authentic learning experiences (Hattie). Compliant learning will take a backseat to more authentic experiences where students have a voice in their own learning. What is problematic is that our practices are fundamentally impacted by our beliefs and these have influenced in many ways a fossilized assessment paradigm in schools. In this workshop participants will use the Modes of Learning framework from Harvard X Online to help explore the contributing human factors influencing a more authentic assessment paradigm.The model explores fundamental questions such as: How do they learn best? Which mode of learning is more supportive of authentic engagement vs. compliance? Which one of the four is their prefered teaching style and what might the implication on their own practice be? Participants will also engage with the work of Rick Stiggins and develop some actions designed to intentionally deploy assessments that motivate students. Stiggins maps out the adjustments in practice and culture necessary to generate both accurate accountability data and the specific evidence of individual mastery that will support sound instructional decision making and better learning. This workshop is suitable for curriculum leaders, educational administrators and instructional leaders dedicated to building a more authentic assessment paradigm in their school.
MARC FRANKEL / ABBI DELESSIO CORUNDUM LTP Leadership through Partnership - (Open to EARCOS board and heads only) Leadership through Partnership (LTP) is structured to benefit the following people: New heads of school and their board chair; New board chairs and their head of school; and board chairs and head of school that have not participated in a prior LTP. The daylong session is designed to promote strong, effective working relationships between heads and chairs.This workshop would be particularly valuable for Boards with new chairs and highly useful for boards welcoming new heads. It will identify and discuss working styles and preferences, while creating an effective communication and support system.
Thank you to THAILAND CONVENTION & EXHIBITION BUREAU(TCEB) for their generous support of this year’s EARCOS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2017. 8
EARCOS Leadership Conference 2017
