SESSION 3
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2019
14:00 - 15:15
ROOM
Harvey Alvy School Change TMS - Meeting Room 1 Promoting Change that Counts: How to Avoid Educational Fads - This interactive session, a shorter version of the preconference workshop, will help international school leaders address fads that undermine both innovative and timeless educational practices. This is a high stakes and urgent challenge that affects student achievement, teacher success, leadership effectiveness, curriculum, fiscal and resource accountability, professional development, and the confidence of international parents in their schools. The session, by the author of the recent book, Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance (ASCD, 2017), will review six “Red Flag” strategies to avoid harmful fads that educators confront, and six “Guidelines” to promote reforms of substance in schools. Workshop activities will provide leaders with practical professional development strategies to take home and share with their school colleagues, to positively impact student and teacher success. David Beaty Digital Communication TMS - Meeting Room 2 IRL: The Value of Reality in a World of Digital Communications - Our world is increasingly dependent on digital communications. We text friends, post images and status updates on social media, and even work using tools like instant messaging. Are we missing something by communicating so much using digital tools? Attend this session to explore this question and learn more about finding a balance between our online and offline worlds. Andy Davies / Brenda Perkins Mindfulness TPS - Hibiscus Garden Growing Mindfulness in Your School - One School’s Walk in the Garden - International schools are becoming more and more challenged with how to effectively address Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and student well-being. Mindfulness programs are gaining popularity and acceptance worldwide as research supports positive learning and mental health outcomes for students who receive mindfulness teaching as part of their school experience. This workshop presents the case study of the International School Bangkok, and our journey to support mindfulness throughout the school and community. We’ll be exploring how to begin growing a culture of mindfulness at your school - and address the challenges to finding balance with bottom-up grass-roots cultivation and top-down nurturing from school leadership. Marilyn George Accreditation TPS - Ballroom 2 / 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 student learning and well-being and ongoing improvement. This includes the following areas: mission, vision, beliefs, governance, administration and organizational issues, staffing, instructional program student support, culture and resources. Barry Jenkin / Greg Smith Activities Programs TMS - Meeting Room 5 Deep and Wide: Creating and Sustaining a Comprehensive Activities Program - Discussing the obvious benefits of an activities program within an international school context that is focused on what is core to the school beliefs, culture, curriculum, school-wide learner outcomes and is essential to the school action plan. Suggesting an Activities Program structure that does all this while also adding benefits to staffing, efficiency and financing the school Activities Program. Lee Ann Jung Inclusion TPS - Function Room 6 Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms - The pressure for curriculum poses real challenges for schools aiming to meaningfully include students with disabilities and developmental delays. All too often, the focus of learning support time must be spent ensuring the student completes the high-level assignments required in the subject areas. But where do we find the time to “pause” the hectic schedule and use evidence-based practices to teach the critical skills these students need for long-term success? In this session, participants will engage in small and largegroup dialogue on this topic after learning four essential components of learning support for meaningful inclusion. Daniel Kilback / Matt Kelsey Recruiting TMS - Meeting Room 4 Zero Sum Game: Case Studies in Recruiting - Recruiting has undergone a sea change in the past decade. Teams are making decisions on tighter deadlines and with imperfect information. This session won’t make recruiting easier but will allow you time to reflect, evaluate case studies, and explore strategies for developing better questions and framing your school’s unique priorities. Marc L’Heureux / Genta Branstetter Collaboration TMS - Rose Garden Journey of Change: Building a Culture of Collaboration and Collective Efficacy at ASIJ - John Hattie contends no factor influences student learning more than collective teacher efficacy, or collaborative expertise. How does a school create a professional culture where teachers come together to share their expertise and passion? What can school leaders do to ensure teachers feel safe taking risks, exchanging ideas freely, and learning from others through collaboration? Join a team from The American School in Japan to learn how we‘re redesigning structures and norms to cultivate better collaboration. This presentation will focus on the journey ASIJ’s Elementary School has taken over the past few years to cultivate collaborative cultures that enhance learning for all students. Jane Larsson / Stuart McLay / Mark Orchison Data Protection TPS - Function Room 1 International Data Protection Law:What are Your School’s Responsibilities? - Considerable changes in international data protection law have been implemented over the past 18 months and many schools around the world are struggling to interpret what action is required. As a result, 9ine and the Council of International Schools (CIS) have partnered together to revise the CIS International Accreditation protocol, creating new tools to help school communities evaluate, implement and strengthen data protection and cybersecurity practices to comply with these new laws. This workshop will provide school leaders with an understanding of how to implement leading practice and meet new standards designed to protect and secure the personal information of your students and staff as you collect, store and share it.
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