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SESSION 8
JOHN LITTLEFORD Governance TPS - Function Room 7 Governance Standards for Accreditation for Nonprofit and Privately-Owned Schools - What does an accrediting body look for when it delves into the governance aspect of a nonprofit and privately-owned school? How many members are there and how are they chosen? Is there any evidence of a conflict of interest on the board? How transparent is its decision-making? Is there a long-range financial plan in place? Has it engaged in any strategic planning? When it comes to governance practices, all boards must adhere to the same standards of best practice. Learn how to be prepared for the governance review of the accreditation process.
CARLENE FIRMIN Peer Abuse TMS - Meeting Room 3 A Guide to Safeguarding Resources for Preventing Peer-abuse in Schools - In the workshop participants will be introduced to a number of resources designed for and with educationalists to use in the development of their safeguarding work. From study surveys, to bystander intervention, school policies to staff training, this workshop will offer participants the time to consider a catalogue of resources they could draw upon to address peer-instigated harm between students. Resources particularly support participants to identify and address contextual factors associated to harm which have rarely been considered in standardised safeguarding work.
TOM SCHIMMER Assessment TPS - Function Room 6 Raising the Rigor in Assessment Design - Rigor is about cognitive complexity, not volume. This session will focus on the ways in which teachers can ensure that the rigor of their assessments matches the intended rigor of curricular standards. Specifically, participants will come to know the strengths and limitations of each assessment method, how to select the most appropriate method to ensure reliable information, why learning progressions are critical for sound assessment design, and the various types of rubrics that can make criteria transparent. The quality of assessments is critical to creating a rigorous learning experience that supports students in their pursuit of excellence.
CHRIS JANSEN Peer Mentoring TPS - Function Room 9 Growing Leadership Through Mentoring - Leaders of learning grow the capability of the colleague that they work with. This involves shifting from the role of line manager to that of coach and mentor. In this workshop we will explore several modes of mentoring including a) more experienced to less experienced leaders (ie a supervisor or coaching style of model) and b) a peer to peer model where the support is mutual between pairs or small groups of leaders. Workshop participants will experience a number of practical tools for each mode that they can adapt and apply in their settings. Finally, we will connect to the outcomes of the pre-conference workshop which will have focussed on reviewing and refreshing the EARCOS Leadership Mentoring (ELM) programme to in order to extend the scale and impact of this programme.
MARC FRANKEL / ABIGAIL DELESSIO Leadership TPS - Function Room 8 Culturally Congruent Leadership: A New Take On an Old Problem - Management guru Peter Drucker’s famous quip that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” applies to leadership as well. Leadership that is culturally incongruent with a school and its stakeholders will fail even though it may be technically flawless in other respects. The wave of demographic change now sweeping across international schools from Bogota to Brunei is bringing with it cultural changes that up the ante for leadership and governance. This session will include a survey of the implications of culture change for schools, plus a model of how school administrators and board members can adapt their leadership to bridge any gaps between their styles and those now demanded by the school community. Culture is not the enemy of either strategy or leadership, but an equal player in the game, not to be underestimated or overlooked by those trying to move a school forward. Participants will leave this session with both a new appreciation for culture and a way of leading that.
LIz HUTCHISON Curriculum TPS - Function Room 2 Spice up your New Teacher Orientation and School Pre-Service with Curriculum! - How do you maintain sustainable curriculum and set your faculty up for success? This workshop helps new faculty learn the school’s learning systems and helps existing faculty assess their status regarding curriculum. It is personalized. It provides WHAT YOU NEED and WHAT THEY WANT.
SONIA BUSTAMANTE / DAVE HAN GSuite TPS - Function Room 4 A Googling Administrator Version WASC - Use GSuite for Education to be efficient, save time, and collaborate with all of your stakeholders throughout the WASC Self-Study Process. Gather, save, analyze and disaggregate data. Collect evidence in Google Drive and create easy access for all stakeholders and for the Visiting Committee. This will be an interactive session with plenty of opportunities to share and learn valuable tips to digitally transform your school’s current or future WASC Self-Study process.
PAUL MARTINDALE Data TMS - Meeting Room 1 A Data-Driven Approach To Building Quality Educational Services - American Statistician W. Edwards Deming famously said: “In God we trust, all others must bring data.” This session explores performance metrics as the major starting point for improving all educational services.
13:45 - 15:00 07:30 - 15:15
CHRISTIE POWELL Culturally Responsive Practice TMS - Meeting Room 2 Nimble or Not? The Journey Toward Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice in international schools - There is little debate that the landscape of international schools has evolved in recent years including, in some schools, a significant shift in our student demographics. But how nimble are we in responding to that shift through cultural and linguistically responsive practice to ensure equity in access to high quality learning? During the course of this session, I will share aspects of our journey at Stamford while using community learning exchange protocols to involve the voices of all participants in focusing on the opportunities, successes and potential roadblocks in our journey to truly embrace these practices.
MARK SULLIVAN / MEGAN EDDINGTON Student-Led Learning TMS - Meeting Room 4 A BCIS Story: IDEATE – The Journey to Student-led Learning - Join us on our journey--a pathway to learning that combines Voice and Choice, Rigor, Life-long Learning, and Authentic Assessment within a future focused high school program. This session will share with you how our innovative program manages to offer students the flexibility and opportunity to delve deeply into areas of interest within a structure that leads to a highly valued high school Diploma.
SARAH VERDAGUER Student Leadership TMS - Meeting Room 5 Developing Leaders for Today and Tomorrow - The recent focus on student voice has led many schools to re-think their teaching and learning practices. This session will examine student voice from the leadership perspective. It will look at how students can develop an understanding of what leadership entails and implement the qualities of leadership themselves.
FRANK VOLPE Universal Design for Learning TMS - Meeting Room 10 Universal Design for Learning: a Framework for Inclusive Schools and Personalized Learning - This workshop is designed to introduce educators to the guidelines and principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL provides an easily accessible framework for building common differentiation practices across the written, taught, and assessed curriculum. This research-based framework is designed to help educators reach learners at all levels, including gifted learners. The role of UDL in supporting inclusive efforts and personalized learning will be emphasized.
KENDALL zOLLER Effective Communication TPS - Function Room 10 Voices from the Ecotone - Many of us have been in situations with colleagues where we have a message and we know they don’t want to hear it. Imagine being able to deliver that message in ways that preserve relationships while at the same time increasing their receptivity to considering it. This session introduces a nonverbal/verbal framework derived from Grinder (2010) and modified by Zoller that intends to honor the relationships and address the challenging issues.
12:45-14:00 LUNCH
Where to Eat lunch The Pacific Sutera - Café Boleh Restaurant (Level 2) and Foyer of Hibiscus Garden (Level 1) The Magellan Sutera - Five Sails Restaurant & Al-Fresco Restaurant (Both in Level 1)
13:45-15:00 (AD Institute) LTC 901 - Introduction to International School Athletic Program Administration (cont.) TMS - Meeting Room 6 Presenters: Scott Hossack / Catherine Tanco-Ong
