SESSION 5 Teacher Workshops FRIDAY | 30 March 2012
11:30-12:30
Adela Alguno Room: BALLROOM III Target Audience: Elementary class teachers as well as MHS subject teachers Strand: General Title: Human Movement in the General Classroom This workshop aims to share opportunity for the attendees to explore human movement activities as a potential teaching tool in the general classroom in math, social studies, science and English. The program will include power point presentations, workshop activity, and group work to encourage interaction of participants during the workshop. Pictures, videos, and interviews from students and teachers of actual classes integrating movement activities from early education to high school from Cebu International School will also be shown.The workshop will bring the participants a meaningful experience of performing some movement activities themselves modeled from the presenter and as well as in their own small groups during the group work activity. Grace Cheng / Jenny Sohn Room: BRUNEI ROOM I Target Audience: HS counselors (academic/personal/college), English teachers - grades 9-12, school administrators Strand: Counseling Title: Who Are You? College Essays in 500 Words or Less US admissions officers use essays to gain a sense of who an applicant is behind grades, scores, extracurricular titles, and awards. “Be interesting,” implores one admissions dean. “You want the reader to put an essay down after reading, and say ‘This is someone I would like to see here.’ ” This presentation will feature tips and strategies designed to help counselors and English teachers work with college-bound students in writing effective and reflective application essays.
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David Collett / Brandon Hoover Room: PEPPINO LEVEL 3 Target Audience: K-12 Strand: Digital Literacy Title: Dynamism: Dispositional Learning through IT Five years from now, the IT content schools teach will be obsolete. The 21st century world is technologically infused and constantly evolving. How can we ensure students are part of this evolution? Why do technology tools and software often define the curriculum? If we want students to be creative, innovative, investigative, and progressive learners, we need to shift our focus to dispositional learning. Tomorrow is more than what you know; it’s who you are. Keegan Combs Room: THE STUDY ROOM Target Audience: Grade 4-12 English and content-area teachers Strand: Literacy Title: The Most Important 5 Minutes: Frontloading Strategies Do you want your students to be interested and engaged? To read and learn with a purpose? Do they struggle with background knowledge? This workshop will present strategies to introduce content in interactive, meaningful ways. In 5 minutes of planning and 5 minutes of class time, you can help students make connections, build background, generate interest in a topic, and read with a purpose. This workshop is interactive and collaborative. TanyA Derkash / Clare Michelsen Room: INDONESIA ROOM Target Audience: PYP/MYP/DP and administrators Strand: Special Needs Title: Inclusion at Nanjing International School – What Does it Include? What does it mean to include students with special needs? We will describe the process of building an inclusion program in an international school in China with 600+ students, highlight the strengths of the program, and show how 1:1 learning, pull-out and in-class models of support are implemented. Approaches to developing individualized programs and shared testimonies will highlight the benefits and challenges for all students and teachers in an inclusive classroom. Jesus Gamez Room: THE VALLEY ROOM I Target Audience: Grade levels 9-12 Strand: Languages Title: Using Movies in a Language Class The workshop takes the concept that learning a new language means getting involved with a new culture, demonstrates how the culture is represented by cinema ,and then gives participants ideas on how learning a new language opens the horizons to deeper understandings of cultures. This workshop will cover the following: (1) How to make a movie effective in a language class; (2) Different approaches when showing a movie; (3) Choosing genres. Timothy Gartz Room: BRUNEI ROOM II Target Audience: HS counselors / administrators Strand: Counseling Title: A Counselor’s Mission: Securing a Bright Future for our International Students In this workshop, best practice methods of an international school counselor will be presented in their two primary roles that help secure a bright future for any international student. 1). Focus on university guidance and sesources developed at AIS for students to become university ready; 2). Focus on our holistic guidance program that works collaboratively in helping students develop their talents and moral character that is so essential to a successful future. By attending this presentation administrators and counselors will be exposed to powerful tools, resources and pathways to help students across the EARCOS region prepare to be successful contributors on the world stage.
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