SESSION 3

SESSION 3 THuRSDAY | 28 MARCH 2013

3:15-4:45 STEVE AYLING / DOuG MCQuEEN Strand: HS Counseling P202 G-Talks: Making the Most of Your Advisory Periods Based on the presenters’ own experience, you will be shown one way of maximizing the often under-used advisory period. Steve and Doug will explain their “G-Talks” program (a student centered/student facilitated small group discussion program) that was created at International School Manila to both empower students when it comes to issues of health and well-being and to accomplish some of the ASCA standards. Complete with ready-made templates, interviews from student participants, and discussions regarding the “dos and don’ts,” the presentation is designed to give you an alternative approach to structuring parts of your guidance program.

PARKER BEVERAGE Strand: College Counseling P203

Institutional Imperatives in College Admissions A discussion of how institutional goals, some of which change from year to year and most of which are not commonly understood by applicants, parents, and college counselors, can impact admission decisions, and thus, disappoint students, bewilder parents, and frustrate counselors.

JEAN BLAYDES Strand: Physical Education PC Ford Gym

Building Better Brains through Movement Brain research suggests that what makes us move is also what makes us think. Physical activity builds the framework for cognition and proper brain development. This interactive, energetic presentation provides a checklist of activities that will give the teacher insight that will help students work at peak performance for learning. It will also demonstrate how proper early brain development is linked to early motor development and how practice of motor movement enhances student performance.

PETER BOONSHAFT Strand: Band Band Room R102

How We Teach Is As Important As What We Teach: 20 Ways to Energize Your Rehearsals Simple techniques to energize and focus our teaching, offering specific techniques to solve everyday concerns. A practical look at what, why, and how we can teach to achieve better results faster, easier, and more efficiently. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.

MEGAN CAMPISI Strand: Drama Theater R101

Basics of Masked Performance Masked performance is an excellent way to introduce students to a historically important performance style worldwide and impart fundamental performance skills applicable to any style. In this active workshop we start with the basics of how to introduce masks to students. We look at how to simplify and essentialize movement to give clear, effective performance onstage. We move on to how to give and take focus onstage and how to create physical characters. Participants learn how to use these masks to share the most fundamental—and vital—performance skills with their students.

BEN ROBERTACCIO / DEREK SELANDER Strand: MS Counseling P202 Middle School Counseling Case Study Workshop This workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for counselors to explore, examine, and collaborate on specific real life counseling case studies. Counselors will explore approaches to counseling scenarios provided by workshop participants. Participants collectively examine specific cases, generate feedback, and gain general knowledge. The facilitator will research the case ahead of time and will provide background information on the identified issue. Each participant will be asked to examine their own biases and approach to the presenting issue.

THERESA GOETZ Strand: Dance Dance Studio H041

Brain-Based Dance Class This workshop will take participants through a dance class modeled on Anne Green Gilbert’s 5-part brain-compatible lesson plan format. We will warm up with the BrainDance, explore dance concepts, develop skills, create, and cool down. This methodology alternates teacher-directed activities with student-centered activities and developing skills with improvisation. The 5-part lesson plan allows students to develop self-discipline and focus, while providing the opportunity for positive social interaction with peers. Brain-based dance challenges students to problem-solve, collaborate, and communicate. Students develop dance technique and creativity as they learn to dance and dance to learn. The workshop will include a brief overview of theory and a sample lesson.

GOPHER SPORT Strand: Physical Education E124 MSR

FITstep Pro Pedometers with New Activities Participants will be introduced to the revolutionary FITstep Pro Pedometer allowing teachers to accurately measure moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and easily upload student data for efficient assessment and tracking. Participants will also be introduced to some of Gopher’s latest games and activities..

SESSION 3 THuRSDAY | 28 MARCH 2013

3:15-4:45 SuE RICHARDS Strand: International Baccalaureate P232

Developing Internationally Minded Educators The International Baccalaureate (IB) partners with reputable universities around the globe to offer educators IB-recognized courses of study. The IB offers two certificates: the IB certificate in teaching and learning for teachers who want to develop their skills as reflective IB practitioners and the IB advanced certificate in teaching and learning research for teachers who want to conduct academic research with the support of university faculty. Participants will learn about the transformational effect of reflective practice, which universities are a part of this network, and the benefits of holding a certificate.

JOHN JACOBSON Strand: Music Activity Center (HS LL)

Musicals and More For teachers who deal mostly with elementary school music, this workshop will focus on musicals and other classroom resources ideally suited for those younger performers in and out of the classroom.

ROBERT JOAQuIN Strand: Visual Arts R407

From Brush Strokes to Show Time: An upper School Watercolor Painting Syllabus This workshop is designed as a bridging curriculum towards higher art courses such as the International Baccalaureate art program. It will focus on a tried and tested working syllabus (perfect for grades 8, 9 and even 10) on watercolor painting. Progressive drills, targeting required concepts and skills, are incorporated in the unit to enable students to paint with the medium and experience the entire creative process from art production to exhibition and artwork sale. The program covers helpful tips for teachers on painting, formative quizzes, practical assessments, and exhibition ideas.

MIKE JOHNSTON Strand: Global Issues and Environmental Education M179 Truly Greening Your School and Community—from Classroom to Club to Strategic Plan What does it mean to educate for a sustainable future? How can you help students engage in personal and community change towards a greener future? Participants will learn and share what it means to green your school, community, and internationally. Participants will walk away with a plan for next steps in their school to increase sustainability. Whether you are a classroom teacher or an administrator we all play a role in ensuring the natural world is connected to our learning program.

CESAR REYES Strand: Visual Arts R403

The Art Garden: An Artwork about Space, Design, and Equality The aim of the Taipei American School Art Garden Project is to create a student-run learning space where observers and participants can experience a natural setting set against an urban environment. More than that, it is a place for purposeful aesthetic decision-making. This presentation lays out the inspiration for its inception and the stages of the roof garden’s ongoing growth and the challenges to overcome in its development.

KIMBERLY SAJAN Strand: Visual Arts M173

Design for the Non-Designer You’re a teacher, not a designer. Why do you have to worry about how your handouts and presentations look? Students are sophisticated consumers of visual information. Good design can help your content come alive. By successfully combining images, type, and color, you can effectively communicate new concepts, compare and contrast ideas, and make difficult information easily understandable. This presentation will give you helpful design tips that will improve how you visually communicate.

GLENDA SuTARDY Strand: Visual Arts R401

Anyone Can Draw–Theory through Practice Students often assume they cannot draw, but with the right stimulus and understanding they can draw anything. This workshop employs Perspex sheets, wax pencils, concrete examples, and a chance to experience the magic of learning how to simplify complex ideas so that anyone can achieve success and be encouraged to harness skills undreamt of. The method wins students every time and sets a solid foundation for empowerment and confidence flowing through many areas of life.

TED TEMERTZOGLOu Strand: Physical Education MS Gym

Fitness / Brain Blasts: The New Brain Surgery This active session takes participants through several Fitness/Brain Blasts, using the new functional fitness charts developed by Thompson Educational Publishing infused with the latest brain research. These charts increase health and performance related fitness. This workshop is for physical education teachers looking to enhance their instructional strategies for inclusive fitness.

EARCOS will donate $1,500 on behalf of Shanghai American School to our sponsored charity, the Baobei Foundation, for their generosity in hosting the Physical Education preconference.

SESSION 3 THuRSDAY | 28 MARCH 2013

3:15-4:45 JEFF uTECHT Strand: Technology M178

Search: The Skill of Today Search is the new skill that we all need. This session will focus on teaching you how to search so that you can teach students how to do deep searches using Google for research, learning, and exploration. (Computer Required)

SuYI WANG Strand: Chinese Language Luther Hall H216, H217 Effective Strategies for Teaching Chinese at an International School Many language teachers seem to feel guilty if they don’t follow the textbook or allow the students’ mistakes to slip by without immediate correction. A teacher is not a transmitter of knowledge but a facilitator of students’ learning. The precious class time should not be focused on ‘copying’ facts from the textbook to students’ brain. Students should have opportunities to go beyond the mere ‘decoding’ of texts towards an active appreciation of texts. This workshop will explore strategies for teachers to design contextualized learning experiences in order to effectively engage students and move them from one development phase to the next. Teachers will learn instructional strategies to ensure all students learn the core understanding and skills in an active and productive learning environment.

PAuL WOOD / JOSEPH STuCKER HS Gym

A Perfect Match—International School Recruitment from the School’s Perspective “If a school has great teachers, it is a great school” (Whitaker, 2004). International school recruitment is a competitive process that has become virtually year-round. Recruiters and schools need to take advantage of all available resources to ensure the best possible match. This interactive workshop provides participants with insight into the recruitment process from the school’s perspective and offers practical suggestions for how teachers and aspiring administrators can optimize their chances of being hired by the right school. It will also consider the roles in the recruitment process of the initial application, resume, email communications, Skype/telephone interviews, the recruitment fairs, and the emerging roles of online professional networks such as LinkedIn.

REGINA WOODARD Strand: Visual Arts M172

The Art of a Sustainable Future: A Work in Progress Sustainability is more than just “Going Green.” We will look at sustainability through the lenses of culture, economy, and environment in order to deepen the visual arts curriculum. In this workshop you will see how the different concepts of sustainability and service can be integrated into the visual arts curriculum without giving up the teaching of skills or the elements of art. Teaching sustainability can be more than just reuse & rubbish art!

CLIFF ZENG Strand: Chinese Language H205 Student Learning in the Chinese Language and Culture Course During this workshop we learn a variety of approaches and strategies to support the development of student learning. Teachers generate ideas focused on course content, skills taught, instructional strategies, and assessment. Teachers gain insight into how to incorporate a variety of communication modes as well as the National Standards of Connections, Comparisons, Communities and Cultures into the study of Chinese.

4:45-7:00 Welcome Receptionat the Phoenix Commons Celebrating EARCOS Practitioner Presenters Sponsored by

Performance by Middle School Jazz Band,

Louise Davey, Middle School Band Director, Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus

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>> The EARCOS Action Research Grant

In an ongoing effort to implement the EARCOS Strategic Plan, specifically Strategy E, to conduct, communicate, and archive relevant data and research to identify and enhance exceptional educational practices, grants will be made available to encourage our teachers, administrators, and professional staff to conduct action research to improve educational practices for the purpose of enhancing student learning. Action research is a reflective process, conducted in the school setting, to solve a real problem, or to improve and enhance the instructional process. This research may be undertaken by an individual, or by several people collaboratively.

It is our belief that the results of such research will impact not only the researchers’ practices but also those of others with whom they share their findings.To that end, grantees will be expected to publish their findings, which will be made available to all EARCOS members on the website. Some researchers may elect to present their work at a subsequent ETC, ELC, or publish it in the EARCOS Journal. Please visit the EARCOS website for more information. www.earcos.org