SESSION 7

FRIDAY | 27 MARCH 2015 ROOM

15:45 - 17:00 KATHY CASSIDY Early Childhood Education HIBISCUS (Pacific First Floor) Teaching Literacy with iPad(s) - Can iPads really help you to teach literacy in your primary classroom? The answer is “yes”! Whether you have access to only one iPad or several, we’ll explore apps, tools, and methods that can help you to take advantage of this powerful learning tool. Participants: Bringing your own iPad is suggested.

DONNA CREWE / SONG EUN HAN / Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 4

TIMOTHY MULLIGAN / SHIRLEY PENG Student and Family School Transitions Programming - School counselors, particularly those in international schools, assist students and their families with many transitions. This session will share how TAS: 1. Assists students and parents as they move in and out of our community and between divisions within the school; 2. Provides special programming for graduating seniors; 3. Considers special needs of 3rd culture kids. Demonstration of activities and materials provided will promote audience participation as time allows. Audience sharing and questions will be encouraged.

KATHARINE LANE / KATHRYN O’CONNELL ELL PS FUNCTION ROOM 1 Sustainability Tools—An Intro into Systems Thinking - Why is there traffic on the road? Why are our waterways polluted? Why are the polar bears dying? Students are always inquiring into the most difficult questions. You will be introduced to systems thinking tools in order to help you and your students find out, “Why are things happening? “And, most important, “Where and how can we make the most positive contribution?” Systems thinking can and should be taught in all grades and subjects in order to help our students think more holistically about our world.

LORI LANGER DE RAMIREZ Modern Languages PS FUNCTION ROOM 10 STEM for Language Learners—World Language and EAL through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math - STEM can provide rich opportunities for the development of thematic units that incorporate experimentation, hands-on work, and other project-based learning - all in the target language! In this presentation, participants will explore ways in which STEM can be connected to the language curriculum. Sample activities and project ideas will be shared.

PRISCILLA LEIGHTON SENIA / Open to All PS FUNCTION ROOM 4 Why Are You So Lazy? Making Students with ADHD Successful. - Do you think you have lazy, unmotivated, underachievers in your classroom? Think again! They may just have ADHD and executive functioning delays. You can manage both! Discover practical strategies to identify and use students’ executive functioning strengths to overcome weaknesses. Take away practical strategies that will empower you and your students to combat day-to-day and long-term challenges.

JULIE LINDSAY Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 1 A Year in the Life: Parent and Student Learning from the Counselor’s Office - You are invited to join Julie Lindsay, a high school counselor from Brent International School Manila, as she shares an academic calendar of student and parent workshops and seeks feedback from other counselors about their itinerary of community learning. Learn about how one counseling team brings everything from the college application process to stress reduction strategies to mock admissions to their community through ongoing workshops, parent coffees, and orientation events. This is a great opportunity for participants to share their suggestions and successes with parent/student presentations.

MICHELLE MESKIN / NANCY SOUSA Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 6 When You’re Your Own Worst Enemy: Counseling Students with Perfectionism - Perfectionism among students often leads to irrational beliefs, thoughts, and expectations. This workshop will introduce the topic of perfectionism and discussion will include research on warning signs, risk factors, and interventions. Nancy and Michelle will provide resources and strategies from empirical research and case studies on how counselors and teachers can address this within an individual and group level in their school.

JON NORDMEYER ELL MS MEETING ROOM 3 Additive Bilingualism: Supporting Home Language AND Academic English for ELLs - International schools are fortunate to include students from many language backgrounds, and English language learners deserve the opportunity to develop their multilingual and multicultural identities. Proficiency in more than one language should be valued as an academic, social, economic, and cognitive asset. In this session, learn how students’ home languages can support their English language development, and take away specific projects and tools for developing first language skills within the EAL classroom.

KAY ODDONE Literacy MS MEETING ROOM 10 Developing Info-savvy Students—Building Critical Literacy - Students today conduct most of their research online, and use the internet as their number one source of communication in their daily lives. Despite this, many lack the critical literacy skills necessary to use the internet effectively. This workshop will investigate strategies to critically evaluate web resources and search effectively and suggest ways to teach students this vital aspect of digital citizenship.

FRIDAY | 27 MARCH 2015 ROOM

15:45 - 17:00 DOUG PARKER Literacy (Writing/Reading) PS FUNCTION ROOM 8 A New Thing, A Better Place - How posing a design challenge in an AP language class allowed students to try, to fail, and to explore what they are passionate about, while developing skills necessary for the 21st Century.

STEPHEN SHORE SENIA / Open to All PS FUNCTION ROOM 9 Including Students with Autism and Other Disabilities in the Music Curriculum—Practical Solutions - This presentation focuses on meaningful inclusion of children with autism and other disabilities in learning to play instruments, participate in ensembles, and in general music class using techniques applicable to all learners. Music as THE means of communication, organizing verbal communication skills, and addressing challenges in the motoric, social, representation, and other areas are explored. Participants will: 1. learn practical solutions for including students with disabilities in music, 2. list at least two secondary benefits for engaging in music, 3. be exposed to an alternate way of teaching notation, 4. learn techniques for meaningful inclusion through alternate yet related activities

BONNIE SINGER SENIA / Open to All PACIFIC BALLROOM 2 & 3 Less is More: Strategies for Paraphrasing and Summarizing in Writing - Students must write with increasing elaboration as they move through school, but some genres call for LESS language, not more. Without the ability to paraphrase and summarize, students plagiarize. This workshop will introduce practical strategies for teaching these skills across grades and content areas, offering opportunities for applied practice.

DANA SPECKER WATTS Technology MS MEETING ROOM 2 Redesigning the Learning Landscape with iPads - The physical learning landscape of our classrooms has changed very little over the past century. How can we begin to change the way we think about learning from a new perspective? Does mobile technology open new avenues into our classrooms and allow our students to take their learning elsewhere? What does that look like when we are restricted by the walls of our institutions? We will look at various schools across the world and explore ways they are figuratively breaking down the walls and opening up their classrooms to the world. Participants will: —experience a multitude of mobile learning strategies during their learning activities which are designed to increase creativity in student assessment of learning; —classify applications for assessment of higher order thinking.

EARCOS Special Announcement

EARCOS Weekend Workshop Grant Application is now available! Visit the EARCOS website for more information www.earcos.org Deadline is April 2, 2015

One of the services EARCOS provides to its member schools throughout the year is the sponsorship of twoday institutes and workshops for faculty and administration. The topics for these institutes are determined according to the needs of members.

EARCOS will provide reimbursement for a consultant’s airfare, honorarium for two days, and per diem for three days for lodging, meals, and incidentals (up to $3,500.00) to schools wishing to host an EARCOS weekend workshop.