SESSION 4

FRIDAY | 27 MARCH 2015 ROOM

09:45 - 11:45 ULKA ADIVREKAR Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 10 Collaborative College Application to Empower Students to be Global Citizens, or Collaborative College Application to Empower Students for a Brighter Future - Empower students with confidence in making an informed decision. Guide, counsel, and inform about trends and changes taking place in college applications. Introduction to college research, identifying the best fit for each student with the art of reviewing applications, considering their academic, social, emotional, and financial needs. Importance and emphasis of requirements and timeline guiding their path for accomplishment and opportunities in higher education. Prepare students to be independent thinkers and open-minded with a view of compassion to develop into global citizens.

VIRGINIA BLAIS / JON NORDMEYER ELL MS MEETING ROOM 3 WIDA English Language Development Standards: Academic Language in Content Areas - When is a table not a table? When it’s a times table or the periodic table. This hands-on workshop will look at the difference between learning English as a new language and learning IN English as an academic language. Understanding academic language allows teachers to scaffold learning for English language learners. We will define academic language and explore how the WIDA English Language Development standards can help both EAL and mainstream teachers to construct meaningful learning experiences for ELLs.

JILL BROMENSCHENKEL ELL MS MEETING ROOM 6 Collaboration and Co-teaching: Starting Up and Scaling Up - The power of collaboration is in the conversation and co-creation of more than we can ever do alone, especially in our 21st century world! We’ll overview the three strands of effective professional collaboration: collaborative planning, collaborative instruction (co-teaching), and collaborative communication. We’ll explore tools for collaboration, to maximize the roles and goals of all in the room and connected to the room. Whether classroom teachers or EAL specialists, participants will gather tools and take-away strategies to increasingly support students’ language and content learning through a collaborative curricular approach.

SHELLEE BURROUGHS Counseling (for all delegates) MS ROSE GARDEN The Use of Child Accelerated Trauma Therapy in International Schools - This workshop focuses upon the effects of trauma on children and adolescents. Child Accelerated Trauma Therapy (CATT) is an innovative CRT-based approach for the treatment and management of trauma related symptoms. Whether working with Rwandan refugees or international school students, CATT has a proven track record and is relevant to all walks of life.

KATHY CASSIDY Early Childhood Education HIBISCUS (Pacific First Floor) Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Elementary Classroom - Students can be global learners and connect with people and classrooms outside of their building, city, or country. We’ll discuss why you would want to do this, curriculum connections, and the practicalities of how to make it work in your elementary classroom. Participants: Bringing your own laptop or iPad is suggested.

DOUG GOODKIN Early Childhood Education PS FUNCTION ROOM 8 Think of a Rhyme and Say it on Time: Language Arts and Music - This workshop will demonstrate the power of nursery rhymes to teach music, promote literacy, and unleash the imagination. Brush up on your Mother Goose and bring rhymes from other cultures to contribute.

DOUG JOHNSON Library MS MEETING ROOM 5 Changed but Still Critical: Brick and Mortar School Libraries in the Digital Age - Today’s reality is that readers and information seekers are having increasingly less need to visit a physical library to meet their basic information needs. Digital information sources, readily accessed from classroom, home or mobile computing devices, are the choice of many learners and teachers. The “net generation” student increasingly prefers the visual and the virtual rather than the printed text. Why, many educators are asking, does a school need a physical library when seemingly all resources can be obtained using an inexpensive netbook or tablet and a wireless network connection? How can these large physical spaces in our schools be re-purposed for greater educational impact? https://dougjohnson. wikispaces.com/bricks

LORI LANGER DE RAMIREZ Modern Languages PS FUNCTION ROOM 10 All Work, No Play? The Imperative of Play in the Language Classroom - Play is crucial in the language learning process. Games help students feel excited on the affective level, while also reinforcing language acquisition on the cognitive and developmental level. Participants in this workshop will come away with ideas for incorporating fun (yet rigorous and effective) activities into existing world language and EAL curricula.

GRAY MACKLIN Counseling (for all delegates) MS MEETING ROOM 1 Counseling, Coaching, and Promoting Strong Teacher-Student Relationships - Counselors play a vital role in supporting positive relationships between students and teachers. This workshop is designed to prepare counselors to hold short workshops with teachers or students on how to use instructional time to build stronger, more productive relationships. This workshop will include time for simulations and discussion and is open to teachers and counselors.

FRIDAY | 27 MARCH 2015 ROOM

09:45 - 11:45 ANNE SIBLEY O’BRIEN Cultural Literacy PS BALLROOM 2 & 3 Books as Bridges to Conversations About Difference - How to use children’s literature to spark dialogue about race, culture, and other differences. Includes recommended book lists and key talking points.

GREG O’CONNOR SENIA / Open to All PS FUNCTION ROOM 7 Augmentative Reality: Can it Really Augment Teaching and Learning for Students with Diverse Learning Needs? - Well, the answer is yes! Using QR codes in the classroom, and making the most from Augmentative Reality (AR) apps on mobile devices, there are now a range of options and possibilities in the way information is offered and understood by all students. This workshop will provide an up-to-date introduction to this emerging area of technology in education. Workshop takeaways for participants: QR codes in the classroom; the why, how and when; key AR apps and how to use them; and using the Aurasma app to create authentic learning options for students with diverse learning needs.

JOEL PRESTI AP PS FUNCTION ROOM 2 The AP Capstone Diploma: A Progress Report from EARCOS Schools Involved in the Launch of This Innovative, Flexible Program - The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) continues to evolve, emphasizing more than ever essential critical thinking skills and deep learning experiences in the same flexible format. This interactive session will focus on the AP Capstone Program, an innovative multi-modal diploma credential, and will feature a panel of international school practitioners who will share their first-hand experiences about how the AP Capstone Program drives innovation in their unique contexts. Case studies will be highlighted, and the audience will have an opportunity to pose their questions and engage with panelists in an open forum format.

KASEY PERRY Literacy (Writing/Reading) PS BALLROOM 1 Boys and Writing: Helping Boys Find Their Stride and Pride - This workshop focuses on the problem of boys’ underachievement in literacy, specifically that many boys do not thrive in writing workshops. Over the past three years, we have explored and implemented ways to support boy writers, one of these ways being a boy writers’ club. In this session I will share our research-based data supporting classroom observations findings. We will explore what we can do to help boys find their stride and pride as writers.

ALYSSA ROY Technology PS FUNCTION ROOM 4 Maintaining a Positive Digital Footprint - In this workshop we will discover what a positive digital footprint is and how important it is for ourselves and our students to maintain one. Analyzing what goes into maintaining a digital footprint, we will learn different ways to keep one updated so that we are able to advertise ourselves to the world in a positive way.

STEPHEN SHORE / LORI BOLL SENIA / Open to All PS FUNCTION ROOM 9 Autism Ask & Tell: Open Q & A on Information You Need about Autism in Education, Family Life, and More - With energy and humor, Lori (parent of a child with autism) and Stephen (an adult with autism) share the top ten things they believe you need to know when working with students with autism and their parents. Stephen and Lori would also like to answer your questions, so ample time will be left following their talk to ask any questions you might have.

JEFF UTECHT Technology MS MEETING ROOM 4 Moving From Sorting to Searching - There was a time not too long ago when we taught students how to sort and organize their files. How to create folders inside of folders and basically do what we do in the physical world to our digital life. Then came the Internet and its endless websites. We tried to organize them but alas there were too many. So we turned to something different.We stopped trying to organize the web and we started searching it. Search is the skill of our era, a life skill that once mastered opens up all sorts of opportunities. Do we teach search in your classrooms and schools? This session will focus on the skills and strategies of search. Participants will walk away with K-12 lesson plans, ideas, and classroom routines they can start using tomorrow in their classroom to teach students the skill needed most in today’s connected world—the skill of search.

DANA SPECKER WATTS Technology MS MEETING ROOM 2 The Road toward Empowerment through Digital Citizenship: Part I - We often hand students and teachers tools without providing a basic knowledge of how to effectively use the tools to be active, healthy citizens within our society. Instead of teaching students to be afraid of what others can learn about them online, the goal is to teach them how digital footprints can connect them to learning communities and opportunities they care about. This session will break down the huge task of integrating digital citizenship into our curriculum through these four themes: Learn, Balance, Protect, and Respect. Participants will: —examine methods to protect themselves and others online. —formulate strategies to stay balanced in a world filled with distractions. —begin to construct who they wish to be online. —determine what it means to be digitally literate.