P R E C O N F E R E N C E S

PRECONFERENCES TUESDAY | MARCH 28, 2017 ROOM

08:30 - 16:30 SUE HARVEY

MS Meeting Room II

AP Calculus AB and BC (combined) This two-day AP Calculus AB and BC (Combined) workshop is designed to help teachers explore the topics and scope of the AP Calculus courses, as outlined in the new Curriculum Framework. Teachers will develop an awareness of the conceptual understandings and skills students need for success on the AP exam, and how the Mathematical Practices for AP Calculus develop students’ ability to reason, form connections, and communicate understanding. In addition, the workshop will explore how concepts are threaded across the four Big Ideas as set forth in the Curriculum Framework, and examine implications for instruction. Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss and share teaching strategies, classroom experiences and challenges, approaches to problem solving, and common student mistakes. BC-only topics will be embedded alongside AB topics throughout the workshop as time and interest permit.

JOSEPH GREENAWALT MS Meeting Room I

AP Computer Science Principles This two-day workshop will provide an overview of the AP Computer Science Principles course and assessments. Designed to be equivalent to a first semester college course in computing, the AP Computer Science Principles course equips students to discern and communicate computer science impacts on their society, culture and the world, and to collaboratively create computational artifacts. Participants will learn about the course and its assessment. They will also learn strategies designed to support success in the course of a diverse group of students. The core concepts of the course, its computational practices and big ideas, and three forms of student assessment will be addressed as participants experience Computer Science Principles lessons. Participants will receive a USB thumb drive with all necessary handouts, a printed copy of the AP Computer Science Course and Exam Description and a printed Workshop Handbook.

08:30 - 16:30 DAN MAGIE

MS Meeting Room V

Service Learning - IB Category 3 Workshop Today’s complex issues allow for diverse ways for students to respond in a principled way with relevance, creativity, rigour and empathy. Action, central to the MYP programme and the IB mission, focuses on learning by doing and experiencing, a key component in constructivist models of education. In this workshop, participants move from a narrower understanding of community and service into a wider, more inclusive view of action as community engagement, as well as an authentic context for learning and achievement in school. Participants will explore the meaning of service learning and gain insight into how to plan engaging, developmentally appropriate service activities that are grounded in relevant global contexts. They will inquire into how responsible action, tightly connected with sustained inquiry and critical reflection, will develop the kinds of attributes described by the IB learner profile that are essential for success in future academic pursuits and adult life.

08:30 - 16:30 SHANNON CALDERON, GORDON GATES & WALT GMELCH International School Leadership Program (USF/WSU) MS Meeting Room VII

10:00 - 10:30 MORNING TEA / COFFEE BREAK 12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

14:30 - 15:00 AFTERNOON TEA / COFFEE BREAK PS Foyer of Function Room II and IV & MS Meeting Room VII PS Café Boleh Restaurant

PS Foyer of Function Room II and IV & MS Meeting Room VII

PRECONFERENCES WEDNESDAY | MARCH 29, 2017

08:30 - 16:30 SUE HARVEY

AP Calculus AB and BC (combined)

JOSEPH GREENAWALT AP Computer Science Principles MS Meeting Room II

MS Meeting Room I

JAY ATWOOD PS Function Room X ETC Google Virtual Reality (VR) Academy - A full day of hands-on exploration of Virtual and Augmented Reality and discussion of its impact in EARCOS classroom environments. ETC attendees receive their VR kit: one book around VR and classroom management, an adventure backpack, one free voucher to take the Level 1 Certification Exam and a Cardboard Viewer. Attendees will join the VR Community on Google Plus and leave with not only hands-on knowledge of these tools but a formulated stance on how this connects to EARCOS curriculum and learners and are ready to be leaders in this movement back at their schools.

PRECONFERENCES WEDNESDAY | MARCH 29, 2017 ROOM

08:30 - 16:30 KIM COFINO PS Function Room IX Student Learning Through Social Media - We’ve all had the experience of settling an argument in a restaurant with a quick Wikipedia search, or navigating around a new city with Google Maps, but all too often our use of technology in the classroom is disconnected from these types of real-world uses. However, when we learn with technology the way we live with technology, the classroom can be just as relevant and engaging as our everyday digital interactions. How can we make the connection between our real-life experiences and our classroom learning environment so that we can better prepare our students to excel in this dynamic and interconnected world?

MARILYN GEORGE PS First Floor - Hibiscus Room ACS WASC Pre-conference - Serving as a Visiting Committee Member and Conducting a Self-Study - This session will (1) prepare educators to serve on ACS WASC visiting committees, emphasizing the role and responsibilities of an ACS WASC visiting committee member, and (2) examine the essentials of the Focus on Learning process and its adaptability from a self-study perspective.

DAN MAGIE Service Learning - IB Category 3 Workshop MS Meeting Room V

KARIM MEDICO LETWINSKY PS Function Room VII Creating an Inquiry Learning Environment in Math Class - In this session, participants will achieve an understanding of what it means to provide opportunities for inquiry learning in mathematics. Productive dispositions to promote an environment to support inquiry learning will be discussed, including self efficacy, motivation, productive struggle and supporting students to engage deeper in the learning process. Participants will be presented with a model of instruction to engage students in collaborative inquiry in their own classes.

KENNY PEAVY PS Function Room I Science Integration: Everyone Needs to Get Outside to Learn and Play - This hands-on outdoor workshop will integrate science, literature, art, service learning & other curricular areas with Education Outside The Classroom (EOTC) techniques including: Making a field guide to your campus; Birds, Bugs & Botany; what every student (and teacher) should know about their local environment; River of Words International Art & Poetry contest; Connecting kids and nature; and why every school should have an outdoor classroom. Come prepared to spend part of the day outside exploring the Sutera Harbour grounds and facilities.

TINA QUICK PS Function Room VIII Coping With the Challenges of Leaving the ‘Third Culture’ - Participants will come to understand: How children are impacted by their globally mobile childhoods; what they will experience in the cycle of transition; challenges of leaving a place of belonging and shared experience; and strategies for easing their adjustment and confronting the challenges.

09:00 - 20:30 GORDON GATES & WALT GMELCH International School Leadership Program (USF/WSU) MS Meeting Room VII

10:00 - 10:30 MORNING TEA / COFFEE BREAK

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

14:45 - 15:15 AFTERNOON TEA / COFFEE BREAK PS Foyer of Function Room I, II, IV, VII, IX, X, & Hibiscus Garden MS Foyer of Meeting II, III, IV & VII MS Five Sails Restaurant & PS Café Boleh Restaurant

PS Foyer of Function Room & MS Foyer of Meeting Room

13:00 - 15:00 EXHIBITORS SET-UP

17:00 - 18:00 MEETING FOR TEACHER REPS. 18:00 - 18:30 RECEPTION FOR TEACHER REPS.

International School Leadership Program Schedules

University of San Francisco / Washington State University

Presenters: SHANNON CALDERON, GORDON GATES & WALT GMELCH

Day Date Time Room THURSDAY 30 March 2017 8:00 - 20:30 MS Meeting Room VII FRIDAY 31 March 2017 8:00 - 16:30 MS Meeting Room VII

SATURDAY 1 April 2017 8:00 - 20:00 MS Meeting Room VII MS First Floor - Orchid Room

Al-Fresco (Open Space) next to Mandara SPA