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DRAFT SCHEDULE -‐ March 4 (Friday)10 11 11
1 1JOHN RINKER, Nanjing International School
1 1JOHN BURNS, International School Services Shekou
1 1MADELEINE BROOKES, Western Academy of Beijing
MELANIE VRBA, Western Academy of Beijing
1 1TED FAUNCE, CIS Hong Kong
JUSTIN ALEXANDER, CIS Hong Kong
Session Options
Practitioners and Leaders from around the region will deliver mini-‐keynotes about their schools' innovations. Extended 90 minute sessions will follow for conference attendees to go more in depth into particular school innovations.
DESIGN AND MAKER SPACES
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN SCHOOLS
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE OR 'SLOW CHANGE FAST CHANGE': THE EXAMPLE OF CIS HANGZHOU
in creaYng meaningful educaYonal challenges for each of his students. His DIY mindset challenges him to look at problems in novel ways and to create imaginaYve soluYons. John loves teaching because he gets to hang around with kids who are inclined towards creaYvity, invenYon, and play.
An internaYonal teacher, Apple DisYnguished Educator, and Learning2 Leader with more than 20 years experience, John Rinker has been using tools, both analog and digital, most of his life to make cool things. He is inspired to leverage the best that technology has to offer
Maker spaces are environments rich in both the tools and the materials that encourage students to 'make with their hands'. When maker spaces are present within a culture of design thinking, then a unique ecology of problem-‐finding, innovaYve thinking and creaYve play blossoms. In this workshop, Using Maker Spaces to Build a Culture of Design Thinking', we will invesYgate how teachers can leverage children's love of making to develop programs in schools that encourage innovaYon, problem-‐finding, creaYvity, collaboraYon, and problem-‐solving. We will look at ways that curriculum can support and encourage children to discover problems that will inspire them to seek creaYve soluYons in an engaging and playful environment.
John Burns is the Director of CreaYvity & InnovaYon for InternaYonal School Services (ISS). He has previously held leadership posiYons within Shekou InternaYonal School, Apple, and the Queensland Government.
This session will focus on the strategies and pracYcaliYes of leading organizaYonal change with regards to innovaYon. John will tap his experience of developing digital strategy and culture that enable contemporary teaching and learning across K12.
Madeleine Brookes joined the Western Academy of Beijing in August 2008 and is the HS Technology Integrator and IBDP/MYP ITGS teacher. Madeleine has been a technology integrator/coordinator/leader for a many years in six internaYonal schools including UNIS Hanoi,
Bangkok Patana School as well as school in Qatar and Turkey. Madeleine’s key area of experYse is organising and presenYng technology-‐focused PD. She is an Apple DisYnguished Educator (ADE) class of 2008 and an ADE Greater China Advisory board member. Madeleine has been the co-‐chair of Learning 2.011, chair of Learning 2.012 and now is a member of the Learning 2.0 Advisory.
Ted Faunce became headmaster of Chinese InternaYonal School in 2006. Dr. Faunce was previously Director of the American SecYon of the Lycée InternaYonal in St. Germain-‐en-‐Laye and a teacher of French at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. A fluent French speaker, he speaks conversaYonal Mandarin. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University and is a graduate of the Hotchkiss School. He is a director of Teach for China. JusYn Alexander is the Head of the Secondary School at Chinese InternaYonal School. He was previously the High School Vice Principal at Shanghai American School and Secondary School Principal at InternaYonal School of Tanganyika.
2016 ACAMIS SPRING CONFERENCE Doing School Different
Melanie Vrba is the High School Principal at the Western Academy of Beijing. Previously, she taught English at the American Community School and Ruamrudee InternaYonal School. She was also IBDP Coordinator and then High School Principal at Canadian Academy.
Over the past four years in the High School at the Western Academy of Beijing we have been developing a CollaboraYve AcYon Research (CAR) model tailored primarily to measure the effecYveness of technology in the classroom. Our iniYal research projects looked at the effecYveness of the iPad as learning tool in our High School. This year we are using our model to examine our Learning Management Systems in the Middle and High Schools.
Each parYcipant will be guided through the workshop and offered a range of acYviYes to select from to personalize their learning outcomes. You will start with an introducYon, or deeper dive, into SAMR model of technology integraYon, to gain a deeper understanding of how to develop and infuse digital learning experiences to transform learning experiences. We will then introduce you to our acYon research model using our iniYal project, the World War Two Illustrated History eBook, as an example. You will select aspects of how to measure the effecYveness of technology in the classroom: planning a project; data collecYon, analysis and triangulaYon; formulaYng a research quesYon.
This is a highly-‐interacYve workshop where you do the thinking and the exploring and we do the facilitaYng! Bring your running shoes…
Using the story of a Hong Kong K-‐12 day school's creaYon of a full-‐year boarding school for it's Grade 9 students, the presenters will challenge the parYcipants to reflect on change management in their own school contexts. They will discuss how to reconcile a slow, corporate animal (school) with fast, entrepreneurial iniYaYve.
1 1STEPHEN DARE, Hong Kong Academy
1 1 JOE BONNICI, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt
1 1TIMOTHY STUART, Singapore American School
1 1CATRIONA MORAN, Taipei American School
1 1 SHABBI LUTHRA, American School of Bombay
21ST CENTURY SKILLS -‐ INCLUSION
INNOVATION ACADEMY
CHANGE STRATEGY
FROM ENGINEERING TO ENTREPENEURSHIP (STEM)
21ST CENTURY SKILLS -‐ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The purpose behind this workshop is to help other schools start their own programs that are transdisciplinary, project-‐based, and forward thinking. By sharing the story of how the IA started as a pilot program, schools will leave with tangible examples of how they might implement similar programs at their school.
This is Joe Bonnici's 13th year in educaYon. Aoer graduaYng from the University of Malta, Joe moved to Dresden, Germany where he developed his construcYvist approach to educaYon. Over the years, he conYnued to hone his pedagogical skills teaching MYP HumaniYes and English in Qatar and Peru. Joe joined the InnovaYon Academy in 2014 as the Grade 10 cohort leader. Apart from his passion for jogging and his
insaYable love for Peruvian food, Joe is also a die-‐hard Inter Milan fan, which is, more ooen than not, a cause of major heartaches.
SAS conYnues to reinvent itself to ensure that students are engaged, learn at high levels, and are future ready. The world is challenging and schools are required to be agile and flexible to meet the personalized learning needs of every child. With a long-‐standing legacy of success, the journey of reinvenYon at SAS is deliberate and challenging. This session will give you insight into the SAS journey, share our ever-‐evolving change strategy, along with insights into what worked and what hasn't. This session will provide resources and personal perspecitves on the change process in a large and complex internaYonal school. Honest insight will be provided along with specific programmaYc changes.
Dr. Timothy S. Stuart, Ed.D is the ExecuYve Director of Strategic Programs at Singapore American School. In this role, Dr. Stuart serves as the chief architect for research and development and support strategic school reform. He is the former High School Principal
creaYng results that exceed the sum of individual contribuYons and that maqer to others. You can connect with Scot via Twiqer @bombayscot and email: [email protected].
Stephen Dare is the Head of School at Hong Kong Academy. He earned his undergraduate degree in EducaYon from Nosngham Trent University and his Masters in InternaYonal EducaYon and AdministraYon from Oxford Brookes University. Aoer starYng his career as a pre-‐school teacher in Southeast England, Stephen worked as an administrator in internaYonal schools in North and South America as well as in Southeast Asia. He has been a co-‐trainer for the Principals’ Training Center Summer InsYtutes for Curriculum and Leadership and for Leadership and Team Dynamics and is currently in the process of becoming a CogniYve Coaching trainer. Stephen has presented on
aspects of coaching and the role of coaching in building insYtuYonal trust at schools and conferences in Hong Kong and the Asia-‐Pacific region. This year, he will be starYng his doctoral studies on how schools can build cultures of trust through professional development and what role student voice has in this process. He is the Treasurer of the ACAMIS Board and sits on the EARCOS Board as well as the Next FronYer Inclusion and Common Ground CollaboraYve Advisory Boards.
As Assistant Superintendent at Taipei American School, Catriona Moran leads educaYonal programs which provide a strong foundaYon for all children in academic, physical, social and emoYonal development. She was also taught and held leadership roles at St. Michael's
Sustained innovaYon for Relevant Student Learning requires a new school operaYng system that is focused on innovaYon. During this workshop, school leaders will learn how to start, grow, and sustain an R&D operaYng system by designing an innovaYon engine for their schools.
Specifically, workshop aqendees will learn:
* A research-‐based Dual OperaYng System structure that enables school R&D
* How to use Accelerators to plan, create, and develop successful innovaYons
* From mulYple case studies that illustrate potenYal piualls and catalysts to successful R&D
Workshop parYcipants will take away comprehensive resources designed to guide and support school leaders to design, start, grow, and sustain successful innovaYon engines for their schools.
Shabbi Luthra has worked for over two decades in various teaching and leadership roles in internaYonal schools in the field of educaYonal technology. Her work is focused on the development of stakeholder ownership of technology integraYon, and on the creaYon of technology-‐enriched learning environments that support our students acquisiYon of 21st century skills. She is currently the Director of Research,Development and Technology at the American School of
Bombay. She is focused on working with teams of stakeholders to study, design, prototype, research, and develop new designs of schooling, learning, and teaching for the 21st century. You can connect with Shabbi via Twiqer @shluthra and email [email protected].
Scot Hoffman is the Research and Devlopment Coordinator at ASB. He is moYvated to equip people to learn how to learn through effecYve teaching and learning pracYces, approaches, and systems. He is interested in research on intrinsic moYvaYon, innovaYon, global trends, and transformaYve leadership. He believes in the effecYveness of collaboraYve thinking and craoing for consistently
SCOT HOFFMAN, American School of Bombay
of Singapore American and High School Principal of Jakarta InternaYonal School.
Taipei American School will share its journey from elementary engineering to high school entrepreneurship and tech start-‐ups. QuesYons addressed include: What does engineering, roboYcs, and STEAM look like across the school? In what ways do faculty and administraYon foster innovaYon, problem-‐solving, criYcal thinking, and communicaYon across all grade levels? What role does the ‘A” have in STEAM? And how do we bring it all together in family experiences centered on engineering and entrepreneurship?
School, Nishimachi InternaYonal School, Kyoto InternaYonal School, and the NaYonal AssociaYon of Independent Schools.
1 1BRAD LATZKE, Formerly of Shanghai American School
1 1FRED SCHAFER, International School of Beijing
1 1KYLE WAGNER, International School of Beijing
1, time TBA
1, time TBA
CHRIS GREEN, Council of International Schools
MICROCAMPUS
INNOVATION DAY
FUTURES ACADEMY
TO BE ANNOUNCED
CIS INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Learn about the Shanghai American School groundbreaking program for grade 8 students in the village of Xizhou, 2000km from Shanghai. The Microcampus exemplifies real 21st century learning through project-‐based learning, an incredible service-‐learning project supporYng the Xizhou community, and students' personal responsibility for health and wellness. PresentaYon focuses on vision for the program, nuts and bolts, and student stories of how the program has changed their lives. Opportunity for audience to share their own ideas and strategies for 'Doing School Different'.
Brad Latzke is the former middle school principal at Shanghai American School-‐Puxi Campus and American School of Doha. He has taught and served in school leadership posiYons at internaYonal schools in Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Qatar, and China.
Prior to Abu Dhabi, Schafer spent six years as a teacher in Saudi Arabia at Dhahran Academy (part of the ISG Schools Group).
ISB Futures Academy is an innovaYve learning community designed to empower ISB and its students for a changing global society. It is an educaYonal model that represents a dynamic and innovaYve approach using project-‐based and experienYal learning to invigorate our L21 curriculum and bring our Vision Statement to life.
Many schools around the world are transiYoning approaches and learning experiences to 21st century best pracYces, including project and real-‐world based student learning.
What does ISBFA look like? It is essenYally a school within a school. We use the same standards as ISB but the program assesses students on performance of academic progress, project-‐based and experienYal learning. The program uses flexible scheduling, flexible space, integrated learning and a project-‐based approach which tailors to the individual students strengths and passions.
Kyle Wagner is the Futures Academy Program Coordinator and 7th Grade HumaniYes Facilitator. He believes that all students, when given the right condiYons are capable of finding success and direcYng their own learning. Hired by the InternaYonal School of
Bejing two years ago, he was tasked with developing and implemenYng a program to achieve this ambiYous goal. His journey as an educator spans ten years and across three different conYnents. Over these ten years he has developed and delivered curriculum in project-‐ based, IB and standards-‐ based programs. He holds a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic University in History; a single-‐ subject Social Studies and English credenYal from San Diego State University; and a Master’s degree from High Tech Graduate School of EducaYon.
Fred Schafer is the Middle School Assistant Principal at InternaYonal School of Beijing. Previously, Schafer taught MS language arts and social studies at the American Community School in Abu Dhabi; for nine years, he was also Director of Curriculum and Professional Learning.
InnovaYon Day is a one day event at InternaYonal School of Beijing where students go off-‐schedule to pursue personal interests and projects.
In 2015 CIS launched a new service: CIS InternaYonal CerYficaYon. CIS InternaYonal CerYficaYon was developed in response to demand from the internaYonal educaYon community for a service to help schools beqer understand and develop global ciYzenship. The process guides and supports school development, and allows schools to validate, further develop and gain recogniYon for their internaYonal and intercultural work. Within the school, the process is characterised by project-‐based learning that engages the whole school community in dialogue about the meaning of global ciYzenship and how to put this meaning into acYon. At the same Yme, InternaYonal CerYficaYon is designed to foster mutual support, communicaYon, and collaboraYon between CIS Member Schools undertaking the process, so that schools can share leading pracYces and learn from each other’s unique communiYes and contexts. This session will introduce the CIS InternaYonal CerYficaYon process and criteria, and engage parYcipants in discussion and acYviYes about what it means to be internaYonal and intercultural.
Chris Green leo her naYve Australia in the late 1980s to join the internaYonal school community. Aoer teaching economics in Australia, internaYonally Chris taught students at the elementary, middle and high school levels as well as engaging adults in
company training courses. She has worked in the Middle East, Africa and Asia as a teacher and more recently as a member of the school leadership team. Currently Chris is a consultant with the Council of InternaYonal Schools, supporYng school improvement through the accreditaYon process or InternaYonal CerYficaYon programme. Chris and her husband divide their Yme between Hua Hin, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia.
Currently on sabbaYcal from internaYonal school leadership.
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Hear a review of the year and future plans. RICHARD GASKELL, International School ConsultancyTAREK RAZIK, ACAMIS Vice PresidentHead of International School of Beijing
STEPHEN DARE, ACAMIS TreasurerHead of Hong Kong Academy
TOM ULMET, ACAMIS Executive Director
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VINCENT JANSEN, Finalsite
1 1 1GERRICK MONROE, International School of Beijing
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MANAGING A DIGITAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS -‐ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR ACAMIS ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
BUSINESS MANAGERS
ACAMIS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING -‐ For ACAMIS School Headmasters and Designates only
All-‐in-‐one integrated solution for achieving a greater return on your digital investment (RODI)
Annual General Meeting for ACAMIS Athletic Directors
MIKE DENEEF, Shanghai Community International School Pudong Mike Deneef has been the Chair of the ACAMIS AthleYc Directors' Group for the past three years. He is the AthleYc and AcYviYes Coordinator at Shanghai Community InternaYonal School Pudong Campus. Prior to SCIS, he worked as the Secondary School AthleYc Coordinator at Kaohsiung American School.
Gerrick Monroe is Chief FInancial and OperaYng Officer at InternaYonal School of Beijing. He was also the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Support Services at Mesa Public Schools and Assistant Superintendent for Financial Services at Yuma Union High School District.
Sessions over the 2 day strand are:
* PRC Employment Law (with Jeffrey Wilson of Junhe Law Firm) * RegulaYons for InternaYonal Schools (Dr. Zhao Lixia from NCCT) * FaciliYes Management * Purchasing * Indoor Air Quality * Job Alike
Tom Ulmet has been the ACAMIS ExecuYve Director since August 2015. From 2001-‐2015, he was a superintendent with Yew Chung InternaYonal Schools.
Stephen Dare is the Head of School at Hong Kong Academy. He is the Treasurer of the ACAMIS Board and sits on the EARCOS Board as well as
There is an ever-‐growing demand by markeYng and IT personnel to deliver personalized informaYon to every user or group via mulYple channels viewable on any device. With the rapid growth of informaYon, every school needs a clear vision of their informaYon architecture, publishing polices, process workflow and technological soluYons to manage content growth to opYmize these assets. This session shares best pracYces of how an understanding of a school wide informaYon workflow can help schools opYmize content management. We will share how a CMS, SEO and Google AnalyYcs play key roles in the content cycle and how data integraYon produces greater efficiency. ConsolidaYng your informaYon strategies on an all-‐in-‐one integrated soluYon will produce a greater return on your digital investment (RODI) for a school and for a Groups of Schools.
Vincent Jansen joined Finalsite as an EducaYon Sales Consultant in the fall of 2012. He has previously held leadership roles as Director of InformaYon Services at Lower Canada College in Montreal, Technology/ Academic Director at Stanstead College; Director of Technology and Teacher (IB Biology and Chemistry) in internaYonal
schools in Belgium, Kenya, Scotland and Philippines. He has presented at key conferences and workshops including NAIS, ISTE, CAIS and EducaYon Strategies Summits. He has worked with project teams as consultant/business analyst in order to develop a vision that leverages technology soluYons, including 1:1 programs for teaching and learning. Vincent holds a M.Ed. in AdministraYon and CerYficaYon of Emerging Technology in Learning in addiYon to teaching credenYals.
Since the early 1990’s Richard Gaskell has worked with schools and educaYon, firstly in South Africa, then joining ScholasYc InternaYonal in 1997 as InternaYonal Sales Director. Since then, Richard has become an integral part of the K-‐12, English-‐medium internaYonal school scene, spending 11 years with ScholasYc before joining ISC Research (part of The InternaYonal School Consultancy) in 2008. Now Director for InternaYonal Schools at
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS WITH INCLUSION SURVEY UPDATE Richard Gaskell at ISC Research will present the latest data on the internaYonal schools market today and will highlight how today’s internaYonal schools market is developing to meet the needs of different learners. This will include results from a global survey of internaYonal schools by ISC Research and Next FronYer Inclusion (NFI) on the inclusion of students with special learning needs.
The InternaYonal School Consultancy, Richard spends much of his Yme presenYng to school associaYons and global organisaYons about developments within the internaYonal schools market.
MICHAEL IANNINI, PD Academia
InternaYonal and Chinese Bilingual schools to develop curriculum, train teachers and consult school management on staff management and parent engagement strategies. WORKSHOP PLANNING FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR One facet of professional development offered through ACAMIS are workshops organized through PD Academia that are geared toward management and support staff respecYvely. Workshop topics are chosen by ACAMIS based on feedback from member schools. Each workshop is customized with content and case studies relevant to InternaYonal Schools. This presentaYon will provide the chance for heads of schools to comment on planned workshops and suggest new areas for training.
Michael Iannini was a research assistant at the Arizona State University Child Development Laboratory, where he studied mixed age playgroups and conducted studies of how children retain and recall informaYon. Before moving to China in 1999, Michael consulted with the Children’s AcYon Alliance and the Arizona State Government on how to best serve children with special learning requirements. Since then, Michael has worked with a number of
the Next FronYer Inclusion and Common Ground CollaboraYve Advisory Boards.
Prior to this, he held educaYonal leadership posiYons in Europe and the United States.
Tarek Razik is the Head of InternaYonal School of Beijing. He is Vice President of ACAMIS and Treasurer of EARCOS.
DRAFT SCHEDULE -‐ March 5 (Saturday)9 9 9
1 1 1GLENDA BAKER, American School in Japan
STACY STEPHENS, International School of Beijing
1 1 1 FAY GORE, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
1 1 1 JEN RICKS, International School of Beijing
KRISTINE TESORIERO, International School of Beijing
SANDRA PASCOLINI, International School of Beijing
CONCEPT BASED CURRICULUM
PROJECT BASED LEARNING
Participants will select strands for the day.
DESIGN THINKING FOR LEADERSDesign thinking is a human centered and acYon oriented approach to problem finding and solving. How can design thinking help educators 'do school differently'? What qualiYes, inherent in the design thinking process, are the same or different from how educators and schools typically tackle improvement goals? In this 4.5 hour workshop, parYcipants will immerse themselves in a design thinking mindset, explore strategies that support each phase of the cycle, and acYon-‐plan how to apply design thinking to a school improvement challenge in their own context. SimulaYons, acYviYes, and case studies drawn from experiences in schools will help reveal how design thinking is already being used to think and act differently to improve student learning.
Glenda Baker is currently the Director of Strategic InnovaYon at the American School in Japan. Glenda works closely with teachers and the school's leadership team to facilitate curriculum development and professional learning for teachers -‐ coaching teachers to implement a design thinking approach to curriculum and instrucYon in line with ASIJ's strategic objecYves.
Stacy Stephens is currently the Director of Learning at the InternaYonal School of Beijing. Previously she was Director of Curriculum at the American Embassy School in Dehli. An ADE and COETAIL graduate, Stacy is most interested in the intersecYon of educaYonal technology and the development of a relevant modern curriculum.
Fay Gore serves as the SecYon Chief for K-‐12 Social Studies at the NC Department of Public InstrucYon (NCDPI). In this role, she helps to set the vision for social studies in the state, assists districts with developing their local curriculum frameworks, idenYfies and creates resources for educators, and provides professional learning opportuniYes. Fay has been an educator for over 19 years. Prior to NCDPI, she worked as a high school social studies teacher and an assessment consultant for NC State University. Mrs. Gore also served as Co-‐chair of the Editorial Commiqee for the College, Career,
& Civic Life C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards that was published by the NaYonal Council for the Social Studies in 2013. Her main area of interest is developing curriculum frameworks that result in hands-‐on, minds-‐on learning. As an independent consultant, she has experience working with districts, schools, and educators from around the world to transform teaching and learning.
If we truly want to prepare students for life beyond school, we have to design teaching and learning experiences that go beyond teaching the facts and basic skills. During this session, parYcipants will explore ways to design curriculum and instrucYon that leads to disciplinary ways of thinking, knowing, and doing.
Her background in design and interest in organizaYonal change are key influences in her work and personal learning.
Project Based Learning has five criteria * ExhibiWon: Students exhibit products, present soluYons or explain their work to others and respond to content and process focused quesYons. * MulWple draYs: Students create mulYple draos for feedback with ongoing opportuniYes to improve their work and create high-‐quality products. * CriWque: Students engage in formal criYque sessions to learn from models and other people's work and feedback in a structured, safe context that includes criYque of the process and product. * Inquiry: Students' proacYve, open-‐ended quesYons or challenges provide a meaningful, authenYc and sustained focus for learning through project work, culminaYng in mulYple possible outcomes of an original nature. * AuthenWcity: Student projects have relevance in the world outside of ISB, have a product-‐oriented outcome, evaluate performance authenYcally and target an authenYc audience.
Jen Ricks is PK-‐12 Curriculum Coordinator at InternaYonal School of Beijing. Jen gets excited about connecYons: connecYons between standards and assessments; connecYons between academic disciplines; connecYons between curriculum and technology; and connecYons between teachers!
KrisYne Tesoriero is currently the Middle School Curriculum & Professional Learning Coordinator. Prior to this posiYon, KrisYne was the Assessment Coordinator at ISB. KrisYne spent 9 years teaching Spanish at the middle school level. She is passionate about teaching and learning, and hopes to be a resource and support for teachers engaging in curriculum work.
Sandra Pascolini is the Elementary School Curriculum and Professional Learning Coordinator at ISB. Sandy enjoys gesng into the classroom and seeing curriculum in acYon. Prior to ISB, Sandra taught Grade 4 at the American School of Bombay and middle school science at InternaYonal School of Prague.
1 1 1JEFF PLAMAN, United World College of South East Asia
1 1 1GERRICK MONROE, International School of Beijing
1 1 1* Instruction by IWS Athletic Trainers on taping procedures * Facility tour focused on design planning and maintenance
1 1 1Office 365 GARRETT NUNAN, International School of BeijingJobalike
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1 1 1 CHRISTINE XU, Yew Chung International School Beijing
MIKE DENEEF, Shanghai Community International School Pudong
COACHING FOR A CHANGE
BUSINESS MANAGERS
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
INSTRUCTIONAL AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP -‐ For Chinese Department Heads/Coordinators
TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
ACE COORDINATORSJENNIFER NICKLAS, DOREEN STRIBBELL, LISA QUATTLEBAUM,
Qingdao No. 1 International School of Shandong
The International School of Macao
Utahloy International School of Guangzhou
Jeff Plaman is a Digital Literacy Coach at UWCSEA. Previously, he worked in science and technology roles at John F. Kennedy School Berlin, InternaYonal School of Beijing, and Berlin Brandenberg InternaYonal School.
Garreq Nunan is the ICT Director at InternaYonal School of Beijing. Prior to that, he was CEO of IV Abolut ProducYon Finishing Line, IT Director of Super 8 Hotels China, Chief InformaYon Officer at Pacific Media, and IT Director at Beijing United Family Hospitals.
ChrisYne Xu is Co-‐Principal at YCIS Beijing and has been in the field of internaYonal schools for 19 years. For the past three years, she had been an elected member of the ACAMIS CLTN Commiqee that planned the annual ACAMIS Chinese Conference.
Gerrick Monroe is Chief FInancial and OperaYng Officer at InternaYonal School of Beijing. He was also the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Support Services at Mesa Public Schools and Assistant Superintendent for Financial Services at Yuma Union High School District.
Sessions over the 2 day strand are:
* PRC Employment Law (with Jeffrey Wilson of Junhe Law Firm) * RegulaYons for InternaYonal Schools (Dr. Zhao Lixia from NCCT) * FaciliYes Management * Purchasing * Indoor Air Quality * Job Alike
This workshop will engage and challenge both experienced and new coaches as we explore the role of coaching in schools. ParYcipants will engage in peer discussion and exercises that will draw upon the real challenges people face and leverage the experience in the room. Jeff will present strategies and frameworks that can help ground our work as coaches and prompt reflecYve thinking and goal-‐sesng. ParYcipants can expect to walk away with: * Frameworks, models, and pracYcal Yps on coaching * How do I work as a coach? * Goals, a development plan, and a “learning dashboard” that helps focus their work as coaches * What do I want to work on and how will I know if it’s working? * ConnecYons with other coaches to conYnue the conversaYons * Who are my criYcal friends?
This workshop is aimed at anyone who develops skills in people where self-‐efficacy is the desired state including, teachers, leaders, library and tech integraYon professionals.
This is the first Yme that ACAMIS is offering a one-‐day workshop to Chinese Department Heads / Coordinators. The workshop will be also a valuable opportunity for Chinese Department Heads to network and share their experiences too.
Annual General MeeYng for ACAMIS Cultural and Enrichment Program Coordinators
TENTATIVE TOPICS: * Event Schedule (definite) * Student Council events * Music events * Art on the Go * More ways for ACAMIS members to connect.
Through case study, the workshop aqendees will learn: • Understanding school context with focus on teaching and learning in Chinese • Driving progress by goals sesng, planning, and work processes to reach desired outcomes • Building up a collaboraYve work environment • IntegraYng Chinese culture with the school's culture
YCIS is known for its co-‐teaching with Chinese and western teachers, bilingual environment, strong Chinese language foundaYon, and culture programme. As a school leader, ChrisYne is experienced in the area of Chinese curriculum design, cross culture leadership, and communicaYon.
Mike Deneef has been the Chair of the ACAMIS AthleYc Directors' Group for the past three years. He is the AthleYc and AcYviYes Coordinator at Shanghai Community InternaYonal School Pudong Campus. Prior to SCIS, he worked as the Secondary School AthleYc Coordinator at Kaohsiung American School.