SOME OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE ARE:
Mr. Martin Skelton – Managing Director, Fieldwork Education U.K.
Mr. Henry Nicols – Adjunct Professor – Buffalo State College of the State University of New York and College of New Rochelle
Topics (1) ‘E3’ Leading the way to tomorrow (2) Empowering others (3) Building Excitement (4) The Emotionally Intelligent School: What does it look like?
Ms. Susan Baum – Professor Emeritus for the College of New Rochelle, New York
Topics: (1) ‘Leading for innovation: Are we nurturing or squelching creative thought?’ (2) ‘Action Research: An essential tool for school improvement’ (3) ‘Getting organized: it is a matter of style’ (4) ‘Strength-based Education: An Essential Component for Twenty First Century Schools’
Mr. William Nicolls – Department of Counselor Education – Florida Atlantic University
Topics: (1)’ Revisiting the Special Education/ESE Paradigm: Are we helping or hurting students?’ (2) ‘The Transformative Classroom’ (3) ‘Effective Leadership: How personality style impacts leadership style’
Mr. Chandran Nair – Founder and CEO – The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), Hongkong
Topic: ‘Transforming Education to Meet Societal Challenges and Constraints of the 21st Century’
Dr. Ettie Zilber – Head of School - BEIJING BISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Topic: “Under the same roof: The Delights, Difficulties & Dynamics of Parent-Educators & their Children-Students”
Mr. Richard Tangye – Executive Director – Council of International Schools
Topics: (1) ‘Finance 101 for School Heads’ (2) ‘Looking for a Headship’
Mr. Satyadeep Rajan
Mr. Graham Ranger – Director – The British School, New Delhi
Topic: ‘Leading from the middle’ – by Graham Ranger – British School, New Delhi
[This is a workshop aimed at middle leaders in international schools, i.e. those responsible for standards of achievement, for supporting and challenging a team of people through a performance evaluation and development system, and for monitoring and developing the quality of teaching and learning.
This will be an interactive workshop dealing with these themes and attempting to answer the following questions]:
· How do I know what good teaching is, and how do I help it become better?
· How do I deal with multiple change and conflicting priorities?
· How do I plan strategically?
· What is leadership in an international school all about?
Dr. Bindu Hari – Director, The International School, Bangalore
Mr. Dominic Currer – Director, The International School of Zug and Luzern
Topic: ‘What Makes a Middle Schooler, and What makes a Middle Schooler Different’
Mr. Roderick McAllery & Mr. Mark Turley – Co-Presidents – Pamoja Education Ltd.
Dr. Siva Kumari – COO, IBO
Mr. Richard A. Pacheco – Jr., Dean, Endicott College Madrid,The College For International Studies
Topic: ‘ How To Teach Creative Thinking’
Ms. Julie Linn – Director of International Business Development – K12 International Academy
Topic: ‘Online Learning for International Schools’
Mr. Christopher Jolly – Jolly Phonics
Topic: Jolly Phonics as an example of ‘synthetic phonics’
Ms. Louise Howland – TAOC The Art of Conversation
Topic: “How to grow success, language skills and confident communication? Teach The Art of Conversation”.
Ms. Kathy Stetson – Senior Account Executive - NWEA
Jodo Gyandel – Topic: ‘What is Realistic Mathematics Education – find workable solutions to the problems in the classroom practices’
Ms. Mike Spencer (Primary Principal) and Vanita Uppal (Secondary Principal), The British School, New Delhi
Topic: How International is your school?
This is a workshop aimed at administrators and aspiring leaders in international schools. The purpose of the workshop is to explore themes relating to international education and its integration with host cultures.
Attendees will have the opportunity to consider the following themes through a collaborative, interactive session:
- What is Internationalism;
- What are the characteristics of an International curriculum?
- How do ones own values promote or inhibit internationalism ?
Thursday 23rd September 2010
1) Pre-conference on “The Team Visit”– by Margaret Alvarez – Accreditation Officer – Council of International Schools (CIS) & Mr. Peter Mott, Associate Director of CAISA and Director of the Zurich International School – New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC)
(This workshop is designed for administrators, teachers, and school business managers who wish to be considered for membership of Visiting Teams for the first time, as well as for experienced visitors who wish to become familiar with the Seventh Edition of the accreditation guide).
2) Pre-conference on “The Ground Work Curriculum by Kevin Bartlett & Gordon Eldridge on 23rd September 2010 – International School Belgium
3) Pre-conference on “Making Assessment Data Work for My School” – Barry Soraghan, ACER
[Teachers and schools can have access to a wide range of assessment data about their students. This presentation will focus on the interpretation and use of this data to more effectively inform teachers about improvements to their teaching programs and to assist schools in more strategic planning processes, in order to maximise student learning outcomes. The broad scope of the importance of this interpretation and use of data will be outlined, as well as the examination of an effective practical example using the ISA assessment data and reports. Participants will gain from this workshop a clearer understanding of how to more effectively use data to improve their teaching programs].
4) Pre-conference on CIS US University Counselling Workshop by Jessica Ricker, Associate Director of Admission, Connecticut College and Luyen Phan, Associate Director of Intercultural & International Student Programs, Carleton College
[For Guidance Counsellor who advise students about their post secondary education plans with a specific focus on admission to US universities]