Bangkok SPRING EDUCATORS CONFERENCE March 29-31, 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Spring Educators Conference Spring
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Bangkok SPRING EDUCATORS CONFERENCE March 29-31, 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Spring Educators Conference Spring I NESA 1 Welcome to the NESA Spring Educator’s Our Mission To maximize student learning, NESA Conference 2019! serves member schools by facilitating This year we celebrate a milestone anniversary, 50 years of NESA. sustainable and systemic school im- provement based on the best practices As well as celebrating the past with you, we also look forward to celebrating NESA’s bright future. To this end we interviewed eight of American and international education. NESA school graduates whose stories will be shared with you at the opening plenary via our NESA School Graduates film. Our Vision In the closing sequence, our graduates offer advice on how NESA NESA will create dynamic, collaborative educators can best influence education: professional relationships that tran- 1. Keep education real and relevant scend current barriers and boundaries 2. Education is not static or linear, just like our students; Embrace disruption; respond, adapt. in order to maximize student learning in 3. See things from students’ perspectives; Listen. member schools. 4. Encourage students to be curious, to think critically, to think divergently 5. Encourage students to practice empathy (intercultural, de- Our Beliefs velopmental and just plain human empathy); Explore our NESA, a community of schools, strives common humanity to create a sense of belonging and 6. Encourage students to understand who they are (Identity) identity, diminish feelings of professional 7. Help students keep the intellectual fire burning throughout isolation and foster a culture of mutual their lives. support and professional engagement. In light of these themes which call for more relevant and person- alized learning for students, we have developed our Spring Edu- cators Conference with some new design features for adults. To Collaboration support deep learning, we are offering extended certificate cours- es with cohorts focused on collaborative inquiry. is the cornerstone We also have a new approach to professional learning which will of our success. debut here. The NESA Networked Learning Series pilot program powered by Global Online Academy, “Coaching and Coachability” begins in Bangkok led by Steve Barkley. Participants are then We believe: supported beyond the conference with an online inquiry cycle. • Ιndividuals and organizations thrive Whatever session you have opted to join, we are delighted that only through continuous, transformative you have chosen to be with us, and we hope that you will leave learning; enriched, inspired and ready to use all that you’ve experienced • Diversity strengthens us, enriches here to impact student learning as well as your own learning. us, and prepares us for an increasingly Sincerely, complex world; Maddy Spring Educators Conference Spring • Respect, integrity and trust are I essential to create and sustain learning Madeleine Hewitt communities. Executive Director NESA 3 MY CONFERENCE PLANNER THURSDAY, MARCH 28 FRIDAY, MARCH 29 SATURDAY, MARCH 30 SUNDAY, MARCH 31 8:30-10:30 4-Day Certificate Courses, Day 1 8:30-10:30 Plenary Session 8:30-9:30 Plenary Session 8:30-9:30 Plenary Session - Welcome Remarks - Keynote: STEVE BARKLEY, - Keynote: BEN MARDELL, “Power- Course: - Extended Keynote: JOELLEN “Coaching and Coachability: Work- ful Playful Inquiry” KILLION, “Panel on School Change ing Beautifully for Beautiful Work” – Innovations, Opportunities & 9:30-10:00 Coffee Break – Exhibition Area Location: Transformational Learning”, 9:30-10:00 Coffee Break – Exhibition Area sponsored by International Schools 10:00-11:00 Teacher Workshops, Session 2 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break - Exhibition Area Services 10:00-11:00 Teacher Workshops, Session 1 Workshop: 11:00-12:30 4-Day Certificate Courses 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break - Exhibition Area Workshop: 12:30-1:30 Lunch – provided by NESA 11:00-12:30 3-Day Certificate Courses, Day 1 Location: Location: 1:30-3:00 4-Day Certificate Courses 4-Day Certificate Courses, Day 2 11:15-12:15 Teacher Workshops, Session 3 11:15-12:30 3-Day Certificate Courses, Day 2 3:00-3:30 Coffee Break – Exhibition Area Course: Workshop: 4-Day Certificate Courses, Day 3 3:30-4:30 4-Day Certificate Courses Location: Course: Location: 12:30-1:30 Lunch – sponsored by Curriculum 12:15-1:15 Lunch – provided by NESA Associates Location: 1:15-3:15 3-Day Certificate Courses, Day 3 1:30-3:00 Certificate Courses 12:30-1:30 Lunch – provided by NESA 4-Day Certificate Courses, Day 4 3:00-3:30 Coffee Break – Exhibition Area 1:30-3:00 Certificate Courses Course: 3:30-4:30 Certificate Courses 3:00-3:15 15-Minute Coffee Break - Exhibition Area Location: 5:00-7:00 Riverside Terrace Reception – sponsored by Follett School 3:15-4:30 Certificate Courses Services CONFERENCE ADJOURNS 7:30 NESA 50th Birthday Party! (Royal Orchid Ballroom) - sponsored by the American Embassy School, New Delhi Spring Educators Conference Spring I NESA 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS How NESA Plans Professional Learning 6 Conference Sponsors 8 Program Advertisers 10 Conference Exhibition 11 Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel Maps 12 2019 Spring Educators Conference Schedule: Wednesday-Thursday, March 27-28 (Preconferences) 16 Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar Schedule 17 Thursday, March 28 18 Friday, March 29 19 Saturday, March 30 20 Sunday, March 31 21 Conference Presenters 23 AERO Pre-Conference Workshops 29 Teacher Workshops Saturday, March 30, Session 1 32 Sunday, March 31, Session 2 34 Sunday, March 31, Session 3 36 Awards 38 NESA Board of Trustees 40 NESA Center Staff 40 NESA Professional Development Advisory Committee (PDAC) 41 NESA Professional Learning Events 2019-2020 Inside back cover Spring Educators Conference Spring I NESA Enter to Learn. Leave to Serve. 7 HOW NESA PLANS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING As an organization dedicated to the professional learning of educators, NESA’s planning process is guided by seven core principles. Based on Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning and adapted by NESA’s Professional Development Advisory Committee (PDAC) they serve both as a guide to planning NESA conferences and institutes as well as a lens for periodic self-assessment. Our Learning Principles Differentiated Levels of Learning Exemplary professional learning is… NESA offers differentiated professional learning to support progression through our “Learning Continuum”. To support participants in making the most appropriate choices, the continuum level, or range of levels being tar- • embedded in well-organized learning communities. geted, is listed for each workshop on each speaker’s page on the NESA website: www.nesacenter.org/events/ • sustained, systemic and mission-aligned. spring-educators-conference. • focused on improved student learning. • supported by leaders committed to developing capacity. • grounded in solid research and informed by rich data. Our Learning Continuum • supported by resources of time and funding. • informed by principles of adult learning. Professional Learning Shifts • Curious about • Theory-based • Setting structures • Reflecting • Sustaining FROM TO learning more learning • Developing skills • Evaluating • Embedding in Building on... Moving Towards... • Seeking to • Investigating practice understand models • Piloting practice • Modifying practice • Information • Identifying • Scaffolding • Improving skills Events Multiple, sustainable delivery models gathering experts support Learning as individuals (Learning in Silos) Learning in ecosystems Rewarding attendance Transfer to practice Your Feedback Your feedback is important. We ask that you take a few minutes at the end of each workshop to visit the FLC web- page under the “Evaluations” tab and complete the brief feedback form [www.nesacenter.org]. Your responses will Impacting adult learning Impacting deep learning be shared with presenters, carefully read by NESA planners, and considered in the design of future conferences. Learning content Learning through inquiry In accordance with its learning principles, NESA is committed to continuous improvement. For the NESA staff and the PDAC, the professional development planning process is a work in progress as we strive to support and sustain the learning needs of our schools and the educators we serve. Visiting experts Experts as partners, facilitators, co-creators References: Influencing individuals Influence ecosystems Guskey, T. R. (2000a). Evaluating professional development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. “Standards for Professional Learning.” Learning Forward. 2012. 8 9 CONFERENCE SPONSORS NESA would like to thank its sponsors for their generous support: GOLD SPONSORS American Embassy School, New Delhi, India International Schools Services (Saturday’s NESA 50th Birthday Party) (Friday’s keynoter, Joellen Killion) SILVER SPONSORS Follett School Services Curriculum Associates (Friday’s Riverside Welcome Reception) (Friday Lunch) BRONZE SPONSORS Search Associates TieCare International Educators Conference Spring (Lanyards) (NESA 50-Year Anniversary Pins) @_ @ @ I + NESA 10 www. 11 @ PROGRAM CONFERENCE ADVERTISERS EXHIBITION American Embassy School, New Delhi, India 4 Curriculum Associates Irum Farooq American International School Chennai, India Inside Front Cover Kelly Pam Nel American School of Bombay, Mumbai, India 22 etr educational travel Outside Back Cover Endicott International Sue Collins Finalsite 14 International Schools Services 13 etr educational travel Greg Godar New England Association of Schools and Colleges