California Association of Independent Schools Fall, 2001 Newsletter CAIS Announces Changes WITH IN THE OFFICE... THIS CAIS welcomes two new people to our office. TEAL GALLAGHER joined us last sum- mer as our new Administrative Assistant and ZENY PERA, as our part-time book- ISSUE keeper. MOLLY BOGAD has assumed a newly created position as Director of Member Services and SANDEE MIRELL will continue as Director of Professional Development. I F YOU HAVE QUESTIONS… We provide Call or email TEAL GALLAGHER (Ext. 10 or [email protected]) for: information on • Registration for any CAIS event professional • Billing matters development • General calendar and other information • Exhibitors at the Regional Meeting opportunities, the 2001-2002 Call or email MOLLY BOGAD (Ext. 14 or [email protected]) for: calendar and • Administrative aspects of accreditation, presenting at the Regional transitions of Meeting or the Trustee-Heads conference • Special workshops dealing with accreditation or ERB testing leadership to • Stats On Line and from • CAIS website; online registration schools. Call or email SANDEE MIRELL (Ext. 13 or [email protected]) for: • Regional Meeting Announcements • Professional Days Page 2 • Retreats for Teachers • Faculty Newsletter • Other professional development programs or workshops, such as Mentoring and Leaders of Color Welcome New Heads As always, MIMI BAER, Executive Director is available to answer your questions by Page 2 phone or email about these or any other issues or matters of concern. Mimi’s email address is [email protected]. Conferences & CAIS REGISTRATION IS NOW ON-LINE Workshops The CAIS office is going paperless. In an effort to save time, money…and trees, registration materials for all CAIS meetings and workshops will now be available Page 3 - 4 only on-line. Log onto our website (www.caisca.org) to register on-line by credit card or to print out a registration form from a pdf file As registration materials for specific programs become available on-line, announcements will sent by email to 2001-02 heads of school and, in some cases, to other administrators. If you have any Calendar questions regarding online registration please feel free to contact Molly Bogad in Page 5 the CAIS office (mbogad@ caisca.org). N ORTHERN ANNOUNCEMENTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMMITTEE Karen Malin, Administration The Seven Hills School CAIS Welcomes New Heads of Schools Linda Benney, Counseling The Hamlin School We welcome new and familiar faces to our schools: Bliss Tobin, Early Childhood The Head-Royce School Jani Ross, Acting Head, The Branson School Crystal Land, English Michael Pratt, Head of School, Brentwood School The Head-Royce School Judy Chamberlain, Interim Head of School, Calmont School Megan Kuykendall, Michael Noricks, Head of School, Carden Arbor View School Intermediate Grades John Finch, Head of School, The Chandler School Mount Tamalpais School Andrew Corcoran, Head of School, Chinese American International School Françoise Thompson, Languages Molly Huffman, Head of School, The Children’s School The Harker School David Peerless, Head of School, Gateway School Diane Kabat, Library Jonathan Ninnemann, Head of School, Keys School Santa Catalina School Maria Coulson, Math Judith Glickman, Interim Head of School, La Jolla Country Day School The Branson School Rick Fitzgerald, Interim Head of School, Live Oak School Joyce Sherry, Performing Arts David Lourie, Interim Head of School, Midland School York School Diane Rosenberg, Head of School, The Nueva School Patrick Burrows, Physical Education Carol Ouimette, Head of Elementary & Junior High School, Oak Grove School Castilleja School Greg Feldmeth, Interim Head of School, Polytechnic School Eric Kielich, Sciences Robert Cunningham, Head of School, St. Mark’s Episcopal School (Upland) Mount Tamalpais School Jeannie Wallis, Social Studies/History Saint Andrew’s School S OUTHERN Jamie Sullivan, Technology CAIS 2001-2002 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Sacred Heart Schools COMMITTEE Marilyn McGregor, Visual Arts Committees The Branson School Stephen Edele, Administration Thanks to all the people who The Pegasus School donate their time and expertise Sean Kennedy, Counseling to CAIS committees. Army and Navy Academy Ronnie Anderson, Early Childhood B USINESS ADVISORY O MMITTEE T RUSTEE CO MMITTEE Crosssroads School C Jessie-Lea Abbott, Head of School Michelle Gunnell, English The Katherine Delmar Burke School Foothill Country Day School Terry Betterly, Schools of the Sacred Heart Bill Barnum, Trustee Gayle Kolodny, Intermediate Grades Peter Christian, Wildwood School St. Matthew’s Parish School Center for Early Education Kathy Kopp, Saint Mark’s School Sam Cuddeback, Head of School Helena Hill, Languages Christine Sabihon, Turningpoint School Drew College Preparatory School Marymount of Santa Barbara Elliot Spokane, Oakwood School Mary Ellen Gozdecki, Lucy Rafael, Library Wayne Taylor, The Branson School Head of School Center for Early Education Marymount High School Belinda Thompson, Math Diane Guinta, Trustee Viewpoint School Castilleja School Vincent Howser, Performing Arts Tom Hudnut, Headmaster The Buckley School T ECHNOLOGY PLAN Harvard-Westlake School Max Weischedel, R EVIEW COMMITTEE Martin Krasney, Trustee Physical Education The Urban School, Chadwick School Kathy Griffis, Sciences Ida Dahan, Marlborough School Marin Country Day School Rick Harris, St. Mark’s School Lyle Poncher, Trustee Buckley School Tom Millar, Social Studies/History Ray Louie, The Head-Royce School Wildwood School Patrick Lynch, Marymount High School Andrew Susskind, Trustee Marlborough School Mario Santonastaso, Campbell Hall Center for Early Education Joe Slowinski, Technology Lynn Wendell, Trustee Chadwick School San Francisco University High School Christy Armstrong, Visual Arts Chadwick School 2 CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS Trustee/School Head Conference CAIS Mentoring Workshop at NAIS Cross Cultural Classroom The 2002 Trustee/School Head Con- Two successful workshops on starting Experiences Through Technology ference will be held February 2-3, 2002 and maintaining mentoring programs The Pacific Basin Consortium is present- at The Argent Hotel in San Francisco. for new teachers were held in the ing a one-day teacher institute on Tues- spring of 2001. Presenters were Sandee day, October 30th at The Harker Northern Regional Meeting Mirell, Director of Professional Devel- School in San Jose. It will feature work- The Northern Regional Meeting will be opment at CAIS, Lisa Merryman, Dean shops presented by teachers from held on March 11, 2002 at Campbell of Faculty at St. Margaret’s Episcopal CAIS, PNAIS and HAIS schools. Regis- Hall in North Hollywood. The South- School and Michael Pincus, Assistant tration information can be obtained on- ern Professional Services Committee is Head at Saint Mark’s School, San line at the CAIS website, planning 150+ workshop sessions for Rafael. This workshop will be repeated (www.caisca.org). Cost is $40 per per- the one day meeting. Faculty interested at the NAIS Conference in San Fran- son for PBC member schools and $50 in presenting workshops should con- cisco on Saturday, March 2, 2002. per person for non-member schools. tact a committee member or Sandee Mirell in the CAIS office. Professional Days for Teachers REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE! The Northern Professional Services R ETREATS FOR TEACHERS Committee is planning 14 programs The Retreat for Elementary Teachers for teachers. These programs will will be held November 4-6, 2001 at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park take place between November and and will feature sessions on such topics as classroom management, par- April at schools throughout Northern ent conferencing, learning styles, ethics and morals, assessment, and California. A poster listing these pro- changing families. Participants may bring case studies to be discussed. grams will be sent to the CAIS repre- New teachers, as well as teaching assistants and interns, are welcome. sentative at each school in October. The Retreat for Middle School Teachers Registration for will be sent six weeks will be held February 10-12, 2002 at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Cen- prior to each` event and will also be ter in Palos Verdes. Included in the workshop will be sessions on issues available on the CAIS website of puberty, diversity, defining the middle school; grade level discussions (www.caisca.org) on classroom management; and teaching strategies by discipline. This Accreditation Workshops workshop is designed for new teachers and teachers new to middle school Workshops for 2001-02 untrained teaching, as well as assistant teachers and interns. team members and chairs will be The Retreat for Secondary Teachers held from 9 am–12 pm on Wednes- will be held November 11-13, 2001 at La Casa de Maria in Santa Bar- day, November 7 in Atherton at bara. Sessions on adolescent development and issues, classroom man- Menlo School and on Thursday, No- agement and the art of teaching, as well as master sessions for each vember 8 at Turningpoint School in discipline, will be included. New teachers, teaching assistants, and in- Los Angeles. Workshops for schools terns are welcome. being accredited in 2002-03 will be The Retreat for Experienced Teachers held on the same day from 1-4pm will be held March 17-19, 2002 at the Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs. Teachers with eight or more years of experience will meet to reflect ERB Testing Workshops upon and discuss making a difference and being the difference in an As this year is a testing year, CAIS will educational community, in our schools, and in the lives of students. Also be sponsoring workshops in the North discussed will be the moral dimensions of change, the nature of schools, and the South on dates and at sites to and the need to nourish our souls. be determined. Conferences continued on next page A NNOUNCEMENTS... Founding Head of Midland School Honored Paul Squibb, founding head of Midland School, is the subject of a new book by Gary A. Lewis, a Midland School graduate. Dominion Over Palm and Pine: Paul Squibb and His Students, will be published by University of Toronto Press. The “official launch” will take place on October 14, 2001 at Squibb House in Cambria.