TED Talk of the Week
This week’s TED Talk is a recommendation from Amos. It explores the idea that happiness makes us more productive. I hope we can all apply at least one of the recommendations over the last month we have till winter vacation.
Thank You!
- Shelly, Elaine, Angela, Paula, and Eric presenting at the DRAGON Dialogue this week. You all gave our parent community a clear picture of how KISJ supports language development.
- Francis, for having the G1A students sing at the DRAGON Dialogue. You provided the perfect intro for our parents.
- Eric and Elaine, for presenting ELL Strategies in Reader's Workshop at the KORCOS conference last weekend. You are sharing your knowledge with the greater educational community.
- Dan H, for all your work getting the new Teacher’s Lounge ready to go. If anyone would like to help, please contact Dan.
- Shelly, Angela, Paula, Eric, Elaine for helping the MS with F&P testing. Your commitment to student success extends beyond the ES!
New Redesign Information
Check out some of the links that used to be in the "Other Information" portion of the Weekly Update. They are now in the right hand corner of this page under "Elementary menu."
Mission Statement Crowdsourcing
This is NOT a compulsory task. Only participate if you want to make a suggestions.
Part 2 of our efforts to create an ES mission statement is to give you the opportunity to craft a mission statement yourself, based on the data received during our PD.
Here are the comments, exactly copied, which had the most number of 'dot responses' from the November 10 PD. Read the comments and have a go at constructing your own mission statement based on these responses. You do not have to include all the points that are written here.
- Dragons and E's
- What should our ideal child look like - critical thinker, life-long learner, compassionate.
- Providing an American standards-based education.
- 4 core Dragon values.
- Working together, all stakeholders foster an emotionally safe, child centered community focused on the holistic development of life long learners.
- Working together families, staff and students.
- Creating a safe, culturally responsive environment.
- Language rich environment.
- Committed to teaching growth mindset.
- Our Dragon values. An engaging, emotionally safe community for our learners.
Example - KIS aims to provide, in an emotionally safe and engaging environment, an American, standards referenced, literacy rich curriculum, in order to develop students as critical thinkers, life-long learners and compassionate community members. All this is done within the framework of our Dragon values.
ES Activity Survey Results
Here are the results from the Activity Survey we sent to parents.
Family Weekend Reflection from Teachers
Here are your reflections from Family Weekend. We will use this information next year to make the days even better. Next week I will share our parent community reflections.
Report Card Information
Here is all the information you should need as you prepare for Q2 reports. Pay special attention to slides 4 and 21-25 as they have been changed and contain information specific to writing comments. Also, here are the complete lists of standards and higher level standards: K 1 2 3 4 5
From the Suggestion Box
During PTCs, I had a parent ask about our school's practice of passing out awards from outside competitions and organizations to our students. I too have similar confusion about why those awards are sent to KISJ and why teachers are expected to hand them to our students and give them a hand in front of their classmates. It's understandable that students getting an award in front of their classmates will make them feel special, but the question is whether or not that is appropriate, especially when the competition/award is for something outside of KISJ, and for something not all parents/students were informed of. Can we possibly change the policy so that students only receive recognition at school if it is for a competition/event that all students/parents were notified about and given an opportunity to join? To that end, we could also do more to publicize these kinds of competitions if we are looking to encourage our students to join them. With the current status quo, I believe we are breeding more frustration and jealousy than pride and self-esteem.
Thank you for bringing this question to my attention. As a school (ES-HS) outside awards are given out at school. The purpose is to show that KISJ values students efforts outside of the school community. This is something I can bring to the attention of the leadership team for review.
Q3 Activity Information
It is time to start planning for Quarter 3 activities.You may offer an activity from the approved list or offer an activity of your choice. Here is also a list of activities offered last year you may reference for ideas.
Please add your activity description(s) and information here by November 22nd. As a reminder, all activity classes will be reviewed and approved prior being added to the registration form.
This morning was the deadline for parents to complete the Activity survey and the results will be shared with you next week.
Q3 Timeline:
Nov 22- Deadline for teachers to complete activity description.
Nov 24-30 Cynthia/Bonnie will create the registration form
Dec 1-4 Parents will preview list of activities
Dec 4-7 Open registration
Dec 8-14 Roster will be created, reviewed and finalized by Cynthia
Dec 15 Parents will be notified of Q3 activity
Teachers Teaching Teachers
On December 22 we have the opportunity for a teachers-teach-teachers PD. The plan is to have 2 breakout sessions, and then a reflection session. We are looking for teachers who would be willing to facilitate a 25 minute session, and then repeat the session to a new group of participants. If you would like to facilitate a session please complete this Google form. Write your idea and a brief description of what you would be covering.
English Language Literacy
As school we are focusing on the critical learner need of English Language Literacy during Q2. Please take a moment to reflect on ways you can grow to better support our students. The leadership team will offer feedback based on this rubric when we come to your room.
Upcoming PD in the ES
December 1st - WASC
December 8th - ES Department Meeting
December 15th - Peer Editing in the EAPAC
December 22nd - Teachers Teaching Teachers (1:00 to 3:00)
Other Information
- Kate Seo (yesseo@kis.ac) is our faculty assistant is also available to help with "living in Korea" related need. Here is the faculty request form.
- Renee (shyehan@kis.ac) is now our ES Textbook Manager. Email her when you need to checkout textbooks.
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