November 26th to 30th

TED Talk of the Week

Judy created this video of students making their sculptures during clay week.  It is great to see how much fun our students have being creative!!

Thank you

• Jenni, Helly, and Joseph, for organizing the author visit from Frank Cammuso.
• Angela, Jason, Lindsay, and Sarah Ko, for volunteering to be on the ES Scheduling Committee.  Together we will create a schedule that can address our specific needs and improve student learning! 
• Sarah and April for leading the parent workshop on digital citizenship.  Parents came away from your presentation with a better understanding of how they can monitor and protect children online. 
• Jordanna for initiating and organizing the first student convention to create common recess agreements for 2nd and 3rd grade.
• Everyone who participated in the ES Thanksgiving dinner.  It was a wonderful time to connect and be thankful for each other. 

Communication in the ES

This week the ES communicated how thankful we are for our Korean staff and each other.  We had a Thanksgiving feast for 60+ people. When I walked into the ESPAC I was impressed by how wonderful the place looked.  The level of care and attention to detail added to the mood of the evening. We had over 40 Korean staff who come and celebrated Thanksgiving with us.  I also appreciate those who had other plans but still provided homemade goodies to show their appreciation. Of course, I should not be surprised by the level of care shown by the ES, that is who we are and what we do.  I am thankful to be on the same team as all of you!

Let’s Chat

This week I have 3 times booked for you to come in and chat. Of course, you are always welcome to stop in when my door is open.   

Monday 9:30 to 10:00

Wednesday 1:30 to 2:00

Friday 2:30 to 3:00

Principal Academic Leadership Survey

The goal of this anonymous survey is to support the professional development of your divisional leaders, so constructive commentary on strengths and areas of improvement is welcome. This survey includes questions that are based on Kim Marshall's Leadership Evaluation Rubrics. The rubrics also provide matching descriptions for each standard. Thank you for participating.

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Updates Ryk

Curriculum Updates From Ryk

You would have received an email from Rick Odum on November 20 telling you that requests for Semester 2 trainings/workshops/PD events, etc, are due by November 27. That’s not far away. To help you plan, I direct you to a few useful sites to find possible and appropriate events.

MyPL@KIS - This site is in our KISJ Intranet. It has many event opportunities as well as most of the links listed here.

The Professional Learning Hub @NIST - These events are hosted at NIST International School, Bangkok.

EARCOS Approved Professional Learning Weekend for SY2018-2019

The Teachers College at Columbia University, NY, has many upcoming events, though I am not aware that they have released their summer institute dates yet

When applying for an event go to this Teaching & Learning blog entry for directions.

The application link can be found on this KISJ Intranet site.

If anyone has other links to events please email them to me and I can share them out.

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Updates From Mareena

Quarter 2: Focus on Respect!

Dismissal

Please remind all students that do not ride the bus that they should exit the campus at 4 when you walk them to the gate. Students should not stay to play on the field.

Thank you for helping us reiterate this expectation!

#PubPDAsia

#PubPDAsia is a unique PD initiative that combines a face to face session with the power of Twitter. Across Asia, groups of educators will come together to chat in person on the topic for the month: Change. The event poster includes the questions for this topic.

Each group will also connect with the others through the use of Twitter and the chat hashtag.

We're excited to be hosting a Jeju location for this event. This is an amazing way to connect both with our local and global communities.

Tuesday, November 27th at 7PM at Smokehouse

Facebook event invitation

Questions? Talk to Josh Wood, Angela Campagna, or Mareena Kohtala

Fire Drill

Friday, November 30th at 10:15 AM.

This will be with the local fire department. Please ensure you close your classroom windows before the drill begins.

Electives

Quarter 2 electives end on Thursday, December 13th. Students in HR during the week of December 17th.

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Communication in the ES

Your feedback is appreciated as the ES strives to improve communication.  As always, submissions are confidential. I have posted the QR code on my office door for continued feedback as the year progresses.

Sunshine Weekly

Please see here this week's issue of the Sunshine Committee newsletter.

PD Schedule

11/30 - PS Alignment for Q3

Upcoming DRAGON Dialogue

December 4th - ELL in the ES

March 19th - Parent Choice

May 8th - Class Placement

Useful Information

Here is the ES Suggestion Box.  This form is for ideas, solutions or comments about issues that matter to the ES community.

Here is the agenda for the ES Leadership team.  This is a good document to read weekly so you have an overview of what was discusses.  If you have any questions, speak to your TL for more information.