We’d like to thank all of you for the preparation and delivery of your Back to School events/videos this week. Your passion, knowledge, and love for teaching (yes, even virtually) was evident. We’re off to a great start.
Upcoming Week at a Glance:
Please begin thinking about your Professional Growth and Evaluation goals for this year. If you are on the Professional Growth Pathway (anyone in year 2, 4, 5, 7, or 8), your goals are due September 15. If you are on the Self Assessment Pathway (SAP) or you are a new faculty member, the last day to submit your goals is October 4. If you are on the PG Pathway, please coordinate a time to meet with your supervisor before the October break. New faculty, we will go over the Professional Growth Plan at our meeting on Aug. 30th. Here is the link to the PG&E page on the OTL website.
Fall Camp (September 27 - Oct 1, 2021)
Are you interested in leading an activity for the Arts, Sports & Activities Fall Camp? If so, you can choose the activity to lead, share your time availability, and your grade level preferences by filling out this Google Form. Please complete this by Friday, September 10th and Fall Camp Registration forms will be sent to students and families on Friday, September 17th.
Virtual Fall Camp will be offered to ES & MS Students.
Activities will run Monday - Friday mostly during IST time.
For more information, please email Monicka (dmonicka@aischennai.org)
A message from the Diversity & Equity Council
One of the beautiful things of working in an international school is the diversity of our student body! For some, it can be a challenge to pronounce so many new names and, yet, there is nothing more important we can do to make our students feel welcome. Wondering how to handle names you can't pronounce? Check out this resource from Leading ELLs.
SAVE THE DATE: UN International Day of Peace Virtual Assembly and Parade of Nations (Friday, September 17)
This year’s theme for the UN International Day of Peace is "Recovering Better for a Sustainable and Equitable World." With student speakers and participants from Elementary to High School, we are excited to continue bringing annual traditions to you virtually. Stay tuned for more details on how you can join us on Friday, September 17, 2:45 p.m.
If you have ideas on integrating this year’s theme into your classroom or need a thought partner, please email rgautami@aischennai.org.
Two Zoom Teaching Tips
1). A way to use breakout rooms (BOR) - After your minilesson, open a BOR that students can join if they need help. Watch the BOR list and follow them in to offer support. You can add additional rooms for students to use for collaboration as well. You’ll need to use the "let participants choose room" option. You can also check options to allow participants to choose a room and return to the main session at any time. Thanks for the tip John. Feel free to reach out to him if you’d like to know more about how he uses this strategy.
2). If you’re asking students to write an answer/response in the Zoom chat and want to give equal opportunity for all students to participate, have them type their response without pressing enter/return. When the teacher says go, students press enter/return and a waterfall of answers appears. Thanks for the tip Kieara. Feel free to reach out to her if you’d like to know more about how she uses this strategy.
Yearbook Portraits
We are collecting yearbook portraits virtually this year. You can read the instructions and upload your portrait by visiting this website.
At-A-Glance Information
Please read the instructions carefully.
Use the back camera of a mobile phone to take your photo. You can have someone take the photo for you or you can use a tripod. You can find detailed instructions on the website.
You can also consider taking your photo professionally at a studio if you have access to one in your area; make sure to request for a grey background.
IMPORTANT! Rename your photo accordingly. We will not be able to accept submissions if you do not rename the photo.
FIRST NAME_LAST NAME_ID NO. (e.g. SHERENE_WILLIAMS_AISC000)
Last Day to Submit: Friday, Sep 3, 2021.
Thank you for your support, AISC! Please write to media@aischennai.org if you have any questions.
From the Counselors
Here are some more movement break ideas:
Stand for 2 - let kids know they must work standing up for 2 minutes
Change positions - announce that everyone should change positions (if seated on a chair, maybe they can sit somewhere else).
Sensory motor scavenger hunt You can break it up and try to find one item on the list for a movement break.
Mirror mirror - take turns imitating each other’s movements. Assign one person to be the leader and everyone follows along.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Lynn and Dave
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