BANGKOK TEACHER NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012

Saturday 10TH November Shrewsbury International School

Morning Workshops - 10.15 am - 11.30 am

Morning Workshops (10.15am- 11.30am):

W101 Dramatically improve children’s writing throughout the school using ‘specific sentence types’ and cooperative learning structures.

W102 Sharing Secondary Maths Resources and Lesson Ideas

W103 Cooperative Learning Strategies

W104 Teaching method and activities in Chinese Class

W105 ‘What About Me?' - 5 things I should have done when I left the UK

W106 Interactive starters and plenaries for the smart board

W107 Diagnostic Reading Analysis for Y1-4 via PM Benchmarks - new kit available which features more focused analysis of Early Reading Development in addition to Comprehension Strategies.

W108 EAL in the Mainstream - time honoured strategies to promote language learning

W109 Using Teacher Inquiry as Professional Development to Impact Classroom Learning

W110 Mathematically Based Card Tricks and Problem Solving Using a Deck of Cards

W111 The Singing Classroom

W112 How to Support a Dyslexic Learner with Poor Handwriting

W113 Interactive Read Alouds with Accountable Talk

W114 Using Google Apps for Education

W115 The Literature Essay: Poetry

W116 The A, B, C’s of Behavior

W117 The New Bloom’s Taxonomy (Technology Assessment That’s Standards Based)

W118 Introducing the reading journal- guaranteed to raise reading levels!

W119 Thai Language through Literature

W120 Running in-school Enterprise Events

W121 STEM Projects for the Lower Primary Grades

W122 Displaying children's work

W123 Assessment Strategies for EAL Program Exit

W124 Effective Questioning

W125 Approaching literary texts through linguistic analysis

W126 School in Motion - the Dynamic Classroom

W127 The EYFS Curriculum Reforms - Sharing Key Messages from the Reviewed EYFS Curriculum

W128 Beyond Prem; Fieldtrip and Fieldwork possibilities in Bangkok and Thailand

W129 Coding in middle school years

W130 The AIM: An active and inspiring new way to teach additional languages

W131 Creating Learning Worlds for the Primary School

W132 Effective Lesson observation and feedback: Transferring a UK perspective to international education

Dramatically improve children’s writing throughout the school using ‘specific sentence types’ and cooperative learning structures.

Code: W101 Focus Audience: KS2 teachers and upper KS1 teachers Name: James Baker School: Regents, Pattaya Details: Research has shown that cooperative learning techniques can be extremely

effective teaching tools. They: - Promote student learning and academic achievement - Enhance student satisfaction with their learning experience - Help students develop skills in oral communication - Develop students' social skills - Promote student self-esteem - Help to promote positive race relations - Every child develops responsibility

The use of Cooperative learning structures is a highly effective teaching strategy.

The use of specific sentence types is also a highly effective and child friendly way to improve children’s writing especially if used in the context of a whole school approach.

The workshop will be fun, practical and offer clear and concise ideas for improving literacy in the classroom/year group/key stage/whole school.

Teachers will learn how to teach specific sentence types and the value in doing this as a whole school. We will do this in the context of 4 or 5 cooperative learning structures.

Other Information:

Sharing Secondary Maths Resources and Lesson Ideas

Code: W102 Focus Audience: Maths teachers for KS3 and KS4 Name: Andrew Chambers School: Regents, Pattaya Details: The aim of the session is to share good practice for teaching Mathematics. I will go

through a number of resources which I have found useful - and there will also be plenty of opportunities for other teachers to share their resources. Hopefully we will be able to discuss a variety of resources - topic specific, general revision and whole school activities. Attendees should bring some great lesson ideas to share!

Other Information: Andrew is currently in his third year of teaching in Thailand. He would like to share and learn good practice with other teachers here.

Cooperative Learning Strategies

Code: W103 Focus Audience: Senior general interest Name: Carly Rudd and Sally Powell School: Shrewsbury International School Details: The aim of the session is to give some easy cooperative learning strategies that can

be incorporated with minimal effort into lessons. All the strategies encourage less teacher talk and more student talk.

Other Information: Carly and Sally are both Humanities teachers, specialising in History and Religious Studies. They worked together in an outstanding school in the UK for 5 years. Sally has been in Bangkok for three years working as a History teacher. Carly has been in Thailand for 2 years teaching Religious Studies and Learning 4 Life, a PSHE programme.

Teaching method and activities in Chinese Class

Code: W104 Focus Audience: Middle school and High School (MYP/DP) Name: Jing Zhi School: Concordian International School Details: This workshop is for teachers who are teaching Chinese Language B in Middle and

high school, who want to discuss and get more teaching methods and activities for the Chinese class. Since Chinese teachers gained the knowledge through Chinese traditional ways, sometimes we refer to the heavy reliance of textbooks,passive learning with an emphasis on grammar, teacher-centred is always what happens in the class, even when we consider when students don't learn what the teacher tells them, they learn what they understand. We have found that Modern Chinese language teaching is too traditional and lacks vitality, so most of us thirst for appropriate methods and activities for students, to make a student-centred class.

Other Information: Ms. Jing Zhi Degree: M.Ed. in Chinese Curriculum and Teaching Theories

Experience: 1 High school Chinese literature teacher,

Director of Mandarin Studies for Teaching Staff in Harbin China, 10years

2 Middle school and high school Mandarin teacher and Chinese department coordinator in Assumption College Rayong, 7 years

3 Middle school and high school (MYP/DP) Chinese Language B&A, DP mandarin ABintio teacher, 3 years

‘What About Me?' - 5 things I should have done when I left the UK

Code: W105 Focus Audience: General Interest: British Teachers working Overseas Name: Janet Jenkinson School: ABG Group PLC Details: National Insurance - how to secure a state pension

Tax - reclaiming any tax, your home in the UK etc. TSS - the changes to the scheme, your alternative options Student loans - what happens when you leave Your will - the importance of this document

Other Information: Janet and Lesley have been working in International Schools for over 15 years - ensuring the British Teacher maintains all his/her benefits they are still entitled to outside the UK. They have a full guide called 'So you want to teach abroad' available through the web site at www.abg.net

Interactive starters and plenaries for the smart board

Code: W106 Focus Audience: Primary/Secondary teachers with some basic knowledge of the Smart

Notebook software

Name: Rachel Force School: Shrewsbury International School Details: This is a session in which you will need some basic knowledge of Smart Notebook

software and would like to use Smart to enhance your starters and plenaries in the classroom. You will be shown different techniques including how to attach audio/visual files, and create fun, educational interactive games. By the end of the session you will have created useful templates and will be given finished templates to take home and adapt for your own classes. You will need to bring a memory drive to save the templates on.

Other Information: Rachel has been working as a Mathematics teacher for 7 years; during which she was also an advanced skills teacher specialising in whole school Assessment for Learning. She has been working at Shrewsbury International School for one year, during which she has led sessions in creating resources for Smartboard.

Diagnostic Reading Analysis for Y1-4 via PM Benchmarks - new kit available which features more focus analysis of Early Reading Development in addition to Comprehension Strategies.

Code: W107 Focus Audience: Primary

Name: Patsy Littlewood School: NIST Details: I would like to share with teachers the Diagnostic Survey, via the PM Benchmarks,

which determines at risk students. I would like to share how to firstly administer a ‘Miscue Analysis’, scoring and analysis of reading behavior and make suggestions in order to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom

Other Information: Patsy has been a Reading Recovery teacher in schools in New Zealand and has been part of the Learning Support team at NIST for the last 7 years, as an Early Intervention Literacy provider for the students in Y2 -3. Currently she works in the Elementary Learning Support Department, specifically in Y2. Her role in Y2 is primarily in Literacy.

EAL in the Mainstream - time honoured strategies to promote language learning

Code: W108 Focus Audience: Generalists, specialists, all year groups (senior and junior) Name: Hamish Chalmers School: Shrewsbury International School Details: This workshop will give participants hands on experience of handful of classic, time

honoured EAL strategies that promote language learning through curriculum content. Teachers will leave with a bag of tricks that can be applied in their classrooms the following Monday.

Other Information: Hamish has taught in Thailand for nine years, with four years' experience before that in the UK. He is a primary school teacher by trade, having taught mainstream classes in all year groups from Year 1 to 6. Four years ago he made the move to EAL co-ordinator for Shrewsbury's junior school, then to Director of EAL for the whole school two years after that. He tries to help mainstream colleagues realise that teaching English language is not a secret craft known only to the chosen few, but that with a few choice adaptations all mainstream teachers can incorporate strategies to promote language learning in their subjects.

Using Teacher Inquiry as Professional Development to Impact Classroom Learning

Code: W109 Focus Audience: Curriculum coordinators or other instructional leaders such as subject leaders or

department heads. Also applicable for teachers who are considering leadership positions

Name: Aloha Lavina School: Concordian International School Details: This workshop looks at a model integrating action research, the inquiry process,

cognitive coaching and systematic examination of student work to propel professional learning. Practical tools will be shared in the context of the teacher inquiry model used by a school. Use of collaboration and reflection will be discussed and strategies for developing both practices in classrooms and school wide will be shared.

Other Information: Aloha Lavina is Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Concordian International School as well as MYP Coordinator. She is a Workshop Leader and a School Visit Team Member for the International Baccalaureate (IB). Aloha teaches Language A in the MYP and DP and enjoys nurturing a culture of learning in both her classroom and her school.

Mathematically Based Card Tricks and Problem Solving Using a Deck of Cards

Code: W110 Focus Audience: Middle School Mathematics Name: Joe Simonson School: Thai-Chinese International School Details: Using a simple deck of playing cards, entertain, amuse, and educate your students.

In this hands-on presentation, participants will learn simple card tricks and then unravel the mystery using mathematics. Group problem solving exercises using a deck of cards will also be demonstrated. Easy, fun, and challenging exercises perfect for those days when you have a little free time in class. (The mathematics involved is geared mainly towards middle school level. Lower and high school teachers are welcome to come and learn the card tricks.)

Other Information: Joe Simonson: 14 years mathematics teacher at Thai-Chinese International School. 3 years mathematics teacher at Gilliam Youth Detention Center (Denver Public Schools) 3 years mathematics teacher Kichwamba (Uganda) Technical College (Peace Corps).

The Singing Classroom

Code: W111 Focus Audience: Key stage 1, Teachers, TA’s EAL, support staff. Name: James Gardiner School: Shrewsbury International School Details: The focus of the session is to enhance learning through simple songs or chants

which relate directly to the curriculum; mainly literacy and topic work. Using well-known children’s songs and tunes, and or changing the lyrics to well known songs or tunes we aim to create songs and also look at existing ones which tie in with the vocabulary needed to access, or enhance particular parts of the curriculum. Moving on from this, using these songs not only in the classroom on a day-to-day, week-to-week basis, but also highlighting how to build this into a bank of songs which can also be used in assemblies/performances which demonstrates a clear indication of what the children have been learning. Attendees should leave this session with more confidence to trial these types of activities and this session should help attendees develop more confidence to do this. The ideas provided should help teachers with very limited to advanced musical skills. This is easily utilized within the classroom using a guitar, piano or just by simply beating a rhythm on a drum. I would like the opportunity to share my experiences in assisting the existing curriculum using music and also to utilize the experiences of attendees to contribute to this too. I have found this to be very successful in helping the children to remember vocabulary and also to help the students to understand the use of the language; making it lively, fun and exciting. This type of learning is designed to assist the day-to-day learning in an international environment and has shown particular benefits to the second language learners I have taught.

Other Information: James is currently in his tenth year of teaching at Shrewsbury International School. He is a primary school teacher by trade and has spent the last six years working as a mainstream classroom teacher in Year One and Year Two. James has also had experience working in the English language departments within the primary school. He is a competent musician and loves to bring his talent into the classroom to assist the curriculum and also onto the stage for assemblies and school productions. James understands the needs of second language learners as well as first language English speakers and is passionate about making learning interesting.

How to Support a Dyslexic Learner with Poor Handwriting

Code: W112 Focus Audience: General Interest Name: Dominic Proctor School: Bangkok Prep International School Details: The difficulty for the dyslexic learner with handwriting workshop. What will

teachers learn? Handwriting difficulties: SIGNS how will they be able to utilize Multi-sensory techniques to teach handwriting in the classroom?: Assessing hand writing and the next steps

Other Information: Dominic is English and has 15 years experience working as a teacher of students with additional needs. For five of those years he has worked in an Inclusive School for SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties). In addition he has worked with specialist dyslexia tutors.He holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Further he holds ATS status and is registered as an Approved Teacher Status for SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties). He also holds a Masters degree in Inclusive Education.

Interactive Read Alouds With Accountable Talk

Code: W113 Focus Audience: Kindergarten - Grade 5 Literacy Name: Colleen Ackford School: Concordian International School Details: In this workshop teachers will learn how to strategically combine two things that

children love to do - read and talk about their thinking! Teachers will learn how to use Read Aloud as a time for children to think deeply about books and share their thoughts, while creating accountability in the way that they interact with their peers. Teachers will walk away from the workshop with Interactive Read Aloud strategies to try in their own classrooms, suggestions for great read alouds, and a variety of think aloud prompts that target different reading strategies.

Other Information: Colleen is passionate about teaching reading and writing in the workshop approach, and read alouds have become one of her favourite times of the teaching day! Currently, her days are shared between working half day as a second grade homeroom teacher and the other half of the day working with colleagues as the Literacy Coach in the Primary Years Program. This is her fourth year teaching at Concordian International School, and she has enjoyed every day of travel, teaching and life in Thailand!

Using Google Apps for Education

Code: W114 Focus Audience: Upper Primary and Secondary, all teachers who use google mail, teachers

interested in setting up a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Name: Gary Booth School: Ascot International School Details: 1 Teachers will all use google docs to collaborate on adocument and feedback using

google forms. They canthen take these skills and use them in their classrooms.2 Using google reader, all teachers will set up a PLN inthe workshop.3 I will demonstrate my 'inbox at zero' process and share.

Other Information: Gary has in taught in the UK, Bermuda and now Thailand; heis the Head of Secondary and a Science teacher. Over the years he has seen and been involved in the use of instructional technology from banda copiers, epidiascopes, Acorn BBCs to today's tablets and web 3.0tools. As a science teacher he uses them as a tool in his kit.

The Literature Essay: Poetry

Code: W115 Focus Audience: Secondary English and interested teachers Name: Sharon Evangelista School: Garden International School, Bangkok Details: Outline of workshop content: An approach to the Literature Essay: poetry/prose

Session Aim: To complete a PowerPoint display on the two poems, by the Rossetti siblings, "A Birthday," by Christina and "The Woodspurge," Dante Gabriel. I will partially prepare this before the session. (Don't worry if you have no background with these poems.) - Whole-of-group involvement in ‘Poetry Readings’, each group doing an agreed

shared reading (perhaps in pairs). - In groups, after agreeing to some selected phrases from the poems, participants

will write small paragraphs around those phrases that will later be used to fill the gaps in the PowerPoint display.The writing process will be aided by the tried-and-true acronym of PEEL(Point-Evidence-Explain-Link), to which I add a small 'e'(as in the mathematics 'to the power of'), which denotes the ‘writer's effect' to extend the ‘explain’, giving that often needed attention to the literary device. Prose – Reader’s theatre approach to a shared reading. Sharing of various templates, acronym and charts used for teaching literary writing. Feel welcome to bring yours to share.I would like to get other English teachers' feedback on my ideas and get some of their ideas in return.

Other Information: Sharon has been teaching English at the Secondary level since January 2003, in Australia and Thailand. This is her fourth year teaching the IGCSE. As the sole Secondary English teacher at her small but growing School, she teaches English from Years 7 to 11. She taught academic writing to adult university entrants before graduating as a Secondary Teacher in 2002, focusing on the Social Sciences and Adult Learning. With the then shortage of English teachers in the country of Australia, her first position also required her to teach English. Equipped with a love of literature, she relished the opportunity and undertook ongoing professional development in the Senior English Syllabus while teaching English to Years 11 and 12 in rural Australia. In addition to classroom teaching,she has been an English faculty leader and regularly conduct a variety of after school activities. These include: English learning, debate clubs, readers' theatre and drama clubs. In Bangkok, her central focus has been facilitating learning for my IGCSE students and she feels she is making positive progress with the literature essay. She has adapted and designed various acronyms, templates and methods for adolescent learning of this complex and relatively academic process.

The A, B, C’s of Behavior

Code: W116 Focus Audience: Special Needs/Elementary Teachers Name: Dr. Melanie Shafaat & Ms. Karli Koning

School: Ruamrudee International School Details: Teachers will learn the basic components of positive behavioral interventions to

increase student productivity, engagement and achievement. During this interactive workshop participants will collaborate to analyze every day classroom challenges, by using easy to implement PBS (Positive Behavioral Support) strategies that will help the students achieve more appropriate classroom behaviors. This approach focuses on using positive reinforcement systems to replace undesired behaviors with ones that are more socially acceptable.

Other Information: Melanie and Karli are regular teachers and special need teachers working together to service special needs to RIS students.

The New Bloom’s Taxonomy (Technology Assessment That’s Standards Based)

Code: W117 Focus Audience: Grade 6-12 Name: Deneen Kozielski School: Ruamrudee International School Details:

Introducing the reading journal- guaranteed to raise reading levels!

Code: W118 Focus Audience: Upper primary and secondary language teachers. Name: Michelle Taylor School: St Andrews, Green Valley Campus, Rayong Details: The Reading Journal- guaranteed to raise reading levels! This workshop will focus

on how to get students reading a range of non- fiction texts independently at home and sharing what they have read with other students. It is a simple but very effective tool to motivate students to read for purpose, develop their vocabulary and practice their summary and speaking and listening skills. This strategy also provides opportunities for peer and self assessment and can be used to develop cross curricular links. And guess what... the students really enjoy it!

Other Information: Michelle has been teaching internationally for fourteen years and is currently Head of English at St. Andrews in Rayong. She is also the Lead Evaluator for the school's inspection and Assessment coordinator at the school. She has therefore had a great deal of experience raising standards within the English department and the school as a whole focusing particularly on improving reading skills. She has provided inset on the following: how to prepare your department for a school inspection, implementing a whole school assessment and literacy policy, using ITC in the language classroom and raising the profile of reading in the secondary school.

Thai Language through Literature

Code: W119 Focus Audience: Thai language and culture teachers Name: Yuree Sayun School: Ruamrudee International School Details: To explore the use of literature as support for Thai language teaching and learning.

The workshop is divided into various parts: a theoretical view exploring issues and concerns related to use of literature in Thai language classes; approaches to using literature in Thai classes; text selection; sample unit maps; teaching strategies & sample activities; performance assessment; challenges to be faced when using literature in the classroom.

Other Information:

Running in-school Enterprise Events.

Code: W120 Focus Audience: Business Studies Teachers/Leaders Name: Faye Tolson School: St Andrews International School, Sukhumwit 71. Details: A discussion of current practice across Bangkok Schools and opportunities to

collaborate on enterprise events. Other Information: Faye ran enterprise events including Trade Fairs, Young Enterprise and The

Apprentice for 5 years in London School.

STEM Projects for the Lower Primary Grades

Code: W121 Focus Audience: Grades 1 through 3 ELL emphasis

Science, Math, Technology Teachers

Homeroom teachers

Name: Rebecca Petersen School: Anubanchonburi Details: By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clear understanding what is

meant by an integrated curriculum approach for teaching STEM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in the lower primary grades. They will see specific examples of lesson plans and the resulting students' work and photos during the process.

They will receive a list of useful resources (websites and publications) that support project-based learning theories, as well as a plethora of teaching ideas that can be easily implemented in their classrooms.

Other Information: Rebecca has a B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Iowa, USA, currently finishing my research for my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. She has a Thailand Teacher's License as well as TEFL certification. She is an exceptional elementary teacher (with an emphasis on ELL), manager and trainer with now over 6 years teaching experience in Thailand. Her primary emphasis is utilizing an integrated curriculum based on STEM principles for student-centered project learning, in order to help develop the 21st Century Skills needed for my Thai students. She is also the curriculum manager for the English program at Anubanchonburi, as well as the professional development trainer. She has been a speaker at various conferences throughout Thailand.

Displaying children's work

Code: W122 Focus Audience: Teaching Assistants Name: Helen Dixon School: Regents, Pattaya Details: Different ideas for mounting children's work and then displaying it in the classroom.

Putting up displays quickly Other Information: Helen is from the UK and has been an Early Years teacher in Thailand for the last 9

years.

Assessment Strategies for EAL Program Exit

Code: W123 Focus Audience: ELL / ESL / EAL teachers, Language Teachers, General Interest, Admissions Name: Simon Link School: The American School, Bangkok Details: When should EAL students exit their EAL program? How can we accurately and

efficiently assess their English abilities for EAL program placement, tracking, and exit? What are the pros and cons of existing English assessment tests on the market today, and what strategies have proven to be successful in an international school setting? These issues are addressed in the workshop.

Other Information: Simon Link is the Head of the English Language Learners (ELL) Department at the American School of Bangkok Sukhumvit Campus. He and his ELL team at ASB have developed a sheltered immersion model ELL program that spans grades 1 to 11, Simon has a 15 year career in international English language education, with five years of experience in Thailand, and nearly a decade in Japan. Prior to launching his career as a language teacher, Simon graduated Summa Cum Laude in Economics from McMaster University in Canada, and continues to apply his training in economics and statistics in the areas of language assessment testing and testing software design. Simon's other roles include Japanese community liaison and ASB Sukhumvit summer school coordinator.

Effective Questioning

Code: W124 Focus Audience: This workshop is suitable for Primary teachers who teach students of all ages and all

subjects Name: Angela Speirs School: Bangkok Patana International School Details: In this session teachers will reflect on their current questioning techniques and be

involved in group discussions about questioning strategies. Angela will also share practical strategies to develop teacher and student questioning in order to support assessment and enhance student learning.

Other Information: Before joining Patana as Senior Teacher for Assessment in 2010, Angela was the Elementary Principal and Deputy Head of Bandung International School. Bandung International School runs the IBPYP curriculum in the Primary Stage. Angela was involved with the school from the initial implementation of the programme through to re-authorization. Angela is passionate about inquiry based learning and brings this interest to her position at Patana where she is working with the Primary team to develop approaches to assessment within the Connected Curriculum.

Approaching literary texts through linguistic analysis

Code: W125 Focus Audience: Teachers of English Literature and Language at post-sixteen level. Name: Andrew Mayers School: Traill International School Details: Delegates will learn how to introduce students to some of the basic concepts and

analytical tools from linguistics to explore the language of poems, plays and fictional prose.

Other Information: Currently Team Leader for English at Traill International School, Bangkok, Andrew has held a variety of positions, encompassing managerial, developmental and advisory responsibilities in the UK, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Hanoi. He has worked both as Head of English and Head of Media Studies and taught both British curricula and the IB Diploma. He is about to start the second year of a Master's degree in English Studies with the University of Sheffield. The course includes modules on Shakespeare and Women Dramatists, Language in the British Isles and Literary Linguistics.

School in Motion - the Dynamic Classroom

Code: W126 Focus Audience: Early Years, Primary, as well general interest as learning support Name: Jutta Hug resp. and Johanna Vaenskae School: Swiss School, Bangkok Details: All senses are closely linked (the traditional European view on the student as a

whole person) - we will have a very short theoretical part and then concentrate on many short practical activities which can be done in any classroom setting.

Other Information: The following areas are domains in which a dynamic classroom benefits all students and enables them to use different lanes of learning:

- Gross motor skills (sense of balance, physical balance, motor restlessness) - Fine motor skills (graph motor skills, writing acquisition, pencil grasp

development) - Auditory perception (sense of hearing, language memory)-Visual perception

(visual discrimination, eye-hand-coordination, visual closure) - Language (mouth and tongue motor skills, articulation, language

perception) - Tactile-kinaesthetic perception (sense of touch and feel, sense of balance

stability)-Social-emotional domain (self-confidence, emphatically, emotional stability, impulsivity)

The EYFS Curriculum Reforms - Sharing Key Messages from the Reviewed EYFS Curriculum

Code: W127 Focus Audience: Early Years Name: Jo Khanteetao School: Harrow International School Details: It is expected that Teachers attending this workshop do have a working knowledge

of the original EYFS framework. This workshop will focus on recent reforms to the EYFS Curriculum and how to support staff in implementing these reforms effectively.

Other Information:

Beyond Prem; Fieldtrip and Fieldwork possibilities in Bangkok and Thailand

Code: W128 Focus Audience: Middle and Upper School Teachers, with a focus on science based trips Name: Park Eason School: KIS International School Details: Participants at this workshop are encourage to come and share their fieldtrip ideas.

When I began teaching in Bangkok, science based fieldtrip options all seemed to be centered on The Prem Center. In the following years I have developed many types of alternative fieldtrips; some overnight trips, such as water quality fieldwork in Ampawa and shorter day and half day trips in Bangkok, such small rice milling operations. I currently teach Environmental Systems & Societies at KIS, and some trips reflect the transdisciplinary nature of ESS, such as a joint ESS-Business Studies trip, as well as trips to Greenpeace, the Thai Rice Export Board and more.

Other Information: Park Eason, Science Coordinator at KIS International School is now in his 7th year of science (MYP /DP) teaching in Bangkok. He originally began teaching as a 7th grade Math/Science in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In New York City He worked establishing new science programs originally for ”alternative to incarceration students”, then working in the small school movement to open a high school for recent immigrants.

Coding in middle school years

Code: W129 Focus Audience: ICT Name: Steve Ward School: Shrewsbury International School Details: Scratch, Logo, Flowol, Robolab, Python Other Information: This Job Alike is aimed at anyone who has an interest in promoting coding

(programming) in schools. In light of recent calls for more programming to be taught in UK primary schools, this is an opportunity for teachers to exchange ideas and experiences. Material from the newly formed Code Club initiative will be demonstrated.

The AIM: An active and inspiring new way to teach additional languages

Code: W130 Focus Audience: Teachers at all levels teaching learners in second language English, Spanish, French and Mandarin

Name: Sarah Aikman School: KIS International School Details: The AIM is a research-based programme through which students rapidly learn a

second language using story, action, drama and music. It provides a relevant, meaningful and fun framework in order to build oral fluency in learners as well a contextualised understanding of grammar and syntax. Teachers will view sample situations of teachers using the AIM and be able to learn the technique first hand. Many sample resources will be provided for teachers of ESL/EAL, SSL, FSL and Mandarin in order to get a feel for what is available to them through AIM. This will be an active workshop where all teachers' participation is welcomed.

Other Information: Sarah started her teaching career as a French as a Second Language teacher in an inner city school in Ottawa, Canada. The challenge was great with most students struggling, completely uninterested and/or resentful about having to learn French. But when she started using the AIM, she saw their fluency increase immediately and with it their enthusiasm and engagement. Now teaching in Thailand, she has her regular kindergarten class but also offers French classes for after school programming because she loves seeing how students actively engage and get excited about learning French through the AIM.

Creating Learning Worlds for the Primary School.

Code: W131 Focus Audience: Primary Teachers Name: Colin Brown and Jane Monks School: Bangkok Patana International School Details: To explore the idea of building learning worlds with the children by looking at

specific examples of good practice of the use of drama in the classroom to create motivation, creativity, compassion, communication and learning. We aim to:

- Inspire colleagues to try to build their own Learning Worlds.give some practical starting points for planning to use Drama in the classroom.

- Answer questions that might come up. - Have a fun, informative and joyful session.

Other Information: Colin has worked at Bangkok Patana School for 15 years. Prior to training as a teacher he worked professionally in Young Peoples Theatre companies performing and directing theatre for young people. Colin has taught in Primary schools in England, Indonesia and Thailand. He is interested in storytelling and using iPads to enhance learning. Jane has taught for a very long time in UK and Thailand and is currently in a Senior teacher role with responsibility for liaising between HoY and Senior Management. She is interested in motivating children to learn through story, role play and exploration.

Effective Lesson observation and feedback: Transferring a UK perspective to international education.

Code: W132 Focus Audience: Classroom teachers, line managers and senior colleagues involved in the lesson

observation process and feedback Name: David Foster School: Harrow International School Details: An informed discussion about effective principles of lesson observation and

feedback. An opportunity to scrutise HMI examples of lesson observation feedback forms. To reflect whether some principles of UK practice are relevant to an international school such as your own.

Other Information: David has recently joined Harrow International School as Director of Studies having worked previously in a Lead Training School in the North of England as an Assistant Head teacher with a responsibility for Teaching and Learning. During this time in the UK lesson observations played an important role in helping teachers understand the principals of good practice linking to Ofsted criteria, both as a observer and as a classroom practitioner. He looks forward to sharing and discussing some of his experiences at the BTN conference.