Wednesday Learning - Extended Learning Planning, Nov 28, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for time, collaboration and sharing of ideas to make our Extended Learning interesting and engaging.

Please remember to:

• Add your Topic and link your planning docs to the Extended Learning Planning
• Extended Learning - MSHS Music & Art - There are more spaces available!

Weekly Updates, Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Dear colleagues,

We trust you had a wonderful three-day-recovery weekend. One great benefit of this three-day-weekend is that we
have a four day week ahead of us. However, we may sometimes feel that we have to accomplish all five days worth
of work in four days. So make sure you pace your workload sensibly.

As you probably were aware that the report cards were opened last week and we can start already plugging in the
evaluation of standards since August. The general comments, and strengths and next steps are surely under your
careful planning as the time commitment is significant and requires from us all smart pacing, artful succinct writing,
and resilience.

Thank you again for making the CIS/WASC/IB syncronized visit successful and smooth. We would like to
acknowledge the hard work from domain groups, curriculum team (Renee, Riana, Trevor, Graig, and Sarah), the
efficient coordination and planning of the whole visit schedule by Renee, thoughtful participation in meetings by
the community members, and of course the professional teaching that resulted uninterrupted learning in classrooms.
What was clearly recognized by all the members of the visiting teams, and deserves to be repeated several times is
that we have excellent teachers, who are committed to the excellent practice and effective instructional language,
as well as demonstrate care for all learners despite their needs. As we are waiting for the official commendations
and recommendations in writing, the leadership team will reflect on the oral feedback we received from the visiting
teams to start thinking ahead of plans and the iteration of the next strategic plan.

This Wednesday, we will plan the final two Extended Learning sessions before winter break and enjoy the opportunities provided by the Wellness Wednesday.

Let’s enjoy the four day week!

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki

Supervision Roster:                                                                                   Draft Supervision Schedule Sept-Dec

Time Sep 9 - 13	10:15 - 10:30	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:10-14:20
Duty  (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line Tables	Shed  (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields  (Atrium)	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Playground Note:  Shed kept  closed (In classrooms)
Who	Kris Angela Suki	Colleen	Neetu Amy Jeff	Karen Kieran Caterina	Kris Angela Suki

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 19-20

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon 25 Nov	Holiday!
Tues 26  Day 4
Wed 27 Day 5		Wednesday Learning: 14:40-15:45 Extended Learning Planning 15:45-16:30 Wellness:  Community Building
Thu 28 Day 6
Fri 29 Day 7	8:30-9:20 Specialist Meeting

Professional Learning: 

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the CA PD

 application form found on KissFlow. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 days before the 

registration deadline. For further information on 'How to apply for PD - click here'.

• Learning through Wellness January 18 & 19 at Yokohama IS
• Fusing Reading and Writing Workshop in IB Schools, January 18 & 19 at Tokyo IS
• IB PD 19-20: Here is the IB PD booklet. Here is their search to find the workshops.

N.B. All PD information posted on Blogger is by default 'Personal PD' unless otherwise noted.

Future Dates: Faculty Winter Party 15 December Start of Winter break - Early Dismissal 20 December

Wednesday Learning Schedule: 4 December  14:40-16:30 Report Writing 11 December  14:40-15:45 Student Support PD 15:45-16:30 Adaptive Schools Going  Further PD Refl. & Goal Setting 18 December  14:40-15:45 EL Celebration and Sharing 15:45-16:30 Town Hall Meeting

Weekly Update, Monday, 18 November 2019

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the week of accreditation visit. The CIS, WASC, and IB teams arrived this past weekend and they
met with some students, parents, board members and the leadership team already on Sunday. This visit provides
us a great opportunity to celebrate and be very proud of the teaching and learning in our school. Additionally,
having outside eyes looking at our programs, structures and practices will give us excellent insights into our
planning of the future journey. This week will be busy with meetings and covering each other. So we would
like to express our thank you to everyone stepping in and for being flexible. Let’s make sure that we are all ready
to start the first meeting at 8.00am sharp on Monday morning.

On Tuesday the whole Elementary School will get together for assembly full of an exciting program to share.

On Wednesday, we will first get together as Tankyuu teams to plan peer observations and then spend the second
half for collaborative planning of Unit 3.

Finally, on Friday all faculty is asked to join the final address from the CIS/WASC visiting team followed by
TGIF. The meeting with CIS/WASC is compulsory to everyone, TGIF is voluntary.

Thank you for all the hard work to keep the learning going as normal as possible during the week.

Have an excellent week!

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki

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Supervision Roster:                                                                                   Draft Supervision Schedule Sept-Dec

Time Sep 9 - 13	10:15 - 10:30	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:10-14:20
Duty  (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line Tables	Shed  (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Playground Note:  Shed kept  closed (In  classrooms)
Who	Steve Jen W Enoch	Kris	Neetu Ava Saiko	Emi Satsuki Ellen	Steve Jen W Enoch

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 19-20

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon 18 Nov Day 8	8:00 All School meets CIS/WASC/IB Visiting team - Main Theater	2nd Season of After School Clubs starts
Tues 19  Day 1	10:45 ES Assembly
Wed 20 Day 9		14:40-15:45 Tankyuu: Peer Observations Planning 15:15 IB conclusion meeting  (Coord & Leadership) 15:45-16:30 UOI #3 Planning
Thu 21 Day 2
Fri 22 Day 3	10:45 - 12:15 ES Student Support Team Meeting	15:45 CIS/WASC teams address the whole faculty 16:15 Accreditation TGIF

Professional Learning: 

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the CA
PD application form found on KissFlow. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 days before the
registration deadline. For further information on 'How to apply for PD - click here'.

• Learning through Wellness January 18 & 19 at Yokohama IS
• Fusing Reading and Writing Workshop in IB Schools, January 18 & 19 at Tokyo IS
• IB PD 19-20: Here is the IB PD booklet. Here is their search to find the workshops.

N.B. All PD information posted on Blogger is by default 'Personal PD' unless otherwise noted.

Future Dates: Labor Day Thanksgiving Holiday 25 November Monday Faculty Winter Party 15 December Start of Winter break - Early Dismissal 20 December

Wednesday Learning Schedule: 27 November  14:40-15:45 Extended Learning Planning 15:45-16:30 Wellness Wednesday-Community Building 4 December  14:40-16:30 Report Writing 11 December  14:40-15:45 Student Support PD 15:45-16:30 Adaptive Schools Going Further PD Refl. & Goal Setting 18 December  14:40-15:45 EL Celebration and Sharing 15:45-16:30 Town Hall Meeting