Professional Development at KIS
KIS is committed to helping its staff to grow professionally within its teaching and learning community. This includes a commitment to a fair and informative evaluation process that will guide the professional growth plan of every professional staff member.
Every week, one hour is set aside for whole school staff professional development during which they have the opportunity to learn from subject specialists and to share their knowledge with each other.
KIS regularly participates in the IB (International Baccalaureate) and NESA (Near East South Asia) conferences in India, South Asia and Europe. Staff members are encouraged to further their education through ongoing university studies where possible.
KIS High School 2009-2010
- Ms Isabel Fernandes-Montes – IB conference Melbourne – January 2009
- Mr Kaisar Dopaishi – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mrs Cheryl Jerome - SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Ms Anna Kagedal – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Ms Shanthi Vedanayakam - SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mr Anuranjan Shand – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mr Peter Regulagadda – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mr Will Taylor – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mr Pramod Trivedi – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mr Oliver Weiser – SAIBSA Bangalore – January 2009
- Mrs Rathi Gopinath – SEN policy – online – April 2009
- Mr Navam Pakianathan – NESA conference Cairo – April 2009
- Mrs Shobhita Kapila – NESA conference Cairo – April 2009
- Mr Mathew Joseph – CAS online – September 2009
- Mr Peter Regulada – DP Conference – East Malasia – September 2009
- Mr Will Taylor – IB conference Mumbai – November 2009
- Mrs Sandra Shand – IB conference Mumbai – November 2009
- Mrs Shanti Vedanayakam – IB conference Mumbai – November 2009
- Mrs Marsha Joshi – DP online – February 2010 / NESA Bangkok – March 2010
- Mr Peter Strange – IB conference New Delhi – March 2010
- Mr Stephen Smoot – IB conference New Delhi – March 2010
- Mrs Charmaine Jesudoss – IB conference New Delhi – March 2010
- Mrs Anuradha Vedmurthy – University Recognition Forum – March 2010
KIS Middle School 2009-2010
- Ms Vera Vicente – MYP conference Jakarta – January 2009
- Ms Dency Michael – MYP conference Jakarta – January 2009
- Mrs Sushma Sen – Dyslexia workshop – January 2009
- Ms Susannah Howarth – Dyslexia workshop – January 2009
- Mrs Charmaine Jesudoss – IB Teachers’ Convention Singapore – March 2009
- Mrs Gayathri Parthasarthy – RSM Workshop Coimbatore – March 2009
- Ms Melissa Kessler – RSM Workshop Coimbatore – March 2009
- Ms Marcia Adatto – RSM Workshop Coimbatore – March 2009
- Mr Gerard Alphonse – RSM Workshop Coimbatore – March 2009
- Mr Anuranjan Shand – IB conference Mumbai – April 2009
- Mr Marvin Ambrose – MYP conference Guangzhou – April 2009
- Mr Graham Lambert – MYP conference Bangkok – September 2009
- Ms Shivashankari Purshottam – MYP online – September 2009
- Mr Kenny Samuel – MYP online – September 2009
- Mr Rahul Sharma – MYP online – November 2009
KIS Elementary School 2009-2010
- Ms Erna Llorente – PYP workshop Mumbai – February 2010
- Mrs Radhika Sagar – PYP workshop Mumbai – February 2010
Kagan follow up after intensive training and sessions in July 2007 will consist of Structure of the Month club meetings. Once a month teachers will be introduced to a new Kagan interactive teaching structure. Each teacher will implement the new structure and bring back feedback as to how it went during the next monthly meeting. Teachers will take turns teaching. A Kagan Corner has also is being developed in the ES staff lounge and teacher resource library. All Kagan materials and resources will be located in the Kagan corner and available for check out.
In addition to the Kagan Professional Development which took place in July 2007, K-8 Coordinator Graham Lambert will continue teaching a course on effective teaching and coaching know as FLIGHT - Facilitating Leaders in Good Habits of Teaching. This course has been adapted for KIS from the Polk County School District in Florida. In addition to coaching and planning for teaching the course will include:
- The Creative Curriculum - using art, music and drama to enhance the regular educational classroom
- Teaching using the multiple intelligence format
- Kagan and Cooperative Learning - making it happen in the classroom
- Service learning and outdoor education
The ES Coordinator will be attending PYP conferences in literacy and administration. All ES staff members are being trained in mediation, classroom coaching and community building during Tuesday PD sessions. Twice a week all teachers meet together for interdisciplinary planning using a format called: Plan-Do-Review.
KIS Whole School Professional Development Program
Berkeley School in Florida US is a research and development school started by Dr Kagan who has put together a program for imparting teaching skills to professional staff throughout the world. Kagan Publishing and Professional Development is based on a research program conducted by Dr. Spencer Kagan beginning in 1968.
Dr Kagan and his associates discovered that, world wide, children of all ages in many parts of the world became more cooperative when they were placed in certain types of situations. He began a research program to apply those findings to classrooms by creating simple “structures” that allow teachers to guide the interaction of students.
These structures not only lead to greater cooperativeness; they have proven positive results in many areas, including greater academic achievement, improved ethnic relations, enhanced self-esteem, harmonious classroom climate, and the development of social skills and character virtues.
Kagan Structures align instruction with how the brain best learns and engage the range of multiple intelligences and are now used world-wide in kindergarten classrooms and college lecture halls, in all academic subject areas.
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