Welcome to my courses for the Bangkok summer session.  

Note #2:  It would be very helpful if students in both courses would bring a small sample of the written curriculum from the international school where they are now working.  Just bring whatever piece you might have:  a curriculum map, standards, a sample course syllabus, lists of essential questions, mission statements, philosophy statements, belief statements, outcomes, etc.  One of the goals in the class is to see what various schools are up to.  Don't bring everything you have, just a few examples, no matter how meager!

Curr 514:  Curriculum Theory and Practice in International and Overseas Schools   

June 20-27, 2008    

Course syllabus download

EDAD 525:   Introduction to Educational Administration

June 30-July 8, 2008

Course syllabus download

Other links for the Curriculum Course

Note: it is not essential to read these ahead of time, but reading the first four would be helpful.

• Saber-Tooth Curriculum
• Essentialism
• Perennialism
• Progressivism
• Social Reconstructionism
• Hot Topics in Intl. School Curriculum

• The Myth of Curriculum Ownership (article by Betts)

• Choosing Content Worth Knowing (article by Nelson)

• Declarative and Procedural Knowledge (Power Point)

• Essential  Questions (Power Point)

• Performance Assessment and Rubrics 
• Depth vs. Depth   
• Themes and Essential Questions  (a web site with lots of examples of good essential questions)
• From Trivial Pursuit to Essential Questions  (a short article by Jamie McKenzie)
   

Other links for the Admin course

• ISLLC Standards  (this will be a key document for the course)

• Tech plan sample  for your consideration.  How would you update these three documents for your school?

• Connecticut Leadership Inventory  

• Five Conflict Management Styles  

• Assertions about change  

• Characteristics of good feedback  

• Johari Window  

• The Change Leader  (article by Michael Fullan)

• Practices of Effective International School Principals: The Written Curriculum  (article by Betts)

• International School Boards:  a workshop outline  

• Leadership and Management

• Characteristics of Successful Staff Development & Systemic Change

• Technology Self Assessment for Administrators

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Links for BOTH courses

• Making Meetings Matter  (my web site on decision making, meetings, school climate, etc.  This will be the basis for at least a half day of consideration in both classes.  I will have a paper handout to give you.)

• Making Meetings Matter Power Point

• Guidelines for facilitation of discussion  

• A look at the future (takes 4 minutes to view the slide show)

• McRel Standards (take a look at the standards in your subject area)

• AERO Standards (developed for international schools)

• The ISS Directory of International Schools with links to their web sites, in case you haven't seen this list.

• Directory of State Standards  

• Technology in International schools: a handout for class

Interesting examples of curriculum on line, mostly from international schools (for both courses)

• Rubicon Atlas Example #1:  Colegio Internacional Puerto La Cruz Curriculum

• Rubicon Atlas Example #2:  Cincinnati Country Day School

• Curriculum on the Web Example 3:  Milan (surf to the Middle School, then "Curriculum", then "Middle School Curriculum  Overview and Standards"

• Curriculum on the Web Example 4:  AIS   Vienna

• Curriculum on the Web Example 5:  Singapore Am. School (surf to "Curriculum" then "Curriculum On Line" then "View Curriculum"  (Note:  pop-ups must be unblocked on your computer in order to see the actual documents)

• Curriculum on the Web Example 6  Dakar, Senegal

To contact me:  ellis@melton.com

For my brief bio:  http://ellis.melton.com/Ellis.htm