http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro Updates about Teaching and Learning from Shanghai American School Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:46:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I wrote about the upcoming Performance Evaluation Parent Input Survey, through which SAS teachers will seek feedback on their performance. Beginning in January and February, 2009, and through the Spring, SAS teachers will seek feedback from all their constituents, including their students, their teacher colleagues, their administrators and, ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/12/15/parent-feedback-surveys-focus-on-instructional-excellence/ The following letter was sent to the Pudong Elementary Community: December 2, 2008 Dear Pudong Elementary School Parents, I would like to take a moment to share with you the Elementary School Principal search process in which we are currently engaged for the 2009-10 school year at our Pudong Campus. As we ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/12/03/superintedents-update-on-puxi-ms-and-pudong-es-principal-search-process/ Ivan Doig writes in the first line of his book The Whistling Season, “When I visit the back corners of my life again after so long a time, littlest of things jump out first.”The line strikes me now much as it did when I first picked up the book about ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/11/29/technology-tools-for-classrooms-building-a-commununity-of-learners/ The week of October 12-16 was an intense week of conversations and observations for the 16 members of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Visiting Committee that were assigned to visit and review the work of the Focus on Learning Self Study for Shanghai American School. Self Study visiting team ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/10/19/wasc-visiting-team-report-a-great-success-for-sas/ Tuesday, September 30, 2008 celebrations A high school mathematics Core Pre-Calculus course has been added to mathematics options on both campuses; Contemporary Mathematics and AP Statistics have been initiated this year on the Pudong campus. These additions make mathematics education for students even more exciting at SAS. This year we plan to ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/09/30/student-success-at-sas-sept-30/ Setting the Stage for School Improvement The process began in the offices of the Deputy Superintendent in April and May of 2007 as a team of administrators planned out the processes and committees that would guide the SAS community through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges- Focus on Learning self ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/09/22/shanghai-american-school-self-study-visitation-oct-12-16/ Friday, September 19, 2008Celebrations Middle school social studies and humanities teachers celebrate teaching the writing process. A few examples include the Heritage project at Puxi, interviewing, and writing based on three of the interviews and the Pudong conflict research project in 7th grade. In interdisciplinary units, students respond to ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/09/22/student-success-sas-september-19-2008/ Celebrations..... K-12 Visual Arts faculty celebrates SAS art facilities, student and teacher access to materials (including online resources), the use of student visual arts journals, and the support they enjoy from their colleagues. Here Ellen Levenhagen, ceramicist and Puxi HS art teacher works with one of her students. Announcements and reminders PD Opportunities: · ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/09/02/student-success-sas-september-2-2008/ Welcome to the first 2008-2009 edition of Student Success @ SAS. A huge thank you to everyone for a productive day in conversation with one another in cross campus conversations last Monday. celebrations are coming in from across the school; the first in were K-12 ESOL, who sent along this week's ... http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/08/22/student-success-sas-august-22-2008/ Summer School Programs have a new look and we are looking forward to addressing the educational and recreational needs of our students and guests this summer.   See attached documents. Final Summer Program Booklet schedule-summer-program-2008.doc http://teachers.saschina.org/edpro/2008/04/10/summer-school-announcements/