A new beginning...

Welcome Back!

Department Meeting: Thursday August 29
Meet in US Room E221
8:30- 9:45
ice breaker

Vista Representative Cheryl Kincaid (questions and set up)
Language Team time- Acceptable Use form discussion
NORMS of ACCEPTABLE USE of RESOURCES in WORLD LANGUAGES
Prep by Class time
Individual time

Simple Ways to Integrate Four Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies

Jennifer Gonzalez talks with a researcher and a teacher to tackle the science—and the logistics—behind teaching strategies like spaced practice and interleaving.

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Ready to start the 2019/20 school year? We'd like to give you a boost with the new resources we filmed during the summer in Mexico and Spain, and that we'll begin to publish in the coming weeks. Our catalog will grow in all its levels, with new videos about Mexican food, technology, environment, music... and we'll also start offering science videos in Spanish. The subscription to Bablingua and FlippedSpanish, for all the teachers and students at your school, stays at $149 for the whole year. Esperamos que tengas un gran curso y que nuestros vídeos y actividades te ayuden a darle un nuevo aire a tus clases. Laura y Álvaro https://bablingua.com https://flippedspanish.com ____________________________________________________________________ The calm app  is TOTALLY FREE for school employees; you sign up, they verify, and you get your account... my classes will be meditating in Spanish this year (it’s also available in French and German, so tell your departments ) ❤️

How will you learn this year? 2019-2020 GOA Professional Learning Opportunities Dear GOA Community, As you kick off a new school year, we encourage you to ask yourselves and your colleagues: How will you learn this year? How will you grow your professional learning network? How will you renew and recharge? How will you connect, share and design with colleagues at your school and beyond? We invite you to spend some of your time dedicated to your own professional learning growth with GOA. Here's what we are offering this coming academic year: Partnerships. We offer customized professional learning partnerships with schools and learning partners around the globe. Projects range from helping schools and school districts shift towards competency-based learning to designing new online programming. Some of our current partners include Academy for International School Heads, Enrollment Management Association, King's Academy, Klingenstein Center,Lakeside School, and Mastery Transcript Consortium. Reach out to us athello@GlobalOnlineAcademy.org to learn more about customized professional learning. Events. We'll be on the road, working with schools and presenting at conferences in the coming months. Find our team at the Mastery Transcript Consortium Site Director Symposium, iNACOL Symposium, EARCOS Leadership Conference, and the NAIS People of Color Conference. Are you going to any of these events? Connect with us to meet up if you will be in attendance. Courses. Join in one or all five of our Rethinking School courses. Read below for all the details. Programs. We're busy designing new programming for educators. Stay tuned as we announce new cohort-based educator programming in the near future. We hope to see in-person or online soon. Have a wonderful year of student and professional growth and learning. -The GOA Professional Learning Team Educator Courses We're offering five online courses for educators this year, beginning withRethinking School, which launches September 16. Participants will evaluate elements of modern schools, and consider their applicability to both their classroom and school’s mission and vision; absorb cutting edge resources on new school models; analyze and discuss how they might strategically shift elements of school and reflect on the role they may play in such shifts; and forge deeper connection with colleagues who are rethinking school. We are thrilled to announce our Rethinking School panelists: Brendan Buckland, The School for Ethics and Global Leadershipand African Leadership Academy  Jaymes Dec, Marymount School of New York Nicole Furlonge, Klingenstein Center Andrew Housiaux, Phillips Academy Eder Williams-McKnight, Holland Hall The five courses can be taken in any order and are ideal for school-based teams. They are free for educators at GOA member schools. All courses are updated with cutting edge resources and new expert panelists. Read more about the 2019-2020 educator courses here and register today. Join the conversation on Twitter using #RethinkingSchool.