Date Set for Tuesday Nov 17 at Yokohama International School

 

Here is a calendar indicating the various dates that needed to be juggled before arriving at this decision. Please let me know if this doesn't work for your school and I'll do what I can to explore other possibilities.

 

Location: Yokohama International School - Pauli Building Room P201 (Loft)

 

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Agenda

 

8:30 - 9:00: Coffee and assorted pastries.

 

9:00: Welcome and Introductions

 

9:10: Keynote Presentation (45 min-60 min) -

 

Keynote Presenter Information:

 

Deborah Wiese received her masters in Counseling and Counselor 

Education from Indiana University and her Ph.D. in Counseling 

Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently 

a professor at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, where she teaches 

clinical and cultural psychology courses, provides counseling, and 

conducts research on international relocation. Deborah additionally 

leads workshops on cultural adjustment and sensitivity. She lived in 

Japan for over 20 years. Click for Deborah's Full CV (pdf)

 

 

Presentation Title: International All-Stars: Fostering Resilience in Relocation

 

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10:15-10:30am - Coffee Break

 

10:30 - 12:00am - Morning Break out session based on the Bar Camp Model (Sign up to present here) 

 

Here's what we have as of 12:00 on Monday

 

 

12:00 - 1:00pm - Catered Indian Lunch

 

1:00-1:40pm - James MacDonald, Yokohama International School and author of numerous articles how schools balance their priorities and the role that activities like school counseling play in defining our international schools. Short presentation followed by discussion.

 

Links to some recent articles

Balancing priorities and measuring success (2009)

Daring to be Different (2007)

 

2:00 - 2:30 - Closing (Planning for the next session/ future events) 

 

2:30- 3:15 - Campus tour for anyone interested.

 

Bar Camp Model

Bar Camp is a conference learning model that promotes diversity and interaction. The idea isn't to have just a few presenters but to invite everyone to present for a short time on what they are doing/passionate about/developing in short 10 min glimpses followed by discussion about that topic for 10min then move on to the next short presentation.

 

The presentations can be informal or more planned depending on your style and interest. One advantage of this format over simply raising discussion topics for the group is that it allows for the presenter to share related research, current events, news, or other information in a way that doesn't occur in purely group discussion. For instance on my transition into school topic, I will provide an overview of Pollock's (1999) 5 Stage Transition Model in my 10min to give us a common starting place and framework for interesting dialogue around what we are all doing to help ease student transitions into our school communities.

 

Allowing time for breaks, transitions, and using two rooms I think we should be able to hear from up to 12 presenters. (Sign up and view the schedule here) By having two rooms, people could go to the topic that was of most interest for them. 

 

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