Staff

Organizational Chart (2010/2011)

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Current Major Professional Development Events

Ongoing / In-House PD Initiatives

Conflict Resolution and Introduction to Peer Mediation - Starting Spring 2010 - Led by the Care Team.

Postgraduate Studies in Conflict Intervention in Educational Institutions - University of Barcelona, Institute for Life Long Learning (Postgrado en Intervención en Situaciones de Conflicto en la Institución Educativa). Beginning Fall 2009, attended by Care Team member.

Preschool Pedagogy with elements of Preschool Management, University of Pedagogy, Krakow, Poland, February 2010 - June 2011, Attended by Early Years team members.

Service Learning - Starting Fall 2008 - Committee formed to address improvement of the Service Learning program school wide - ongoing staff, student and administrative training based on the philosophies of Cathy Burger Kay with support from CEESA

Curriculum Mapping - Starting Fall 2007 - utilizing Rubicon Atlas Mapping software to enhance curriculum development - ongoing staff training and Curriculum Committee support

Differentiated Instruction - Starting Fall 2007 - support from S/E-NCO Care Team and initiation from staff for ongoing integration throughout the School and into Rubicon Atlas

Gifted and Talented instructional enhancement and support - Starting Spring 2008 - S/E-NCO Care Team initiated - policy and procedure outlined in S/E-NCO Policy Manual - ongoing consultations and professional development

Peer Coaching - Starting Fall 2006 - Action Research Project blended with annual evaluation process to improve collaboration and support among professional peers - program ongoing with support from Administration - presentation given at CEESA Istanbul 2008

Winter/Spring 2010

At the Borderline of Chemistry and Biology - Unexpected conformational distribution and typical photochemistry of α-terpinene - Jamrozowa, Poland. Attended by science teacher.

CEESA Annual Conference - March 2010 - Hosted by International School of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia. Attended by 4 ISK staff members representing EY, ES, MS, Activities Coordinator/Athletics Director, Head of School. http://www.ceesa.org/conference_2010.html

Service Learning Institute - March 2010 - ISK, Krakow, Poland. Cathy Berger Kaye shares Service Learning strategies with the staff and students. School wide attendance. http://www.abcdbooks.org

Shakespearean Specialist - March 2010 - ISK, Krakow, Poland. Daniel Foley visits ISK for the 2nd time from Performance Exchange, London. School wide attendance. http://www.performance-exchange.com

Kid Motivator - March 2010 - ISK, Krakow, Poland. Jerry Jacoby, Kid Motivator, visits ISK for the 3rd time! http://www.jerryjacoby.com

Fall 2009

International Scholar Conference:Städte der vielen Kulturen – Kreuzwege der Ideen und der Leute, Krakow, Poland, September 11-14, 2009.

XXXIV International Conference "CHEMISTRY FOR AGRICULTURE" -under the auspices of INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY (IUPAC).(Karpacz 29.11 - 2.12.2009r) "Matrix isolation study of alpha-terpinene" as well as "Raman spectroscopy in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spore analysis" Presented by ISK Teacher. Read more

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Training - September 2009 - American School of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Integration of MAP for school-wide standardized assessment. Sponsored by Central and Eastern European Schools Association. Attended by three members of ISK MAP implementation team.

Polish Labor Code Institute - Przemyśl, Poland, September 2009. Attended by Business Officer.

CEESA Business Officers Meeting - Budapest, Hungary, November 2009. Attended by Business Officer.

CEESA Activities Coordinator/Athletics Director's Conference - Cyprus, September 2009. Attended by AC/AD.

CEESA Board of Directors Fall Meeting - Krakow, Poland, November 2009. Hosted by ISK. Attended by Director.

AP College Board Institute - Riga, Latvia, November 2009. Vertical Math Teams, AP Bio. Attended by three teachers representing middle and high school. Hosted by ISL and supported by CEESA.

Summer 2009

Adlerian Training Institute - Leiden, The Netherlands, July 2009 - Resilience based interventions with learning and behaviour problems: Transcending traditional practice. Attended by Middle and High School SENCO.

AERO American Education Reaches Out: Standards-Based Curriculum- June 2009 - Six institutes for Academic Leaders Hosted by the US Department of State Office of Overseas Schools, McLean, Virginia, USA. Attended by Deputy Director. Read more

OSLIP Overseas Schools Leadership Institute at Potomac- June/July 2009 - Concepts, practices and processes of executive leadership Hosted by the US Department of State Office of Overseas Schools, McLean, Virginia, USA. Attended by Director. Read more

Standardized Testing - Northwest Evaluation Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, July 2009: seminars on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments; attended by Head of Elementary.

Curriculum Mapping Consultant - Ellis Melton, Krakow, Poland, August 2009 - Sessions to support group and individual curriculum mapping development. Attended by all ISK Faculty.

Special & Exceptional Needs - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Post Baccalaureate Ed for Special Education Certificate. June '07 - June '09. Attended by Middle School and High School S/E-NCO

Spring 2009

Diaries, journals, and written reports from the 18th to 20th century as sources for the historical research - Maniowy, Poland, May 12-14, 2009. This annual conference is organized by the 19th century History Department of University of Pedagogy in Krakow.

CEESA Annual Conference - March 2009 - Hosted by AISB, Bucharest, Romania. Attended by 6 ISK staff members representing Elementary School (four of whom are presenters at the conference), Activities Coordinator/Athletics Director, Head of School. Read more

At the Borderline of Chemistry and Biology - Binding modes of N, S, O - heterocyclic compounds with silver species - Szklarska Poreba, Poland - attended by science teacher

Language Workshops - How to improve students' speaking skills" and " Successful foreign language lessons without the use of mother tongue" with Beata Zielinska - Rocha, Constellation Training Centre, May 2009, Krakow. Attended by the German teacher.

Winter 2009

Community and Service Learning Conference - March 2009 - Promoting Service Learning for International Students with Cathryn Berger-Kaye and Salvador Mended de Almeida. Hosted by St. Dominic's International School, Lisbon, Portugal . Attended by four high school students and one teacher leader. Read more

Librarian Job-a-Like - January 2009 - hosted by the American School of Warsaw/CEESA in Warsaw, Poland. Attended by the Librarian.

European League on Middle Level Education (ELMLE) / Differentiated Instruction - January 2009 - hosted by the American School of Paris in Paris, France. Attended by the Head of Middle School.

Curriculum Mapping - January 2009 - Hosted by Marymount International School, Paris, France. Utilizing Rubicon Atlas Mapping software to enhance curriculum development - ongoing staff training and Curriculum Committee support. Attended by Head of School and Deputy Director.

Dentistry Days - January 2009 - Hosted by Vita Medical at ISK, Krakow, Poland. Attended by Early Years - Middle School staff and students. Read more

Chinese New Year Workshop Day- January 2009 - Hosted by Ms Wei-Yun Lin of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Attended by Upper Elementary, Middle and High School staff and students.

Fall 2008

Advanced Placement Professional Development Conference - International School of Krakow, Krakow, Poland. November 2008. Event sponsored by the College Board and CEESA. Experts in the fields of Calculus, English and Art conducted the two-day workshop for over 25 teachers from the CEESA (Central and Eeastern European Schools Association) region. Five teachers from ISK in attendance.

Differentiation, Classroom Management and Effective Lesson Plans Workshops with Luiza Wojtowicz-Waga and Beata Zielinska-Rocha for PASE - Krakow, Poland - November 2008. Attended by the ESL and the German teacher.

Dyslexia Specialist Teresa Grainger - ISK, Krakow, Poland, October 2008. On-site adviser on how to teach dyslexic students in a general classroom. Individual consultations with Care Team and Teachers.

Shakespearean Actor for Language Arts Classes/Teachers - October - Traveling to ISK from London via Budapest and Vienna was professional Shakespearean actor Daniel Foley! Daniel Foley has worked with a London acting company called Professional Exchange for the past 20 years, bringing classical and modern theatre to schools, parks, and theatres around the world. Attended by Middle and High School Language Arts teachers and students.

The Purpose and Process of Service Learning with Cathryn Berger Kaye for CEESA - International School of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. October 2008. Attended by Head of High School and Student Council Adviser. Read more

Julia von Weiler Clinical Child Psychologist Director of Innocence in Danger e.V. Germany - ISK Krakow, Poland Attended by ISK Faculty and Board. Read more

ISK Physics Teacher to present at the 36th Solid Mechanics Conference (SolMech), Gdansk, Poland September 9-12, 2008, organized by Institute of Fundamental Technological Research and Committee of Mechanics Polish Academy of Sciences. "Numerical modelling of the opening process of the three-coating aortic valve" in section Biomechanics lead by P. Kowalczyk and D.Tejszerska. Conference website | Conference info on agh.edu.pl

ISK Physics Teacher to present at the12th International Conference of Nanotechnology on Metal Forming, Krakow, PolandSeptember 21-24. "The sensitivity analysis of nanoindentation test for specimen composed of TiAlN and TiN using mathematical model" in section Nanotechnology leaded by EMMANUELLE VIDAL-SALLE

Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) Activities Coordinators' and Athletics Directors' Meeting - Anglo-American School in Moscow, Russia. Organized by the CEESA AC/AD Executive Committee. September 26-27, 2008. Attended by Activities Coordinator and Athletics Director.

Summer 2008

Structures, rules & pre-seasonal preparations in Basketball - Training sessions in Pulawy - organized by KOZKosz. August 19-23, 2008. Attended by Physical Education teacher.

International Teacher Certificate (ITC) - program organized by European Council of International Schools (ECIS). August 2008 - August 2009. Attended by Elementary and Middle School ESL teacher. See more

Special & Exceptional Needs - George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Special Education Certificate Program. August '07 - July '08. Attended by Early Years and Elementary S/E-NCO

Spring 2008

International Scholar Conference "Lvov. The city – society – culture: Institutions, offices, officials" - Krakow, Poland, May 27-28, 2008. These conferences have been organized since 1992, in Krakow and Lvov every 2 years. The conferences are organized by the 19th century History Department of University of Pedagogy in Krakow and Lvov University in Ukraine.

CEESA Annual Conference in Istanbul, Turkey - training hosted by CEESA and Istanbul International Community School. Attended by 8 ISK staff members representing diverse specialties, seven of whom were presenters at the conference.

Winter 2008

European League on Middle Level Education (ELMLE) / Differentiated Instruction with Carol Ann Tomlinson Conference hosted by the American International School in Vienna, Austria. Attended by a member of ISK's Special/Exceptional Educational Needs Coordination Care Team and the Head of Middle School.

Developmental Movement Workshop by Weronika Sherborne held in Krakow, Poland. Attended by two members of ISK's Early Years Team.

Fall 2007

CEESA Small Schools Conference Conflict Resolution with Kirsten Atkinson from MoreLand, INC. November 2007. Attended by CEESA School leaders from the entire CEESA region plus ISK S/E-NCO Care Team, 3 Heads of Schools and Director. Krakow, Poland

ECIS Annual Conference Madrid - High School, University, Guidance Counseling, Curriculum Development and more. Attended by AP Coordinator November 2007. Madrid, Spain

ISK Physical Sciences Teacher to present at the 9th Annual International Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy in Wroclaw, Poland

CEESA Director's Conference American International School of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. Attended by ISK Administration

CEESA Small Schools Conference Hosted by The International School of Krakow, Krakow, Poland. Attended by ISK Board and Administration

CEESA Music Job-a-Like The American International School of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. Attended by ISK Music Teacher

Middle School Development Training with Wendy Leigh McArthur, National Distinguished Principal. To be heald at International School of Krakow, Krakow, Poland. Wendy Leigh McArthur, principal of the International School of Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia, was selected as the United States Office of Overseas Schools Department of State sponsored Schools' 2006 National Distinguished Principal. To be attended by Middle and High School Staff

Institute on Exceptional Children hosted by the American School of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland sponsored by CEESA/OOS to be attended by ISK's Special/Exceptional Educational Needs Coordination Care Team

CEESA Small Schools Conference hosted by ISK in Krakow, Poland attendance will include administrative staff from OOS/AOS schools throughout the Central and Eastern European region

Summer 2007

NASA Math & Sciences training hosted by NASA and the Office of Overseas Schools OOS in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA attended by member of Science Department -Selected as one of 25 in the world

JOSTI Jefferson Overseas Schools Technology Institute hosted by the Office of Overseas Schools George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA attended by IT Teacher

Spring 2007

Mark Levitt's Third Culture Kids 3-day training hosted by ISK in Krakow, Poland sponsored by CEESA attended by entire ISK Community. More

CIS British Higher Education Tour hosted by CIS in Warsaw, Poland attended by 10th and 11th graders, Head of High School and High School teachers

Presentation of Academic Research in Chemistry by ISK Staff member in Nahod, Slovakia. Specialized findings will be presented. The conference is to be attended by international academics. More

Business Officer Job-A-like hosted by ASW Warsaw, Poland. Attended by ISK Business Officer

CIS British Higher Education Tour hosted by CIS in Warsaw, Poland attended by 10th and 11th graders, Head of High School and High School teachers

Winter 2007

Montessori Training culmination of three semesters lead by the Pedagogical Academy in Krakow, Poland attended by two Early Years staff members

CEESA Annual Conference Prague training hosted by CEESA and the International School of Prague in Prague, Czech Republic attended by 16 ISK staff members representing diverse specialties, one of whom was a presenter at the conference

College Board Programs (AP/ (P)SAT) training lead by the Director of International Programs in Krakow, Poland attended by all High School and Middle School faculty, students and parents/guardians

German Language training hosted by the Goethe Institute in Warsaw, Poland attended by German Instructor

French Language training hosted by French government in Paris, France attended by Head French Instructor

Security Training - hosted by US Embassy in Warsaw, Poland attended by ISK Staff

Fall 2006

CIS University Fair hosted by CIS in Warsaw, Poland attended by 10th and 11th graders, Head of High School, High School faculty, and Director

AP Training conferences hosted by CEESA/ Office of Overseas Schools OOS/ QSI in Bratislava, Slovakia

Administrative & Business conferences hosted by CEESA in Vilnius, Lithuania attended by Director and Head of High School

Job-a-like conferences, observations and support at the American School of Warsaw, Poland attended by 12 ISK staff members representing diverse specialties

Moodle Institute - Moodle infrastructure training - hosted by CEESA in Budapest, Hungary attended by both members of the IT Team.

First Aid Training - hosted by US Consulate in Krakow, Poland attended by ISK Staff

Summer 2006

College Board (AP/(P)SAT) Conferences hosted by the College Board headquarters in NY, NY, USA attended by the director

Director's Training hosted by the Office of Overseas Schools OOS in Washington, DC, USA attended by the Director