WORDS OF WISDOM
Dr. Fran Prolman brings her vast experience as an internationally recognized teacher, administrator, author, and consultant to the 2019 ISS Mary Anne Haas Women's Symposium as a delegate and keynote speaker. In this interview, enjoy hearing Fran's story in international education, learning about her work in schools, and listening to the advice she offers to aspiring women leaders!
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Transforming schools techniques, Building a collegial faculty, Collaborative decision making, Communication skills, Conflict as a (ADD) positive energy source, Building your instructional leadership, Dealing with difficult people, Effective and efficient meeting protocols, Trust building, Women in leadership, Habits of mind for leaders, How to have difficult conversations, Negotiating strategies, Professional learning community protocols, Resistance reframing tools, School culture assessment & development, Strategic planning, Team building, Transformational leadership training
CURRICULUM DESIGN
Arts integrated curriculum design, Authentic assessments, Addressing learning styles,
Common core crosswalk, Enduring understandings, Essential questions, Framing the learning, International Baccalaureate unit planning, Interdisciplinary strategies, Mastery objectives planning, "No secrets" classroom, Understanding by Design curriculum planning, Personalized learning, Rigor, Tenets of curriculum design
ADULT PATHWAYS LEARNING
Building adult capacity, Capturing classroom practice, Claims, evidence and impact of teaching, Coaching skills, Confronting mediocre teaching, Looking for learning processes, Rater-reliability, Reflective practice, Speaking to the “third point”
HIGH IMPACT INSTRUCTION
Active learning processes, Beginning teacher training and program design, Critical and creative thinking strategies, Design thinking; Differentiating instruction, English language learning strategies, Evidence of student learning, Feedback, Formative Assessment, Grading and reporting strategies, Learning styles, Mentor teacher training, Models of Teaching, Personalized learning, Questioning strategies, Student agency and self-direction, Student engagement techniques, Teaching for deep conceptual understanding, Visible thinking strategies.