Upcoming Events
As you will see from the list below, there is no shortage of events coming up in our region in the coming academic year. Please visit the AASSA website at http://www.aassa.com under the Conferences tab for specific information on each conference:
2015 AASSA Business Managers’ Institute
July 13-15, 2015 Marriott Residence Inn, Aventura, Miami
Preparing Today’s School for Tomorrow’s Future
A conference for Business Managers and any office staff members interested in effectively using technology
Facilitated by Silvia Tolisano and Felix Jacomino
Attendees will experience many hands-on opportunities to be exposed to and explore technology in action. Learn about innovative ways to become more efficient and organized. Be part of the 21st century branding of your school and become a connected, networked employee with a clear awareness of “behind-the-scenes” logistics.
Please visit our website for information and to register for the conference and reserve a hotel room directly with the Marriott Residence Inn:
The deadline for both conference registration and hotel reservations is June 11th
AASSA Social Media Institute
September 23, 2015 Marriott Residence Inn, Aventura, Miami
Social Media Strategies for International Schools
A conference for Heads of School, Admissions, Marketing, Professional Development Coordinators and anyone involved in learning about or promoting their school through social media
Facilitated by Silvia Tolisano
Attendees will be introduced to the Social Media concept, will look at current platforms and tools and learn to develop a customized social media strategy for their schools. This will be a hands-on event in which participants will experiment with social media and developing their own professional social media presence.
Please visit our website for information and to register for the conference and reserve a hotel room directly with the Marriott Dadeland Hotel: http://www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=751
The deadline for both conference registration and hotel reservations is September 7th
2015 AASSA Governance Conference for School Heads and Board Members
September 24-26, 2015 Marriott Dadeland Hotel, Kendall, Miami
The Challenge of Governance: Strategic Leadership from the Boardroom
Facilitated by Richard Detwiler
Pre-Conference: Thursday, September 24
Boardsmanship: The Fundamentals of Effective School Boards
This pre-conference will provide new or relatively inexperienced board members and heads of schools an overview of effective governance practices in international schools and board veterans a review of “board basics” through the fresh perspective of new board members.
Main Conference, September 25 & 26
Enhancing the Board: Good Governance in Practice
The aim of the main conference is to actively explore critical aspects of effective governance: board culture, strategic leadership and board operations.
Please visit our website for information and to register for the conference and reserve a hotel room directly with the Marriott Dadeland Hotel: http://www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=410
The deadline for both conference registration and hotel reservations is September 4th
AASSA Rio GIN 2015 Conference
Hosted by the American School of Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 22 – 24, 2015
This will be our region’s fifth AASSA Global Initiatives Network Conference for students in Grades 7-12.
Each school may send up to four teams of students, and each team may be comprised of from 2 to 6 students. That means each school could send as few as two students or as many as 24! Two chaperones must accompany each school’s students.
Please visit the AASSA website for information and registration: http://www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=418 or go directly to the conference site:
Note that hotel deadlines are early: September 15th The conference registration deadline is October 7th
AASSA 2015 Recruiting Fair Grand Hyatt, Atlanta December 3 – 6, 2015
Registration for recruiters is now open!
Every AASSA Head of School has received an email announcing the opening of the system before the end of May. Please follow the instructions in the email to register and make hotel reservations.
2016 AASSA Educators’ Conference
Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt Lima, Peru
April 13 – 16, 2016
Looking for Learning
Next year’s AASSA Educators’ Conference, hosted by Colegio Roosevelt, will be novel in many ways: there will be a one-day Pre-Conference followed by a 3-day Main Conference. The first day will feature a keynote and an entire day of Practitioner-Led Workshops. The subsequent two days will feature main presenters and Learning Lab classes of FDR students being taught by teachers who will volunteer and be selected: small groups of observers will debrief the class “looking for the learning.”
The Looking for Learning theme will be supported by the following impressive group of keynoters and workshop leaders:
Kevin Bartlett
Mike Johnston
Laura Lipton
Ewan McIntosh
Howard Pitler
Scott Poland
Martin Skelton
David Willows
John Zola
Conference information will be posted on the AASSA site in August and registration is scheduled to open in early October.
Teacher and Exhibitor Workshop Proposals Currently Being Accepted for Lima
Teacher workshops have become an integral part of the AASSA Educators’ Conference and teachers in the region are encouraged to put themselves forward as presenters. At the Lima conference, teacher workshops will be the feature of the first day, with no competing sessions from hired presenters!
Please see the requirements and submit an online proposal at: http://www.aassa.com/page.cfm?p=437
Presentations must be evaluated by a panel at each presenter’s school and the head of the school must submit the ranking sheet to me. We will then schedule the top-ranking presentations.
If you need any information on this process, please contact either Esther (enicolau@aassa.com) or Paul (ppoore@aassa.com).
The absolute deadline for submission by teachers is October 13, 2015. Heads’ rankings are due by October 27, 2015. Associate Members’ workshop proposals are due October 13th