IB Parent Ambassador Training - To begin 2022-2023

• Parents will participate in summary versions of the 5 foundational IB workshops. This will be a requirements for all PA members.

  • Learner Profile

  • Inquiry Education

  • What is an IB Education

  • Living and Learning Globally

  • Approaches to Learning

  IB Ambassador Capabilities

  These shape a global mindset which best describes the requirements to effectively perform the role of a parent ambassador:

  ·      open-minded approach to learning and communicating the IB philosophy of teaching and learning


  ·      communicates the school's principles of teaching and learning with many stakeholders in the school community 


  ·      supports and embodies the school's mission and vision


  ·      conducts themselves in a principled manner 


  ·      encourages members of the school community to build partnerships


  ·      promotes and embraces the teaching and learning framework of IB


Local Hire Evaluation Improvement

• Collaborated with HR and relevant principals.

• Updated job descriptions - 6-9 College and Career Counsellor, Student Support Teacher, Tech Integration Teacher, Teacher Librarian and EAL Teacher.

• New Evaluation templates inline with job-descriptions for local hire employees in my division

  • Tech integration

  • Learning Support Teacher

  • EAL Teacher

  • Teacher Librarian

Led and Supervised Implementation of SAT and Cambridge Official Assessment:

• Select and Train Team Members

• Work to adhere to requirements from Cambridge and ETS

• Supervise Test Coordinators

Led the design process for how student voice concerns in collaboration with the leadership team

I led the creation of a process for students to be able to formally make suggestions or voice concerns about their educational program, school policies or procedures.

Coordinated and led the restructuring of online subscription and application purchases with the technology integration specialists and technology support teams

• This initiative allowed for purposeful auditing of each subscription for use and relevancy

• All subscriptions and relevant apps were reconfigured into a management updating, payment and maintenance schedule.

Researched and led a library database consortium initiative

• Worked with 4 heads of schools in the AKD international schools to audit and revise procedure for the purchase and maintenance of appropriate library databases.

• The consortium initiative involved researchers price packages and coordinating purchasing efforts.

• This initiative allowed for the considerable financial savings in each school.

Professional Development - Organized and Maintained A100-A400

• Created PD transcripts for all staff who signed up (53, so far)

• collaboration and communication with operations teams for food, transportation, accomodations

Student Achievement Database - Collaborated with an outside vendor to create a customized student achievement database:

• Created homeroom lists dating back to 2015

• Restructured existing data spreadsheets to create a standardized upload template

• Created several assessment matrix templates and user documents to be tested in 2019-2020

• Basic Literacy profile available per student - Target June 2019

• 2019-2020 - EAL, Mandarin, RR Comprehension, Word Study, Math, Teacher Training

Digitizing Student Records and Faculty OneDrive

Implementing and Maintaining our School-Wide Curriculum and Data Management System:

ManageBac is the leading planning, assessment and reporting platform for the IB continuum. I decided to spearhead full implementation and maintenance of this system because our IT department needed support due to language issues and general understanding of the needs of the school. In doing so, I've learned a tremendous amount of valuable information that assisted our school in moving forward with making protocols and overall decisions about how to use this program effectively and efficiently school-wide. This program can be used to house the full school curriculum, to store resources, to report progress and transcripts, parent communication and track behavior. Since 2014, I've overseen implementation of all of these features in collaboration with key staff members. 

Motivating Students to Speak English in the Classroom

Designed a comprehensive quick resource for teachers to encourage the acquisition, promotion and use of language in the classroom. This poster is displayed around the school and was given to visiting schools during the ACAMIS EAL conference

ISNS Bands: RISE FROM THE ASHES, TRIBE PHONIX, and SayYes

This is my 4th year being involved with the stage band and we have gotten bigger and better. We've invited more performers and created a very strong collaborative group. The students are learning to take responsibility for their instruments, their sound and their performances overall. They performed in front of large for school events  and at local city arts celebrations.The image is from their performance at the HARD ROCK CAFE! 

The Ease of Digital Scheduling:

After years of ineffective and messy scheduling, the power to schedule with ease has finally been unleashed. I began this project in August 2016. First in researching various platforms and then settling on PRIMETIMETABLE.COM. In order to get the most out of this platform, the back-end must be programmed correctly and cohesively across all the programs that you plan to use it for.  There are really no limitations to this program and it is very easy to use. In recognizing the need for a more effective scheduling platform due to the exponential growth our our school, I took it upon myself to research and program a draft version of our school entire schedule.  We have been using the program with success and have stepped further into using its functions for managing our facility, teaching loads and meetings. Our sister schools have also began using this program and I am occasionally providing support. 

ISNS Admissions Flow Chart

I led our counselors, admission staff, Principals and the Head of School through  the creation of the initial draft flow process for improving our admissions communication and procedures. This has impacted many areas to include: communication between admissions and academic staff, created better procedures for data collection and reporting to key staff in order to prepare for new students and help them settle in, and highlighted the pastoral importance of this process overall.