Physical Education Teacher Alert 

In February the Physical Education teachers will gather as an affinity group to share teaching strategies and ideas. The meeting will be held at Lake Country School on February 22nd from 9:00-12:00 with lunch provided. Contact Jill Olsen at jolsen@lakecountryschool.org for more information or to register.
 

MAIS Conference February 18th, 2011

The TSC (Teacher Support Committe) of MAIS has been working diligently to plan the 2011 conference. The two keynote speakers are in place at this time: Scott E Page, author of The Difference, How the Power of Diversity Creates better Groups, Firms, Schools and Societies, will be speaking in the opening session. This book is about "how we think in groups, and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of the parts.' A professor at the University of Michigan, Scott Page has presented in a number of venues. We are looking forward to what he has to say to us. Pat Bassett has been the President of NAIS since 2001. Prior to that he was the President of ISACS for eight years. He has been a teacher, coach and headmaster and is a tremendous speaker. We know we can always count on Pat to stimulate our thinking about new topics and trends. 

There will be over 60 sessions offered on this day so the committee will be looking for many of you to share your wisdom with others. You will hear more about that in the spring but you can start thinking about it any time!

Online Global Education Program - Challenge 20/20

Sign up by August 17, 2009 to participate in NAIS's Challenge 20/20
Program during 2009-2010.

This exciting hands-on international education learning opportunity
pairs schools in the U.S. with schools in other countries. Together,
they work throughout 2009-2010 to solve one of 20 global problems
described by Jean Francois Rischard in his book High Noon: Twenty Global
Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them . Challenge 20/20 provides an
opportunity for schools -- public and private, elementary and secondary
-- to develop globally based, experiential curricula and to build
educational partnerships with schools around the world. In 2008-09,
more than 500 schools from 34 states and 56 countries participated!
Read past participants' reflections on the experience below. And read
about their projects at www.nais.org/go/challenge2020
allenge2020> .

We invite your school to participate in the program this year! Read
more about the program and sign up today at
www.nais.org/go/challenge2020
allenge2020> . If you have any questions, please contact Ioana Suciu at
suciu@nais.org