KAIS Meetings of Like Minds
Division Director Gathering
March 9, 2007
Kentucky Country Day School, Louisville Kentucky
www.kcd.org
Division Directors
From the feedback given to me, here is our schedule for the day. Please report directly to St. Francis, Goshen for our first session. We will then meet back at KCD. Please call if you need directions or have any other questions.
Come prepared to share problems and solutions.
9:30-11:00 at St. Francis Goshen
Madelyn Swift Presentation
“ Challenging Times, Challenging World”
(in conjunction with Counselors and 2nd-5th grade teachers at St. Francis, Goshen.)
11:30-12:00 Debrief on Madelyn Swift presentation at KCD
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch & Roundtable Discussions
Open topics for division directors
1:00-1:45
Professional Development and Evaluation Programs
KCD is in the midst of overhauling ours and it might be interesting to compare notes and experiences with other programs.
2:00-2:45
Homework
Discuss the recent Independent School Magazine article by Alfie Kohn as a starting point for our discussion about homework in independent schools. (“Changing the Homework Default” Winter 2007 Independent School issue)
Other topics to consider for discussion on this day:
Cross Divisional Scheduling Conflicts and Solutions
Mentoring New Teachers – Roundtable Discussion
What formal or informal programs do you have?
How do they work and how vital is the need?
Jerry Loewen