TEACHERS

We support and encourage our teachers to take formal courses to develop their abilities. We have designed training programmes under our Continuous Professional Development to cater to the training needs of our teachers.

Staff/Teacher Professional Development

We continued to engage with high-quality professional development consultants and trainers to meet our mission and vision in striving to become a model of excellence to support and enhance student learning.

The Leadership Team completed a massive two-year project on developing new Teacher Standards, along with an accompanying OSC Teacher Growth and Improvement Framework that connects research-based standards on what makes an effective teacher with our definition of learning and our work in cultures of thinking. This framework includes goal setting, snapshots into classroom visits, and coaching and evaluation.

Other professional development activities include:

• Safer Recruitment Training with all OSC School Leaders
• Continued work with Mark Church and Project Zero on Cultures of Thinking
• Presentation/Workshop with all staff members on the new OSC Teacher Standards and Growth and Improvement Framework
• Twenty staff members earned the American Safety and Health Institute Certification by undergoing a refresher First Aid training

Staff Achievements

Our High School Counsellor, Andrea Fleming, was chosen to be on the International School Counselling Association (ISCA) Task Force. The ISCA Taskforce is tasked with supporting the needs of international school counsellors and ISCA in its growth and development.

Anti-racism and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Course

DEIJ course conducted by Near East South Asia (NESA) Council of Overseas Schools seeks to help schools be inclusive and culturally sustaining for students. This training offers promising practices related to developing visions, consensus, skills, motivation, resources, and action plans. The learning series is a dynamic experience that allows participants to collaborate with their peer institutions to make a safer, more inclusive community of schools. As the work of anti-racism, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice is an ongoing learning process, NESA believe their work will help manage complex change and create culturally sustaining professional learning communities. The training included the following learning objectives:

• Create a vision for why DEIJ is needed
• Build DEIJ knowledge and skills
• Develop value and commitment for DEIJ
• Co-curate resources supporting DEIJ
• Develop DEIJ plans to enact change

The list of participants who underwent this training is given below:

• Jake Eagle
• Michelle Kleiss
• Samantha Wood
• Jason Grandbois
• Claire McQuillan
• Rachel Jackson
• Dulmini Fernando
• Heather Lee
• Kristin Anson
• Vijini Samaraweera
• Desline Attanayake
• Kamila Sahideen
• Vidya Niyangoda
• Shanika De Alwis

Erin Kent Consulting (EKC) Reader’s Workshop

Reader’s workshop hosted by EKC included four customised courses, specific to students’ developmental bands. Each course included five 90-120 minute customised sessions.

The participants of this workshop are given below:

• Phil Leigh
• David Poulus
• Andry de Jong
• Elissa Francemone
• Coert van Zijl
• Ivonne Capuano
• Tharushi Fernando
• Chee Wan Yuen
• Deborah George
• Dulanjali Gunawardana
• Josiah Boehlke
• Vijini Samaraweera
• Shyamie Jayawardena
• Vyomi Bertus
• Prashani Gamage
• Tanuja Senanayake
• Sabrina Dole
• Inakshi Polgampola
• Michelle LeBlanc
• Sandamini Jayasinghe
• Scott Hawkins
• Paaramee Gurusinghe
• Shehara Weerasinghe
• Stella Damir
• Tassy Dahlan
• Vanessa Benedict
• Danielle van Zijl
• Tharushi Nanayakkara
• Nushkiya Cader
• Sureshnie Dissanayake
• Jason Grandbois
• Samantha Wood

Big Questions Institute Guiding Coalition and Strategic Planning

The Guiding Coalition for OSC worked with the School and its external consultants to re-examine the School’s current mission and vision to determine if we need to re-envision the statements in any way to reflect the nature and purpose of our school in the current climate we live in and to strive for a future we all dream of.

The list of participants who were part of the Guiding Coalition are:

• Michelle Kleiss
• Claire McQuillan
• Jason Grandbois
• Samantha Wood
• Jake Eagle
• Antony Rappai
• Will Duncan
• Andrea Fleming
• Lauren Lundin
• Tharushi Nanayakkara
• Scott Hawkins
• Patrick Eyers - Parent
• Ahalya Chellaram - Parent
• Murtaza Esufally - Parent
• Morgan Loosli - Parent
• Susie Brown - Parent
• Jarle Eskedal - Parent
• Marie Diouf - Parent
• Tiia Juhkam - Board member
• Aisha Lu Lua Hassan - Board member
• Iris Carpenter (Grade 4)
• Luis Salas (Grade 5)
• Nayara Lamade (Grade 9)
• Pep Fernando (Grade 10)
• Anya Bhatia (Grade 12)
• Kamila Sahideen
• Prashani Gamage
• Phil Leigh
• Rachel Jackson
• Ian Lockwood
• Jake Eagle
• Nushkiya Cader
• Anjulie Grimm - Alumni
• Anuda Weerasinghe - Alumni
• Louis Gunaratne - Alumni
• Thiany Riddihough - Alumni