- 1. SEOULFOREIGNSCHOOL WASCAnnualUpdate
ForSeoulForeignSchool,20102011 WindowsUser 6/1/2011
ReportonprogressonGoalsofActionPlan.
- 2. WASCAnnu ualUpdate WASCPro ogressReport tforSeoulFo
oreignSchool l20102011GeneralD DataSchoolad ddress: Headof
fSchool:SeoulForeignSchool Dr.John nEngstrom55YonhiD Dong jengstro
om@seoulfor reign.orgSeodaemunguSeoul,120 0113,SouthKorea
Enrollmentf for20102011 1:Telephone:8223303 3100 BritishSchoo ol 3
364Facsimile: :82233287 775 ElementaryS School 4 424Email:Ad
dministrator@ @seoulforeign n.org MiddleScho ol 2
252Website:http://www w.seoulforeign n.org/ HighSchool 4 430 Total:
14 470BriefDesc criptionTypeofSc choolSeoulForeignSchool(S
SFS)wasfounndedin1912byChristian missionarypa
arentstoservvetheneedsofexpatriate
Seoul.Ithascontinuedasanonprofit, echildreninS
,nondenominationalscho oolwithadistinctChristianphilosophy.The
westernstyleElementary,MiddleandH eschoolhasw
HighSchooldivisionsaandaBritishS
SchoolproviddingKeyStages13.Koreasfirstinternationalschool,SeeoulForeignSSchoolbegannwithoneful
lltimeteache er,eighteens
studentsandasingleclasssroom.Buildingonitsearrlycommitme
enttoachalleengingeducation nalprogramp providedinauniquelynon
ndenominatio onalChristian nenvironmen nt,theschoolhasgrowntobe
ecomethepr
reeminentscchoolinKoreaafortheEngllishspeakingbusinessanddiplomaticcommu
mmunityorie nted,westernstylecoeducational
unities.TodaySFSisacomdayschoo olservingalm most1500childrenfrom55
5nationsinp reschoolthrooughtwelfthg grade.SFSisloca
atedina24aacresettingneeartheheart tofSeouland dfeaturesmo
odernfacilitiesthathavebeendesignedtosupp
portstudentlearningincludingthreem ediacenter/libraries,ana
auditorium,fivecomp reegymnasiums,aperform puterlabs,thr
mingartscennter,anartific cialturfathlet ticfieldandanind
doorswimmingpool. 1
- 3. WASCAnnu ualUpdate Organizat tion/GoverningStructure/
/FinancialBa
aseSeoulForeignSchoolreliesontuitioonasitssolesourceofrevvenue.Inreceentyearsthe
eschoolsfac cilitieshavebeen nbuiltorrefu urbishedfrommbudgetedca
ashreserves, andthescho oolhasnotincurredanyde
ebt.InAugust2009,Dr.Joh hnEngstromt tookoverasHeadofScho
ool.AoneyeaarInterimHeadofSchool,Dr.NancyPrice,servedforthe200820
009schoolye ear,succeedinngDr.HarlanLysowholed
dtheschoolforalmost200years.Thesschoolhasthrreegoverning ggroups:
a. An11memberBoardofDir rectorswhoaappointsthe HeadofScho
oolandsetpoolicy b. Th heCouncil,an n11member rgroupwhoa
appointsthe Boardmemb bers,approvesthebudget, ,and acctsasthegua
eChristiannatureofthesc ardiansofthe chool c. Th
heJaidan,affivememberbodywhoare econsidered theregistere edownerso
ofthepropertties offSeoulForeiggnSchool.Th hisgroupincluudestheHea
adofSchool. StudentB BodyStudentsatSFScomef from55coun
ntriesaroundtheworld.60 0%ofthestudentpopulat tionareU.S.passporth
holders.Ethnnically,overh dentsareKor ean,although halfofitsstud
hthevastma ajorityofthes sestudentsh holdU.S.orCCanadianpass
sports.While e42%ofthes studentshave eattendedSF
FSfortwoyearsorless(asistypicalofaninternationalschool),thereisarecentttrendoflonggertermenro
ollment.Currently, tudentshavebeenatSFSf ,27%ofitsst for5ormore
eyears.Forth heschoolyea
ar20102011,thestudentenrollmenthasbeenabout t1470inPre Schoolthrou
ghGrade12. .FacultySFSemplo oysatotalof188teaching gfacultyand3
36TeachingA Assistants.Divisionalstaff fconsistsof6 6counselor
rs,4librarians s,aHighScho oolregistrar,anIBDiplom aCoordinato
or,andaparttimeIGSCECoordinat tor.Administr rationTheschoo
olseightadmministratorsin ncludetheHeeadofSchool,
,AssistantHeeadofSchoolOperation
ns,AssistantHHeadofSchoolAcademics,fourdivisiionPrincipals
s,andtheDire ectorofCommuni icationsandD Development t.Schoolwid
depositionsin ncludeanITD Director,two
oAdmissionsDirectors,,anAquaticsDirector,Chr ristianMinistr
riesCoordinaator,Activities sDirector,HuumanResourc
ceDirector,K12DramaD Director,DirectorofPerformingArts,Sc
choolPsycho ologist,andaSchoolNurse e.ClassifiedStaffSFSemplo
oys119classi ifiedstaff.Meembersofitsfullandparttimeclassifie
edstaffareemployedacrosstheeareasofmaintenance,ho
ousingservicees,transporta ation,genera
alaccounting,,secretarial,safetyanddotherservic
cescriticaltothefunctioniingofthecam mpus.Classifiedstaffemploy
yeesarehired dlocally. 2
- 4. WASCAnnu ualUpdate Curricular rprogramSeoulForeignSchoolis
scommittedt toacademice excellence.It tscollegepreparatorycurr
riculum,whic ch theInternatioincludest onalBaccalaureateDiplom
maprogram,a anditsdynam
miclearningennvironment,challengesstudentstoachievetheirfullintellect
tualpotentiall.Equally,itscommunityc
cherishesChristianvalueswhhichencourag
geitsstudentstodevelopstrongcharac
cter,liveandworkwithintegrity,andacceptressponsibilityfo
orthemselves sandothers.SFSenrollssttudentsfrom
mallreligiousfaithsandbackgroun nds,andprov
videsanurturringChristianatmosphereofacceptanc
ceandtolerance.TheBritishSchooluses
stheUKNatioonalCurriculuumsuppleme entedincerta ainareas,suc
chasmathandmode ernlanguages
s.ThehighschooloffersthheIBDiplomaaandInterna tionalGenera
alCertificateofSecondary yEducation.Asidefromthesetwopro
ograms,other rcurriculumintheschoolispredomin nantlyAmeric
caninorigin.TheActio onPlanTheorigin nalActionPla
anintheSelfStudywasre evised,subm mittedtoWAS
SCJune1,2010,andapprovedbyWASCaspartofassixyearterm
mofaccreditation20102 2016.Thefiv vemaingoals softheAction
nPlanare:Goal1:C ment,andregularlyreview Create,implem wacoherent
t,accessible,articulated,s standardsba asedK12curriiculumtoens
sureimprove edstudentleaarning.Goal2:Im mplementsystemsthatan
nalyzeSFSdaatainthecat egoriesofstu udentlearnin
ngandachievemment,schoolp programsanddprocesses,p perceptions,
anddemogra aphics.Goal3:Id dentifyappro oachesthatw willaccelerate
etheintegrat tionoftechn nologytoimp provelearning g.Goal4:Cr
reateacompprehensive,SF FSwideProfeessionalDeve elopmentPla
anthatorgan nizesandexp
pandsprofessionalandstaffdevelopmenntandalignsw withschoolg
goals.Goal5:Endeavortost eschoolsgovernancestr uctureswhic
treamlinethe chincludethe eBoard,theCouncil,theJaidan,an
ndtheGovernnors.Accomplis shmentofeachschoolwid deactionplan
nsection:Goal1:C Create,implem ment,andregularlyreview wacoherent
t,accessible,articulated,s standardsba asedK12curriiculumtoens
sureimprove edstudentleaarning.Duringthe20102011
1schoolyeareachsubjectgroupmetto oconfirmorwworktowardagreemento
onstandardssfortheirsub bjectarea.By yMaythisyea ar,allsubject
agreedonasetofstandards,
tareashaveaandAtlasshowsthatthosestandardsareinplac ce,readyforu
useinbuildin ngunitsofins struction. 3
- 5. WASCAnnu ualUpdate Discussion ns,basedonresearchartic
clesandprofeessionalorgaanizationspublicationswe
ereconducteddinPK12subbjectgroupsaandindivision nalteams.B
Benchmarksin neachsubjec ctareaareaw workinprogr
ressandhavenotbeencom mpletedyet.Assessments s,rubrics,and
dsamplesofsstudentwork karebeingcollectedandstoredfo orsharingpur
rposesinAtla asandAccred ditationPlus.
TherehasbeeenprogressonmakingAt
tlasacollaborationandplanningtoolfoorteachers,a aswellasaco
ollectionofvi iableinforma
ationaboutSFSScurriculum.AllteacheershaveunitmapsinAtlassthataccurattelyreflectwh
hatishappenningintheirc classes.Thew workofrevising geachunitus
singUndersta andingbyDes signasamod delisunderwaay.Eightfacu
ultymembers sweresent ttoanUnder rstandingbyD Designweeke
endworkshop p,andtwofaccultymembe
ershavecompletedatwoyeartrainthetrainerprogram mforUbD.Th
esetenpeop
pleserveasreesourceswithhinthefaculty.NextyearSFSwillcontinuetoprovid
destaffdeve lopmentonUUbDandtoencouragethe euseofUbDpr
rinciplestode evelopandre efineunits.Articulatio onofeachph
haseoftheCuurriculumRev viewCycleha asbeentabled
dforlargerdiscussionswit ththenewCCurriculumCo oordinatorwh
howilljoinSF FSnextyear.Thechalleng cula
geofaligningseveralcurricacrosstheefourdivision
nsmakestheworkofartic culationcomp plex.Aclearsystemofmo
orefrequent,regularlyscheduledsu ubjectfocuseddmeetingsw
withindivision ns,aswellasa acrossdivisio onsneedstob beestablishe
ed.Clarifyinggtherolesand dresponsibili itiesoftheEle ementarySch
hoolCurriculuumCoordinat tor,theschooolwideCurric culumCoordin
nator,theCurriculumLiais sonsintheM MiddleSchool, ,theDepartm
mentChairsint theHighScho ool,andthoseeresponsibleforcurriculu
mleadership pintheBritish hSchoolKeyStageswillpromoteamorecohesiv
veschoolwid decurriculum .Goal2:Im mplementsystemsthatan
nalyzeSFSdaatainthecat egoriesofstu udentlearnin
ngandachievemment,schoolp programsanddprocesses,p perceptions,
anddemogra aphics.TheHeadofSchoolinitiatedtheSta ateoftheSch
010.Thisisadocumentfo hoolreportin thefallof20 ortheBoardand
dtheAdminis stratorswhich horganizesthhevarioustyp pesofdataw
wecollectabooutstudentperformance,program ms,andotherdemographic
candpercept tiondatathat twecollect.Thishasserv
vedasastartingpointfordisc cussionsabouutthecurrentrealityandt
thenaboutpossibleinterv ventions.The eStateofth
heSchoolwilllcontinueasanannualpuublicationfor
internalanalysisofhowwearedoing g.Manyaddditionalforms sofgradelev
velandcourse essmentsare einternalasse
ebeingcollectedontheShhareDriveandinAtlas.The
euseofinternalassessmentdata(DRA
A,6+1writinggskills,MAP,SATs,IGCSE))hasbecomemmoreofafocu
usindivisiona almeetings,inteamplann ning,andothe ersettingsas
swebegintoshifttheorgan nizationsthinkingtowardcontinuousi
improvement tanddata drivendecisioons.SFSwil llberesearchin
ngandexami iningmodelsfordataanalysisnextyea r.Goal3:Id
dentifyappro oachesthatw willaccelerate etheintegrat tionoftechn
nologytoimp provelearning g.Duringthefallof2010,aOnetoOn
neLaptoptaskforcewasfoormulatedtoostudythefeaasibilityofbeginning
galaptopproogramatSFS.Theworkofthatgroupre f esultedinsol
lidphilosophiicalandfinanncialsupportfr romtheBoar
rdofDirectors.TheMetiriiGroupfrom southernCal liforniawasid
dentifiedasthe 4
- 6. WASCAnnu ualUpdate consultanntswhowould dprovidethe
einitialbulko ofprofessiona
aldevelopmenttoSFSfacuultythisyearandnext.Elem mentarygrad
des5and6,aswellasBriti ishSchoolYea werechosena ars6and7w
asthefirstgra adestorollout tthelaptopin
nitiativeinthefallof20111.Trainingfo rteachersinthosegrades
sbeganinJan nuary.Workingo ontheprepar elaunchofthisprogramha
rationforthe asresultedin n: 1. Taargetedprofeessionaldeve
elopmentabouttechnolog yintegrationforthecoho ortteachers,
providedbyM Metiri,bothinpersonando online.Thisin
ncludestherevisingofcur rrentteaching g unitsinAtlas,t
toaddvaluebyintegrating gtechnology whenapprop priateandto
promoteadd ded earningvaluetotheunit. le 2.
Thheadditionoof1.0FTEacro ossthedivisio onsandared deploymento
oftechnologyteacherstim meto promotetechn nologyintegra
ation;ie,eachdivisionwil lhavea0.5T TechnologyIn ntegration Sp
pecialistnextyear. 3. Thheadditiono toredistributetheworklo
of2.0ITstafft oadofotherIITstaffandto oincreasethee le evelofITsupp
portinalldiviisions. 4. Datacollectionnasabaselinemeasurefo
ortrackingthe eimpactofth helaptopinit tiativeonstud dent
engagement,s studentandp parentpercep ption,andmo
orediversityiintheuseoftechnologya asa oolintheclas to ssroom. 5.
Opportunitiestoenhancea O andpromotetheschoolsc cognitive,aff
fective,andsppiritualESLRss th hroughtheinfusionoftech hnology. 6.
Amoreunified dapproachto oteachingand dlearningacr
rossthefourdivisionsbyp promotingmore: co ollaborationa amongteache
ers,commonplanningtim me,opportuni tiesforcrossdivisional
professionalleearningcomm munitiestode evelop,andau
uthenticreassonstoincorp porateresear rchon le
earningtheory,technology yintegration,andtheprin ciplesofUnd
derstandingbyDesign.Goal4:Cr reateacompprehensive,SF
FSwideProfeessionalDeve elopmentPla anthatorgan nizesandexp
pandsprofessionalandstaffdevelopmenntandalignsw withschoolg
goals.TheMetirriGroup(http p://www.met tiri.com/)has sbeenprovid
dingfoundatio onalresearchh,datacollect tionandsynth
hesisaboutSFFSstudentsan ndteachers,andexpertise eoninfrastru
ucture,communicationsystems,a andthenutsandboltsofwwhatstudent
tsandteache rsneedforsu
uccessfulimpplementationofaonetoonelaptopprog gram.Theyh
havecitedthe eresearch,lin nkedourdata atotheresea
arch,andproovidedaframeworkandstrategiesforteac
cherstoincorrporateintou units.Theyencouragethe
euseofAtlasandUbDtodoothiswork;sotheteacherrsarenowseeingtheinte
rconnectedn
nessofthesetoolstoteachingandlearning.Theworrkwithstudenntdatawillse
etthestagefooramoreinttentionalmov vetowardanalyzingstudentwork
kandstudent tdatatogetimprovedstu udentperform
mance.Thellaptopinitiati iveprovidesa adrivewheel lforchanging
gmanydimen nsionsofteac chingandlearningatSFS.Inaddition,therehave
ebeensomeeexamplesofo otherintentio velopmentthataremore
onalstaffdevcloselyalignedwiththeschoolwide
egoalslistedinthisAction nPlanandintheCurriculu umReviewCy ycle: a.
Mathconsultantwhoworkedfor4dayswithmathte M eachersacros
ns.Thetopics ssthedivision wereintegratingtechnologyandincreas w
singthetypes sandamounttsofproblemmsolving. 5
- 7. WASCAnnu ualUpdate b. Fo oreignLangua ageconsultan
ntwhoworke edwithteachhersonadaptingtheUbDt templatetobbetter
matchthenee m edsoflanguag geteacherswwhodealwithhaconsiderab
blenumbero ofskillbased outcomes. c. Sm mallgroupsoofteacherswe
nferencesonUbD,techno eresponsoredtoattendt rainingorcon ology in
ntegration,mathematics,SSocialStudies s,theIGCSEp
program,andInternationaleBaccalaureeate co ontentandasssessmentwo
orkshops.Nextyearrwillbringmo orefocusoneestablishinga amoreclearly
ongtermplanfor yarticulatedsystemandloacohesiveeandcompre
ehensiveprof fessionaldeve elopmentpla anthatpromo otesprofessio
onalgrowthf forteachersa andastronge eroverallacademicprogra
amforSFSstu udents.Goal5:Endeavortost eschoolsgovernancestr
uctureswhic treamlinethe chincludethe
eBoard,theCouncil,theJaidan,an
ndtheGovernnors.AfterdiscussionswiththeBoardthi isyear,theCo
ouncilhasag reedtodedic
catenextyeartoreviewingthegovernancestructureoofSFS.Theonlyo
otherchangethathasaffeectedtheschooolhasbeen thechangeinnKoreanlaw
thatnowalloowsstudentsw whodonoth holdforeignp passportstob
beeligibletoa applytoenro ollatSFS.The elawchangegenerated
danAdmissio onsTaskForceatSFS,mad deupofBoar
d,faculty,andadministrat torstodiscus sstheimpactof thelawono f
ouradmissionspoliciesandpractices.A Agreemento onchangesne
eededtobed doneinacollab borativemannerandhasd
demandedthattheorgani zationreflect tonmanypra actices,assumptio
ons,andtraditions.Thish hasnotbeenaaneasytask, buthasbeen
nahealthyex xerciseforSFSS.Overall,th hishasbeena
aproductiveyear.Clearp progresshasb beenmadeon als,andthenext
nthefivegoastepsfore eachgoalhav vebeenidenttified.Submittedb
byDr.ShirleyDro oese,AssistantH HeadofSchoolA Academics01Jun ne2011
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