AISC Futures Planning

This academic year, the Diversity & Equity Council, led by Kieara Reed and consisting of 9 members, is dedicated to learning and prototyping culturally responsive teaching practices to foster diversity and equity at AISC. To achieve this objective, we have partnered with Eeqbal Hassim, an expert in the field. Since his keynote address during All…Continue Reading Diversity and Equity @AISC

The Wellbeing Council at our school has been diligently working towards our Futures Plan goal of establishing sustainable systems that support the ongoing wellbeing of students, faculty, and the community. Under the leadership of Shari Abbott, the council consists of 13 members representing all three sections and various departments and offices within the school. This…Continue Reading Wellbeing @AISC

Strategic Pathway: Talent and Intercultural Competence AISC promotes and develops the intercultural competence of all employees to further the mission by communicating and working effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds.  2023-2024 Goal: Create and prototype sustainable programs that equip all employees to understand and practice intercultural competence. In 2023-24, the Intercultural Competence Council (ICC),…Continue Reading Intercultural Competence

AISC develops and implements inclusive policies and programs for all students with diverse and identified needs to fulfill their learning potential. Goal: 2022-2023: Calibrate, articulate and document, vertically and horizontally, the school’s multi-tiered systems of support. The Learning Support Services (LSS) team at AISC is working to articulate and document AISC’s multi-tiered systems of support,…Continue Reading Learning & Inclusion in the System

In the 2023/2024 academic year, we’ve undertaken a significant overhaul of our Professional Growth and Evaluation system. This initiative builds upon the successful pilot program we implemented during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 school years, aligning with our Futures Plan within the Talent Strategy. This plan underscores our commitment to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining staff members…Continue Reading Professional Growth and Evaluation

On Thursday, September 14th, the Community Planning Team reconvened to begin our annual review of AISC Futures Planning. We spent some time remembering what it is like to inhabit a “futures thinking” mindset. Head of School Leigh Fitzgerald led us through some engaging exercises to focus on the wider forces that shape our future and…Continue Reading Community Planning Team Kick-off, 2023

It is cliché, but Earth Week is every week at AISC. So much of what we do is ingrained in our daily operations without much thought. Our nearly 1,000 solar panels, faucet aerators, LED lighting, water and sewage treatment plants, and an almost fully single-use-plastic-free campus puts us ahead of many institutions. The School is…Continue Reading Earth Week @AISC

Transdisciplinary learning is the exploration of a relevant concept, issue or challenge that integrates the perspectives of multiple disciplines in order to connect new knowledge and deeper understanding to real-life experiences. AISC High School conducted Transdisciplinary Days (TDs) 2.0, in-person, April  5 and 6 with the entire fifty-eight student 9th grade class and nine 10th…Continue Reading Transdisciplinary Days 2.0

On March 9 the Community Planning Team met for our mid-year work session. We heard progress updates on all the current Futures Plan goals, sought clarity on the status of each goal, and looked ahead to next year’s plan. We ended the session with generative thinking about how emerging scientific and technological shifts may be…Continue Reading Mid-year Community Planning Team Worksession