Dear ISB Community,
We are writing to let you know that we will be postponing our plans to increase early dismissals for the next school year.
We recognize that the timing of this proposal is not optimal given the late stage of the school year and the pandemic. We also understand that there are some community concerns to address.
The Leadership Team believes that increased time for teachers and teams of teachers to focus on improving learning will have a positive impact. We will continue to research ways to best achieve this going forward.
Providing additional time for teacher collaboration is a WASC recommendation for ISB while the research is clear on the correlation between collaborative time for teachers and improved learning outcomes for students.
We will engage our community next year in further conversations and will arrange a variety of forums for discussion and feedback.
We thank you very much for the time you have taken to provide feedback through surveys and webinars.
Kind regards.
Andy
Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School