Hope International Academy Okinawa Shared Vision: To be responsible global citizens through resil...

1. Classroom Practices

1.1. Visible Thinking Routines

1.2. Classroom behavior management

1.2.1. Student-led lining up: ask-respond rule

1.3. Love for reading campaign

1.4. Projects align with sustainable development goals

1.5. Review-Response-Feedback

1.6. Digital Citizenship

1.7. Maximizing Seesaw use for filing and recording learning evidences

2. School-Community Partnership

2.1. Parent-Child activities through community services

2.2. Campaign drives

2.2.1. Environmental awareness drive

2.2.2. Cultural awareness drive

2.3. Family Day

2.3.1. STEM Night

2.4. Parent-Led Activities

2.4.1. Parenting 101

2.4.2. Raising your child to be a reader

2.5. Parent Workshops

2.5.1. Multilingualism Awareness

2.5.2. Coffee/Morning Meeting with the Teacher

2.6. Cultural Awareness Celebration

3. Students School Involvement

3.1. After School Activities

3.2. Student Leadership Programs

3.2.1. Lead in planning for club activities

3.2.2. Student Council - students lead in campaign drives that are aligned with the shared vision

3.3. School Publication

3.3.1. Monthly School Paper

3.3.1.1. Original write-ups from students

3.3.1.2. Focused on students activities and initiatives

3.3.2. Student-Made Yearbook

3.4. Literacy Activities

3.4.1. Drama, Writing and Speech Inter-Level Activities

3.5. Global Partnerships

3.5.1. Global Read-Aloud participation

3.5.2. Cultural Exchange via Skype Connection

3.6. Library

3.6.1. Book Talk

3.6.2. Maximizing use through providing resources such as periodicals and more book references

4. Student Support Services

4.1. Social-emotional activities as such as Teacher-Student Interaction, wherein all teachers will be assigned to facilitate a mixed level groups interaction

4.2. ELA Support - A dedicated time of the day either pull-out or an after school program as a form of Response to Intervention (RTI) strategy to those who are struggling in reading and writing

4.3. Sensory Space - A dedicated therapeutic small space in school for sensory input to help students calm and get more focused in learning.

4.4. Counseling - an outlet of students to go to. It can be in any form, example, a place students can send in messages to express themselves and ask questions about anything.

5. School Facilities

5.1. Cafeteria

5.1.1. CLAYGO

5.1.2. Observing noise level

5.2. Playground

5.3. Cleaning Up

5.3.1. In mixed groups students are assigned areas of the school to clean

5.4. Hallways and Comfort Rooms

5.4.1. Observe good and proper hygiene at all times

5.4.2. Signages and posters