Professional Development Highlights
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2023 Cognitive Coaching Ocean Powell Delegate at ECIS Leadership conference, Dusseldorf 2022 Building Modern Ecosystems. Heidi H Jacobs CIS Child Protection Deep Dive course CIS Data protection course 2020 AAIE webinar “ Lessons learned. The liberating force of crisis” Presented by WAB leaders, sharing our COVID 19 crisis management plans and reflections Speaker at ECIS Heads Conference, Madrid. “Changing Spaces, Changing Pedagogy.” “Building Learning Communities” PD with Steve Barkley. “Designing Successful virtual learning“ PD with Global Online Academy. 2019 Presenter at the Future of Education Now conference. Beijing . Key Factors for developing self-directed learning in the Elementary School. EY-Gr5 Co-Organized 2019 Collaboration for Growth Symposium between five regional like-schools, resulting in closer cooperation and sharing of good practices. “Building Educational Spaces for Personalized Learning“ PD with Architect Rosan Bosch. Attended Brain Research Conference. Focus: Empathy. San Francisco. Resulting in changes to approaches to early literacy and mindfulness practices across the school. 2016 Senior advisory committee for $70m building project at Western Academy Beijing for Personalizing Learning with architects Fielding Nair Oversaw the introduction of personalized data collection system using Evidence for Learning App 2015 Study Tour AS Mumbai to gather input for Fielding Nair building projects at IICS, Istanbul Attended “Personalizing Learning“ CEESA conference, Dubrovnik. Designed and Implemented whole-school curriculum review cycle to foster K-12 curriculum links Established robust school wide assessment practices to improve standards, consistency and personalization 2013 Council of International Schools School accreditation team-visitor training 2012 Harvard Graduate School of Education Data wise: Using assessment results to improve teaching and learning Cultures of Thinking- Dr Ron Ritchart. Apple Education Leadership Summit, Geneva Leading Assessment (PTC) 2011 Feedback: roles and strategies for impacting student learning- Bambi Betts Instructional Supervision and Evaluation (PTC) 2010 Creating and Administering Effective Schools (PTC) 2009 Inquiry practice- Kath Murdoch Leadership Tools: with a focus on supervision of teachers- Bambi Betts 2007 ESL in The Mainstream 2006 Leadership and Group Dynamics (PTC) PYP/MYP Joint trainers workshop to strengthen connections across the programmes 2004 Inquiry in the PYP- Kathy Short 2003 PYP workshop leader training, Geneva PYP and the Arts, Bucharest No Blame Approach to Bullying training 2002 Kagan workshop on cooperative teaching strategies Inservice comparing best practice of writing assessments: Six traits, British national curriculum and First steps 2001 Assessment in the PYP workshop |
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