2020

2020 Professional Development record (ongoing)

2019

2019 Professional Development Record

2018

2018 Professional Development Record

2017

5th National Coaching in Education Conference - Melbourne

2016

St John - First Aid Level 1

Workshop Facilitator and Leader for:

• • RNZSPCA National Education Symposium

  • OTP Volunteer Management and Leadership Support

Porter Novelli - Media Training: print, TV and radio

2015

Digistream - CMS Training for website design and editing

Global Security/Worksafe NZ - Personal Safety and Security at Work

Ministry of Education - ECE regulations and audit

Autism NZ - Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Classroom

Workshop Facilitator and Leader for:

• • OTP - best practice foe motivating young readers in schools

  • Rising 5's - transition to school programme

  • Storypark - using a village to raise a child (online portfolios of learning)

  • Biculturalism? Tataiako? How do we begin this journey in an ECE setting?

2014

Lollipops Educare - Focus on effective learning environments

Centre Director Induction and Mentoring programme

Karen Boyes - Learning styles and environment

ttsMLearn - Digital Technology seminar

Selena Hinchco - e-asTTle Reading seminar

2013

Non-violent crisis intervention programme

Alison Davis - Writer's Workshop

The Education Group - Introduction to Leadership and Coaching: GROWTH Coaching

Te Toi Tupu - Science PLD [year long]

2012

NZ Teachers Council - Competence Pilot Workshop

Joseph Driessen - 7 Ways to Raise Boys' Achievement in Your School

Carolyn Coil - Raising Student Achievement

Shifting Thinking Conference - Wellington - Participating and Contributing

Karen Boyes - Cutting Edge Teaching: Developing Independent Learners and Thinkers

2011

NZ Teachers Council - Induction and Mentoring Workshop

Workshop Facilitator and Leader for:

• • Learning Assistants in the Classroom

  • Creating Effective Classroom Environments

  • Developing a successful scientific investigation

  • Writing a focused reflection on teaching and learning

See slideshows in "My Digital Classroom"

Allison Mooney - Personality Plus: Pressing the Right Buttons - People Skills for Business Success

Tony Ryan - Classrooms for Thinking: Practical strategies for promoting higher order thinking and deep understanding

Judith Baenan - Middle School Learners and Classrooms

Jude Simpson - Family Violence Prevention

2010

Mentor teacher

Student teacher in class for three weeks - Washington State, Masters in Teaching programme

2009

Syba Signs, Hong Kong

Leading Learning through a Guided Inquiry Approach

EARCOS on campus, Taipei

Ran workshops about creating an online classroom and effective teaching in a 1:1 classroom

2008 EARCOS – Kuala Lumpur

“Taking Learning Online”

“Using Multimedia to Enhance Teaching and Learning”

“IRB Rugby: Level One Coaching”

2006 EARCOS – Philippines

2005

“Using Concept Mapping as an Instructional Strategy”

“Curriculum Mapping”

2004 British Council of Singapore

“Effective Presentations”

UWCSEA. English and Humanities Curriculum Development

2003 Work with Liz Gay

“An Introduction to Communicating from the Heart”

2002

Asian Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference

PYP – Introductory and Intermediate Workshops

2001

Mary Hayden – “Reflections upon International Education”

Mark Treadwell – “Teachers at Work: Internet Integration”

Karen Boyes – “Creating an Effective Learning Environment”

Excel Workshop

Wilderness First Aid Basic Course

2000 CERCOS – Hong Kong

“K.E.Y.S”

1999 CERCOS – Taiwan

“Of Many Minds, Of One Heart”

1998 Work with Phyllis W. Aldrich

“Quest for an Optimal Match: Dealing with a Wide Range of Learners in an International Classroom”

CERCOS on Campus – International School Manila

“Moving Towards the Millennium”

1997 Schools Standards Based Portfolio