Professional Development

2024

• Emily Meadows - Continuing building LGBTQ+ equality (Sept. 2024)

• Toddle - Pedagogy at Play Summit - (April 2024)

• Emily Meadows - Developing LGBTQ+ equality into NIST’s curriculum (March 2024)

• Erin Kent Consulting - Developing Learners Decoding Skills (March 2024)

2023

• Orton-Gillingham Certification Course and Practicum (100 hours) (Fall 23 - Spring 24)

• Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math (September 2023)

• The REED Charitable Foundation - OG refresher courses (August 2023)

  • Session 1 "Spelling Rules and Syllabication

  • Session 2 "Reading and Spelling Through the Lens of Speech to Print

  • Session 3 "Planning and Executing an OG Lesson

• Tes - Child Protection for International Schools (August 2023)

• Equity Literacy Institute: Another Level: Antiracist Education in Action; 4 sessions (April/May 2023)

• Overcoming Dyslexia - Yale University; 2 month online course (2023)

• Evolutions in Reading Instruction - K-3 focus on foundational reading skills - Erin Kent Consulting (March 2023)

• Playful Schools Conference (March 2023)

• Word Inquiry In Action (March 2023) *Presenter

2022

• Belonging and Inclusion for LGBTQ+ Students in International Schools with Emily Meadows, PHD (October 2022)

• DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) Exchange Korea (October 2022)  *Presenter

• Part 1 - Science of Reading - Emerging Reader PK-1 - Really Great Reading (September 2022)

• International Baccalaureate - Inquiry in Creative Places, PYP, Category 3  (March 2022)

• Toddle TIES 2022 (March-July 2022) *Presenter

• Word Inquiry In Action (March 2022) *Presenter

• James Aidoo Leadership Training with Learning Pioneers (Feb-Jun 2022)

• Early Years Exchange - Facilitated Job Alike: Do we really need to clean up? Continuous Play in the EY.  (Jan/Feb 2022)

2021

• Kath Murdoch and Anne van Dam Live with Learning Pioneers (Nov 2021)

• Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers and Pursuing Bad Guys: Joining Children’s Quest for Clarity - Susan Harris MacKay & Donna King + Ann Pelo (November 2021) 

• Aspiring for Intentional and Sustainable Action: Allyship in International Schools - EARCOS (October 2021)

• Culturally Responsive Instructional Leadership in Action  - EARCOS (August 2021)

• Trevor MacKenzie Live chat with Learning Pioneers (2021)

• Teach Tech - Lausanne Learning 2021 (July 2021) *Presenter

• Supporting Young Children's Meaning Making, Oral Language Development, and Independence Through Reading - Kathy Collins and Matt Glover (April 2021)

• Curriculum Articulation & Word Inquiry (3 sessions) - Fiona Hamilton (Spring 2021)

• D21: Learning, Making, Shaping  (March 2021) *Presenter 

• Learning Pioneers Group Member - Interviews with Anne Van Dam (2021)

• Early Years Exchange - (Jan/Feb 2021) *Presenter

• The Power of Conferring: Feedback that improves student learning (January 2021)

• 21st Century Learning Conference (21CLHK) / reThinking Learning (January 2021) *Presenter

• Playful learning, playful teaching: Pedagogy of Play-Project Zero (January 2021)

2020

• Philosophy for Children (P4C) - SAPERE Open Level 1 (August 2020)

• Access and Extension Word Inquiry Workshop - Fiona Hamilton (October 2020)

• Covid-19 2020-21 Online Webinars & Workshops - below

• Fiona Hamilton & Pete Bowers- Word Inquiry - Digging Deeper (March 2020)

2019

• Apple Innovation @ School; NIST - Theme: Storytelling  (November 2019)

• Fiona Hamilton - Uncover the Logic of English Orthography  (September 2019)

• CPR and First Aid training (August 2019)

• Rebecca Loveless - Real Script at Saint Maur  (March 2019 - 3hrs)

2018

• Educare - Child Protection for International Schools (August 2018)

2017

• Structured Word Inquiry with Pete Bowers at Saint Maur International School (2017)

• CPR and First Aid training  (December 2017)

• Colombia College - Reading and Writing Project - June Writing Institute 2017 

  • 5 Days - New York City, NY

• School Visit from Virginia Rojas at Saint Maur (2017)

2016

• Matt Glover - Nurturing Young Writers (October 2016)

• EARCOS Weekend Workshop with John Rinker - Using Maker Spaces to Build a Culture of Design Thinking (January 2016)

2015

• International Baccalaureate - Assessment (September 2015)

• International Baccalaureate - Early Years Job Alike (April 2015)

• Tokyo Edcamp - (February 2015)

2014

• Tokyo Early Years Network meeting (March 2014)

2013

• Tokyo Association of International Preschools - C's of 21st Century Skills & Stories, Rhyme and Drama: Extending Language Development through Literature (October 2013)

• International Baccalaureate - Making the PYP Happen (September 2013)

Covid-19 Webinars & Workshops (2020-21) A list of webinars I was able to attend with the influx of PD online due to COVID

• Rethinking Instruction in Phonological Awareness: Focus on What Matters! - CORE

• Supporting Students with Dyslexia:  Early Identification and Effective Intervention - CORE

• Documenting Learning in the Early Years - Anne Van Dam & Fiona Zinn

• The Learning Jam: Toodle

• Learning We Need: The Case for Rigorous Project-Based Learning - Edutopia 

• Developing a Shared Pedagogy - Anne van Dam

• The Power of Play: Fiona Zinn 

• The Conditions to Empower our Young Learners: Fanny Passeport

• Agency in the Early Years: Duane Smith

• Playful Inquiry: What are We Growing: Matt Karlsen

• The Power of Making Thinking Visible By Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church

• Coaching in Education: Jim Knight 

• Reimagining Early Childhood Routines: Empowering Young Minds to Think in Grades PreK–2 with Antonia Cameron

• Global Edtech Academy: Microsoft + Cue

• Were your Kids 'Lockdown Ready'? Will they be Next Time? - Will you? Guy Claxton & Kath Murdoch (May 2020)

• Learning 2 Virtual Threads (May 2020)

• Reimagining Early Childhood Routines: Empowering Young Minds to Think in Grades K-2 Antonia Cameron (May 2020)

• Toddle TIES Presents: The Inquiry Educators Summit

• Make Math Moments That Matter:  How to Make Make Math Moments From A Distance 

• Teaching Reading and Writing Today By Kathy Collins, Matt Glover, Carl Anderson and Dan Feigelson 

• Learning Creative Learning - WeScratch 6 week course 

Teacher/Work events

• Fiona Zinn - Unpacking Early Learning - Using Documentation and Student Voice to Plan for Learning (2019)

• Stephen Forth - Behavior Strategies (2019)

• Kim Meintjes - Sensory Ideas Explored (2020)