Presentations & Media | 2025

Trellis & Vine: Weaving ISCA Standards and the IB Curriculum Framework to Help Students Flourish
ISCA Virtual Conference 2025
Presented a framework for aligning ISCA Student Standards with IB programme frameworks (PYP–DP), helping schools build coherence between well-being, learning outcomes, and curriculum design.

AI Isn’t the Problem. Assessment Design Is.
TeachMeet, October 2025
Explored how schools can move beyond policing technology to reimagine literacy and assessment in the age of AI, emphasizing authentic thinking and process-based learning.

AI and the Art of Writing: Teaching Thinking in a New Era
Erin Kent Consulting Pop-Up, Dubai 2025
Examined how assessment can shift from polished products to visible processes—emphasizing reasoning, decision-making, and growth in an AI-enhanced classroom.

In Process We Trust: Centering Process Over Product in a Post-AI Classroom
TeachMeet, April 2025
Demonstrated how process journals and visible-thinking structures make learning transparent and “AI-resilient,” supporting authentic literacy and assessment practices across disciplines.

Digital Depths and Literary Heights: Cultivating Critical Literacy Across Texts
Erin Kent Consulting Retreat, Bangkok, March 2025
Explored strategies for cultivating critical literacy across digital and traditional texts, helping teachers guide students to read, think, and respond with sophistication in multimodal contexts.

Podcast Feature – Mindful Sparks: “From Classrooms to Courage: Redefining Education with Emily J. Thomas”
2025
Featured guest discussing how international education, leadership, and mindfulness intersect to shape more human-centered, courageous approaches to teaching and learning.

Substack Publication – Elsewhere Examined
2025–Present
Writer and curator of a reflective education and culture newsletter exploring travel, teaching, leadership, and the evolving intersections of learning, literacy, and life abroad.