Professional Development and Presentations
I have always enjoyed challenging myself both personally and professionally. I think my professional development experiences speak to that. When I am afforded the opportunity to learn I see it as my responsibility to share my experiences and learning with my peers and the other educational professionals. Here you see a record of my professional development as well as a sample of some of the presentations I have given at conferences.
I had the privilege of presenting to my fellow teachers at NIST International School in a session called, "Utilizing Chat GPT in the Classroom" during our in-service as part of the Teachers Teaching Teachers. I have some video and document examples of how I've explored how to ethically use ChatGPT in the classroom.
Click on the link above for my "Presentation of Learning" from the week.
The video is an overview of presentation to my fellow teachers who participated in the "Design Bootcamp".
Collaborated with International School Yangon to recruit schools and develop curriculum for “Students Without Borders”, a digital cultural exchange with international schools in Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan.
The aim of the program was to facilitate meaningful and creative interactions between students from diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives across borders as a great way to expand their love of learning and practice global citizenship in.
Link for program description written for CIST school community.
Participated and presented in an intensive one week program Design Bootcamp with Global Online Academy. I immersed myself in a learning cycle for three to five hours of work per day, which concluded with a short design sprint. I participated in discussions, asked questions, and shared draft work products with a community of educators each day.
Based on programming that has used to train their GOA faculty for the last nine years, this one week program will prepared teachers to:
design online learning experiences that promote student agency
build community in online spaces, including peer to peer relationships and student and teacher relationships
design assessments that allow both students and teachers to know what students are learning with an emphasis on evidence of student work
incorporate wayfinding and best practices in the smooth and intuitive design of online learning spaces
self-assess and reflect upon their pedagogy and practice in online teaching and learning
review and provide meaningful feedback on colleagues' work products as well as receive feedback on their own work
Click HERE for article I wrote about the challenges to online and hybrid teaching for KIS International School.
This presentation was done with a colleague at the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English and the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence
Presentation blurb:
"We believe that assigning one big research paper a year doesn’t produce ideal results for students in history and English classes. Learn how an 8th grade English teacher and Global Studies teacher have collaborated on smaller research projects that support our current curriculum. We team-teach the process from beginning to end and would love to show you how this works so that you, too, can lighten your workload and help your students gain a thorough understanding of research methods and writing."
This was presented at the Martin Institute in Memphis, TN
Links for Model UN research and proposal writing
Presentation Blurb
"Looking for a curriculum that provides global awareness, public speaking, research skills, critical thinking, and problem solving? The answer is Model UN. John Reynolds and John Stephany walk you through a step-by-step teaching methods and strategies and strategies that make preparing for Model UN a valuable tool that supports numerous curriculum goals."
This was presented at the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools based on the integration of China Studies into our Global Studies curriculum at Hutchison School in Memphis, TN.
CA Hutch Hoops Article.pdfHutch 7th Grade Champ Photo.pdfRotary Exchange CA Newpaper Article.pdf .pdf