Presentations

Behrouz will speak of his journey as a refugee, writer and human rights activist, and the impact words can have on awareness, action and social justice.

This engaging hands-on workshop will explore simple yet effective ways in which educators can leverage the Apple creative apps on a Mac to design and deliver engaging and inspiring learning experiences for their students.

This presentation offers a framework for designing literacy curricula that acknowledges what experiences students bring and stretches them beyond their viewpoints.

This is an interactive presentation where participants will read, discuss, and analyze elements of developing student agency.

Teens with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in post-secondary institutions are unique and their educational task demands are similarly unique and varied.

This workshop explores how genre-based pedagogy and functional linguistics (Rose & Martin, 2012; Gebhard, 2018) combine effectively in enhancing primary and secondary school literacy development. First there will be an overview of the linguistic and pedagogical principles of the genre-based approach, and then practical examples of how literacy performance of K-12 students can be enhanced using this approach.

The Global Citizen Diploma is a consortium of schools looking to recognize what we truly value in student learning: the nurturing of their contributions as global citizens.

What might happen if EVERYONE in your elementary community is seen as a scientist? Let’s play, explore and share approaches and possibilities to grow joyful cultures of scientists that include PreK - Grade 5 students, parents, teachers and others in your learning community.

We all do parent satisfaction surveys but we are missing the point. Parent referrals and recommendations have the strongest influence on potential families. So what factors increases the likelihood of word of mouth - branding, service quality, satisfaction, social media? Take a deep into my research with me and find out why we are getting so much of it wrong and what we can do to fix it!

This session will equip school leaders and staff to understand and facilitate a process called appreciative inquiry using systems and design thinking to create conditions for school communities to thrive.