SESSION 9
Helen Arnold
Biography: Originally an Elementary School Classroom teacher, Helen has been teaching Art for the past ten years in four international schools. She has worked with both elementary and middle school students. Her ongoing goal lies in developing a balanced program in which students become increasingly aware of not only specific art areas, but also the various strands that make a skilled and knowledgeable artist as a whole.
Target Audience: Elementary Art Teachers, but may also be useful to MS Art Teachers
Topic: Expressing Mood in Art
Title: Expressing Mood in Art: From Analysis of every day Art Works to Critiques of Student Work
Description: In this workshop, teachers will be guided through a unit on creating mood in a painting, which has been particularly successful with Fourth Graders, but could be adjusted to suit any grade level. Many art teachers know how feeling is expressed or evoked in a piece of art, but how do we get the students to that point of deep understanding? Helen will guide you through this step by step exploration of coming to understand the use of subject and color in art, with lesson plan, rubric, and sample student projects to view. Each member of this workshop will leave with some new ideas of investigating mood in painting with children, and if time allows a small piece of art to boot! This workshop will be beneficial to art teachers of all ages.
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Erik Custer
Biography: Sports have always been a great avenue for Erik Custer. Through playing, teaching and coaching, Erik has used sport to enrich his life globally. From Canada, Gaelic Football was something new to him but through a Korean-Irish soccer team he began to play Gaelic in 2003. Since then he has taught and coached Gaelic in Canada and Korea, highlighted by winning the Asian Gaelic Games as a player and twice coaching women’s teams into the finals.
Target Audience: Upper Elementary-High School
Topic: Physical Education
Title: Gaelic Football: An Alternative Field Sport
Description: This presentation will introduce the basic rules and skills of Gaelic Football. This is an excellent alternative field sport that promotes success while challenging the whole class. Gaelic skills can be transferred to many other sports and encourages high levels of student participation. Gaelic is for all ages and levels. Come learn about this traditional Irish sport played all over the world and add it to your next PE unit on the field!
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Pamela Donovan
Biography: Pamela Donovan is an 8th grade science teacher at Jakarta International School. Prior to joining JIS, Ms Donovan worked for The Wright Center for Innovative Science Education at Tufts University where she conducted teacher workshops on the topics of Soil Science and Classroom Composting.
Target Audience: Teachers grade 3 through High School
Topic: Science
Title: Classroom Composting
Description: The workshop includes an introduction into the science of composting, instructions for making classroom composting containers and student compost columns, and ideas for incorporating composting into a science curriculum. Vermicomposting will also be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to make a compost column and take away ready made lesson plans for using compost columns in class.
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Fiona Gibson
Biography: Fiona trained as PD/H/PE teacher at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has over 10 years teaching experience, the last 5 of which have been spent teaching Primary PE in International Schools. She has taught in Australia, England, Turkey, China and is currently teaching at Bangkok Patana School, Thailand. Fiona has previously been a head of department and is also a qualified Junior Squad and Assistant Swimming Coach.
Target Audience: Foundation Stage to Year 2 (4 – 7 year olds)
Topic: Fun Aquatic Activities
Title: Fun Aquatic Activities
Description: This workshop will look at the 5 main stages of progression in Water FUNdamentals – this is pre-stroke swimming. Songs, activities and games that can be used in the different stages will be presented. The concept of ‘productive play’ will be introduced. Safety aspects will also be highlighted. This is a practical workshop so participants will need to bring swimming costumes, towels etc… and be prepared to get wet!
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Katherine Hallam/Dianna Pratt
Biography: Katherine has been teaching for twelve years, six spent on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada and the others in Singapore at SAS. She is leery of all things tech, but understands the necessity of keeping up with the direction her students, and education in general, is going. Originally, Ning was a collaborative project with Dianna Pratt, who is tech-savvy and eager to share her knowledge. Dianna hails from Texas and has been teaching for twenty-six years. She believes that students will need an on-line presence and Ning allows the skills for responsible social networking to be taught before they make thoughtless mistakes.
Target Audience: Grade 7 - HS
Topic: Responsible Social Networking in the Middle School Classroom
Title: LearNING with NING
Description: Social Networking is an integral part of our students' lives. As they build their digital footprint, their choices, good or bad, could have lasting implications. As educators, we need to help students understand how to use environments like Facebook in a responsible way. Responsible social networking can be accomplished through a web-based site know as Ning, which teachers or "creators" control and manage. Presenters will show how they have used Ning with 8th grade students, while participants will engage in a collaborative exchange and learn about recommendations for setting up their own Ning.
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Brendan Kean
Biography: Brendan Kean is a Grade 1 teacher at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. He has completed a Master of Education, Bachelor of Education and a Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies, which included a subject focused solely on concept-driven curriculum. Brendan is currently writing a thesis paper with Monash University of Australia on effective formative assessment strategies in schools from China, Australia and Hong Kong.
Target Audience: Kindergarten – Grade 12
Topic: Curriculum Design
Title: Concept-Driven Curriculum
Description: This workshop will provide an understanding of ‘concept-driven curriculum’ and the theory behind why all curriculum changes should consider the role of concepts. This will include addressing how concept-driven curriculum can work effectively in all levels of schooling (from kindergarten to Grade 12) and how it can create an integrated curriculum and improve student’s level of cognitive thinking.
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Kath Kummerow
Biography: Kath is a Grade One teacher at the Western Academy of Beijing and has worked with Grades K-5 over my career.During her many years of teaching in Australia she has had the opportunity to be involved in great Training and Development opportunities particularly in the field of Mathematics. Also she has worked with outstanding colleagues who have shared their ideas.
Target Audience: Kindergarten-Grade 3
Topic: Mathematics
Title: Early Childhood – Developing Children’s Thinking Skills in Number
Description: Engage in activities which can be worked on daily to encourage students to be confident users of number. Learn some games which can be adapted to suit any year level and adapted to meet the needs of their specific class. Work out ways to adapt the activities to different age groups.
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Ann Martin
Biography: Ann Martin, an Apple Distinguished Educator and career teacher, has watched the development and implementation of technology in schools throughout the years. She has watched the world open up with collaboration and Web 2.0 tools. Ann has been fortunate to work collaboratively with many teachers in a variety of school and geographical settings, along with a zillion great students.
Target Audience: Teachers grades K-12 all subject areas.
Topic: Wikis for All Grade Levels and Subject Areas
Title: Wikis in Education: Simple Techniques with Effective Results
Description: Are you looking for easy and effective ways for you and your students to organize and share information, show case student work, collaborate within and outside the classroom? Wikis offer a simple, yet powerful solution to these and many more. See how Nanjing International School is using wikis in our Pre-K classes to our Diploma Programme students. We are all learning and growing in this endeavor and it just keeps getting richer and richer.
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Amy Narayan/Julie Schneller
Biography: Julie Schneller is a Reading and Resource Teacher at Taipei American School. Over the past 15 years, she has helped children learn to read in many capacities: as a classroom teacher, private tutor, Reading Specialist, Special Educator and mother. Julie has taught in the United States, England, Austria and China. Amy Narayan has been a Resource Teacher at Taipei American School at both the lower and middle school levels for 11 years. Although she works with students in all subject areas, teaching struggling readers to read using multi-sensory strategies is her passion.
Target Audience: K-5 Language Arts, Reading & ESL teachers and K-8 Learning Support teachers
Topic: Literacy- Phonological Awareness and Multi-Sensory Techniques
Title: Classroom Literacy Techniques: Phonemic Awareness and Multisensory Approaches
Description: This research-based workshop will address reading instruction through the use of auditory, visual and oral sensory functions. Presenters will familiarize educators with practices that enhance phonological awareness skills in an effort to promote the important connection between spoken language and written language. Participants will come away with ready-to-use activities and assessments, as well as resources to further their knowledge and repertoire of using multisensory techniques to teach phonological skills within the classroom setting.
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Erickson Perez
Biography: Ericson Perez is a science and special education teacher, with bachelor's and master's degrees from Brown University and The George Washington University, respectively. This is his fourth year at Brent International School Manila. He has presented workshops at the 2007 EARCOS teachers' Conference in Bangkok and at the 2009 Special Education Network in Asia Conference in Beijing.
Target Audience: Grade 6 to 12, all subject-area teachers, special education teachers/assistant
Topic: Student Services
Title: Differentiation and Accommodations for Students with Attenton Deficit Disorder
Description: Workshop participants will: Identify characteristics of learners with attention deficit disorders; Explain the impact of attention deficit disorders on student learning outcomes; Identify appropriate differentiation strategies and accomodations for students with attention deficit disorders.
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Stephen Romary
Biography: Stephen Romary is an educator with 16 years experience helping middle school students develop into skilled and passionate writers. In particular, Stephen knows how to harness the power of Web 2.0 technologies for student learning and achievement.
Target Audience: Elementary – Middle – High School Eductators
Topic: English/Language Arts - Writing
Title: Moodle for your Noodle
Description: MOODLE - What is it? How does it work? In what ways does learning benefit? This presentation will provide an introduction and overview to Moodle and course management system (CMS) in general. After discovering more about what CMS is and its connections to learning theory and Net 2.0 outcomes, we’ll then look at how the International School Bangkok is using Moodle. Through example lessons from middle, and high school classrooms, you’ll see how existing lessons can be “upgraded” to Web 2.0 formats. In the end, you’ll walk away knowing what CMS can do, and how to go about getting started in your own school.
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David Ross
Biography: David Ross, National Board Certification from the US, 14 years Elementary school experience, presently teaching at the International School of Kuala Lumpur.
Target Audience: Elementary is target audience, but all levels are welcome
Topic: Thematic Mural painting at school
Title: Mural Painting 101, Beautify Your School Through Art
Description: Those attending will learn through hands-on experience painting a wall mural, how to get students, parents and teachers involved in a mural project, and which materials to use.
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Donna Schuster
Biography: I am in my 13th year of teaching ESOL. I have taught all levels of ESOL, Kindergarten through college, in the United States, Venezuela, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. I have a BA in Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University, and a MA in TESOL from the University of Northern Iowa.
Target Audience: Grades 5-10, classroom teachers, content area teachers, and ESOL teachers
Topic: ESOL, Various content areas
Title: Language Learning in the Content Areas
Description: This workshop aims to provide teachers with several activities that can be used in ESOL classes and/or content area classes to teach/review content language and knowledge. These strategies can be adapted to various grade levels and focus on developing skills or as revision.
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Jeff Steuernagel/Adam Goad
Biography: Adam Goad and Jeff Steuernagel are High School Counselors at Hong Kong International School. Together with representatives from each division, they are implementing the American School Counseling Associations Model K-12 through monthly PD with their counseling colleagues. Adam previously served as a secondary school counselor in California and Thailand. Jeff previously worked as the 11/12 counselor at Taejon Christina International School (South Korea).
Target Audience: K-12 Counselors
Topic: School Counseling
Title: Dipping & Tipping: An International Case Study in ASCA Model Implementation
Description: Hong Kong International School is currently implementing the ASCA Model in all divisions K-12. This session will aid counselors by presenting a case study of the process in which HKIS followed, the benefits to all stakeholders, and the unifying potential of the model for international schools. Counselors familiar with the ASCA model interested in the next steps to implementation should attend.
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Jaci Stucker
Biography: Jaci has been overseas for 27 years teaching Playgroup to IB art in ISManila; ISKL; VIS, Lao; ACQuito, Ecuador; ISTanzania and Guangzhou, China. An energetic and enthusiastic explorer of cultural symbols and their meanings in textiles, baskets and beads, she is continually on the look out for decorative ‘realia’ which she shares with her students. Her husband just calls it shopping!
Target Audience: Upper level Elem Visual arts and above
Topic: Visual arts
Title: A Little Goes a Long Creative Way
Description: Join me in the sharing of project ideas and assessment rubrics that explore recycling through art. I will share project ideas and rubrics I’ve created over the last few years using recycled materials in different cultural contexts. Many projects are in conjunction with the concepts of the PYP and are components of transdisciplinary units of inquiry. Actual project samples will be on display with USB transfer of photos and rubrics available.
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Mark Swarstad
Biography: Mark Swarstad has been a school counselor for 28 years and has served as advisor in many peer helping groups and in a few student governments. This is his first experience with both groups together as PEER COUNSEL.
Target Audience: Middle and High School Counselors and Student Government Advisors
Topic: Middle School Counseling and Student Government
Title: The Happy Marriage of Peer Helpers and Student Government (Is it?)
Description: What happens when peer helpers and student government join together as one organization? Come check out the reasoning, developing, processing and reality of this ‘marriage’ in our middle school. Now in our 2nd year, come learn about our training, meetings, and activities while you also share the experience of your peer helper group or student government.
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Erin Threlfall
Biography: Erin Threlfall is an actor/ teacher who has been acting for more than 30 years and teaching Drama for 14. The founder of award winning programs that used Drama and Arts to reach at risk youth in New York, Pennsylvania, and on the Liberian Refugee Camp in Ghana, West Africa, Erin was the recipient of the Presidential Merit and Talent Award and has received recognition from President Bush, Mayor Street, and UNHCR for her commitment to enriching lives through the arts. Erin currently teaches k-12 Drama in South Korea.
Target Audience: ES-HS core teachers and specialists
Topic: Integrating Drama in the MS , HS, & ES classroom
Title: Enliven Your Lessons and Encourage Deeper Understanding Using Drama Techniques!
Description: In this workshop, teachers will participate in several activities that help to bring their classroom lessons to life through the use of Drama games. These transferrable activities can apply to Science, Math, Social Studies, Geography, Language Arts and Foreign Languages. Feel free to email the presenter with a subject that stumps you and an activity will be prepared to help bring all of your subjects to life.
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Benjamin Wagor
Biography: Benjamin Wagor just started a contract this year with Xiamen International School. He has been an International Teacher for close to 10 years, working in countries in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and now Asia.Benjamin is a specialist in Model United Nations. He has been involved with MUN as a high school student, university student and has created or enlarged MUN programs at every school he has been employed.
Target Audience: Teaching professionals with beginning or intermediate MUN advisory experience who would like to start or improve their programs.
Topic: United Nations, School Programs
Title: Understanding the Role of a Model United Nation’s Program Advisor
Description: Model United Nations (MUN) is one of the fasting growing and most popular programs in the international school community. It provides students with skills in leadership, consensus building, debate, conflict resolutions, research and writing, as well as critical thinking and analytical reasoning. The program is focused around students representing delegates of United Nation’s countries and debating current world problems and finding solutions. I feel by providing teachers the opportunity to advise this program I am providing students around the world more access to MUN.
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Neil Woods
Biography: I have worked at ISM for over six years as both a teacher, grade level coordinator and I am currently the CAS and Activities coordinator. I have strong belief in student empowerment, the promotion of leadership skills and the establishment of clear institutional frameworks that facilitate success.
Target Audience: Teachers, administration and IB CAS coordinators or the equivalent
Topic: Sustainable Service Learning in International Schools
Title: How to Make Sustainable Service Learning a Natural Disposition in Your School
Description: The purpose of this workshop is firstly to present the history, growth and progress made in service learning at ISM. It will discuss some of the strategies, pitfalls and successes in establish sustainable service learning and to finally discuss the challenges ahead. The second part will be guided group discussions on good practice, shared ideas and strategic planning.
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East Asia Regional Council of
Overseas Schools (EARCOS)
Brentville Subdivision, Barangay Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna,
4024 Philippines
Phone: +63 (49) 511-5993/5994 | Fax: +63 (49) 511-4694
