Pre-Conference
Presenters |
PRE-CONFERENCE PRESENTERS All Pre/Post-Conference Time: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
POST CONFERENCE Physical Education and Aquatics Post Conference, Saturday, 31 March and Sunday, 1 April 2007 read more click here 
AP
Preconference direct registration click here |
 |
KAREN
BOYES Topic: Habits of the Mind Biography: Karen is an accredited Habits of the Mind trainer and has spent the largest eight years researching, developing and designing effective training and courses using accelerating learning, whole brain learning techniques and peak performance. She is a highly skilled, enthusiastic and dynamic presenter who has 18 years experience in the filed of education. Her course experience includes having worked with teachers, parent, students and corporate clients. She was awarded New Zealand business woman of the Year in 2001.
Back to top |
 |
MARC
FRANKEL / JUDITH SCHECHTMAN Topic: Leadership Seminar Download more information Biography: Marc T. Frankel is a consulting psychologist in St. Louis, Missouri, and is a senior consultant and principal in Triangle Associates. Dr. Frankel trained at Emory University where he received a Ph.D., and at the University of Missouri -Columbia School of Medicine. He consults and coaches with senior administrators, administrative teams, and boards of trustees primarily in the independent and higher education and health care industries. His experience as a practicing manager and as an independent school trustee gives him first-hand familiarity with issues of leadership and governance in nonprofit institutions. Dr. Frankel is lead consultant for Triangle Associates' management of the ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Development Program, and is a faculty member for the NAIS Institute for New Heads. Together with Judith Schechtman and John Feely, Dr. Frankel co-founded the School Leadership Institute now sponsored by NAIS, and the Missouri Physician Leadership Program for the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine. His clients include major school associations and individual schools in North America and Europe. Dr. Frankel lives in St. Louis, along with his wife, Jacqueline, and their son, Alexander.
Back to top |
 |
MARILYN
GEORGE
(WASC) Topic: Serving as a Visiting Committee Member and Conducting a Self-Study Description: This pre-conference session will (1) prepare EARCOS educators to serve on WASC visiting committees, emphasizing the role and responsibilities of a WASC visiting committee member, and (2) examine the essentials of the Focus on Learning process and its adaptability from a self-study perspective. Download more info Biography: Dr. George has been the associate executive director of WASC since 1987. In addition to her knowledge of accreditation and school improvement, her areas of expertise are curriculum/instruction and staff development. She has been a classroom teacher, staff development specialist, trainer, consultant, and a high school district administrator of staff development and state/federal programs. She has worked extensively with the California State Department of Education in the areas of program quality reviews, the mentor teacher program, and staff development programs. She has given presentations and written and other publications in the areas of staff development, mentoring, and accreditation. Her degrees are from Westminster College (B.S.), University of Wisconsin, Madison (M.S.), and UCLA (Ed.D).
Back to top |
 |
DAVID
GHOOGASIAN Topic: The Brain and Learning Title: Translating Brain Research Into Classroom Practice Description: Goals: To better understand how the mind/brain works and to explore the implications of the research for • participants personally – their own learning • their students – how they learn and what we can do to increase their understanding and ability to use information • their teaching – how they structure their classrooms and instructional activities Participants will have a better understanding of: • how the brain works • types of memory systems • the essential ingredients for real learning to take place • the capacity of short-term memory at various ages • the ways to transfer information to long-term memory • the learning process • the implications of their new knowledge to their curricular and instructional decisions • strategies that take advantage of how the brain learns best Biography: David Ghoogasian, educational consultant/trainer and school improvement facilitator, has a rich background in education. He works with parents, students, and educators with backgrounds from early childhood education through college instruction. His topics include the classroom applications of brain research, learning/teaching styles, multiple intelligence theory, differentiated instruction, classroom management, and emotional intelligence. He trains through his own company, The Lyceum, as well as through the extension programs at University of California, Riverside and Irvine. His presentations are consistently well received for their informative, practical, and applicable nature. He is a member of the Gift and Talented Education (GATE) and Professional Teaching certificate program advisory boards at UCI Extension and has served on visiting committees for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools. He recently received the “Distinguished Instructor Award” from UCI Education Extension as well as the “Dean’s Outstanding Service Award.”
Back to top |
 |
DOUG
GOODKIN Topic: Play, Sing and Dance-An Overview of Orff Schulwerk Title: Play, Sing and Dance-An Overview of Orff Schulwerk Description: This workshop will serve as an introduction to the dynamic approach to music and movement education known as Orff Schulwerk. With material ranging appropriate for children between ages three and fifteen and a wide variety of media (children's games, body percussion, speech, song, movement, folk dance, drama and Orff instrument ensemble), we will play, sing and dance our way into understanding how the Orff approach serves the needs of children. Come prepared to both actively participate and reflect on the key ideas behind the experiences. Biography: Doug Goodkin is most well-known for his work as a music educator and particularly as a proponent of Orff Schulwerk, a dynamic approach to music education developed by composer Carl Orff and his colleague, Gunild Keetman. This work has led him deeper into education as a means to shape the future by meeting the promise of humanity in each of its developmental phases. A career of working with preschool, elementary, middle school, college students and adults has provided insight into the special needs of each age level and the universal needs of all ages. Traveling and teaching throughout the world has helped sift out where cultures both differ and converge and inspired him to celebrate both. His three decades of work in one school has given him the opportunity to help shape a community that inspires the higher impulses of children and adults alike. Experienced teacher, perpetual student, avid reader, prolific writer, performing musician, social activist, jazz aficionado and piano player, Zen Buddhist practitioner, and world traveler, Doug's diverse work and interests are tied together by a vision of celebrating individual flowering within the circle of community.
Back to top |
 |
DOUG
JOHNSON Topic: Information Literacy, Research Technology Biography: Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato Public Schools since 1991 and an adjunct faculty member of Minnesota State University since 1990. His teaching experience includes work in grades K-12 both here and in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of four books: The Indispensable Librarian, The Indispensable Teacher's Guide to Computer Skills, Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age and Machines are the Easy Part; People are the Hard Part His regular columns appear in Library Media Connection, Leading & Learning and Education World website. His articles have appeared in over forty books and periodicals. Doug has conducted workshops and presentations for over 130 organizations throughout the United States as well as in Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Canada, the UAE and Australia. He has held a variety of leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.
Back to top |
 |
IAN
JUKES Topic: Technology Biography: Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor and keynote speaker. As the Director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program Development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and on-line training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the course of the past 10 years, Ian has worked with clients in more than 30 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations typically speaking to between 200,000 and 300,000 people a years. In August 2002 Consulting Magazine Online named him one of the top ten educational speakers in America. Ian has written six books, 9 educational series and had more than 100 articles published in various journals. Ian is also the publisher of an on-line electronic newsletter, the Committed Sardine Blog, which is electronically distributed to more than 17,000 people in 60 countries. He is also the creator and co-developer of TechWorks, the internationally successful K-8 technology framework; and was the catalyst of the NetSavvy and InfoSavvy information literacy series; he has been a Contributing Editor for several journals and magazines. His two most recently published books are Net.Savvy: Building Information Literacy for the Classroom, co-authored with Anita Dosaj and Bruce Macdonald, and Windows on the Future, co-authored with Ted McCain. Corwin Press publishes both books. He is currently working on the 2nd edition of Windows on the Future and a book on Digital Kids and another on Schools of the Future. Ian is an educator first and foremost. His focus has consistently been on the compelling need to restructure our educational institutions so that they become relevant to the current and future needs of children. His rambunctious, irreverent and highly charged presentations and articles emphasize many of the practical issues related to ensuring that change is meaningful. As a registered educational evangelist, his self-avowed mission in life is to ensure that children are properly prepared for the future rather than society's past. As a result, his material tends to focus on many of the pragmatic issues that provide the essential context for educational restructuring.
Back to top |
 |
MARIA
LESSER Topic: AP Chemistry, AP Physics, Economics and Psychology Biography: Maria Lesser is an Associate Director in the International Services unit at the College Board in New York City. She provides schools outside of the United States services related to the Advanced Placement Program and the PSAT/NMSQT. Her primary responsibility is coordinating professional development programs for teachers at international schools. She previously worked for the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the International Education Office in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the College Board in 2001, Maria was an international student adviser and the regional coordinator for overseas educational advising centers located in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for the Institute of International Education and the U.S. Department of State. She has also taught ESL in Germany and the US. Maria was born and raised in Mexico City. She received her BA from Wellesley College is currently a part-time graduate student at the Wagner School of Public Service of New York University.
Back to top |
  |
MARGARET
MACLEAN / ISABEL SEARSON Topic: Practical Power of Protocol Title: The practical power of protocols in classrooms and professional learning communities to improve learning and teaching. Description: Collaboratively using protocols to examine and improve student learning and teaching is powerful. Information and data is provided that goes beyond test scores and can be used immediately within the classroom and professional learning community in a school. In this session you will have the opportunity to practice a range of protocols that you can take back and use in your school. Examples include: the Success Analysis Protocol, Book Study Protocol, Text Based Discussion Protocols, the Consultancy Protocol, and others for use with curriculum mapping and walk throughs. Biography: Margaret MacLean provides professional development programs to teachers, school leaders and districts. She is a member of the National School Reform Faculty and an employee of the Rural School and Community Trust. In these capacities she works with educators throughout the United States. Margaret has been an educator for 30 years. During this time she has taught at all grade levels from Pre K to grade 6.Most recently she was the principal of a small Vermont school and in 1996 was named Vermont Principal of the Year. Margaret has taught in Great Britain and several European countries including the USSR as well as the US.. Margaret has a specific interest in helping educators build and maintain learning communities amongst colleagues. Margaret lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Isabel Searson Isabel has served as K-12 curriculum director at Seoul Foreign School for seven years. Previously she worked in the Philippines in numerous capacities including high school principal. She has presented at the National Staff Development Conference in the US and led in-services at EARCOS and various schools within Asia. She has served on various WASC visiting teams within Asia and is a member of the WASC / EARCOS regional accreditation committee. She has a master's degree in education from the US and UK.
Back to top |
 |
JANE
POLLOCK Topic: Improving Student Learning Title: One Teacher at a Time Description: Jane E. Pollock, Ph.D., Curriculum Specialist and Director of Learning Horizon, Inc., will present what really works in schools to improve student learning – the teacher. A teacher with “The Big Four” make great strides with students. A teacher who: 1. Use learning targets, ones that are robust, not just daily classroom objectives 2. Use instructional strategies that work to help the learner remember and apply information and skills, not just do schoolwork 3. Use varied assessment strategies to provide important performance feedback to help the learner improve 4. Use performance data for continuous feedback to gain individual student improvement “beyond the curve” and program development Biography: Jane E. Pollock, Ph.D., Director of Learning Horizon, Inc., works as a curriculum specialist in the areas of curriculum and instruction, assessment and grading, and supervision. Dr. Pollock consults on a regular basis with schools around the world to improve student learning and teaching practices. Dr. Pollock is the co-author of various books including Dimensions of Learning Teacher and Training Manuals (1996), Assessment, Grading and Record Keeping (1999,) and Classroom Instruction That Works (2000). Dr. Pollock’s newest book includes One Teacher at a Time (ASCD, April 2007) about the four elements teachers use to improve student learning, a separate publication for principals, Supervising One Teacher at a Time (2007), and The I4 Principle: One Teacher at a Time using Technology (2007). Dr. Pollock is a faculty member of ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), Buffalo State University, Viterbo University, Marian College, Alverno College and teaches for the International Teacher Training Center in London and Miami. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. Pollock earned a B.A. at Duke University, and M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Back to top |
| GRAHAM
BLACKMORE / IAN SUTHERLAND Topic: CPR Title: Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care workshop Description: Emergency First Response www.emergencyfirstresponse.com is backed by 36 years of experience in the development and delivery of instructional courses, training materials and educational curricula. The course is based on patient care standards as published in the American Heart Association Guidelines 2005 Standards for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, and the consensus view of the Basic Life Support (BLS) Working Group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). The workshop is directed to training the layperson and builds confidence, thereby, increasing willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Skills are taught in a non-stressful learning environment with as much practice as necessary to master and retain these skills. The workshop is split into two parts Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid). The primary care section teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies and in secondary care injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening are covered. The workshop focused on knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice so that participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise. Certification is provided in First Aid/CPR for adult, child, and infant and is valid for two years. Biography: Dr Graham Blackmore is a middle school science teacher at Brent International School Manila in the Philippines. He has been in asia for more than 10 years and worked at number of Universities before moving to Brent. He is certified as an instructor with Emergency First Response which provide courses in First Aid and CPR (widely accredited). Dr Blackmore holds a PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Hong Kong and a BSc(Hons) in Marine and Freshwater Biology from Queen Mary College, University of London. Ian Sutherland is a faculty member at Brent International School, Manila, and also works in the non-profit sector in rural health and community development in the Philippines. He is certified as an instructor with Emergency First Response Corp., and draws on 12 years of experience in providing emergency response services and instruction to youth camps and rural development projects in the U.S. and the Philippines.
Back to top |
|
 |
RUSSELL
ROBINSON Topic: Everybody Join the Choir! Title: Everybody Join the Choir! Description: In this workshop, Dr. Robinson, who has conducted more than 300 honors choruses world-wide, will turn the entire group into a choir. All participants will learn by experience how to: (1) sing with proper breath support and vocal technique, (2) balance individual singers and sections to achieve a choral sound, and (3) participate in a choral group and teach a choral group. Music teachers and all teachers who love to sing are encouraged to attend this workshop. Complimentary music and materials will be provided, and the group will perform as a choir by the end of the day! Biography: Dr. Russell L. Robinson is an internationally recognized music educator, consultant, speaker, conductor, composer and arranger. He has been on the faculty at the University of Florida since 1984, where he is Professor of Music, Area Head of the Music Education, and Education Liaison for the College of Fine Arts. http://www.russellrobinson.com Dr. Robinson has made over 300 appearances as a conductor and clinician at festivals, workshops, honor choirs, all-state choirs and state, regional, national and international conventions in the US, Europe, China, Singapore, Japan, Africa, and Australia as well as conducting venues, which include: Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, the White House and the National Cathedral. He is a past President of the Florida Music Educators Association, Interim Associate Dean of the UF College of Fine Arts, National Collegiate Chair for MENC and is the current Music Educators National Conference (MENC) Choral Adviser. Dr. Robinson is a published author, composer and arranger with over 250 publications in print, including choral compositions, arrangements, articles, books, instructional videos and DVD's. Contact: Dr. Russell L. Robinson P.O. Box 90399 Gainesville FL 32607-0399 Phone: 352.332.3081 Fax: 352.332.7472 e-mail: rlrob@ufl.edu
Back to top |
| TOM WOOD Topic: An Artist's Life and the Use of Sketchbooks and ICT within the English Schools Foundation. Title:An Artist's Life and the Use of Sketchbooks and ICT Description: I will start with my work as an artist and how some of my practices have influenced the way I teach Art in particular how I use a computer and it’s various roles within my methodology. Biography: Tom Wood is currently the Art Advisor for The English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong. In this position he works with all the ESF schools within the Foundation facilitating good practice through practical workshops in school and the Inset programme. He sees his role as creating innovative opportunities for schools to develop their creative programmes in ambitious and sometimes unexpected ways. Tom is a committed artist who prior to his work in Hong Kong ran two large studios undertaking numerous commissions, projects and exhibitions, his work has been exhibited all over the world but most notably in the UK, Germany and USA. He was Visiting Professor of Fine Art at Leeds University and has lectured in dozens of universities including Cambridge and Yale. Alongside his academic career and his success as a practicing artist he worked both as an Education Officer and as a freelance consultant artist in schools, working in hundreds of different schools and generating numerous large scale projects. From these projects grew his inventive use of ICT within the art curriculum and its integration back into the more traditional media of drawing, painting and printmaking. A great believer in core skills, Tom nevertheless believes in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the art room, from Primary to Secondary he believes the sky’s the limit and children’s creativity can be stretched with exciting ideas and challenges. His projects in schools working with teachers over twenty five years have set new standards for creativity in the classroom and his work continues in Hong Kong with the enormous school banners project currently underway. He is presently developing two large scale cross-curricular Foundation wide projects, ‘Timelines’ and ’40 years – An Installation’, whilst pursuing personal projects including developing an online sketchbook, ‘Babble Soup’. His work can be best seen on his blog, www.tomwood.typepad.com/my_weblog/ A warm and generous presenter, Tom has been a popular contributor at numerous teachers conference’s for many years but this is his first time in this part of the world to present both his work and the work of the students he works with. Highly respected within Hong Kong he is looking forward to meeting and collaborating with teachers from other regions and different schools.
Back to top |
|
Brentville Subdivision, Barangay Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna, 4024 Philippines
Phone: +63 (49) 511-5993/5994 Fax: +63 (49) 511-4694