AARON TAIT / KAITLIN TAIT Global Issues/Global Citizenship PS Ballroom II & III

Target Audience: All Teachers Ideas That Change the World Building upon the workshop ‘Solving the Problems that Matter Most’ in this workshop the founders of Education Changemakers will teach you the innovation tools that you can take back to your classrooms to work with student and your staff to come up with powerful innovations to change your school and change your communities. This workshop is fast paced and lots of fun so come prepared to think!

PETER TONG / CRAIG GINGERICH MS/HS S.T.E.M. PS Function Room VII

Target Audience: MS/HS Teachers Pioneering STEM Education: Aerospace Engineering and Big Data Analytics This presentation will describe how project based learning courses, Aerospace Engineering and Big Data in Education, are pioneered, developed and taught at Concordia International School Shanghai. Course outlines, teaching schedules and teaching resources will be presented. Students’ Aerospace projects, such as drone building and real life Big Data application projects will also be presented and discussed. Audience will be exposed to world of aerospace hands on projects and conceptual understanding to Big Data Analytics.

MARIA TULLBERG K-8 Math PS Function Room VIII

Target Audience: K-8 Teachers and Coordinators of Mathematics Convince Me! Inferring in Mathematics In this workshop, you will learn how small shifts in your teaching practice can help students to make sense out of mathematical concepts. By igniting the students’ imagination and asking them to inquire into maths, knowledge deepens; and by giving students the ownership of convincing not only themselves but also peers and teachers, the students do the heavy lifting. Have a go at experiencing and creating a lesson using inferring and mathematical discourse.

RHONDA WILDEMAN / DARRELL SHARP K-12 Neurobiology/General Education PS Ballroom I

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers The Neurobiology of Learning Advances in neuroscience are providing insights into the cognitive processes of our students. This workshop will focus on sharing information about brain structure and development to help teachers better understand the neurobiology of learning. Content will be accessible to all classroom teachers, focusing on development from early years to adolescence and processes that students develop over time. Participants will learn practices derived from these understandings and transform them for their own teaching contexts.

MS - Lunch venue at Five Sails Restaurant PS - Lunch venue at Café Boleh Restaurant

PAUL ANDERSEN Science PS Function Room IX

The Wonder - Unlocking the Power of the NGSS The NGSS represent the largest conceptual shift in teaching science in decades. However, this revolution will only occur if teachers understand the standards and make changes in their classrooms. In this workshop Paul Andersen will guide you through the standards while giving you examples that can change science classrooms immediately.

JESSICA BALLI / PATRICK CALLAHAN Math PS Function Room VI

Tracking/Acceleration in MS Math: Pitfalls and Perils (Repeat) There are more pressures to accelerate in mathematics than any other subject. “If my child isn’t accelerated, they won’t get into the top colleges,” a phrase heard all too often, has serious implications. In this session we will discuss some of the pitfalls and perils associated with acceleration and tracking in mathematics. Colleges and universities are re-thinking college admissions, especially regarding mathematics preparation. The SAT has changed, and IB Diploma is in the process of revising their assessments. We will provide insights, and concrete strategies for improving mathematics teaching and programs and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls.

JENNIFER CHANG-WATHALL Math/Science MS Meeting Room I

Unit Planning for Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction This interactive workshop will cover the critical content when unit planning for mathematics and science. This session will look at exemplars of unit planners and the use of guiding questions when unit planning. Participants will be immersed in social constructivist environment and partake in highly engaging learning experiences.

MICHELLE CHOW-LIU Counseling PS Function Room I

Applying to Universities in Korea - From the Counselor’s Side For beginner or seasoned high school counselors, this workshop is designed to share the practices of Western Academy of Beijing (WAB)’s counseling office in supporting Korean Nationals’ college applications to Korea. By sharing an overview of the 8 universities visited in spring of 2016, I hope to alleviate some of the anxiety and

JACOB HUMES Counseling PS Function Room IV

Moods Before Mindsets The research is clear: strong emotions dominate the ability to think and learn effectively. Children who are better at inhibiting their impulses and regulating their emotions do better with their SAT scores, their friendships, their jobs, their marriages, and even their physical health. But how can we use this knowledge to help our children develop this kind of emotional intelligence? This workshop aims to answer this question by giving some practical examples, as well as the opportunity to learn from each other.

STEFANIE LAMB Social Studies/Humanities MS Meeting Room IV

Teaching about the Silk Road This presentation focuses on a curriculum that explores the vast ancient network of cultural, economic, and technological exchange that connected East Asia to the Mediterranean. Participants will engage in activities demonstrating how goods, belief systems, art, music, and people traveled across such vast distances to create interdependence among disparate cultures.

RON LANCASTER Math PS Function Room X Introducing Your Students to Micah Lexier, An Artist Who Uses Mathematics and Measurement to Visualize Information and Data Throughout his long career as an artist and curator, Micah Lexier has created remarkable works of art that allow viewers to visualize information and data connected to daily life and his personal life. His works of art are often mathematical in nature and involve systems of measuring life spans and aging. Introducing students to Lexier’s art and sculptures provides them with the inspiration to create their own installations as well as generate challenging math problems related to them

GENEVIEVE MURPHY Global Citizens/ Technology PS Function Room II

Fostering Global Citizenship through Digital Collaboration There is an increased emphasis on the importance of incorporating topics that focus on social and emotional learning into schools’ curriculums. This interactive workshop will showcase how AST is using digital collaboration, across grade levels and across continents, to increase social, emotional and cultural learning experiences for students. With the support of external organizations such as Know My World, teachers will be led through curriculum that focuses on mindfulness, responsibility, communication and empowerment.

LOGAN SMALLEY TED Education MS Meeting Room III

Deep Dive: TED-Ed Clubs & TED-Ed Innovative Educators Programs (Repeat) The mission of TED’s award-winning youth and education initiative, TED-Ed, is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. In this workshop, attendees will experience an abbreviated but authentic version of TED-Ed’s two core programs - TED-Ed Clubs & TED-Ed Innovative Educators.

AARON TAIT / KAITLIN TAIT Global Issues/Global Citizenship PS First Floor - Hibiscus Room

Schools that Change the World Building upon the first two Education Changemakers(EC) workshops the founders of EC will teach you how to foster an innovative and passionate environment in your school that allows teachers to come up with powerful ideas, and support students to do the same.

MEAGHAN WILSON K-12 Project-Based/General Education PS Function Room VIII

Beyond the Glitz and Glamour: The Reality of Engaging in Multi-level, Collaborative Project Based Learning This workshop will inform the attendees of how to implement project based assessments with collaboration through other subjects. Attendees will witness examples of project based learning as one semester long assessment and as five separate units. These assessments also contained global citizenship and service components.

The Pacific Sutera by the Pool near The Breeze Beach Club

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