Personal Wellness for Teachers: Systems and Habits for Efficiency

“I am so tired and can’t get another thing done. And no yoga won’t help.” “How am I suppose to get that done too?” “There’s just too much going on.” Any of these sound familiar? Exhaustion is real in education. And yes we know to take care of ourselves first already. This session will take […]

Quadrants of Collaboration

Participants will: Unpack “Quadrants of Collaboration” based on the research by Andy Hargreaves and Michael T O’Connor “Leading Collaborative Professionalism” Reflect on own Team’s quadrant and the characteristics for each Discuss strategies using Start, Stop or Change protocol to address each quadrant Gain an understanding of “The Window and the Mirror” by Jim Collins to […]

Personalized Learning Spaces for Emerging Adults with SpLD in FEHE

Teens with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in post-secondary institutions are unique and their educational task demands are similarly unique and varied. All of them have got several common issues: writing long assignments and spelling issues; difficulty in reading journal articles; rote memory issues; organization of facts to write an assignment; and needing extra time to […]

Language Learning and Teaching: Every Child a Storyteller

Developing an understanding of stories and how they are constructed can be challenging for young children. Stories are so important as they have the potential to develop language, questioning skills, and early comprehension. In my presentation, I will walk through what I have put in place to develop children from followers of stories to creators […]

The Transfer of Fundamental Movement Skills & Strategic Thinking in Primary PE.

This workshop will review the planning and teaching of Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS), looking at how many and which FMS are best learnt using a Game Based Approach. In this way students are are better prepared to apply FMS in sports as they have developed the complementary pairs (Pill, S. 2011) of movement skills and […]

We’re so much more than Sport – How Holistic Physical Education can drive Improvement across a whole school – Design, Development and Delivery.

Brighton College have developed a completely bespoke curriculum based around the concept of holistic provision. This presentation will introduce PE departments to the concept, ideas, development and implementation of the programme and will discuss the importance Physical Education has on the wider school delivery of holistic provision. Putting your Physical Education at the heart of everything you do can lead to a shift in the […]