Workshops & conferences
Here is a list of conferences & workshops I have attended or given over the years.
You can access documents by clicking on some of the
workshops.
Workshops/Conferences
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Date
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Location
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Description |
Le consentement sexuel: sans oui, c'est non |
January 2018 | Collégial international Sainte-Anne | A 1.5 hour workshop on sexual harassment. |
Evaluation in education | June 2017 | Collégial international Sainte-Anne | A 6 hour workshop on how to evaluate team (group) work effectively. |
Science teaching symposium | August 2016 | Collégial international Sainte-Anne | Attended a one day (8 hour) symposium given by ''Association pour l'enseignement des sciences au Québec'' where I attended 4 different workshops |
Visible Learning | January 2016 | Collégial international Sainte-Anne | A 3 hour workshop on visible learning. |
Science teaching symposium | August 2015 | Collégial international Sainte-Anne | Attended a one day (8 hour) symposium given by ''Association pour l'enseignement des sciences au Québec'' where I attended 4 different workshops. |
Classroom management | October 2013 |
Collégial international Sainte-Anne | In this one hour workshop, I introduced background theory and personal tricks to staff members struggling with classroom management at the college level. |
High school science practicum supervisor certification | October 2013 |
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) |
A 15 hour certification dedicated to supervisors of practicum. Topics included: how to evaluate future teachers and what are the main problems faced by students, teachers, schools and supervisors during a practicum. Legal aspects covered. |
Assessment & Evaluation | August 2013 |
Collégial international Sainte-Anne | A two day workshop. Horizontal alignment covered: how objectives, lesson plans and evaluations should follow a logical, linear path. |
Teaching and evaluating competencies at the college level |
June 2013 |
Sainte-Anne International College | A two day workshop on competencies. Why teach with competencies? How to evaluate competencies? |
Technology certification (Weebly, epad, google docs, socrative, didacti and more) |
March 2013 |
Sainte-Anne International College | Several 1 hour training sessions over a three-day period with our technology consultant to see the latest in technology & education. |
Annual conference: Teaching sciences & technologies in Québec |
November 2012 |
Saint-Hyacinthe Qc. Canada |
Annual conference held by the association for the advancement of science education in Québec. A 3 day conference with hundreds of presenters. |
IB program | June 2011 |
Colegio Americano de Torreon | In this 2 hour workshop, Derek Agosto came to our school to present the ideas, curriculums and organization of the IB program. |
Literacy & Learning ELL students |
January 2011 |
Colegio Americano de Torreon | In this 5.5 hour workshop, Dr. Virginia Rojas came to our school and presented strategies and tools to help English Learning Learners. |
Tri-Association Annual Educators' Conference | October 2010 |
Colegio Americano de Monterrey | A 3 day conference in Monterrey, Mexico where I attented nine workshops including: developing your school's AP program, retention and many conferences related to neuroeducation. |
Advanced Placement AP Calculus for experienced teachers |
August 2010 |
University of Texas at San Antonio | A full week -5 days or 30 contact hours- to review and develop strategies for the AP Calculus AB program. |
Developing your school’s AP program |
March 2010 |
Colegio Americano de Torreon | In this workshop given by the Colege Board in Torreon, ideas and inspiring thoughts were given to move forward our AP program at our school. I summarized the key ideas here. |
September 16th 2007 |
Caribbean International Academy ST.MAARTEN |
In this half day workshop, I demonstrated to new teachers at the school how to design and update their own personal webpage, so they could post daily homework online. (2 times 2 hour workshop) |
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Creating a professional portfolio |
March 2006 |
Canadian International School of Egypt |
In this 1 hour workshop, Vice-Principal Linda Crawford went through all the information necessary to start building or own professional portfolio. Useful handouts answering all our questions about |
Cultural Diversity in Education |
March 16 2006 |
Canadian International School of Egypt |
A motivational guess speaker from the American University in Cairo came to initiate a discussion about International Schools and the importance of cultural diversity in education. |
Reporting to Parents |
April 2005 |
Maple Leaf International School, Trinidad |
In this workshop, the inspector from the Ministry of Education of Ontario briefed teachers on the poor quality of their
comments used in report cards. |
Assessment & Evaluation |
February 2004 |
Maple Leaf International School, Trinidad |
This workshop gave us the chance to develop our own rubrics, discuss the importance of ‘’KICA’’ and share ideas on how to evaluate students using levels. A wide variety of evaluation resources from teachers were put on a common CD and distributed. An excellent way to share resources! |
Hands on Mathematics |
November 2003 |
Maple Leaf International School, Trinidad |
During the years where Ontario teachers were asked to take 15 compulsory credits of professional development over 5 years, our school invited a certified firm to train teachers on mathematics across the curriculum. Fun calculators, rubber bands, drawings and many more ideas were proposed to ensure that students can integrate the basic concepts of mathematics. |
Student centered learning approach |
March 2002 |
Sunway College, Malaysia |
In March 2002, teachers had the opportunity to choose 2 workshops from a list of 10 subjects. In the student learning approach workshop, we’ve discussed how to directly involve students in their own learning through labs, activities, games and other activities. A 2 hour workshop. |
English through the curriculum |
March 2002 |
Sunway College, Malaysia |
In March 2002, teachers had the opportunity to choose 2 workshops from a list of 10 subjects. In this workshop, teachers shared ideas on how to help ESL students (which made 95% of our student population). Real examples were given to help my Biology students to improve & practice their English on a daily basis. A 2 hour workshop. |