Teachers, Teaching, Teachers 2025

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Name: William Edgerton

Bio: I am a dedicated educator with over two decades of experience, specializing in Math, Science, and Computer Science. My educational background includes a Master’s of Education in Educational Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science, and I am also a certified Principal. My teaching journey began in the U.S., where I spent 13 years shaping young minds, and for the past 12 years, I've expanded my impact internationally. I’m passionate about my subjects and personal growth, enjoying reading, exploring new technologies, and traveling. Married and constantly seeking to broaden my horizons, I bring a global perspective and a love of lifelong learning to every classroom I lead.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Grade 3 - Grade 12

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In this workshop, we'll explore the essential components of crafting effective AI Chatbot prompts. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to co-create prompts and observe their impact on response quality. Working in groups, you'll design prompts aimed at gathering specific information. We

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Name: Karen Van Drie

Bio: Karen Van Drie is Head of Libraries at International School of Myanmar. She also is Executive Director of Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, a non-profit working to get more of the world's literature into English-language libraries.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: K-12

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Some kids despair they will never be good at math. Hook them on the subject with narratives. I'll share some fantastic math narratives that can be available in every K-12 library or classroom. Students will forget they're learning about math!

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Name: Mark Moran

Bio: I teach high school English as ISM currently and taught internationally for 20 years. I was an actor in the theater in Chicago for 5 years and also have sung in a variety of classical choruses. I have also taught theater.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: secondary

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This workshop is for English (or any language) teachers who are interested in bringing a performance-based activity to energize their teaching. This activity engages students with close reading, dramatic performance, art, and filmmaking skills.

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Name: Kayembi Chilomba

Bio: I am a school counselor with extensive experience in teaching children with with additional learning needs as a Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teacher and a Learning Support Teacher in an international school system. I have a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) in Special Education, a Master of Education (M.Ed) in Literacy and Development, and a Master of Science (MSc.) in Counseling. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused approaches to counseling. It is my passion to promote the social and emotional wellbeing of students in schools and share ideas with others.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Pre-Kindergarten to High School (All Grade Levels)

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Every educator knows that academics are important for students in schools. What is equally important, however, is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in schools. Through SEL, children acquire the necessary skills to manage emotions, relate with others better, solve problems, and ultimately do well in school and life. As such, the task of promoting SEL is not just for counselors but for all teachers. This workshop will discuss the several ways and incorporate practical activities of supporting SEL in schools.

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Name: Amy West

Bio: A creative and curious soul who is inspired by the beauty of mother nature and passionate about connection through compassion and the sharing of experiences and perspectives.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: All levels and areas of teaching and learning

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Creativity is not synonymous with artistic inclination. Creativity can be an expression of self, cultivates critical thinking, facilitates innovation, and can lead to sustainability of personal and social growth and enlightenment. During this workshop, experience the creative freedom to paint (or doodle) your emotions or thoughts while sharing insights about the value of supporting avenues for exploring creativity while learning and within representation of learning. With an multidisciplinary mindset and interdisciplinary approach, this is an opportunity to cultivate teaching and project assessment inspiration, resources, and strategies that support avenues for independent and collaborative exploration of creativity across all levels of learning, subject areas of interest, and student propensities. The focus is on the creative process and all of the wonderful opportunities for teaching and learning through exploration, investigation, and personal expression.

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Name: Bekka Jensen

Bio: Bekka is music teacher at The International School of Yangon and Athletics, Arts and Activities Coordinator. She has been working as a music teacher for 19 years. She has been inspired by the Dalcroze and Kodaly approaches to music and tries to inspire students to love music. She believes that music should be fun, social, engaging and exploratory. Passion inspires and through inspiration we learn. Having already presented for groups like AMIS and local music workshops, she is excited to share what she is doing currently at ISY.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Music / Elementary

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Working transdisciplinary has been a large focus of the International School of Yangon over the last few years. Through this work, the combination of music and books to engage both subjects has really been a highlight. During the workshop, we will look at 4 books we have used in our classes and 4 different strategies to connect literacy and music. These strategies will also connect social emotional concepts, science and storytelling.

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Name: Jenny von Zastrow

Bio: Meeting for all school Administrators and Curriuclum Coordinators.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Administrators and Curriculum Coordinators

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Meeting for all school Administrators and Curriuclum Coordinators.

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Name: Ritchelle Valdez

Bio: I’m passionate about transforming education by sharing innovative engagement tools, building effective systems, and empowering educators to create meaningful, student-centered learning experiences that inspire growth and curiosity.

School: YIS

Target Audience Grades: Primary

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Transform your classrooms by reimagining learning through Making Thinking Visible routines. In this session, teachers will discover strategies to foster deeper understanding, encourage student engagement, and cultivate a culture of thinking. Gain practical tools to make student thinking more visible and purposeful in everyday learning.

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Name: Itzel Madero Hernandez

Bio: Itzel Madero Hernandez is a dedicated early childhood educator currently working at The International School Yangon in Myanmar. With over seven years of international teaching experience, she holds a Master’s degree in Multidisciplinary Studies from SUNY Buffalo State, specializing in international learning styles. Itzel is passionate about integrating digital literacy into play-based learning and creating inclusive, innovative learning environments that encourage creativity and critical thinking in young learners.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grades 1-3

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Explore effective strategies for integrating technology in play-based early childhood education. This workshop provides practical tools to enhance digital literacy while maintaining the essence of hands-on, experiential learning. Participants will discover how to use digital tools to support creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in young learners, ensuring technology complements play-based methodologies.

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Name: Joe Brown

Bio: Joe Brown is an educator from the US and has 29 years in education including 10 years overseas experience.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: K-12

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The presentation covers how to design a schoolwide advisory program.

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Name: Siri Fretheim

Bio: Can I please submit this later?

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Any level

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Art therapy is a developing field of counseling that utilizes creativity and a focus on process over product. It has been shown to be particularly useful method of processing for children. In this workshop we will explore how the concepts of art therapy could be used in schools.

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Name: Jim Teel

Bio: Jim Teel has taught upper elementary school for 18 years at ISM.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Teachers of any grade or subject

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Join us for an interactive sharing session focused on the growing use of chatbots in educational settings. We will explore how chatbots are being integrated into the classroom to support student learning, enhance engagement, and facilitate personalized educational experiences.

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Name: Maya Hunt

Bio: Maya is a physics and chemistry teacher at ISM and loves learning about learning from different perspectives. She began teaching in 2010 with a focus on education equity, following a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, and also obtained an M.A. in education with a focus on learning across culture and contexts. In addition to classroom teaching she has worked in informal science education and served as the Educational Programs Manager for a rural science center in the Colorado Mountains in the U.S., which is her home base. Other work ranges from astronomy to art education!

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: 4th-12th grade teachers who use informational texts (or videos) to teach science

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Extracting meaning from text is fundamental to both professional science and science learning. Labs and activities are vital to supporting young scientists, but when students approach consensus science information, like texts and videos, as a tool to memorize

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Name: Almudena Fernandez Carrera

Bio: My name is Almudena Fernandez Carrera and I am an Early Years specialist and Educational Psychologist with 20 years of experience in the educational field. I am passionate about early learning and always seeking for new opportunities to learn and keep growing personally and professionally, trying my offer my students and colleagues the most of me. I am also a proud mum of a brilliant 16 year old girl that has taught me many lessons about kids development and needs thorough the years.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Early Years educators and everyone else interested in learning through play

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In this session we will explore the Play-Based learning approach and its features in the Early Years.We will look at the research behind it, understanding the benefits that this active and constructive kind of learning can bring to our students as we set some ideas on how can we evidence learning or setting an appropriate environment.

The session will be specially designed for Early Years educators, but any other education or teaching professional will benefit from understanding this perspective.

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Name: Sean Feller

Bio: Sean Feller trained as a Geologist. However, he found kids way more interesting than rocks. Sean has 27 years of international school experience. He is passionate about observing the world around him and why it is that way.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: All

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Rules do not exist in English spelling. We will look at spelling and vocabulary building through the science of etymology. By attacking vocabulary and spelling through the lens of a scientist, spelling and words will make sense. What is the origin of a word? What happens when combined with affixes? Your students will view words in a whole new light.

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Name: Nick Sturmey

Bio: ISY service learning coordinator

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: elementary and secondary school

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* Participants will share experiences and ideas about service learning.
* Workshop will be useful for faculty with various levels of experience of service learning.
* Workshop will give practical applications which faculty can try next week.
1. Establish the purpose of service learning
- deeper learning in the classroom and meaningful engagement with real-world issues.
2. Discuss structures required for an effective service learning programme:
- physical structures such as facilities, time set aside, service learning coordinator, training for faculty and students, etc.
- conceptual structures such as awareness, creativity, flexibility, developing student leadership, etc
3. Discuss connections between classroom learning and service activities:
- actual examples
- brainstormed suggestions

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Name: Ian Nixon

Bio: Ian Nixon is a Grade 4 teacher at ISY with 28 years of teaching experience, having taught in 7 different countries. He is committed to creating a student-centered environment that prioritizes safety and effective communication. Ian emphasizes hands-on learning, critical thinking, and collaborative group work to foster a community of lifelong learners. Passionate about integrating technology and developing compassionate global citizens, he ensures that students engage in meaningful educational experiences.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Elementary and Middle School Teachers

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Harness the power of AI for lesson planning, personalized learning, and providing impactful student feedback. This interactive workshop will equip educators with practical strategies and showcase real-world examples of AI-driven tools in action. Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools they can implement immediately.

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Name: d'Arcy Lunn

Bio: For the past 24 years d’Arcy has experienced more than 100 countries, given over 2200 presentations to 175,000+ people and worked with leading development, environmental, social justice and global education organisations and people. His self-initiated concept and organisation, Teaspoons of Change, focuses on the personal choices, decisions and actions that have a positive impact on people and the planet.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: All

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This workshop will give teachers confidence and competence to utilize sustainability and global citizenship as a lens to enhance global literacy and competency for students. There will be loads of practical tips, tricks, and tools to add seamlessly to any lesson, unit, or learning situation. Sustainability and Global Citizenship has a large range of added value for our students with very little effort so they can interact with the world through connection and opportunity and a greater sense of well-being and belonging.

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Name: Harriet Vives White and Karson Anderson

Bio: My name is Harriet Vives White and I have been teaching in International Primary Schools in Myanmar for 6 years. I have a masters degree in psychology and a post graduate degree in primary teaching. I have experience working with students with additional support needs and mental health diagnoses. My approach to teaching and learning is a positive and inclusive approach. I focus on child centred learning and active and outdoor learning styles. I am excited to share my most recent training and passion about responsive teaching and positive approaches to common classroom behaviors.

School: YIS

Target Audience Grades: K-12

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We all manage classroom behavior on a day to day basis and often without much thought about how we approach situations. Children calling out, showing petty meanness to class-mates, staring off into space during lessons - these behaviors can make teaching difficult. It's easy to feel as if there's nothing we can do, but with the proper strategies, patience, and caring, we can guide children to succeed in school. This workshop is designed to promote a positive approach to managing your class.

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Name: Karen Van Drie

Bio: Karen Van Drie is Head of Libraries for International School of Myanmar. She is Executive Director of Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, a non-profit devoted to getting more of the world's literature into English-language libraries.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: K-12

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Are your students exposed to only an Anglophone point-of-view at school? Expand their world by helping them discover wonderful #worldkidlit and #IntlYALit from around the world. And what about you as an educator? Do you want to broaden your reading and be more mindful in what you select? Come and be inspired!

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Name: Glory Shabouk

Bio: A Jewish,Syrian, American, with family from Kenya to Uruguay, Glory is currently a Middle and High School Teacher at ISM. She hails from NYC originally where she studied Fine Art at Pratt Institute. She has been teaching art since 2004, but has been involved with creative activism most of her life.

School: ISM

Target Audience Grades: Grade 6-12

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Teachers learn to use a variety of art and media to empower their students. In this workshop I will focus on Zine creation and share resources to help teachers incorporate this self-publishing activity into their class. There will be time for art making and some student examples will be shared. I may fit in a short video for history and background.

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Name: Nicolas Lapoujade

Bio: Nicolas Lapoujade is an experienced educator with over 10 years as a department head and six years of dedicated service at ISY. He is a passionate advocate for personalized learning, differentiation, and service to the community. As a DP coordinator and language teacher, Nicolas has integrated cognitive coaching into his teaching practice, emphasizing metacognition and individualized achievement plans. He leverages AI to enhance language acquisition, empowering students across listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Anyone interested

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Transform your language classroom with AI as your assistant! Enhance vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills while integrating listening, reading, and speaking practice. AI tools offer personalized learning and engaging resources like adaptive quizzes, conversation simulations, and comprehension exercises. Empower students with interactive support, improving fluency and confidence across all language skills. Blend AI

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Name: Peter Diglin

Bio: Peter Diglin is an enthusiastic music educator who embraces a growth mindset and creates vibrant, student-centered environments that inspire young musicians. He designs interactive experiences that bring music to life for every learner, integrating digital tools like video to enhance engagement and reflective practice. Through dynamic teaching practices, Peter nurtures confidence, creativity, and a genuine love for music. His approach not only develops strong musical skills but also cultivates a positive, collaborative atmosphere where every student feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Grades 3 to 5 students, targeting non-musicians and beginner musicians.

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This workshop explores integrating music and digital tools to enhance student engagement. Participants will learn to teach a song using singing, ukulele, and movement, along with technology for customization and sharing. It offers educators creative strategies for teaching music with multimedia, fostering an engaging and memorable learning experience.

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Name: Chrissie Pozniak

Bio: Chrissie Pozniak, originally from New Zealand, has dedicated over 20 years to early childhood education. A passionate advocate for play-based learning, Chrissie believes in the power of child-led exploration, where children design their own learning journeys. She finds joy in actively participating alongside them, embracing the curiosity and wonder they bring to each moment. Chrissie

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Early childhood teachers

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This workshop explores clay as one of the 100 languages, offering children a tactile medium to express their thoughts and creativity. Learn how clay serves as a bridge between imagination and expression, supporting cognitive development and problem-solving. Participants will engage in hands-on exploration, experiencing clay's unique ability to be reshaped and reimagined, fostering reflection and flexibility in young learners.

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Name: Anshu Verma

Bio: Anshu is the Director of Technology at ISY, specializing in EdTech solutions and workflow automation. In this session at Teachers Teach Teachers (TTT), Anshu will demonstrate how AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude can be used to create custom tools and automate routine tasks.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: HS Teachers, Tech Coaches

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This sessions will focus on ways to use ChatGPT and Claud to build more Google Sheet Automation, Calculators, Games and Interactive Simulation.

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Name: Mick Amundson-Geisel

Bio: Mick and Patty have worked in Myanmar international schools for over 14 years and have been teachers/counselors for over 25 years.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: Teachers, counselors, administrators

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Learn how you can use active listening and paraphrasing effectively when teaching a lesson, working with individual students, talking with parents and during meetings. We will practice these skills with common, everyday situations.

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Name: Ruchi Mahale and Chandra Waite

Bio: Ms. Ruchi Mahale is a dedicated technology integrator and coach, passionate about creating with recyclable materials and tech tools. She excels in hands-on teaching, curriculum design, and seamlessly integrating technology across subjects with a focus on transdisciplinary themes. Co-presenter's bio: Ms. Chandra is a passionate KG homeroom teacher with over 30 years of experience. A creative risk-taker and enthusiastic collaborator, she fosters student agency, flexibility, and a love for learning through her extensive knowledge and engaging teaching style.

School: YIS

Target Audience Grades: K-5 (Secondary teachers are welcome!)

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This workshop presents a creative model for bringing the Myanmar history curriculum to life using recyclable materials, engineering tools, and technology. Participants will explore ways to transform historical concepts into engaging, student-driven projects that promote problem-solving and sustainability. Through hands-on activities, educators will learn to blend traditional history content with modern engineering principles, inspiring students to connect with history as active, environmentally conscious learners.

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Name: d'Arcy Lunn

Bio: For the past 24 years d’Arcy has experienced more than 100 countries, given over 2200 presentations to 175,000+ people and worked with leading development, environmental, social justice and global education organisations and people. His self-initiated concept and organisation, Teaspoons of Change, focuses on the personal choices, decisions and actions that have a positive impact on people and the planet.

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: All

Presentation Details

This workshop will give teachers confidence and competence to utilize sustainability and global citizenship as a lens to enhance global literacy and competency for students. There will be loads of practical tips, tricks, and tools to add seamlessly to any lesson, unit, or learning situation. Sustainability and Global Citizenship has a large range of added value for our students with very little effort so they can interact with the world through connection and opportunity and a greater sense of well-being and belonging.

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Name: ISY

School: ISY

Target Audience Grades: All

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Social Event - if you plan to attend the social event, you must register, so that we have the correct number for catering purposes. We hope to see you there!