DEEPENING CONNECTIONS

ECIS EARLY CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE 24 - 25 MARCH 2017

ST. JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WATERLOO, BELGIUM

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Several ECIS schools have been involved in service projects at the Sanjeewani Primary School in Nagarkot, Nepal, building connections with the local community affected by the devastating 2015 earthquake. In April 2017, a team will be visiting ECIS schools to participate in professional development opportunities. In support of this project, the Early Childhood SIG is donating a grant. Your participation at this conference contributes to learning across the globe. Thank you for your support!

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DEEPENING CONNECTIONS IN NEPALINTRODUCING THE COMMITTEE

Thanks to your generous contributions, we collected an incredible 313 books in 23 languages at our previous Early Childhood Conference! These books traveled by train from Zurich to Vienna to donate to the Who Am I public library in Vienna where they were received with great appreciation. Thank you again for promoting home language learning around the world!

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We are delighted to welcome the group from the International Teacher Education for Primary Schools (ITEps).These student teachers will once again be supporting our conference in various capacities while also having the opportunity to attend the many sessions we are offering. We are please to be able to offer this professional development experience to these educators of our future!

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WELCOME FROM MELISSA MCDONALD

The ECIS Early Childhood Special Interest Group is delighted to welcome you to St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium, March 24th-25th. On behalf of the team, I am honored to share our excitement with returning to St. John’s International School to bring you another fantastic professional learning experience. Our theme is ‘Deepening Connections’ and our goal is to develop learning opportunities and connections amongst international early childhood educators.

As a follow up to our previous conference, we responded to your feedback on moving our conference forward one year as well as including more repeat sessions of our invited speakers. Your input has allowed us to make learning opportunities more accessible. Our aim has been to provide a variety of opportunities for you to continue deepening connections between new and prior learning.

In alignment with our conference theme, we have condensed our strands to four key areas in the early years. Our keynote, invited, and teacher presenters will deliver inspiring and thought-provoking workshops in the areas of Diversity, Pedagogy, Creativity and Environment.

Our connection journey will begin with the return of two of our previous expert speakers, Stuart Stotts and Monica Neagoy. Whether you are hearing them again or for the first time, they always provide key insights to supporting learning in early childhood settings. We will continue to deepen our understanding by learning more from Elizabeth Jarman about designing effective communication-enriched spaces and Margot Sunderland who will be sharing ways to strengthen relationships. Our conference concludes with the return of Stuart Stotts for an engaging closing session on how to nurture kindness.

In between these phenomenal keynote speakers, we will have over 30 sessions from our keynotes, invited speakers, and amazing teacher presenters. These workshops will provide insights, strategies and tips to promote student learning and engagement.

WELCOME TO OUR 12TH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CONFERENCE!

ECIS Early Childhood Special Interest Group

We are happy to offer this wonderful opportunity for you to connect and extend your learning with other international early childhood professionals. We look forward to meeting you!

Warm wishes,

Melissa McDonaldChair, ECIS Early Childhood Special Interest Group

St. John’s International School WELCOME FROM RAY HOLLIDAY-BERSEGEAY

Welcome to Belgium, and especially to Waterloo! You have travelled from countries from four continents to join with fellow early childhood practitioners here in St. John’s International School. Such journeys show your belief in the power of sharing practice and deepening connections as well as your belief in continuous personal and professional development.

There are four strands to the conference: diversity, pedagogy, creativity and environment. All strands have their keynote speakers and then there are numerous opportunities, either within the groups or informally during the breaks, for you to reflect, ponder, think and share. I am convinced that you shall all then return to your schools enriched by the experience and with a deepened and enhanced viewpoint on the four themes. St John’s International School is very happy to be hosting the ECIS Early Childhood Conference. The school has been in existence for over 53 years, which means that we have quite a track record in the provision of education for this age group. Indeed, we are doing so for the third time as part of our commitment to international education and our belief in the power of group professional development.

So, enjoy the course and enjoy each other’s company, be open-minded and receptive, and continue your belief in the role of international school education as a way to change mindsets and to bring people of different cultures and beliefs together.

Best wishes,

Ray Holliday-Bersegeay Head of School

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1 Early Childhood Campus Timbertops Hall2 Performing Arts Centre Theatre Cloakroom Drama Room (B Level) Music Room (C Level)3 Middle/High School Library and Project Room (A Level) Classrooms (B and C Levels) Conference Area (C Level)4 Elementary School Library (C Level)55 Cafeteria

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Author | Consultant | Keynote speaker FRIDAY KEYNOTE: MONICA NEAGOY

Monica Neagoy is an author, international consultant, and popular keynote speaker with a keen passion for mathematics.

In addition to writing books, her 25-year mathematics career has included teacher professional development, math specialist training, national/international conference speeches, live television courses, video creation and hosting, math apps conception, and live math shows including her one-woman MathMagic Show. Whether in the U.S., Europe, or elsewhere, whether presenting in English, French, or Spanish, whether working with teacher, parents, or students, Monica’s life-long goal has been to infuse people with a fascination for the beauty,power, and wonder of mathematics.

Dr. Neagoy’s mathematical expertise spans grades PreK to 12. After creating many video courses for the upper grades—including series for Discovery Education and The Annenberg Channel, over the past decade she has focused on the elementary grades. She’s convinced that if a child enters middle school disenchanted with mathematics, the chances to rekindle his or her love for mathematics are slim.

Having begun her teaching career in the Georgetown University Mathematics Department and been a program director at the National Science Foundation thereafter, her knowledge of higher mathematics enables her to empower teachers and parents to appreciate the bridges from early childhood math to advanced abstract math. In 2012 and 2014, Corwin Press published two books authored by Dr. Neagoy titled, Planting The Seeds of Algebra, PreK-2 and Planting the Seeds of Algebra, 3-5 respectively.

ASCD and NCTM are co-publishing her upcoming book Unpacking Fractions, which will be out in March 2017. Finally, Monica is also director and lead author of a brand new adaptation of Singapore Mathematics for France (and available to other French-speaking countries), published by La librairie des Écoles in Paris.

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FRIDAY KEYNOTE: ELIZABETH JARMAN

Elizabeth Jarman is an internationally recognised education professional who specialises in developing really effective learning environments working with architects to educators.

She is an award winning author. Elizabeth developed The Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach, which uses the environment to support communication skills, emotional well-being and physical development for children across all key stages.Elizabeth’s work is widely recognised and respected and her thinking is professionally challenging the way that environments for children are viewed.

Elizabeth has a UK teaching background and developed many Early Years Programmes for the Department for Education, UK. She worked as lead UK consultant with UNESCO advising on the development of European Family Learning schemes. She is currently developing various learning environment projects in the UK, States, India and Thailand.

See www.elizabethjarmantraining.co.uk for more information.

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MHS Music Room Singing in the Circle STUART STOTTS

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ES Library

Learning Through Play - What Can Children’s Creative Making Tell Us?

DEBI KEYTE-HARTLAND

DIVERSITY

C-level Conference Area What every Teacher should know about DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder)/Dyspraxia

DIVERSITY

MS Drama Mulitilingualism and the Young Child

JILL SURMOUNT

CREATIVITY

MHS Music Room Transdisciplinary Learning through an Arts Lens

ANDREA MILLS & VICTORIA NEWMAN

CREATIVITY

MHS Project Keep Calm and Seesaw On (Digital Portfolios)

INGRID KAY

DIVERSITY

ES Library

Building an Inclusive and Representative Book Collection

LINDA MALEY

DIVERSITY

MS Drama

Tradition versus Technology (STEAM)

FIGEN KARABULUT & ZÜBEYDE DOĞAN ÇAKIR

CREATIVITY

MHS Music Room

Storytelling STUART STOTTS

CREATIVITY

ES Library

Projects of Enquiry - Going Beyond Noticing Children’s Interests

DEBI KEYTE-HARTLAND

DIVERSITY

C-level Conference Area

Inclusive Strategies to Support Children with DCD(Developmental Coordination Disorder)/ Dyspraxia in the Early Years

DIVERSITY

MS Drama

Fostering Positive Partnerships in the Early Years

MARGARET SHINDE

16:30 - 17:30 Concluding Keynote Presentation: Elizabeth Jarman: Using the Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach to Develop Really Effective Contexts for Learning17:30 - 18:30 Apero / Reception

SESSION 1

11:30 -

12:30

08:15 - 08:45 Tea and Coffee: PAC Foyer

08:45 - 09:30 Welcome from St. John’s International School and ECIS: PAC Theatre

09:30 - 10:00 Stuart Stotts: “Warmer”

10:00 - 11:00 Keynote presentation: Monica Neagoy: Children and the Wonder of Numbers

11:00 - 11:30 Tea & Coffee break: Deepening the connections: PAC Foyer

SESSION 2

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SESSION 3

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15:00 - 15:15 MOVEMENT TO NEXT SESSION

CATHY PARVIN

CATHY PARVIN

16:15 - 16:30 MOVEMENT TO NEXT SESSION

FRIDAY

24MAR

OFF-SITE: Young Children Schools & Museum Visit: Foundation Folon 13:00 - 15:00: Max. 25 participants CHRIS SAVVA & MARIANNE BEHAEGHEL1 12:30 - 13:15 GROUP 1 LUNCH

13:15 - 14:00 GROUP 2 LUNCH

DEEPENING CONNECTIONS CONVERSATIONS: VISITS TO EC CENTRE AND EXHIBITORS

DIVERSITY

MS Drama Mulitilingualism and the Young Child

JILL SURMOUNT

DIVERSITY

MS Drama

Tradition versus Technology (STEAM)

FIGEN KARABULUT & ZÜBEYDE DOĞAN ÇAKIR

DIVERSITY

MS Drama

Fostering Positive Partnerships in the Early Years

MARGARET SHINDE

16:30 - 17:30 Concluding Keynote Presentation: Elizabeth Jarman: Using the Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach to Develop Really Effective Contexts for Learning17:30 - 18:30 Apero / Reception

PEDAGOGY

MHS Library

Deepening Connections with Numbers ages 3-6

PEDAGOGY

PAC Theatre Butterflies Under Glass - Respectful Documentation and Assessment

PAM MUNDY

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall

The Danish Approach to using the Outdoors with Young Children OUTDOOR CLOTHING REQ.

JANE WILLIAMS-SIEGFREDSEN

PEDAGOGY

MHS Library Practical Problem-Solving Skills

IREM YARAR & ZEYNEP ÜNLÜ MUTLU

PEDAGOGY

MHS Library

Deepening Connections with Numbers ages 6-9

MONICA NEAGOY

PEDAGOGY

PAC Theatre Playful Learner, Playful Teacher

PAM MUNDY

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall

Outdoor Learning: Putting Theory into Practice OUTDOOR CLOTHING REQ. JANE WILLIAMS-SIEGFREDSEN

ENVIRONMENT

MB3 Enable the Environment

NATALIE STAPLES

12:30 - 13:15 GROUP 1 LUNCH 13:15 - 14:00 GROUP 2 LUNCH 5

MONICA NEAGOY

DEEPENING CONNECTIONS CONVERSATIONS: VISITS TO EC CENTRE AND EXHIBITORS

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall Beyond the Classroom Environment

BRIONY TAYLOR KAREN POULSEN & JENNIFER PASTERNAK

FRIDAY

SATURDAY KEYNOTE: STUART STOTTS

Stuart Stotts is a songwriter, storyteller, author and teaching artist from Madison, Wisconsin. He’s worked as a full-time performer since 1986, and he gives over 100 shows a year for kids, families and adults around the Midwest, and sometimes farther.

Stuart is also a Kennedy Center teaching artist. He has released several award-winning recordings, and is also the author of The Bookcase Ghost: A collection of Wisconsin ghost stories., Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin, and We Shall Overcome: A Song that Changed the World. His newest book is Beyond Nice: 149 Ideas to Nurture Kindness in Young Children.

Stuart’s presentations are interactive, participatory, and dedicated to providing a mixture of immediately useful ideas and a broader view of theory and larger perspectives. His keynote at our conference will focus on creating connections through curiosity, creativity, and practices that encourage kindness. Stuart will sing with us, share stories, and celebrate the importance of the work we all do with young children.

For more information on Stuart see his website at www.stuartstotts.com

Songwriter | Storyteller | Author

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Director of Education and Training | The Centre for Child Mental Health, London SATURDAY KEYNOTE: MARGOT SUNDERLAND

Dr Margot Sunderland is Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health London, Honorary Visiting Fellow at London Metropolitan University, Associate Member of the Royal College of Medicine, and Child Psychotherapist with over thirty years experience of working with children and families.

She is the author of over twenty books in the field of child mental health, which collectively have been translated into eighteen languages and published in twenty-four countries. Her internationally acclaimed book, “The Science of Parenting” (Dorling Kindersley) www.dorlingkindersley.co.uk, won First Prize in the British Medical Association Medical Book awards 2007 Popular Medicine section. (Paperback version entitled “What Every Parent Needs to Know”).

The book, endorsed by one of the world’s leading affective neuroscientists, Professor Jaak Panksepp, is the result of ten years research on the long-term effects of adult-child interaction on the developing brain. Dr Sunderland has two doctorates, one in child psychotherapy, thesis entitled “The Application of Art and Science to the Psychological Treatment of Children.”

MARGOTSUNDERLAND

CREATIVITY

MHS Music Room Singing in the Circle STUART STOTTS

CREATIVITY

ES Library Learning Through Play: What Can Children’s Creative Making Tell Us?

DEBI KEYTE-HARTLAND

DIVERSITY

MS Drama

What Every Teacher Should Know About DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder)/Dyspraxia

DIVERSITY

C-Level Conference Enabling Children to Learn MARGOT SUNDERLAND

CREATIVITY

MHS Music Room Teachers Teaching Teachers

JULIA GARDNER & STUART STOTTS

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ES Library How Play and Creativity can Expand Learning

MELANIE O’LEARY, JOHN O’TOOLE & HOLLY VANDERMOLEN

DIVERSITY

C-Level Conference Area Implementation of a Dual Language Programme

DIANE AJAMIAN & ANN HOOGVELTS

DIVERSITY

MS Drama Enabling Learning in an Enabling Environment

LUDMILLA PILLAY

CREATIVITY

MHS Music Room

From Box to Production CAROLE REYMOND

CREATIVITY

ES Library

Projects of Inquiry: Going Beyond Noticing Children’s Interests

DEBI KEYTE-HARTLAND

DIVERSITY

C-Level Conference Area

Inclusive Strategies to Support Children with DCD(Developmental Coordination Disorder)/Dyspraxia in the Early Years

DIVERSITY

Ms Drama

Brain-based strategies forSupporting Young Learnerswith Stress and Anxiety MELISSA MCDONALD

16:00 - 17:00 Concluding Keynote Presentation: Stuart Stotts - Beyond Nice: Nurturing Kindness with Young Children

SESSION 1

10:45 -

11:45

08:30 - 09:00 Tea and Coffee PAC Foyer09:00 - 09:15 Welcome to Day 2 PAC Theatre09:15 -10:15 Keynote Presentation: Margot Sunderland - Relationships that Heal10:15 -10:45 Tea and coffee break: Deepening the connections PAC Foyer

SESSION 2

13:30 -

14:30

SESSION 3

14:45 -

15:45

5

14:30 - 14:45 MOVEMENT TO NEXT SESSION

15:45 - 16:00 MOVEMENT TO FINAL KEYNOTE

CATHY PARVIN

CATHY PARVIN

25MAR

12:00 - 12:45 GROUP 1 LUNCH DEEPENING CONNECTIONS WITH THE AUTHORS: BOOK SIGNING / Q&A WITH MARGOT SUNDERLAND & AVRIL MCDONALD (EXHIBITOR AREA)

SATURDAY

DIVERSITY

C-Level Conference Enabling Children to Learn MARGOT SUNDERLAND

DIVERSITY

MS Drama Enabling Learning in an Enabling Environment

LUDMILLA PILLAY

DIVERSITY

Ms Drama

Brain-based strategies forSupporting Young Learnerswith Stress and Anxiety MELISSA MCDONALD

16:00 - 17:00 Concluding Keynote Presentation: Stuart Stotts - Beyond Nice: Nurturing Kindness with Young Children

08:30 - 09:00 Tea and Coffee PAC Foyer09:00 - 09:15 Welcome to Day 2 PAC Theatre09:15 -10:15 Keynote Presentation: Margot Sunderland - Relationships that Heal10:15 -10:45 Tea and coffee break: Deepening the connections PAC Foyer

PEDAGOGY

MB1/MB3 Classrooms

Butterflies Under Glass: Respectful Documentation and Assessment PAM MUNDY

PEDAGOGY

MHS Library

Innovative Pedagogy in Emotional Wellbeing AVRIL MCDONALD

PEDAGOGY

Project Room Developmentally Appropriate Assessments

JULIANA MENEZES & DANIELA SHOJI

PEDAGOGY

MB1 Classroom Conversation Based Morning Meeting

MERRIL MICELI

ENVIRONMENT

MB3 Classroom Our Journey from Fixed Timetable to Free Flow

ANA RAQUEL SUÁREZ

PEDAGOGY

PAC Theatre

Innovative Pedagogy in Emotional Wellbeing AVRIL MCDONALD

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall

Young Children Schools & Museum Visits (Presentation of Friday’s visit to the museum)

CHRIS SAVVA & MARIANNE BEHAEGHEL

ENVIRONMENT

PAC Theatre

Creating Connected Home-School Environments ELIZABETH JARMAN

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall

Outdoor Learning: Putting Theory into Practice OUTDOOR CLOTHING REQ.

JANE WILLIAMS-SIEGFREDSEN

ENVIRONMENT

Timbertops Hall The Danish Approach to using the Outdoors with Young Children OUTDOOR CLOTHING REQ. JANE WILLIAMS-SIEGFREDSEN

PEDAGOGY

MB1/MB3 Classrooms Playful Learner, Playful Teacher PAM MUNDY

ENVIRONMENT

MHS Library

Enhancing the Environment with Worthwhile Materials and Resources

ELIZABETH JARMAN

512:45 - 13:30 GROUP 2 LUNCH

DEEPENING CONNECTIONS WITH THE AUTHORS: BOOK SIGNING / Q&A WITH MARGOT SUNDERLAND & AVRIL MCDONALD (EXHIBITOR AREA)

SATURDAY

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