Learning+Opportunities

Return to Home ** Associations I belong to and conferences and workshops I have been privileged to attend. ** 
 * Membership of Professional Organizations: **

International Association of School Librarianship American Association of School Libraries

AASL_ISS Independent Schools ALSC. Association for Library Service to Children IRRT. International Relations

International Association of School Librarianship Conference, Brisbane, Australia
 * Professional Development opportunities while at Qatar Academy: **

Teacher Training Center - London: Inquiry Based Learning in the International Classroom Special Needs Learning in the International School  European Council of International Schools Librarians Conference, Berlin, Germany

Story telling and language learning with Andrew Wright

IASL Conference, Padua, Italy

PYP Exhibition Workshop, Mumbai

Flat classroom conference, Doha

ICTQatar Conferences

ESL in the Mainstream

Information Literacy Network Librarian Course

 Your School Library online conferences: 2008 - Web 2.0 Tools in the library 2009 - Information Literacy 2009 - Library Design 2010 - Reading

AASL Online Courses: 1. Reading 2. Poetry with children


 * Workshops and Conferences attended (Prior to working at Qatar Academy): **

I nternational Association of School Librarianship Conference - Durban, South Africa Special needs Association of Botswana conferences Association of Independent Schools of Africa Conferences in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana Institute on “Real Spelling” Melvyn Ramsden Institute on Computers in the Class Room - Anna McFadden and Barrie-Jo Price Institute on Technolgy and Learning - Learning First, Technology Second –M.A. Mather Symposium in Cape Town “Towards more understanding - The Making and Sharing of Children’s Literature in Southern Africa”. Co-operative Learning - Dr John Gibbon Design Technology Workshop Computer Association of Botswana English as a Second Language - Mary Barrett Counselling Children – Mark Kluckow ICT /I*EARN Conference – UCT, Cape Town Multiple Intelligences – Mark Kluckow, Beryl Lourens ICT Conference – Hilton College, KwaZulu Natal Teaching Art in the Primary School – Stan Cohen and Van Zyl le Grange