Workshop Presenters’ Biographies

MARIA ELEANOR BARLONGAY Maria Eleanor Mabaquiao-Barlongay, or simply “Yek” to her students, is a dancer, choreographer, and educator. Her formal training in various dances such as classical ballet, modern jazz, and tap dance started at the age of four at the Julie Borromeo Dance Arts Studio. She was a member of the premier Jazz dance company Douglas Nierras’ Powerdance. As a member of the dance company, she performed and participated in various local and international dance concerts and expositions. She was a creative director and choreographer of ADB Dance Guild. Presently, she is a faculty member of the International School Manila, where she has been teaching beginning dance, advanced dance, and ISM Dance Company and has been choreographing for the school’s various productions. Yek is also a certified Zumba instructor (ZIN member), has attended further dance studies and professional dance teacher’s workshop in the University of California in Sacramento, USA. Recently, she was invited to choreographed the tap number for La Cage Aux Folles that was shown in Manila last February and August 2015.

CASSANDRA BASILE Cassandra is the associate director for International Planning and Outreach at the College Board. She is responsible for professional development event promotion and marketing strategy in an effort to increase awareness and implementation of College Board’s programs and services. Prior to joining the College Board, she spent three years in marketing at an international education technology company. Originally from Thousand Oaks, California, Cassandra has spent the last five years in New York City working in the fine art industry, technology, and education. She holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude from California State University, Northridge.

ROLF BECKER Born in April 1962 in Selters, Germany, Rolf graduated in 1984 from Staatliche Musikhochschule, Cologne, Germany. He has been a professional musician, composer, arranger (orchestrator), conductor and producer since 1984. He has worked on collaboration as musician (all saxophones, clarinets, flutes), conductor and arranger for RIAS Big Band (Radio Big Band Berlin), HR Big Band (Radio Big Band in Frankfurt), Paul Kuhn Orchestra, Gunter Noris Big Band, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley Bassey, Gloria Gaynor, and many more. As collaboration as composer, orchestrator, and producer he has worked for various German and international radio, TV, and movie production companies, e.g. 1998 “Liebe Deine Nachste”; 2000-2005 “Tatort” (German crime series); 2006 “Die Heilerin 2&3” (German movie series for TV); 2006-2009 “Lily Schonauer” (German & Austrian co-production for TV); 2008 “John Rabe” (award winning cinema production); Rudi Carrell production, weekly comedy show for German TV; soundtrack for Keanu Reeves’ youngest movie “The Man of Tai Chi,” and many more.

CHRISTOPHER BILL Chris is an up-and-coming musician based outside of New York City. He has been playing piano since he was six years old, trombone since he was 10, and he has been composing/arranging since he was 12. He has a bachelor of music for classical trombone performance at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music in New York. While at the conservatory he studied with critically acclaimed trombonists Weston Sprott (Metropolitan Opera), Denson Paul-Pollard (Metropolitan Opera), John Fedchock (Grammy nominated jazz trombonist), and the absolutely incomparable Timothy Albright. Chris is best known for his all-trombone arrangements of popular songs. His YouTube Channel has been gaining popularity since the summer of 2012 when he posted his version of Owl City’s “Fireflies” for six trombones. More recently, a cover of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” where Chris uses a looping station to compose the song on the spot went viral in the spring of 2014. His videos have amassed over 9 million views and a following of over 75,000 subscribers. In April 2014, Chris independently released his first cover album, Breakthrough, followed by his Christmas album, Smiling’s My Favorite. Since graduating from the Purchase Conservatory, Chris enjoys a busy schedule of performances, clinics, and masterclasses. In addition to producing a new video every Saturday for his YouTube Channel, he often performs at festivals such as the American Trombone Workshop, Midwest Clinic, Texas Bandmasters Association, Con Brio Festivals, Conn-Selmer Institute, and the International Trombone Festival.

PETER BOONSHAFT Called one of the most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, Peter Loel Boonshaft has been invited to speak or conduct in every state in the USA and around the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling books “Teaching Music with Passion, Teaching Music with Purpose, and Teaching Music with Promise, as well as his first book for teachers of other disciplines, Teaching with Passion, Purpose and Promise. He is also co-author of Alfred Music Publishing’s new beginning method book series, Sound Innovations for Band and Sound Innovations for Strings, as well as Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band and Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band. Honored by the National Association for Music Education and Music For All as the first recipient of the George M. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education, he is currently on the faculty of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he is professor of Music. Dr. Boonshaft has received official proclamations from the Governors of five states and a Certificate of Appreciation from former President Ronald Reagan, as well as performing for former President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and for Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His honors also include being selected three times as a National Endowment for the Arts Artist in Residence.

ANDREA CAPRANICO Andrea is a documentary filmmaker based in Manila, Philippines. Born and raised in Italy, he graduated with a masters degree in chemistry and, after a few years of science research and corporate work, he started to pursue his dream of being a world traveler, a photographer, and a filmmaker. His first long-feature documentary, “The Undertaker,” had its world premiere at the Singapore International Film Festival 2014. Hollywood Reporter picked it as one of the nine must-see movies at the festival, and it has also been selected in competition in a number of festivals around the world. Andrea’s second long-feature documentary is “The Landscape Within” (a lyrical portrait of a body-painter and conceptual artist in rural Philippines) while continuing production of his third feature documentary “Alvis for PRES” (the story of a Filipino Elvis Presley impersonator committed to industrial safety and motivational seminars in the outskirts of Manila).

ASHLEY CASEY Ashley Casey, a lecturer in pedagogy at Loughborough University (UK) and an sdjunct senior lecturer at the University of Limerick (Ireland), has published 24 peer-reviewed papers in the last four years and is an active member of a number of international organisations. He is a member of the British Educational Research Association and is currently the co-convenor of the Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy SIG. He is a member of the Association of Physical Education and chair of their research committee. Ashley is a member of the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education, an associate editor of the Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy journal, a member of the editorial board of the journals QUEST and Cultura_Ciencia_Deporte, and he reviews for a number of international journals. He is active on Twitter, writes a weekly research blog for teachers at www.peprn.com, and publishes a weekly podcast. His website has received over 100,000 unique visitors from 120 countries since its inception in July 2010.

MATTHEW CHADWICK Matthew comes to education from a previous career in software engineering at Nike and several startups. He is now an enthusiastic educator, learner, and advocate for the Maker Movement. Currently he is the middle school technology coordinator at International School Manila for the last seven years as well as more recently the middle school robotics teacher. He completed his undergraduate degree in management onformation systems with a minor in law from Oregon State University as well as a masters in education from Portland State University. He is also an Apple Certified Support Professional, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, and Microsoft Certified Professional. He has also completed extensive teacher training for robotics at Carnegie Mellon University in NXT/EV3 and Robot C programming.

ALEC COUROS Dr. Couros is an associate professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity.

MELISSA COX Melissa is a senior lecturer at Emory University, where she teaches 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semester music theory as well as music-history related courses. Before coming to Emory, she taught AP music theory for 12 years at The Gregory School (then St. Gregory School), in Tucson, Arizona. She is a long-time reader for the AP Music Theory exam, and has served on the Test Development Committee and the AP Consultant Advisory Board. She is currently a member of the Steering Committee for the AP Annual Conference. Melissa regularly presents workshops and institutes throughout the United States. She holds degrees in musicology from Harvard and in conducting from the University of Arizona. When not immersed in music theory, she cooks enthusiastically, visits her grandchildren, and travels around the world with her husband.

RINGO DINGRANDO Ringo is self-appointed commander-in-chief of the high school robotics program at International School Manila. In this role he teaches robotics courses and manages (barely) the robotics club. He also serves as program leader of the design technology department and teaches physics. Ringo studied physics and education at the University of Missouri but now calls Colorado home. When not immersed in education, Ringo enjoys helping his wife Jillian design hi-tech Halloween costumes for his brand new son. These costumes traditionally involve Arduino, laser cutting, 3D printing, soldering, and impracticality.

STEVE DODD A national coach and with 25 years of teaching experience together with 10+ years teaching A Level, AS/A2 physical education, BTEC sports science, and more recently 3 years of IB sports, exercise, and health science, Steve brings a great level of knowledge and enthusiasm for a wonderful subject that allows students to further their interest and understanding of sport and exercise in a wider context. He is currently high school program leader at International School Manila where he has been working for the last 14 years, all while continually looking to enhance the curriculum and profile for physical education. He recently presented IB Sports Sscience - The Flipped Approach at EARCOS in Shanghai and assisted in the delivery of a C1/C2 IB SEHS workshop in Manila.

CHRISTINA DY An artist that continues to push the boundaries of drawing, Christina has been creating large-scale charcoal works that are part drawing, performance, and installation. Recently she has turned her attention to the drawing surface itself—paper. She now experiments with paper and the different ways of folding—traditional, rigid, wet—and combining it with drawing. She also creates works in collaboration with other artists, combining drawing and craft with photography.

MARILYN GEORGE Marilyn has been the associate executive director of the Accrediting Commission for Schools, the Western Association for Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC), since 1987. As the associate executive director, her responsibilities for the entire WASC region include: working with international, national, and state governments, ACS WASC partner associations, school districts, and individual schools in developing and refinement of overall policies, understandings, and detailed procedures; creating/refining accreditation criteria, materials, and processes. Prior to joining ACS WASC, she taught at the K-12 and college levels and has been a professional development specialist, a trainer, a consultant, and a high school district administrator of professional development and state/federal programs. Marilyn has given presentations and written articles and other publications in the areas of staff development, mentoring, and accreditation. Her degrees are from Westminster College (B.S.), University of Wisconsin, Madison (M.S.), and University of California Los Angeles, UCLA, (Ed.D.).

ROBERT GILLESPIE Robert Gillespie, violinist and professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at The Ohio State University, which has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Under Dr. Gillespie’s leadership, Ohio State University received the 2015 Institutional String Education Award as the premier string education university in the country. Dr. Gillespie is a past national President of the American String Teachers Association. He is a frequent guest conductor of All-State, region, and festival orchestras. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings. Also he is co-author of the college text Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building a Successful School Orchestra Program, the String Clinics to Go DVD series, and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award for 2002-2003 in the School of Music at Ohio State University. During the 2015-2016 academic year, Gillespie is giving string pedagogy and research presentations, and conducting orchestra performances in Texas, Indiana, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, and internationally in Manila, Philippines, and Rome, Italy.

DAVID GLEASON Dr. Gleason is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of providing counseling, consulting and neuropsychological assessment services within independent and international schools. David earned a B.A. in psychology & theology (1982) and an M.A. in counseling children & adolescents (1987) from Boston College before earning a Psy.D. at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (1993). After serving for several years as administrative director of student support services (full-time psychologist in residence) at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, Dr. Gleason opened his own clinical practice in 2000. Subsequently, in 2002, eager to reconnect with an independent school faculty, he joined Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts, as that school’s consulting psychologist. Dr. Gleason’s article, “Trouble In Paradise,” was published in NewsLinks (Fall 2013), and he has just completed a book on a related topic targeted for publication within the next year. David and his wife, Amy—a math teacher at another independent boarding school—have been fully immersed in the world of independent schools as they have raised their three children while living on a boarding school campus.

TERRY GOETZ Terry is director of the Creative Dance Center in Seattle, Washington. She has been on the faculty of the Creative Dance Center since 2000 and began training with CDC founder Anne Green Gilbert in 1997. She teaches nurturing baby, parent/toddler, and parent/child creative dance classes and ballet and modern dance for older children and adults. Terry has taught in preschools, elementary classrooms, and studios throughout the Seattle area since retiring from Pacific Northwest Ballet where she danced from 1988-1995. Terry presents workshops locally, nationally, and internationally, training dance teachers, educators, early childhood specialists, and teaching artists in BrainDance and Brain-Compatible Dance Education. Terry is an active member of the National Dance Education Organization and is past-president of the Dance Educators Association of Washington. In 2015 Terry was named Dance Educator of the Year by DEAW. This annual award is presented to dance educators working in the state of Washington.

DOUG GOODKIN (See page 36)

DAVID GRAN David has been teaching art and film classes for 15 years, for most of that time at the Shanghai American School, with his wife Kim. In addition to teaching IB film & IB art, David is a moderator for IB film, was an organizer of the original Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai, and the founder of the Shanghai Student Film Festival (now in its ninth year). David is an Apple Distinguished Educator, an Adobe Education Leader, and a National Board Certified Teacher. David is passionate about the intersection of technology and creativity in art education, and writes a monthly column on that subject for School Arts Magazine.

JENNIFER HARTLEY Dr. Hartley is an award winning director, writer, humanitarian and applied theatre practitioner who has received global recognition for her work. An international director, Jennifer lectures on drama theory and practice, and specialises in applied theatre working extensively with Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Through study and practise Jennifer developed her own working practise from these methods, a practise she now uses to work with minority and oppressed groups worldwide. This has led to a number of studies, publications and plays. Jennifer regularly works on various applied theatre projects around the world and is the founder and director of the award winning charity Theatre versus Oppression (TVO) and co-founder and director of Multi Story Media Ltd. She recently completed a 13-part documentary series working with torture victims in South America using applied film and a docufilm set in Wales about human trafficking.

DINAH HELGESON Dinah recently retired from International School Bangkok after nine years as head of fine arts and the high school choir director. Prior to living in Bangkok, Dinah was in demand as a guest conductor/choral clinician for several All-State choir and provincial festivals throughout the U.S.A., Canada, and Southeast Asia. Since her retirement, she has returned to guest conducting, facilitating vocal/choir retreats/teacher workshops and adjudicating. Dinah graduated with a degree in secondary music education from Pacific Lutheran University. While at PLU, Dinah was member and soprano soloist with “The Choir of the West” under the direction of Dr. Maurice Skones. She studied with Barbara Poulshock and was the “Cecelia Shultz Soloist” winner in 1976. Dinah pursued graduate studies at University of Southern California where she studied with Dr. Rod Eichenberger. She considers Richard Nace, Geoffrey Boers, and the late John Trepp three of her dearest mentors.

MARK HILL Mark is an international physical theatre performer, director, and educator. He has worked with cutting edge Australian companies Zen Zen Zo, The Danger Ensemble, and De Quincey Co, and has performed with international Butoh companies Dairakudakan (Japan) and SU-EN Butoh Company (Europe). Mark has also applied his skills to the music industry. He toured for two years with Cabaret Punk musician, Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls. Mark has taught physical theatre around the world. He is a teacher for National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia (NIDA), works extensively for International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA), is an Australian Education Foundation Ambassador, and an ASIALINK Leader Alumni. Mark has recently enjoyed the challenge of applying his work to more social settings. He has worked for various NGOs including Theatre versus Oppression, The Philippine Community Fund, and Sharing Stories, which work with refugees in Africa, children in Manila’s slums, and with indigenous communities in remote Australia respectively. Applied theatre is something he looks forward to doing more of in the future.

KEVIN HONEYCUTT In August of 1991, Kevin accepted a position in the Inman Kansas School District to teach 1-12 art. His experiences with the students at Inman inspired him to introduce related projects to students around the world. While in the classroom, he began presenting and keynoting at educational conferences, sharing experiences with project-based learning (PBL) strategies to reach all learners, but particularly those at risk. Kevin began to realize that his own life experiences as a child of poverty often gave a unique perspective to educators striving to reach these students. In 2006, he co-created the Life-Practice Model as a framework for teachers wanting to implement PBL in their classrooms. Since 2007, Kevin has been the host of a creative learning website called ArtSnacks, an online art community with over 150 tutorials that support art curricula. ArtSnacks now serves over 10,000 students and a multitude of schools around the world. In 2009 he realized his dream of creating Podstock Conference. Kevin was selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2011 and he has assisted many faculties in their efforts to get the most from Apple’s tools in their classrooms. Since 2011, Kevin annually has presented to over 100,000 educators and entrepreneurs.

TOYM IMAO Toym is a storyteller and multi-media artist. He is a sculptor and painter in both classical and contemporary styles, a writer, and a filmmaker. His formal training came from the University of the Philippines (B.S. architecture, masters in fine arts) and Maryland Institute College of Arts (M.A. sculpture) under a Fulbright Scholarship. He was a resident artist of the Creative Alliance in Baltimore for two years. He studied film and apprenticed under premier Philippine director Marilou Diaz-Abaya. He is the recipient of Most Outstanding Capampangan Award for Achievement in the Field of Sculpture, given by the Provincial Government of Pampanga in 2003; the Gawad Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (sculpture) given by the City of Manila in 2010; and the Gawad Parangal para sa Sining sa Larangan ng Eskultura by Quezon City in 2012. He was the set designer for the very well-received musical Mabining Mandirigma (2015)and has recently been cited for best production design (New Breed Category) in the 10th Cinemalaya Film Festival (2014) for “K’ na the Dreamweaver”.

MARK JENKINS (See page 24)

MIKE KUCZALA (See page 12)

GERRY LEONARDO Gerry is a special education teacher for visual arts at the Philippine High School for the Arts. He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts’ sculpture program and was named most outstanding graduate of the MFA program of Kyoto Seika University in 1994. Gerry is the recipient of several awards such as the Asian Cultural Council Grant, the Rotary International Study Grant, and the Freeman Fellowship Grant. He was awarded the CCP 13 Art Award in 2000. He is best known around Manila for his large scale sculptures, such as the one near the International School Manila campus is Balanghai.

CAMERON McHALE Cameron brings 13 years of elementary and secondary physical education teaching experience in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Tanzania, and currently Vietnam, where he is head of elementary PE at United Nations International School. He has spent eight of those years teaching the primary years PE program and is an advocate for the concept-based approach for teaching young learners, particularly the area of adventure challenge. He recently completed his masters in education through Canterbury University where he completed his thesis on implementing adventure-based learning within a PE program. He won an EARCOS study grant for this work on action research.

BREEN O’REILLY Breen teaches IB film and film studies at the International School of Beijing and is a principal examiner for the IB. He is a member of the team creating the new IB film curriculum. He became the first online IB film teacher in 2011. He is particularly interested in visual literacy across the curriculum and the role of film in the non-film class. His favourite films are Psycho, The Imposter, and Behind the Sun.

JOAN PIPKIN Joan is currently a string orchestra director at Taipei American School where she teaches musicianship and string techniques for orchestral, chamber music, and solo performance with students in grades 3-12. She began her career in music as a freelance cellist in New York City performing a wide range of music that included solo recitals, chamber music tours with Community Concerts, principal cellist positions in the New York and Mexico and Broadway shows. Her initial education included a bachelor of music in cello performance from Boston University and a master of music in cello performance from The Julliard School. A move to Los Angeles was followed by another to Taipei, where she found her place as a principal cellist. She joined the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academy of Taiwan Strings, the Taipei Melange Trio and the AiKuang Sun Philharmonic as well as starting a private teaching studio. After a few years, she was given the opportunity to teach strings at the Taipei American School. Furthering her musical education, she completed a master of education from Framingham State and The Conductors Institute at Bard College. She was the guest conductor at the 2014 Southeast Asia Honor Orchestra and Choir Festival at AISG and continues to perform chamber music with her colleagues at Taipei American School. Additionally, she served for three years as the music director for the International Community Choir and organized several charity concerts with students at TAS.

JOEL PRESTI Joel is the associate director for international implementation at the College Board. Based at the College Board national headquarters in New York City, Joel works closely with both U.S. and international higher education institutions in an effort to increase awareness and understanding of College Board programs, services, and not-for-profit mission to connect students to college opportunity and success. Prior to joining the College Board, he worked in college admissions for six years at Oberlin College, specializing in international student recruitment, admissions, and financial aid. Originally from Lafayette, Indiana, Joel has also lived and worked in Maine, New York, Ohio, Northern Ireland, and Germany, and has traveled to over 60 countries. He holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude from Bowdoin College and a master’s degree from Columbia University.

BRIAN RUSSELL Brian has a degree in three-dimensional design and originally trained as a primary school teacher. He has recently retired having taught designing and making in a variety of schools over a 40-year period. Brian developed a product design course which is now the second most popular post 14 D&T course in England. He worked until recently as principal moderator and chief examiner for that course and prior to that was a senior moderator for the advanced level product design course, a total of over 25 years in the examining system. Brian is now involved in a new working partnership with two other retired teachers, to provide training and support for schools. In this role he runs training workshops, develops teaching resources and offers consultancy services.

RENCIE SANTOS Rencie is an award winning Filipino jewellery designer who has a reputation for unique, high quality, imaginative work: unique sculptural pieces which you can wear. He works with a wide variety of materials and unusual designs. Rencie sells his work in hotels, shopping malls and through magazines and fashion shows. He has run workshops for International School Manila, embassy personnel, and currently runs the fashion accessories courses at The Fashion Institute of the Philippines. His work can be seen on his website http:// www.renciesantos.com

BARBARA SUNDAY Barbara began her teaching career in Jamaica, and has taught AP studio art at Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver, Canada, for many years. Barb is also an experienced elementary teacher, served as district art coordinator, and lectured at the university level. She has been an AP studio art reader for 16 years and served as a table leader at the reading for four years. She has led numerous AP and pre-AP workshops across Canada and internationally for MAIS, NESA, EARCOS, and AISA. Barb presented summer institutes worldwide from Detroit and San Diego to Hawaii and Dubai. Barb has been the recipient of the NAEA Pacific Region Art Educator of the Year Award, the Canadian Art Educator of the Year, and the BCATA Art Teacher of The Year Award. She has presented at the AP Annual Conference and has served three years on their steering committee.

CAROLYN TEMERTZOGLOU Carolyn teaches health and physical education in the teacher education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Through Carolyn’s many years of educational experience as a teacher, department head, curriculum writer, and teacher educator, she advocates for quality daily health and physical education programs. Carolyn is the recipient of the Ontario Supervision of Physical and Health Education Teacher Advocacy Award for her work in supporting pre-service and in-service health and physical education teachers with their practice. She has an MA in education from OISE, and her research interests include teacher development in health and physical education. Carolyn has been actively involved in writing and reviewing curriculum and curriculumsupports for the Ministry of Education and serves on several provincial committees. She is the co-author of the Exercise Science Workbook/Lab Manual (Thompson Educational Publishing 2003), co-author of the Functional Fitness Charts, Perfect Practice, Game On (2012) and a contributing author for Teaching Physical Education Today: Canadian Perspectives (2013).

TED TEMERTZOGLOU Ted was a health and physical education teacher for the Toronto District School Board for 20 years, and has taught in the Birchmount Exceptional Athlete Program. Presently he works with Thompson Educational Publishing, creating learning resources for health and physical education K-12. He is the lead author for many books, including the newly released Kinesiology: An Introduction to Exercise Science, 2nd Edition (university preparation course), Healthy Active Living: Keep Fit Stay Healthy Have Fun used in Ontario and New Brunswick and the Functional Fitness Chart Series K-12. Ted is a former Ontario board representative for Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada advocating and promoting the importance of quality daily health and physical education programs in schools across Canada. He is a certified personal trainer with The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiologist. Ted was the recipient of the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award in 2008. He completed his MA in physical and health education with a research focus in student success and teacher-student rapport. Ted works with PE teachers from around the world delivering keynote addresses and conducting workshops in the USA, Asia, Europe, and Africa, and he is excited to return to EARCOS.

ANDY VASILY Andy is a leading teacher who has taught at international baccalaureate schools in four different countries over the past 15 years. He completed his teaching training at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Andy finished up teaching at the Nanjing International School in China in June of 2015 and is now an international educational consultant and founder of the award winning blog www.pyppewithandy.com

This is a ‘NO BAG CONFERENCE.’ For several years delegates have been telling us not to provide a conference bag, so this year we have responded. In lieu of bags, EARCOS will donate $1,500 dollars to Operation Smile, dedicated in providing free surgeries to repair cleft palates and other facial deformities for children around the globe.