featured Speakers Leah Treesh leah Treesh, Director of lT learning Technologies, has taught and served in leadership roles in a variety of school settings and previously taught english in an 1:1 school. brought to europe as a Technology Integration specialist to collaborate with a dynamic team at munich International school to launch a now well-established 1:1 project, leah works with international schools to help them build and maintain their technology initiatives. she developed a series of professional development materials for Apple Germany geared toward Ib schools, serves on the eCIs ICT Committee and is the eCIs consultant responsible for managing iTunes U.
Bernadette van Houten
bernadette van Houten has an academic background in communication disorders, language development and education of deaf and hard of hearing students. she has over 35 years teaching experience at all levels both in national and international schools. she is the founder and first Chair of the european Council of International schools Cross-Cultural Committee and facilitates inservice courses for national and international school faculty around the world. bernadette is director of Consultants Intercultural Communication and a University lecturer in Cross-Cultrral management, a corporate cross-cultural coach, and family advisor on multilingualism. she is a consultant/trainer for The Council of europe and the Centro Cultural deHispanohablantes de Amsterdam.
Michelle Garcia Winner michelle Garcia Winner is the founder of social Thinking which specializes in developing treatment models and specific strategies for helping persons with social cognitive learning challenges. she runs and works in her small clinic; has authored numerous books and speaks internationally. michelle’s goal is to help educators, mental health providers and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of students’ academic, vocational and community success. she was honored with a “Congressional special recognition Award” in 2008.
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