I have presented motivating and engaging keynotes and other presentations for educators throughout British Columbia and beyond. My keynotes at early childhood conferences and in-service days focus on practical ways that teachers and other educators make a positive difference in the lives of their students. Through stories and examples, I focus on concrete ways that teachers make a difference, support literacy, and strengthen communities.
Presentations and Keynotes
- Overcoming barriers: High expectation projects that every student can complete (2019), Symposium Learning Transformation, Coast Mountain College, Terrace, BC
- Play-based teaching and learning in the early to primary years (2015), Early Learning Forum, Haida Gwaii School District (SD50), Skidegate, BC
- Children as co-constructors of culture: Listening to children`s own reflections on the process of cultural co-construction (2014), University of British Columbia Interprofessional Continuing Education and Human Early Learning Partnership, Early Years Conference 2014: Shaping Childhood – Factors that Matter
- Respect: Recognizing children’s power (2014), Child Care Options Professional Development, Surrey, BC
- How children’s empowerment changes everything (2014), Exploration and Discovery Conference, Sunshine Coast Child Care Resource and Referral, Sechelt, BC
- Setting boundaries and empowering children: Supporting and guiding children positively (2014), Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) 43rd Annual Conference, Richmond, BC
- Making history together: Developing our capacity as co-leaders in the movement for universal child care (2013), Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) 42nd Annual Conference, Richmond, BC
- Capturing complexity: Frameworks reflecting the true complexity of the child’s inquiry (2012), International Innovations in ECE: A Canadian Forum on Early Childhood Frameworks, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
- ECE learning circles on reading, storytelling activism, and mathematics (2011), Liberation Learning Project, Victoria, Vancouver, and Nanaimo, BC
- Making sense of brain research (2011), Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) 40th Annual Conference, Richmond, BC (2011)
- Sacrifice and victory: The history and now of sacrifice and victory for human rights (2006), Dickinson College, The Clarke Center, Co-Presenter: Carl Johnson (United Workers Association), Carlisle, PA
- Benchmarks and children (2005), Washington Association for the Education of Young Children (WAEYC) 29th Annual Conference, Bellevue, WA
- With liberty and justice for all (2004), Washington Association for the Education of Young Children (WAEYC) 28th Annual Conference, Bellevue, WA