​Professional Presentations & Learning Workshops


  • Co-Presenter- Debate as a Vehicle for Adolescent Literacy. Literacy Extravaganza: University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. Fall 2008. Spring 2009.
  • Co-Presenter-The Inclusion Model: Literacy for All. Literacy Extravaganza. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. Fall 2010.
  • Presenter- Content Area Literacy: A Shared Responsibility. Utterback Magnet Middle School Professional Development. Tucson, Arizona. August 2011.
  • Co-Presenter-Co-convened Courses at a University. Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii. January 2012.
  • Presenter- Three is not a Crowd: Creating Successful Triads to Mentor Special Education and General Education Teachers. New Teacher Symposium. San Jose, California. February 2012.
  • Presenter- Listening to my Students: A Study of Indigenous Scholars at a MiddleSchool. Teaching and Sociocultural Studies Colloquy. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. February 2012.
  • Presenter- Real Talk-The Swag Scholar: Navigating the Classroom Space. Utterback Magnet Middle School professional development. Tucson, Arizona. May 2012.
  • Presenter- Real Talk-The Swag Scholar: Navigating the Classroom Space. University of Arizona- Graduate Teacher Research Course. Tucson, Arizona. October 2013.
  • Presenter- Deepening the Project with the Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop. Shenzen American International School professional development. Shenzen, China. March 2014.
  • Presenter-Deepening the Project: Planning for Reflection. Shenzen American International School professional development. Shenzen, China. April 2014.
  • Co-Presenter-Teaching English as an Additional and Academic Language in International Schools (TEAAL). ISS WLI EAL Certification Course I. Seton Hall University. Nansha, China. August 2014.
  • Presenter- Be Real, Be Beautiful: An Introduction to Project Based Learning. Nansha College Preparatory Academy professional development for teacher cohort. Nansha, China. May 2015.
  • Co-Presenter- ELLs in the Classroom. Personalized Learning: Professional Learning Conference. The American School in Japan. Chofu, Japan. August 2015.
  • Presenter-A Linguistic Pedagogy of Love: Instructional Mindsets and Strategies for the Immersion School. The American School in Japan: Early Childhood Learning Center. Tokyo, Japan. October, 2016.
  • Co-Presenter- More Than Strategies: Translanguaging Mindsets and Tools for the International Classroom. SENIA Conference. Yokohama, Japan. February 2017
  • Teaching Assistant- Curriculum and Assessment for English Language Learners, ISS WLI EAL Certification Course 2. Seton Hall University. Online. February 2015-2019. 
  • Co-Facilitator- EAL Strategies for the Mainstream Classroom. Teacher Training Center. Miami, Florida. July 2016, 2017, 2018.
  • Presenter- The Co-Teaching Adventure: Sharing a Linguistic Pedagogy of Love for  Multilingual Students in the International Classroom. Japan Learning Support Network. November 2018.
  • Presenter- The Co-teaching Adventure: Sharing the Vision for Educational Equity for Multilingual Students in the International Classroom. Knowledge Source Institute.  April 2021
  • Presenter-Strengthening Our Instructional Toolbox:  Our Promise to Multilingual Learners in the Content Area/Grade Level Classroom. Knowledge Source Institute.  April 2021
  • Presenter-Nurturing A Multilingual Ecology in Our Classrooms: Our Promise to Multilingual Students in International Schools. Knowledge Source Institute.  October/November 2021