Course Leader: Kevin Simpson Time: 9.00am – 3.00pm Date: March 30 - 31, 2012 Venue: Holiday Inn Downtown, Shanghai, China 
Course Leader
Kevin Simpson is from Flint, Michigan and has been in the education field since 1998. In 2007 he started KDSL Know.Do. Serve.Learn. He partners with education organizations worldwide to increase student achievement, teacher knowledge, and education leadership. Simpson hastaught and consulted in parochial, public, and international schools located in Washington, D.C., Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Laos, Qatar, Dubai, Lebanon, and Thailand.
Simpson has also served as a countywide elementary social studies curriculum teacher, preschool to twelfth grade curriculum coordinator, school-based elementary math specialist, and Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) Math Leaderand Teacher. He was a National Consultant with the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative which provided effective, research-based practices to educators across the country.
Simpson specializes in school development, school improvement, teacher education, curriculum writing, and data-driven instruction. He believes that providing teachers with high quality, collaborative professional learning is essential to student achievement. For more information on Simpson please visit www.knowdoservelearn.org.
Workshop Goal
The Math Workshop Model
The Math Workshop is based on the learning theory that knowledge emerges in a community of activity, discourse and reflection. It is a recognized teaching model that allows for differentiated instruction, flexible grouping and active engagement with mathematics for all students. The key features of this model will be covered in the course of this workshop. The key features being:
Workshop Fee (per participant)
Regular: USD 600 (Course fee) + USD 100 (Meeting package) *PD Alliance Member: USD 300 (Course fee) + USD 100 (Meeting package) *PD Alliance Member: * (The PD Alliance offers a cost sharing scheme where the regular course fee for one participant can be shared between two participants registering together from the same school/organization. Two participants are required to register together to access the PD Alliance rate. PD Alliance information and member form can be accessed at The PD Alliance) Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Sonthaya Chutisacha E-mail: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com Phone (China): +86 755 339 443 65 Phone (Thailand): +66 818 465 770 To bring the workshop to your school contact: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com
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