CIEC 2025

Stories are a universal language that can inspire, teach, and connect us. In this workshop, educators will explore how storytelling can transform classroom experiences into meaningful opportunities for engagement and authentic learning. Participants will discover how stories—whether shared by teachers, students, or the community—can foster deeper connections, amplify student voice, and create an inclusive environment where everyone feels seen and valued. Educators will leave with practical storytelling techniques and strategies to integrate into their practice, enhancing learning and building community.
Learning Outcomes:

• Understand storytelling as a powerful tool for fostering engagement and connection in the classroom.
• Explore strategies for using storytelling to create authentic, inclusive, and student-centered learning experiences.

In this 75-minute workshop, educators will delve into the art and science of storytelling, focusing on its ability to captivate, connect, and transform learning. Through hands-on activities and collaborative discussions, participants will leave inspired and equipped to leverage storytelling to enhance student engagement and belonging in their classrooms.

"Collaborating as a team and navigating group decisions can present thrilling challenges. Dive into this dynamic workshop designed to empower educational leaders with an arsenal of strategies and protocols that bolster the decision-making journey.

Embark on a journey to expand your toolkit and broaden your team's approach to decision-making. Delve into methods that enhance each team member's acumen, ensuring informed and optimal decisions are made.

Learning outcomes
Discover various strategies and protocols to enhance a team's decision-making process.
- Diversify a team's thinking process and approach to the decision-making process.
- Raise each team member's awareness to make a decision that is best informed."

In this presentation, we will explore our transition from Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) to Student Success Plans (SSPs) by starting to actively involve students in their goal-setting processes. Inspired by Shelley Moore’s concept of learning plans as seed packets, we aim to help both children—and flowers—bloom. We are moving away from deficit models to empower students in shaping their educational journeys.

Engagement is a fundamental component of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and fostering expert learners is essential to this approach. I will share actionable strategies that schools can implement to develop and enhance strength-based success plans. By emphasizing individual strengths rather than deficits, we can create personalized pathways toward goals, promoting a more inclusive educational system that fosters a genuine sense of belonging for all students. Ultimately, we aim to cultivate expert learners who can guide and drive their own learning journeys.

The workshop will be informative and interactive, looking at various ways educators can plan goals and incorporate student voice in these success plans. "

Learning outcomes
1. Shift in perspective: Participants will understand how to transition from a deficit mindset—focusing on ""fixing"" students to meet ""grade level expectations""—to a growth-oriented approach that emphasizes nurturing individual strengths and potential, fostering an environment where every student can thrive.

2. Creating expert learners: Attendees will understand the importance of cultivating expert learners who take ownership of their learning journeys, encouraging self-directed goal setting and personal accountability.

3. Individualized Support: Participants will develop a commitment to meeting students where they are, recognizing unique starting points and crafting personalized pathways that nudge them 1% closer to their goals each day.
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"Discover how passion projects can transform the educational experiences of twice exceptional students. In this presentation, we'll share our insights and our experiences from a year-long professional development program focused on supporting high-ability students and implementing passion projects for the first time.
The workshop will be interactive, incorporating discussions and converations.
Audience: parents and any professionals working in an educational setting." "- We will inform what passion projects are including the research behind them.


Learning outcomes
- How they can be used with practical examples.
- How they can be tied in with the IB framework.
- How they can be linked to the ATLs.
- How they are good representations of the learner profile.

We hope by the end of the session, participants have an idea of what passion projects are."

Join us for an engaging workshop that explores the transformative power of nature journaling for students of all ages! Inspired by the practices of great naturalists like Charles Darwin, this session will delve into the academic and psychological benefits of observing and documenting the natural world. Participants will learn how to guide students in sketching and annotating their observations, enhancing their cognitive skills, and fostering a deeper connection to the environment. Discover practical strategies to integrate nature journaling into your curriculum, promote mindfulness, and ignite a sense of wonder in your classroom. Let’s get outside, observe, and inspire the next generation of curious minds!

This session is applicable to EY-G12 "
1. Participants will recognize the academic and psychological benefits of nature journaling, including increased mindfulness, improved focus, and enhanced cognitive skills, which contribute to overall well-being and academic performance.
2. Participants will develop practical strategies for incorporating nature journaling into their existing curriculum, fostering curiosity and a sense of wonder among students while promoting environmental stewardship.
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Using MagicSchool AI we will explore ways to help support students of all ages (G3-12) to challenge their thinking, grow their background knowledge, revise their writing, and more. Teachers will have actionable data and insight into where their students are in any given context. Teachers can decide which tools to leverage and how. This will be a hands on workshop where participants should bring a device (ideally a laptop) and will have time to explore how they can use this in their own classroom.    

Understand how to Integrate MagicSchool AI into a UDL framework to significantly enhance the learning experience for all students. Empower both teachers and learners. Provide for continuous learning and responsible implementation.

"Abstract: A vast body of research on language attitudes has shown that speech style, vocabulary, and a speaker's accent play an important role in the social evaluation of the speaker. Using standard or non-standard language directly influences how others perceive us on at least two dimensions: status or superiority (e.g., intelligent, educated) and solidarity or attractiveness (e.g., friendly, pleasant). This cognitive process is often automatic and unconscious, based on learned stereotypes. Hint: Think of the bad guys' accents in movies. Fight your own cognitive biases by understanding this phenomenon!

Workshop style: Presentation with small tasks

Intended audience: Everyone interested in the relationship between stereotypes, language, and belonging; a belonging-inspired workshop with a strong scientific background

Disclaimer: Some stereotypes will be shown and discussed, come open-minded!"

Learning outcomes
- Increasing awareness of broad and personal language attitudes that influence our perception of other people
- Reflecting on stereotypes we (accidentally) learned
- Learning about language accommodation in the international environment - ""moving"" our own language toward others (e.g. choosing vocabulary depending on the public)"

Within that workshop participants get familiar with the RMD model of classroom behavior management, in order to create a harmonic classroom environment. This model is based on anti aggression training and helps not only creating a comfortable classroom environment, but personal development as well. The workshop introduces the RMD model as an alternative to classical behavioral classroom contracts since it builds social skills of students and is helpful to hold them accountable for their own behavior. The workshop style is a collaborative presentation with an implemented role play to get a clear vision how this model can help teachers to solve conflicts.

Participants get to know:
1. The RMD model as an alternative for classroom contracts
2. How to implement this model in their teaching routine
3. How to effectively and persistently solve conflicts within the class

This interactive session is offered in Khmer and focuses on using materials, prompts, and loose parts to create provocations for Early Years (EY) children aged 3 to 5. Participants will collaborate, explore answers, and gain practical skills through hands-on group activities.

Objectives:

Learn to design and use provocations effectively.
Understand the developmental needs of EY children.
Gain ideas from peers and shared discussions.
Outcomes: Participants will leave with actionable insights and confidence to apply these strategies in their classrooms.

Using MagicSchool AI we will explore ways to help support students of all ages (G3-12) to challenge their thinking, grow their background knowledge, revise their writing, and more. Teachers will have actionable data and insight into where their students are in any given context. Teachers can decide which tools to leverage and how. This will be a hands on workshop where participants should bring a device (ideally a laptop) and will have time to explore how they can use this in their own classroom.    

Understand how to Integrate MagicSchool AI into a UDL framework to significantly enhance the learning experience for all students. Empower both teachers and learners. Provide for continuous learning and responsible implementation.

Stories are a universal language that can inspire, teach, and connect us. In this workshop, educators will explore how storytelling can transform classroom experiences into meaningful opportunities for engagement and authentic learning. Participants will discover how stories—whether shared by teachers, students, or the community—can foster deeper connections, amplify student voice, and create an inclusive environment where everyone feels seen and valued. Educators will leave with practical storytelling techniques and strategies to integrate into their practice, enhancing learning and building community.
Learning Outcomes:

• Understand storytelling as a powerful tool for fostering engagement and connection in the classroom.
• Explore strategies for using storytelling to create authentic, inclusive, and student-centered learning experiences.

In this 75-minute workshop, educators will delve into the art and science of storytelling, focusing on its ability to captivate, connect, and transform learning. Through hands-on activities and collaborative discussions, participants will leave inspired and equipped to leverage storytelling to enhance student engagement and belonging in their classrooms.