CIEC 2025

This workshop aims to transform the way educators approach mathematics by focusing on strategies to eliminate math anxiety in students. We will explore hands-on activities, collaborative problem-solving techniques, and ways to create a math-positive classroom culture. The workshop will be interactive, including group discussions, role-playing scenarios, and practical demonstrations. The intended audience is elementary and middle school teachers who are passionate about making math accessible, fun, and less intimidating for students of all abilities.

Learning outcomes.
Participants will gain tools and strategies to reduce math anxiety in the classroom.
Teachers will learn hands-on and collaborative techniques to engage all students in math activities.
Attendees will discover how to create a positive and supportive classroom environment that fosters a love of math.
Participants will leave with practical ideas for integrating low-prep math activities that enhance student confidence and understanding.

"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."

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.

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