International Conferences
Keynote speeches, conference papers, symposia and workshops since 2000
University of Cologne, Germany March 2009
Paper at academic Children’s Literature conference
Kuala Lumpur, British Council February 2009
Keynote speech and workshop presentation at Words and Beyond conference
Belgrade, Serbia, Chartwell International School August 2008
Two day literacy and mathematics conference KS1 and KS2
Madrid, Spain, King’s College June 2008
King’s College Prize Giving Ceremony, Madrid, Spain
Presented prize giving speeches at two end of year ceremonies
Lisbon, Portugal February 2008
COBIS International conference ( English speaking schools abroad)
Two full day keynote/seminar workshops
University of Barcelona , September 2007
Paper at academic children’s literature conference
Oakhouse International School, Barcelona September 2007
Two day literacy conference KS1 and KS2
Santiago, Chile. Association of British Schools of Chile August 2007
University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile. ABS Chile Conference August 2005
Keynote speech, workshop seminars and 4 full professional development days
Kentucky, Tennessee, USA November 2006
National Council for Teachers of English conference (NCTE) Annual Convention
Critical literacy in the Early Years, symposium with 10 international speakers
Lisbon, Portugal, St Julian’s English Speaking School, October 2006
Two day literacy conference KS1 and KS2
Santiago, Chile, Association of British Schools of Chile April 2006
Presented a six full day programme of work with children and schools in Santiago, Chile
Marbella, Southern Spain, King’s College Annual Conference. December 2005
Keynote speech and workshop seminar
Kuala Lumpur British Council, Malaysia August 2005
Five professional development conferences and consultancy support over a three day period:
Kingdom of Brunei Darussalam August 2005
International Conference for British Teachers and Brunei English Language Teachers’ Association CfBT /BELTA
Keynote speech and seminar presentation
Santiago, Chile. Association of British Schools in Chile Conference 2005
University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile, August 2005
Three workshop/seminar presentations
Malta Ministry of Education Literacy Conference May 2005
Keynote speech What’s in the Picture: Moving from Listening and Speaking to Reading and Writing
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Annual Conference 2005
Brisbane, Australia 30th June – 4th July 2005 Refereed symposium presented with David Hornsby, Associate Lecturer at Deakin University, Australia and Independent Consultant
Literature - an essential springboard for pleasurable learning: Perspectives from Australia and the United Kingdom
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Annual Conference 2005
Brisbane, Australia 30th June – 4th July 2005 Refereed research paper
Linking Children’s Popular Culture, Role Play and Interactive Writing
Critical Issues in Early Literacy Conference 2004
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA January 2004 Academic paper : Responding to texts: Moving from the visual text to the written word taking a socially critical standpoint
Kingdom of Brunei Darussalam March 2001
CfBT /British Council International Conference for Language Teachers 2001
English for Lifelong Learning Keynote speech : Writing from Reading: Using High Quality Children’s Literature to Teach Writing and Create Young Authors (3 – 11 years)
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Conference (ALEA) 2000
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2000 Peer reviewed paper
Using literature circles and reader response as a way of helping children interact with literature dealing with sensitive issues.