Portfolio

Presentations & Coaching

Sustaining Pandemic Innovation: Where Do We Go From Here? – Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) Annual Conference, 2022
Let’s THINK Again: Leveraging Tech Tools to Bring Visible Thinking Routines to Life – Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GETC) Annual Conference, 2022
Let’s THINK Again: Leveraging Visible Thinking Routines in the Social Studies Classroom – Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference, 2022
Creating a Culture of Innovation – The Westminster Schools Innovation and the Creative Mind Conference, 2022
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Breaking Silos Through Your School’s PD Programming -Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) Annual Conference, 2021
Supporting Meaningful Faculty Growth Through Teacher Evaluation – Georgia Independent Schools Association (GISA) Annual Conference, 2021
I like To Move It, Move It: Tips To Get Your Students Up and Moving -Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference, 2021
How Might We Share The Impact of Water On Early Civilizations – HIGH Museum of Art + Michael C. Carlos Museum STEAM Series, 2019
Design Thinking 201 Workshop – Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS) Annual Conference, 2016
Design Thinking in Middle and Upper Grades Workshop – Mount Vernon School FUSE Conference, 2016

Sample Resources & Collaborations

PD Session led for WA Faculty

PD Session led for WA Faculty
PD Session led for FAST Charter School Faculty

Collaboration with a high school teacher to implement design thinking within a WW1 unit

Timeline for a design thinking group with WA Faculty
Favorite asynchronous resources to engage and assess

Collaboration with a high school science teacher to design and implement a PBL assessment
Collaboration with a kindergarten teacher to implement movement and higher order thinking
Performance assessment for a middle school social studies class

Alex’s Favorites

DESIGNDELIVERDETERMINE
Understanding by Design FrameworkNearpodPadlet
Carol Tomlinson’s Differentiation StrategiesEdpuzzleFlipgrid
Rick Wormeli’s Visual Metaphors and Making Meaning StrategiesInquiry StationsClasskick
Harvard’s Project Zero Visible Thinking RoutinesScreencastifyFormative
A sampling of a few of Alex’s favorite tools for designing lessons, delivering content, and determining learning through assessment and engagement.

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