SPEAKING
PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Upcoming Presentations
2010
Principals’ Center for
Educational Leadership Summer Institute at Princeton
University, Full-day workshop:
Neuroscience Research and
Strategies for Neuro-logical Principal
Leadership Princeton, New Jersey July 12-16
Learning
and the Brain
First Annual Santa Barbara
3–Day Professional Development Institute
Dr. Judy Willis, neurologist and classroom teacher will
conduct an intensive, highly interactive workshop for a
small group of K-16 educators at the University of
California, Santa Barbara with accommodations and meals
available on campus. Topic: The
Neuroscience and Classroom Strategies for Maximizing
Students’ Attention, Engagement, Memory and Prepare them
for the 21st
Century.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Aug 3-6
Professional
Development Workshops. Elsik
High School and Hastings School Houston, Texas. Aug 18
3–Day
Professional Development Workshop with Dr. Judy
Willis: How
the Brain Learns Best.
Jakarta, Indonesia. Sept 19-23
Distinguished
Educator Series. www.salesmanshipclub.org.
Dallas, Texas. Sept 24
Association of
Educators for Gifted Talented & Creative Children of
British Columbia Annual Conference: Teaching Gifted
Learners.
Vancouver, BC. October 22.
AEGTCCBC and Creative
Problem Solving Society. For Parents: Connecting the Gifted
Community Vancouver. Oct 23
Near East South Asia
Council of Overseas Schools (NESA) Fall Training
Institute Teaching
for Learning and Understanding, Overseas Schools (NESA). Dubai, UAE Nov
5 & 6
National Summer
Learning Association. General Session: RAD strategies to develop and sustain
quality summer learning programs. Indianapolis, Indiana. Nov
10
ASCD Professional
Development Winter Institute Workshop Co-Presenters
Jay McTighe
and Judy Willis.: 21st Century Learning: Applying What
We Know. San
Diego, CA. November, 12-13 2010
2010 Australia Mind
& Its Potential International
Conference.
The Neuroscience of
Joyful Learning.
Co-presentaiton with Goldie Hawn, Panel Discussion,
Post-conference Workshop and Presentation:
Learning and the
Brain. 17-20
November in Sydney, Australia.
Central Alberta
Regional Consortium (CARC). Keynote and Breakout Sessions.
How to Motivate
Attention, Participation, and
Memory. Alberta,
Canada. Dec 2-3
Bucks County,
Pennsylvania Intermediate District. K-12 2 day Workshop. Co-presenters: Jay
McTighe and Judy Willis: 21st Century Learning: Applying What
We Know. Dec 7-8
2011
Feb.17
-19, 2011 Learning and the Brain Conference in San
Francisco, CA
March 25–28 ASCD Annual Conference San Francisco,
California
April 29-30 Brain and Learning Institute, Lausanne,
Switzerland
May 4-7 Learning and the Brain Conference in Chicago, IL
May 21-25 Hawker Brownlow Annual Education Conference in
Melbourne, Australia
Aug 2-5 Learning and the Brain 3–Day Professional
Development Institute With Dr Judy Willis
Nov. 18-20 Learning and the Brain Conference, Boston,
MA
Previous
Presentations
2010
Midwest
Brain & Learning Institute Holland, MI Keynote Presentation:
The Neuroscience of
Learning. June
21-25.
The
Shipley School, Summer Professional Development 2-Day
Workshop: The
Middle School Brain and Adapting Implications of
Brain-Learning Research to Middle School Teaching
Strategies. June
14 & 15. Bryn Mawr, PA
Paradise
Valley School District.
Phoenix, AZ. Three-day professional development workshop:
Neuro-logical
Strategies
to Ignite Your Students’ Learning June
7-9
Berkshire Community
College Summer Institute. Keynote: “Brain Structure/Function &
Related Strategies.” Workshop: “The Brain Loves Effective Group
Work” Pittsfield,
MA. May 26-27
University of
Missouri “Celebration
of Teaching Excellence” Conference. Keynote Presentation
and concurrent sessions. “Research-Based Strategies to Ignite
Student Learning”
Columbia, Missouri. May 18-19
Southeastern
Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education
(SEPCHE), Conference for middle- and
high-school teachers of mathematics and
science.
Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA. May 13
Learning and the Brain.
Washington DC
Preconference Workshop:"Brain-Based Teaching Strategies to
Engage Students Minds and Memory"
May 8.: "Using
Attention Networks and Neuroplasticity to Increase
Attention and Motivation in All
Learners." May 6,
Department of
Anthropology, Sociology, and Women's Studies, Santa Ana
College. Two-day
workshop on for college educators about the need for
Brain Research-Based
Strategies to Improve Students’ Academic Memory and Concept
Building. March 25-26
Pacific Northwest
Association of Independent Schools, full day workshop: Brain Based Learning
March 12, 2010
ASCD
Professional
Development Institute, Annual Conference
. San Antonio, TX.
Teaching Students a
“Brain Owners Manual” March 5, 2010
Wyoming NCA Spring
School Improvement Conference "kick off" keynote
speaker North Central Association Commission
on Accreditation and School Improvement
March 1,
2010
Learning and the
Brain San Francisco,
CA. Full-day pre-conference on "The Neuroscience and
Strategies for Maximizing Students' Long-term Memory,
Information Retrieval, and Transfer and the Role of
Neuroplasticity" on Feb. 17 and a conference 90-minute
general session on "Teaching Students How They Can Change
Their Intelligence Using a Brain Owner's Manual"
Feb. 17-20,
2010
Baltimore School
District Using the
Developments of Neuroscience for Neuro-logical Teaching
Strategies
February
2,3
American
Academy of Neurology:
Advocate
Class of the 2010 Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership
Forum January 7-12,
Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 Three Part
Professional Development: How Math Adds Up in the
Brain: Increasing K-12 Students’ Mathematical Engagement,
Motivation, and Memory Using RAD Strategies
(Grades K-12). Ventura County
Department of Education.
2009
Irvine
National Writing Project:
Brain Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Attention,
Engagement and Create New Memories: Giving Power to the
Words You Speak and Lessons You
Teach.
University of California, Irvine Dec
9-10
Learning and the Brain
Conference: Harvard, MIT, UCSB. Boston, MA .
Brain-research Based Strategies for Extending Students'
Long-term Memory and Executive Function
November
19-22, 2009
ASCD
AUTHOR FORUM Frankfurt,
Germany Nov 11-16
Faculty In-Service Day
Workshop:
Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, NJ. Nov 30,
2009
Pearl River School
District, Fall conference day workshop. Pearl River, NY. Instructional strategies based on
learning-centered brain research. November 3, 2009
Department of
Curriculum Services, CIU. The Brain-Learning Benefits of
Inquiry Learning: Connecting Brain Research to Math
Teaching and Learning. Day long workshop.
Easton, PA. October 30, 2009
Eastern
Pennsylvania Special Education
Conference.
Brain
Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory, Focus,
and Motivation with R.A.D Strategies
Oct 29, 2009
Nueva Gifted Learning
Conference,
Hillsborough, California.
The
Neuroscience of Unwrapping Children's
Gifts. October
16, 2009,
Marylhurst University
Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Day of in-service
professional development seminars. October 15 , 2009
Maryland Writing
Project Brain Conference. Towson University. Keynote speaker:
“How the Brain Learns” Oct 10, 2009.
Bucks County Staff
Development, Bucks
County PA. . Research Based Strategies to Ignite
Student Engagement and Learning with RAD Teaching in Math
and Science October 5, 2009
Department of
Anthropology, Sociology, and Women's Studies, Santa Ana
College. Full-day
workshop on for college educators about the need for and
Brain Research-Based Strategies to Improve Students’
Academic Literacy Sept 25, 2009.
First International
Seminar of Neuroscience applied to the Understanding and
Education of Human Behavior, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Brain Research-Based
Strategies to Ignite Attention, Memory, and Motivation –
Giving Power to the Words You Speak
Sept 4-5,
2009
How Children Learn
BestUsing RAD Neuro-logical
Strategies
Workshop at Río de la Plata
School, Buenos Aires
Sept 3, 2009
Plymouth
Meeting, PA.
Workshop. Increase Student
Focus, Engagement, and Motivation Using RAD Neuro-logical
Strategies Aug
27, 2009
Pine Crest School
District, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. Year Opening Speaker.
"Research-Based
Strategies to Ignite Student
Learning" and
evening parent presentation. August 21,
2009
New Jersey Department
of Education 2009 Summer Literacy
Institute. 4
presentationsNeuro-logical Strategies: Teaching
with Understanding of What Goes on in the Mind of a
Reader. July 28
& 29, 2009
St. John’s Preparatory
School, Danvers, MA. 3-day workshop. Brain Friendly Strategies for
Differentiating Instruction in Secondary
School. July
20-23. 2009
Paradise Valley Unified
School District Professional Development 2-Day
Workshop. .
Brain Research-Based
Strategies to Ignite Student Memory, Focus, Motivation with
and Literacy with R.A.D Strategies July 14 & 15, 2009
Washington
State LASER Teacher Education Conference: The Brain-Learning Benefits of
Inquiry Learning. June 24, 2009
Michigan Association
of Secondary School Principals Summer
Retreat. Keynote
address “Engaging
Your Adolescent Learner” Mackinaw Island, Michigan. June 22,
2009
Ohio K-12 Literacy
Institute, hosted by
the Ohio Resource Center in conjunction with the Ohio
Department of Education. Keynote address:
Reaching All Learners
Through Literacy. Columbus, Ohio. June 15,
2009
Tennessee
Spring
Content Knowledge Institute. Full day presentation
for The Tennessee
Department of Education in conjunction with the
Instructional Technology Support Center of Middle Tennessee
State University, Using Inquiry and other
Brain-Research Strategies to teach Content
Knowledge.
Program will be available via satellite at selected school
and professional development center sites and through live
webcasting May 14, 2009
Chicago Public Schools
(STARS) Learning Fair 200 teachers and principals. Whole
group presentation, Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a
Neurologist and Classroom Teacher. Malcolm X College, 1900
W Van Buren. Chicago, Il. May 12, 2009
Vashon Island County
School District, Washington State professional development program for
school district teachers and administrators, March 20, 2009
ASCD National
Conference: Co-presentation with Goldie Hawn: Distinguished
Lecture. Mindful
Learning. Orlando, Florida. March 15, 2009
Tokyo,
Japan ASCD Conference.
“RAD” Learning and the Brain. March 6th and 7th,
2009.
The American School in
Japan Early Learning Center
Parent Community Presentation, How Your Child Learns Best:
Brain-Friendly Strategies You Can Use to Ignite Your
Child’s Learning and Increase School
Success. March 5,
2009
Oakland County
(Detroit), Michigan:
County Professional development presentations (two
different districts). Feb 28 and 29
Lipscomb
University, Joint Presentation of
College of Natural and Applied Sciences and College of
Education:
NEURO-LOGICAL STRATEGIES
TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, MOTIVATION, AND MEMORY
February 21, 2009
Middle
Tennessee State University Third Annual Statewide
Mathematics and Science Education Research
Conference. Keynote
Presentation Neuroscience for Learning: Linking
Research to Practice in STEM
Education.
Research Based Strategies to Ignite Student Engagement and
Learning with RAD Teaching in Math and Science Feb. 19
& 20, 2009
UCSB Graduate School of
Education. R.A.D. NEURO-LOGICAL STRATEGIES TO
INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT,
MOTIVATION, AND MEMORY, Feb 9, 2009
St.
George Utah ASCD Author’s Forum: Research-Based Strategies to Ignite
Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom
Teacher. Feb 2, 2009.
Parents’ Education
Network San Francisco (PEN) Saturday:
How Your Child Learns Best. January 24, 2009
Teachers’ Education
Network, San Francisco
(TEN) Friday : Neuro-logical
Strategies to Increase
Student Engagement, Motivation, and Memory,
January 23, 2009
2008
Bucks
County Intermediate Unit. Bucks County, PA.
The connection of brain
research to math teaching and
learning. Full day workshop. December
1, 2008.
CAPSO (California Association of
Private School Organizaations) 11th Triennial
Convention. Long Beach, Ca. "Increase Student
Engagement, Motivation, and Memory using RAD
Strategies" Nov 24-25, 2008
Learning and the Brain National
Conference, "How Your Child Learn Best"
Boston Ma. Nov 21-23, 2008
19th Annual Northeast K-6
Literacy Conference & Reading Recovery Institute:
Literacy for All. .
Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy
Collaborative Co-hosted by Lesley University, the
University of Connecticut, New York University, and the
University of Maine. Featured workshop session.Providence,
Rhode Island. November 16-18, 2008
JVS Toronto Second Annual
School Psychology Conference. “Research-Based Strategies to Ignite
Student Memory and Learning with RAD Teaching” Nov. 3, 2008
Maryland
Writing Project Teacher-Consultants
Conference.Towson University.
Keynote speaker: “How the Brain Learns” Nov1,
08
Healthy
Brain Development: Key Impacts & Interventions Healthy
Brain Development Conference Sponsored by Lane
County Health & Human Services. Eugene, Oregon.
Workshop Presentation: How Educators Can Impact Student
Brain Development for Maximum Learning Potential. October
22-24. 2008
Teacher Professional Development:
Dubai Oct 11-21. Presentations daily to groups United Arab Emirates Department
of Education and ASCD of educators K-12 based on Dr.
Willis’s RAD strategies for Brain-Research Based Learning
and
The Art and Science of Teaching
including Arabic translation of her book,
Research Based Strategies to Ignite Student
Learning
Chicago Foundation for Education: 20th Annual
Conference. Keynote Presentation. Research-based “RAD”
strategies to ignite student learning, motivation, and
memory and to differentiate instruction to reach all
learners. September 27, 2008.
Connecticut Association
of Independent Schools Summer Institute: The Brain, Learning & Applications.
Avon, CT. August 19 & 20. Keynote Speaker
Two-day
Inservice: Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion
Classroom sponsored
by St. John’s Preparatory School in
Danvers,
Massachusetts. August 12 & 13, 2008.
Brain Institute Albuquerque
Institute; Keynote: Increase Student Engagement,
Motivation, and Memory Using RAD Strategies. July
18-20,
Washington State LASER Teacher Education
Conference:
The Brain Learning
Benefits of Inquiry Learning. June 23, 2008
Chicago Public Schools,
National Board Certification Program
"Researched Based R.A.D. Strategies to
Ignite Memory and Learning
May 19, 2008
Monterey County
Pennesylvania Teacher Education
Presentation/Workshop. Full day presentation/workshop for
teachers/administrators all grade levels. April 25,
2008
International Conference - "The
New Science of Happiness and Well-Being", Singapore
Expo, “Parenting and Teaching with the Brain
In Mind” April16-17, 2008
Southern Nevada ASCD –
Associacion of Supervision and Curriculum Development:
First Annual Community Authors Forum: Full Day Presentation
by Dr. Judy Willis. Topic. Research Based Strategies to
Ignite Memory and Learning, April 5, 2008.
Distinguished Lecturer at ASCD 63rd Annual
Conference, New Orleans, LA. Conference Theme:
Reinventing Schools: Courageous Leadership for Positive
Change. Topic of presentation: “What the Future Holds” with
respect to brain-learning research described in book,
Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion
Classroom, by Judy Willis. March 15, 2008.
Hueneme School District. RAD lesson planning.
Staff Development Day, March 10, 2007 noon-3pm
California Association of Teachers of
English, Annual Conference. Brain-Friendly
Strategies for Teaching What Goes on in the Mind of a
Reader. Presentation by Dr. Judy Willis and Carol Booth
Olson, Writing Project Director University of California,
Irvine. March 7 & 8
Asociación Educativa para el Desarrollo
Humano (Educational Association for Human
Development) Lima, Peru - II Encuentro
International de Educadores
(Second International Meeting for Educational
Professionals) “Neuroscience and Education: from the
investigations to the new learning strategies”.
Topic “Rethinking Assessment"
February, 21, 22 and 23, 2008
Learning and the Brain
Conference. February 7-10, 2008. San Francisco,
CA. Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom
2007
Antioch
University Santa Barbara Master of Arts in Education and
ACSA Conference. "RAD Lesson Planning for the New
Teacher" 11/07
Dexter, Maine - Workshop
- "Strategies and Reading". Nov 19 and 20, 2007
Williams College:
Presentations for Department of Psychology, Education
Program, and Neuroscience Program and Williamstown
community, November 2007
Presenter at North Dakota State
2007 Title I Fall Workshop.
"Research Based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory and
Learning"
October 8-9. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Goleta
School District: Neurology of Learning. August 23,
2007
Deady Middle School-Houston
ISD In-service Presentation: Learning and the
Brain; ; James D. Troutman, Principal. August 21, 2007
UC Irvine National Writing Institute Summer
Institute Presentation. Neuroscience and Learning.
July 2007
ACSA Region XIII Conference, Buellton, CA
on Friday, May 18, 2007. Concurrent Session - Enabling
Learning
Learning and The Brain Conference: Harvard
University. Improving Memory and Learning:
Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory and
Learning. April 28-30, 2007
Cambridge
Diversity Conference - Hosted by by Prince William County
Schools, Virginia, April 2007 - "How the Brain
Remembers
ASCD: National Conference Association of School
Superintendents and Curriculum Developers: “The
Neurology of Learning” ticketed session March 2007.
Anaheim, CA.
Southwest Center for Accelerated Schools
Conference: Workshop for the principals and
superintendents. “Curriculum and Instruction That is
Mindful of the Brain”
Austin, TX. Feb. 2007
North Scott Iowa Community School
District: Presentation and Professional
Development Day. “Research Based Strategies to Ignite
Learning” and “Motivating Learning for All Students Brains”
January 2007
2006
Antioch University Santa Barbara Master of Arts in
Education and ACSA Conference. “RAD Lesson
Planning” 11/06.
CAIS Regional Conference: “Brain Based
Memory Research for Your Students” 2006
2005
Learning Disabilities Association of Arizona Annual
Conference: “Learning and the Brain: Teaching
Strategies Based on Current Brain Research” Phoenix, Az-
February 2005.
University of California, Santa Barbara: South
Coast Writing Program: “From the Classroom to The
Brain-A Minicourse in the Anatomy, Physiology,
Biochemistry, 2004