5th & 6th February 2009

COBIS Conference for Leaders and Teachers

A Changing World: Challenges for Schools

For more photos from the conference click here

To download presentations made by speakers at the conference please use the links below.

Ruth E. Van Reken: Consultant, Author& Co-Founder, Families in Global Transition, USA

The Internationally Mobile Child Understanding the Experience of Growing Up Among Many Cultures
Part 1: Why a Cross-Cultural Childhood Matters click here

The Internationally Mobile Child Understanding the Experience of Growing Up Among Many Cultures
Part 2: Why a Highly Mobile Childhood Matters click here

The Internationally Mobile Child Understanding the Experience of Growing Up Among Many Cultures
Part 3 Why the Changing Face of TCKs Matters to Educators click here

Growing Up Globally - Understanding the “New Normal” of a Cross-Cultural Childhood click here

Professor Peter Tymms: Director, Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring University of Durham, UKFor

For Session 1 click here

For Session 2 click here

For Session 3 click here

Steven Mark : International Primary Curriculum

To download click here.

Mick Waters: Executive Director of Curriculum at QCA, UK

Curriculum Session click here

Learning Session click here

Leadership session click here

Using the national curriculum website click here

Presentations from these speakers will be posted as soon as possible:

Martin Skelton: One of the founding Directors of Fieldwork Education, UK
Jenny Mosley: Consultant, Author, Quality Circle Time, UK.
Anthony Loddo: Head, Speech & Language Therapy, Gibraltar Health Authority, UK