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Workshops
There are 3 x one hour workshops offered during the 2 day conference. The workshops descriptions are below. Hit the button to sign up when you’re ready. First come, first served.
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Workshop Day One - 12:30pm
Rose Luckin
Beyond Basic Analytics: Using AI and Data Science to Unlock Deeper Learning Insights in Schools
The morning keynote explores how schools can move beyond traditional data collection to develop richer insights about student learning using AI and innovative data science approaches. Drawing from real-world examples and case studies, I will demonstrate how schools can:
Piotr Olczak, Emma Burns, and David Walker
Data That Drives Action
Data is ubiquitous, but are we fully utilising its potential? This workshop is for education & data professionals who want to move beyond basic reporting and start leveraging data for real impact.
Join us as we break down a multi-year journey from scattered data points to a powerful, insight-driven platform. We’ll explore how smart data systems and strong data culture can transform everything from student tracking to academic interventions, class placements, and strategic decision-making.
Expect to dive into:
Christine Doleman and Lazlo Varro
Leveraging Data: Whole-School Systems and Practices for Personalized Learning
This session highlights the journey of Chinese International School in implementing data-informed personalized learning — a priority every school is now grappling with in some form. At CIS, learning paths are bespoke and grounded in empirical insights into each student’s interests, preferences, progress, and well-being. Attendees will discover how CIS set clear objectives, collected baseline data, and designed flexible faculty training to support this shift. Presenters will also explore how ongoing input from students, parents, and faculty shaped the initiative, and how policies and infrastructure were continuously adapted to meet evolving needs. Highlights:
Likhit Grandhi
Data with Purpose: Building a 360° View of Student Development
This insightful session will demonstrate how Toddle's integrated analytics ecosystem transforms scattered educational data into meaningful student success stories. We'll explore how our platform connects the dots between academic performance, engagement, well-being, and behavior to create a comprehensive picture of each student's journey.
Lara Hodel-Mortensen, Maria Anderson, Natalie Bain, and Renske Oort
From Isolation to Collaboration: Sharing Student Data for Collective Growth
As our learning community evolves, so must our approach to student data. In the past, individual teachers managed their own data, but with a shared student model on the horizon, collaboration is key. In this session, we’ll share what we’ve tried in Guided Reading, math, and writing—how we collect, record, and refine data to make it more accessible and useful for all teachers, and how we use that data to inform teaching practices that meet all students where they are. We’ll highlight changes we’ve made, discuss what’s working, and reflect on the challenges we’ve faced. The goal is to build confidence in trying new approaches, knowing that adjustments and mistakes are part of the process.
Nina Sawyer
What does AI look like at your school?
In this session, we’ll explore how AI is being used in schools, share experiences, and discuss strategies for integrating AI to enhance teaching and learning.
Ryan Tannenbaum
Deep Data with AI: Building School Audit Agents
We will look at how we can build agents that audit aspects of our school and curriculum to provide actionable insights.
Workshop Day Two - 12:30pm
Dan Ingvarson
AI is here to stay. But how can schools effectively harness its potential while mitigating its risks?
Building on the keynote presentation, this follow-up roundtable discussion provides an opportunity for participants to explore materials presented and Q&A on how to use them in your own school.
Ashley Kirk, Ashley Bryant, Bryan Wiedeman, and Michael McGlade
Future-Ready Schools: Mastering the Digital Ecosystem
Are you ready to transform your school's digital landscape? Join us for an engaging panel discussion where top international school technology leaders reveal how they manage the ever-evolving digital ecosystem. Discover their approach to integrating IT policies and data across all departments, ensuring a cohesive and future-proof strategy. In this dynamic session, you'll learn:
Christine Ishii and Catherine Walton
Teaching and Learning with Micro Data
This session will focus on how Inquiry Skills-based Progressions leverage microdata to enhance learning in standards-based schools. We will share methods for collecting and applying microdata from student work through skills-based progressions to enhance teaching strategies and learning outcomes. Additionally, we will illustrate how learning progressions leverage daily student engagements to dynamically track ongoing growth, enable targeted instruction, and foster continuous learning within and across units. By the end of this session, educators will better understand how to use microdata and learning progressions as side-by-side tools to enhance student learning and impact teaching practice.
Will Kirkwood
Building Community Through Data: Strengthening Belonging in Schools
A thriving school community starts with listening. In this session we will explore a case study of how we are trying to build and nurture a collaborative, reflective, and feedback driven learning culture. We’ll examine survey design, data analysis, action planning, and transparent collaboration—turning insights into meaningful change.
Paul Swanson
Transformation: Leverage dbt and BigQuery to unite your data
You've managed to get your school's data into a data warehouse like BigQuery - now what? This workshop is an intro to the Data Build Tool (dbt), an open source platform that works with data warehouses to simplify data transformations. See how it can automate dependency management, testing, documentation, and more.
Andrew Aitchison
ClassLink & DataGuard: Unlocking the Future of Learning (and Protecting It)
Want to empower your School with seamless digital learning and ironclad data security, both on and off site? ClassLink & DataGuard deliver!
We’re more than single sign-on: we provide a unified platform that simplifies access, automates rostering, drives data-informed decisions, and ensures robust compliance.
Reclaim valuable time and resources while unleashing the potential of your staff and students.
Discover how ClassLink & DataGuard can streamline your operations, boost collaboration across your trust, and safeguard your sensitive data wherever it lives.
Explore the future of education technology—built for education!
Joanne Mannings
Transforming Data into Student Success.
Discover how Google Looker Studio can turn your assessment data into clear, actionable insights that directly support student success.
This session explores both the user-friendly front end and the technical back end of Looker Studio. See how educators can use Data Dashboards to visualise performance, identify trends, and track progress all without technical expertise.
Then, dive into the technical setup. Learn how to create your own student dashboard with simple tip & tricks for manipulating data, importing and creating charts.
Suitable for all Eductors interested in data-driven decision-making. A laptop is recommended for a Dashboard 'Treasure Hunt'.
Workshop Day Two - 14:50pm
Ryan Tannenbaum
Own your AI - Run it locally, understand it deeply
This will be a more in-depth workshop where we look at how to:
Dave Philp and Dan Ingvarson
Personalising learning with AI and measuring progress
Now that you have AI Governance model with structure of using AI for learning. What if you could have Assessment-driven content creation. Its becoming clearer that AI can be used to create personalised learning content, and agents for students. But how do we measure how effective these personalised learning pathways are? This workshop will link AI governance keynote to learn about creating AI Agents using assessment outputs, then frame a discussion evaluating student progress in the AI Age.
Ibtissam Bargache
Data with Purpose: Building a Culture of Insight in Primary Schools
In this 1-hour workshop, we’ll explore how to build a data-driven culture in schools with purpose-driven goals. If you're at the start of your data journey or feeling overwhelmed by the data collected, this session is an opportunity to reflect and share best practices. We’ll discuss questions like: Is our dashboard still accurate? How do we choose the right chart to spot gaps? We’ll also cover storytelling and information design to help communicate data clearly and effectively. Participants will learn practical steps for implementing data systems, overcoming common challenges, and ensuring data use leads to meaningful outcomes for students, teachers, and administrators.
Matt Craig
Data That Matters
We understand the importance of quality data and the influence it has on your ability as a school to support the transition and learning of students.
This presentation will reveal how strategic data collection and analysis can revolutionize student transitions and drive school-wide excellence. We'll tackle the unique challenges and opportunities of gathering data from parents in diverse global contexts and demonstrate how data can fuel impactful decision-making across departments.
Plus, get an exclusive look at our exciting upcoming integration plans, and advancements in analytics from the Faria Education Groupt that can empower your school's data journey.
Dr. Jean-Marie Kahn and Jamie Stark
Cultivating a Data-Driven Culture: Our Journey to Personalized Learning
Embark on a reflective journey with us as we share our experiences in fostering a data-driven culture to enhance personalized learning. This session will delve into the practical steps we undertook to build an environment where data informs instruction, the challenges we faced, and the successes we’ve achieved. Through case study analysis and interactive discussions, participants—ranging from teachers and administrators to data specialists—will gain insights into interpreting key data points and creating impactful visualizations. Attendees will leave equipped with actionable strategies to implement a data-centric approach in their educational settings, paving the way for informed decision-making and improved student outcomes. Additionally, we’ll explore future enhancements through artificial intelligence, discussing how emerging AI technologies can further personalize learning experiences and streamline educational processes.
Peter Horner
Gemini Education: Supercharge Your Workflow and Data Analysis
This hands-on workshop introduces educators to the transformative power of Gemini within Google Workspace. Learn how to seamlessly integrate Gemini into your daily workflow to boost productivity and gain valuable insights from your data.
In this workshop you will:
* Explore the capabilities of Gemini for Education.
* Experience firsthand how Gemini enhances Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
* Discover techniques for uploading and analysing diverse data sets using Gemini.
* Master the integration of Gemini and Google Sheets to effortlessly analyse data, generate formulas, and create compelling charts.
Leave this workshop equipped with the skills to:
* Save time and streamline tasks across Google Workspace.
* Unlock the potential of your data to inform instruction and support student success.
* Confidently leverage Gemini's AI capabilities to enhance your teaching practice.
Leila Holmyard
Safeguarding and Child Protection: Data and Record Keeping Considerations
The International Taskforce on Child Protection is issuing new guidance for international schools on data and record keeping related to safeguarding and child protection. This interactive session will share key points from this guidance, including tools and categories to use and how to use the data in a Board report. The workshop will also provide opportunities for participants to share practice from their own schools.
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