Presenters

Cath Hogan is a training associate with Solution Tree Australia and a school-based educational practitioner. Cath works with leadership, classroom teachers, school communities and networks to build highly effective and collaborative learning teams with a focus on effective instructional practice.

Timothy D. Kanold, PhD, an award-winning educator, author, and consultant, is former superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, a model professional learning community district in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Nansi Kunze began her teaching career in 1997, after receiving a Graduate Diploma in Education, a Bachelor’s Degree in German and Classics and an Honours Degree in German from the University of Adelaide. Over the last two decades, she has taught students aged 5 to 85 a wide range of skills, from how to mummify each other in foil and toilet paper to the advanced use of Australian slang.

Sonya Mackenzie is both the assistant director of professional learning and a training associate with Solution Tree Australia. Sonya works with educators, school communities and education systems to build their capacity for self-directedness, collaboration and transformational classroom practices.

Robert J. Marzano, PhD, is cofounder and chief academic officer of Marzano Research in Denver, Colorado. A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 50 books and 200 articles.

Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, presenter, and practitioner who specializes in uniting teachers, administrators, and support staff to transform schools by implementing response to intervention and professional learning communities.

Janelle McGann has a passionate interest in learning, supporting teachers and leaders in developing systems which nurture the human spirit of individuals and organisations. With over 25 years in schools, both in the public and private sector in Australia, the US and Ireland, as a teacher, leader, consultant and lecturer, Janelle understands the demands of a changing educational landscape for teachers and leaders.

Jay McTighe is an author who is well-known for his work on thinking skills. He coordinated state of Maryland efforts to develop instructional strategies, curriculum models, and assessment procedures to improve the quality of student thinking.

Steve Meade is the executive director of curriculum and assessment at Singapore American School. He has been a teacher and administrator for over 29 years, with educational experience across elementary, middle, and high schools.

Dr Michael Nagel is an Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast where he teaches and researches in the areas of neurodevelopment, cognition, behaviour and learning. He is the author of thirteen books on child development and learning used by teachers and parents in over twenty countries.

Glen Pearsall was a teacher at Eltham High School and a board member of the Curriculum Assessment Authority in Victoria, Australia. Pearsall is the author of the best-selling And Gladly Teach, Classroom Dynamics, and The Literature Toolbox and coauthor of Literature for Life and Work Right. Pearsall works throughout Australia as an educational consultant, specialising in feedback and assessment, workload reduction for teachers, and instructional practice.

Kathy works with teachers, administrators and parents throughout the world. She has taught in many diverse environments as a general educator, special educator, reading specialist, and curriculum and staff development coordinator.

Lana Read is an experienced and current school principal and a training associate with Solution Tree Australia who works with primary and secondary schools to build their capacity as professional learning communities, in order to ensure all students achieve success at high levels.

Douglas Reeves, PhD, is author of 30 books and many articles on leadership and organisational effectiveness. Dr. Reeves has twice been named to the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series.

Colin Sloper is a training associate and the director of education services for Solution Tree Australia. He has an extensive background and knowledge of professional learning communities and the way educators working in collaboration can improve the educational outcomes for students they serve.

Aaron Tait is a cofounder of Education Changemakers and its director of innovation. A global leader in innovation for impact, he is at the forefront of a movement of "entrepreneurs changing lives." He has built his outside-the-box thinking over a diverse career that has seen him complete seven years of active service as a decorated military officer, lead a secondary school for street children in Tanzania and an orphanage in Kenya, complete three master's degrees, and graduate from Cambridge University.

Carol Ann Tomlinson, EdD, is an author, a consultant, a trainer, and a presenter who works throughout the United States and abroad with teachers to develop more responsive, heterogeneous classrooms.

Nicole Dimich Vagle works with elementary and secondary educators in presentations, trainings, and consultations that address today’s most critical issues all in the spirit of facilitating improved support of student learning.

Philip B. Warrick, EdD, is an author and consultant and has worked globally in the areas of school leadership, instruction, collaborative practices, and grading.

Chris Weber, EdD, is an expert in behavior, mathematics, and response to intervention who consults and presents internationally to audiences on important topics in education.

Kenneth C. Williams, a former teacher, assistant principal, and principal, shares his experience and expertise as a recognized trainer, speaker, coach, and consultant in education and leadership.