SPEAKING PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Instructional Video Series

“Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: Increasing Learning and Achievement” Masters of Education Degree for Laureate Learning to be available April 2008. Program including presentation of RAD teaching strategies, how the brain learns and remembers best, and three demonstration classrooms with teacher instruction and commentary by Dr. Willis


Television and Radio Interviews and Podcasts

ASCD Talks With An Author “A Talk with Judy Willis” August 23, 2008 conducted by Deborah Siegel, ASCD associate editor. Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
January 2008. The California chapter of ASCD podcast discussing books by Judy Willis, MD, M.Ed., Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist/Classroom Teacher and Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom

AM Primetime Singapore: Featured guest discussing the neuroscience of joyful learning. 4/16/08.

The Medical Touch
– Featured medical/educational expert on an episode of this Singapore series of programs featuring different health-related topics. “How learning and mental health benefits from art, dance, and expressive therapy.” April 28, 2008

Rae Pica radio programs, "Body, Mind and Child: Preparing Your Child's Body and Mind for Life" Fall 2007

ASCD Talks With an Author - "A Talk with Judy Willis" August 16, 2006 conducted by Deborak Siegel, ASCD Associate editor.
Listen by scrolling down the webpage


Upcoming Presentations


Brain Institute Albuquerque Institute; Keynote: Increase Student Engagement, Motivation, and Memory Using RAD Strategies. July 18-20,

Two-day Inservice: Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom sponsored by St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts. August 12 & 13, 2008.

Connecticut Association of Independent Schools Summer Institute: The Brain, Learning & Applications. Avon, CT. August 19 & 20. Keynote Speaker

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

Maryland Writing Project Teacher-Consultants Conference.Towson University. Keynote speaker: “How the Brain Learns” Nov1, 2008

JVS Toronto Second Annual School Psychology Conference. “Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory and Learning with RAD Teaching” Nov. 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

Learning and the Brain National Conference, "How Your Child Learn Best" Boston Ma. Nov 21-23, 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

Bucks County Intermediate Unit. Bucks County, PA. December 1, 2008. The connection of brain research to math teaching and learning. Full day workshop.

Teachers’ Education Network, San Francisco (TEN) Friday : Neuro-logical Strategies to Increase Student Engagement, Motivation, and Memory, January 23, 2009

Parents’ Education Network San Francisco (PEN) Saturday:
How Your Child Learns Best. January 24, 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.

Tokyo, Japan ASCD Conference. “RAD” Learning and the Brain. March 6th and 7th, 2009.

ASCD National Conference: Co-presentation with Goldie Hawn: Distinguished Lecture. Mindful Learning. Orlando, Florida. March 15, 2009

Washington State LASER Teacher Education Conference: The Brain-Learning Benefits of Inquiry Learning. June 24, 2009




Previous Presentations

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

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

In-service Presentation: Learning and the Brain; Deady Middle School-
Houston ISD; 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

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

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