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