JAMES DYKMAN
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Professional Experience

IB PYP Education - Elementary EAL Teaching, Learning, & Support - Classroom & Support Service Collaboration - Curriculum Development - Teacher Training - Technology Integration  - Conference Coordination
NIST International School
Bangkok, Thailand
2011 - Present (web)

​Satit Kaset International Program

Bangkok, Thailand
2008 - 2010 (web)
Rajapruk University
Nonthaburi, Thailand
2008 (web)
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Kang's Language School

Bucheon, South Korea
2007

​​St. Mary's Elementary

Ontario, Canada
2006

Leadership

Leadership Principles, Harvard Business School Online, 2023
Having Hard Conversations
, Jennifer Abrams, 2019
Leadership, Professional Collaboration & Managing Change in Schools, Dr Rebbecca Stilwell 2019
​Child Safeguarding, Dr Joe Sullivan 2018
Strategic Planning: Refining KPIs, Dr Stephen Holmes 2018
Adaptive Leadership, Kendall Zoller 2017
IB Leadership Workshop Series: Essentials of International Leadership Series 2017 (web)
​The Choreography of Presenting: The 7 Essential Abilities of Effective Presenters, Kendall Zoller 2016
Looking for Learning & Leadership for Learning, Pam Harper 2016
Collaboration 4 Growth: Looking for Learning, International School Manila 2016
Developing Organizational IQ, NIST 2015
Moving Forward in a Culture of Trust, NIST 2015
Leading Change: How to diffuse innovation, NIST 2015
A World of Opportunities, 2014 (web)
Leadership for Learning, NIST 2014

Coaching

Cognitive Coaching Seminars, 2014 (web)
Science of Achievement & Life Coaching Seminars, 2014 (web)

Project Based Learning

Making PBL Work IRL: Bring Lessons to Life Through Projects, Dr Jennifer Pieratt Newsela

Teaching Certification

Ontario College of Teachers (web)
New Brunswick Dept. of Education
Thai Ministry of Education
American TESOL Institute

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Education
Early Years & Child Development

Bachelor of Arts
History & Social Science

University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB, Canada (web)

Language Learning & English Literacy

ELLSA Conference, 2024 (web)
Supporting Readers at the Sentence Level, NIST 2024
Being Playful With Vocabulary
, NIST 2023
MultiLingual Learners: Every teacher is a language teacher,  Eowyn Crisfield 2021 (web)
MLIE Week, 2021 (web)
ELLSA Conference, 2019 (web)
Best Collaborative & Instructional Strategies to Support ELs, CorwinPress 2018
Word Inquiry, Fiona Hamilton 2018 
ELLSA Conference, 2018 (web)
ELLSA Conference, 2017 (web)
Literacy Workshop, Matt Glover 2016
ELLSA Conference, 2016 (Presenter & Conference Advisor) (web)
Reader's Workshop & Reading is Thinking,  Debbie Miller & Stephanie Harvey 2016 (web)
Mother Tongue: Mind, Brain, Health& Education, Tracey Takuhama-Espinosa 2015
ELLSA Conference, 2015 (Conference Chair) (web)
WIDA International Consortium Symposium, 2015 (web)
Creating and Leading a Differentiated Classroom, 2014 (web)
Teaching ESL in Mainstream Classrooms, 2014 (web)
Talk for Learning & Language Development, Pauline Gibbons 2014
Differentiating Instruction Strategies for Teaching ELLs, 2014 (web)
Evidence Based Planning to Improve ELL Achievement, 2014 (web)
ELLSA Conference, 2013 (Founding Committee) (web)
Collaboration: Myth or Reality?, Jon Nordmeyer ELLSA 2013 (web)
Knowing, Doing & Collaborating: A Process for Improving ELL Reading Outcomes in Mainstream Classrooms, Siobhan Dean ELLSA 2013

Learning Innovation

Be An AI Jedi, NIST 2024 
Building Community Through P4C Approached
, NIST 2024 
EdCampBKK, 2016 (web)
Learning 2.014 Conference Asia, 2014 (EAL Cohort Leader) (web)
Google Certified Individual, 2014 
Enhancing Creativity & Raising Standards, 2013 (web)
EAL Using ICT, 2012 (web)

IBO & Inquiry

Teaching & Leaning Through Inquiry, Kath Murdoch 2018
Essentials of International Leadership Series, IBO 2017 (web)
Writing Through Inquiry, Matt Glover 2016
​Reading & Writing Through Inquiry, IBO 2015
Making the PYP Happen, IBO 2014 (web)
Inquiry and the Additional Language Teacher, IBO 2013 (web)
PYP Collaborative Planning, IBO 2012 (web)
3 to 5 Year Olds in the PYP, IBO 2012 (web)
Induction to the PYP, IBO 2010 (web)

Learning Support

Psychopharmacology Basics, NIST 2024
Differentiation Instruction Made Practical, Rhonda Bondie 2021 (web)
Coordinated & Collaborating Support Services, Kristen Pelletier 2018
Cognitive Ability Test: Onboarding Event, NIST 2018
Learning Support & EAL: An Essential Partnership, Jon Nordmeyer ELLSA 2015
Apple Education: Accessibility on iPad, NIST 2018
​SENIT, 2014 (web)
SENIA, 2012 (web)

Visual Thinking

Visual Thinking: How to Create Sketchnotes to Capture & Synthesize Content, Catherine Madden Skillshare

Involvement

ELLSA Board, 2013 to 2020 (web)
#EDCAMP (Facilitator), 2016
Ele House Coordinator, 2013 to 2016
Staff Representative Council, 2012 to 2017

Health & Wellness

​Science-based Workouts: Build Muscle, Lose Fat & Get Fit with Felix Harder, 2017 (web)

Language and learning are inextricably linked. Language is one of the most important means by which we learn and refine our understanding of concepts. Success in learning is therefore tied to language development. Competence in English language is clearly a factor which influences the school experience and learning outcomes of EAL students. Students not only acquire English language to communicate with their peers and teachers but also to continue the process of conceptual development begun in either a language other than English or in another variety of English. 
~ESL Students: Some factors influencing their school experiences and learning outcomes, Debra Burke
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