Kōrero EAG, S1, E24 - Ellen Heyting and Rachel Thrash

Ellen is a teacher, educational researcher, trainer, peace educator, instructional coach and curriculum development consultant. She is from sunny Melbourne, Australia but grew up in the international school’s system and has taught in Melbourne, Beijing, Singapore, and Helsinki. Her classroom experience has led her to specialize in embedding community connections and service-learning into middle years classrooms as well as incorporating the IBDP CAS programme in the older years. She is currently working on her PhD which focuses on using psychological belonging as a tool to increase the academic success of students from non-elite backgrounds who are attending elite educational institutions. As a member of IBEN and with a background in psychology, Ellen knows the power of personalized and relevant experiences and loves co-teaching, facilitating, wri ...