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Understanding MAP Testing: A Parent's Guide
Recently, I had the pleasure of designing and delivering a parent workshop on MAP testing at our international school. As both the MYP...
David Gates
Oct 29, 20243 min read


Interactive or Structural Supports
This is part three to the supports for language learners series. In this video I go over the various types of interactive or structural...
David Gates
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Using Graphic Supports in the Classroom
This episode of the English Language Development Coach looks at how graphic supports, such as charts, graphic, organizers, etc, can be...
David Gates
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Sensory Supports for Language Learners
This was a video that I made a few years ago for my old website. In this first episode of my series on structural academic supports in...
David Gates
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Evaluating a School Improvement Plan
Introduction – Interviewees and Highlights While looking at the newly revised (and not yet published) Fukuoka International School,...
David Gates
Oct 14, 20244 min read


Classifying Leadership Frameworks
Leadership can take many forms, and people can approach it from various perspectives. In their comparison of four different models of...
David Gates
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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