TeacherPD is a partner company to ITC Publications (www.itcpublications.com.au and www.itcpublications.com). The founders of ITC have been passionate educators during each of their respective careers as teachers and teacher educators and consultants.
Over the years as ITC trained teachers in the areas of Bloom's Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinking they developed a suite of tools that teachers can employ in the classroom to effect better thinking and deeper meaningful outcomes.
These tools have now been made available online with videos and graphic organisers/templates to give to your students when employing the strategy in the classroom.
Director
BA (Hons), UED, B Ed, all from University of Natal, South Africa between 1968 (BA), 1969 (UED), 1973 (Hons in History) and 1974-5 (BEd)
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric-frangenheim/1/54a/67a
Mr Frangenheim from Media team on Vimeo. Southwell School New Zealand
Eric Frangenheim started teaching in 1970 and has been a teacher, head of Department and Deputy Principal and is an educational consultant (since 1989) and author who is committed to providing teachers with the skills and strategies to create thinking classrooms and engaging learning environments.
Eric presents workshops to educators, government departments and corporate bodies throughout Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, PNG and the Republic of Nauru to assist with thinking strategies for the classroom, staff meetings, staff planning days, team teaching, board meetings and more. Eric offers classroom teaching demonstrations for teachers. He is a presenter at state, national and international conferences focussing on the promotion of effective thinking and learning strategies and presented at the ASCD Conference in New Orleans in March 2008.
Eric has published such books as Reflections on Classroom Thinking Strategies, now in its 9th edition and 13th print, and is co-author of the Innovative Teachers' Companion, a diary for Primary and Secondary teachers that incorporates a vast range of educational ideas and literature on classroom practice (now in its 9th year).
He was a co-author of History Alive, a history text book for Year 9 Students in South Africa (1981-90) and is also the author of ‘The Reconciliation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, a teaching unit demonstrating the infusion of cognitive and collaborative thinking tools into the daily curriculum. Until December 2010, he was a member of the National Speakers Association of Australia and has the CSP designation.
Director
B.Ec.; Dip.Ed.; M.Ed
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerard-alford/22/704/485
Gerard studied Economics at the University of Newcastle, Australia and began his working life as an Economist in the banking industry in Sydney. He then travelled and worked overseas for several years, with one position being at a co-educational boarding school in England. This began a lifelong passion for teaching.
Gerard has been teaching for over 17 years. He has taught Senior Economics, Legal Studies, Accounting, Geography and Social Studies. He has also held the positions of Head of Faculty (12 years) and Assistant Dean – Staff (5 years).
In 2002, Gerard completed his Masters of Education focusing on teaching pedagogy, with his dissertation on the use of critical and creative thinking tools and their effectiveness in achieving productive pedagogies.
Gerard is the Director, co-author, and editor of ITC Publications, publishers of the Innovative Teachers’ Companion, a teacher organiser designed to promote innovative teaching. The Innovative Teachers’ Companion has sold over 350 000 copies and is now in its 9th edition in Australia and New Zealand and in its 4th edition in the USA. The publication is now widely used by teachers throughout the world.
Gerard is a regular international presenter at workshops, conferences and universities promoting the use of cognitive and collaborative tools to engage and promote students in higher-order thinking. He also presents train-the-trainer programs for School Districts to assist in the implementation of critical and creative thinking programs in schools.
Director
BA Hons Uni of Qld: Grad Dip Teaching Secondary KGCAE
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-herbert/24/152/aa2
Upon graduation combined his two great passions, the outdoors and education, by becoming an Outdoor Education Instructor. Paul entered the classroom in 1993 and has taught High School Geography, History, Physical Education and Life Skills and held the positions of Head of Department in Geography and Health. Paul has also taught, on exchange, in Canada and in the TAFE system.
Paul has worked as an education consultant, author and presenter. He facilitates regular workshops on thinking skills and cooperative learning in schools and universities. Paul presented on critical thinking skills at the ASCD conference in New Orleans, March 2008, as well as the Victorian Teachers Geography Association Conference and the Melbourne Education Show in 2010.
He is a director of ITC Publications Pty Ltd, a co-author of the Innovative Teachers’ Companion and a regular contributor to newsletters and publications devoted to thinking.
Managing Director
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-costello/1b/661/b98
Michael is the former CEO of both a Financial Services provider and Financial Services educator. For over 10 years he worked as Projects Manager, Operations Manager and CEO. Prior to this Michael worked as an Aerial Survey Pilot/Navigator and managed large remote area projects including IT systems relating to remote sensing and GPS survey technology.
Synthesising different technologies to simplify diverse operations in aviation, business or education has long been an interest. Michael brings his diverse experience across seemingly unrelated areas to bear at TeacherPD to create a resource and professional development platform to further the development of the 21st century classroom.