“Tania Lattanzio is an inspiring educator. We first met in 2010 when she co-led the IB workshop leader multi-programme training in Hong Kong. It was some of the most powerful training I had ever taken part in. Tania possesses in-depth programme knowledge, pedagogical understanding and boundless energy. In 2015, as curriculum director at International School of Busan in Korea, I was able to bring Tania out to work with our entire teaching staff. She facilitated and inspired large and small groups of PYP, MYP and DP teachers with a focus on conceptual learning and differentiation. Tania generously shared folders of resources and a plethora of strategies for the teachers. Multiple teachers remarked that "Tania's was the most powerful workshop they had ever attended." As the Secondary Principal at Xi'an Liangjiatan International School over the past four years, I have brought Tania out multiple times to work with large and small teams of PYP, MYP and DP teachers. The work Tania has done with teams of teachers is transformational. The understanding of the importance of differentiation and conceptual learning has grown and this can be seen and felt in classrooms throughout the school. Tania's words resonate and supported teachers to understand that contemporary classrooms are not places where "all students are doing the same things at the same time." Through subsequent visit teachers' knowledge about differentiation and conceptual learning has deepened. We look forward to welcoming Tania out for a third time to XLIS this coming year so we can drill down further on differentiation and conceptual learning in the classroom”.
Daun Yorke, Secondary Principal, Xi’Lan Liangjitan International School, Xian, China
