Navigating the Path to Success Through Instructional Coherence
Workshop Details
Date: 30-31 January 2026
Time: 08:00 AM-03:30 PM
Venue: NIST International School, Bangkok, Thailand
For: All school leaders and team members involved in curriculum and instruction
Workshop Leader: Erma Anderson, Jennifer DeLashmutt, and Shirley Droese
Cost: $400 USD
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Overview
Join us for a dynamic institute designed to help you plan and deliver high-impact, inclusive instruction using Fullan’s 6 Cs—Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Citizenship, and Character—as your foundation.
You’ll explore how these pillars of deeper learning connect with ACER’s High-Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) and are brought to life through disciplinespecific practices and routines. With the integration of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and AI tools, you’ll leave with a ready-to-implement framework that meets the diverse needs of all learners.
If you are an instructional leader seeking to promote a culture of professional learning in your school, this is the workshop for you. We will explore key elements of instructional coherence, such as developing an instructional vision, the critical components of a viable curriculum, and planning for core instruction. We will explore strategies to support teachers in integrating instructional routines that align with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework, Social and Emotional Learning ( SEL) competencies, and ongoing (formative) assessment within their design and practice. This integration is foundational for instructional coherence to ensure that all learners have equitable access to high-quality learning experiences.
Key Takeaways
Develop a clear roadmap and actionable steps to support instructional coherence (curriculum, assessment and instructional design and practices) in their schools.
Enhance skills as designers of units, lessons and assessments and facilitators of adult learning
Communicate and translate the roles and responsibilities of instructional leaders in their contexts.
Erma Anderson
Erma Anderson is a former high school physics and mathematics teacher and Albert Einstein Distinguished Fellow in the United States Senate. She was a Senior Program Officer with the National Research Council assisting in the development of the National Science Education Standards and a Christa McAuliffe Fellow with the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education. She was Associate Project Director for the Council for Basic Education’s Schools Around the World project, developing and implementing the Evidence to Excellence protocol, professional development that used student work from participating countries to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and science.
She has considerable experience developing and facilitating workshops, on site and online with multiple national and international entities. Currently, she is a Mathematics consultant working with international schools on implementing the AERO Mathematics Standards. In addition, she facilitates the Math Specialist in International Schools (MSIS) and Math Fellows in International Schools (MFIS) initiative. In the past 20 years, she has facilitated conversations around K12 math and science curriculum, instruction and assessment in over 150 international schools and facilitated hundreds of parent presentations on the teaching and learning of mathematics.
On many occasions, she has been recognized for her work in the international education community. In 2012, she received the Near East South Asia (NESA) Association of International Schools, Finis Engleman International Educator of Year Award. In 2015, she received the Mediterranean Association International Schools (MAIS) International Educator of Year Award.
Jennifer Delashmutt
Jennifer Delashmutt has over 25 years of teaching and leadership experience in the United States and Asia. For the last ten years, she has served as an Elementary Principal and PK-12 Director of Curriculum and Professional Learning in Hong Kong and Thailand. Jennifer has led the faculty through sustainable curricular and instructional program changes that positively impacted learning and organizational culture. She has a Certificate of Advanced Educational Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education, an IB Leadership Certification, and is an ISTE Certified Educator. Jennifer has experience and is dedicated to supporting faculty, staff, principals, administrators, and board members in effective change leadership, inclusive practices, cultural shifts, and embracing a continuous cycle of improvement.
Shirley Droese
Shirley Droese, based in Rockford, IL, is currently an Organizational Development Consultant at Solros Development Group. Prior to this, she served as Director for Teaching and Learning at the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India. She holds a PhD in Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also earned her Master of Studies in Elementary Education. Shirley has extensive leadership experience in education, including her role as Associate Director of Academic Affairs at Qatar Foundation in Doha. She previously served as Director of Curriculum & Instruction (IB) at Shekou International School and Deputy Head of School at Seoul Foreign School. Earlier in her career, she held administrative roles at Yorkville Elementary and Fort Atkinson High School and taught internationally at ISB Bangkok, ISOI Islamabad, and ISG Al Khobar. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Carthage College, Wisconsin, and brings a strong skill set in leadership, strategic planning, training, public speaking, and more.