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Patricia Handly
Patricia Handly is currently an educational consultant who supports teachers and
principals as they seek to become effective leaders in the practice of teaching and
learning. She works with several organizations including Developmental Studies Center, a
non-profit, mission driven organization that promotes academic and social learning. For
the past eight years, she has been the lead trainer in instructional supervision and
evaluation at the Principals Training Center for International School Leadership.
Prior to her work as a consultant and for more than a decade, Patricia enjoyed her role
as elementary principal at three different international schools in Latin America – The
Carol Morgan School in Santo Domingo, Saint John’s School in San Juan, and Escuela Campo
Alegre here in Caracas. As principal she focused her work on building teacher learning
teams to -support student learning. Before becoming an elementary principal, Patricia
worked in the United States as a school psychologist, college lecturer in psychology
and an elementary classroom teacher. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in child
development, a master of arts degree in child clinical psychology and certificates in
teaching, school psychology and elementary school principalship.
Patricia’s interests lie in literacy acquisition, the teaching of writing, child
development, building caring school communities and school leadership. Her work in
education has taken her around the world to five of the seven continents where she has
enjoyed collaborating with students, teachers, principals and parents in more than 200
schools.
Presentation: Building Caring School Communities: The Ways We Want Our School To Be
Please join us for an interactive session to explore strategies to build Caring School
Communities in the classroom, across grades, and with families.
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