Dr. Karen Walstra (KWC.EvolveSchool)
InstructorINTRODUCTION
Karen Walstra, independent educational consultant, promotes problem-solving, creative and critical thinking, incorporating digital tools, addressing educational transformation, assisting edu-organisations adapting to change, exploring strategic thinking. Conducts PD personalised sessions. Successful 29-year classroom teaching career (Gr. R-11). Director of Academics. Coordinated and trained on large-scale outreach programmes: St Stithians College’s Thandulwazi Teacher and Leader Development Programme (2005-2015). Acting Head of Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy (8/2017-7/2018), Trainer and content developer of Click Foundation’s Learner Reading project (2012-2015). Worked for Google (2014 - 4/2017) Emerging markets “Education Go Digital” and ChromeOS Teams globally and across Sub-Saharan Africa. Part-time lecturer (University of Pretoria: 2017 to 2019). Holds Masters in Education: Educational Technology (University of Witwatersrand) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD ) Computer-integrated Education (University of Pretoria) researched educational Virtual Reality on teachers’ pedagogy Education, Training and Development Assessor and Moderator. Presented at local and international conferences on Educational Technology and Design and Technology.
COURSES
Growing Nelson Mandela’s (Madiba’s) values in our classroom and school
In this short self-paced course we’ll explore Madiba the man, and the significant dates in his life. The main focus…
Building Confidence with Digital Tools in the Classroom
Empowering Educators: Building Confidence with Digital Tools in the Classroom
Introduction to Classroom Management – My Teaching Space
This short self-paced learning course is an “Introduction to Classroom Management – My Teaching Space”. It would be useful for…
This was an interesting and inspiring course which gave me good ideas of how I could apply this in the classroom.