PEAK CONFERENCE 2024
Strong Mind and Strong Body
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Letter to Presenters

Global Bilingual School is hosting the PEAK conference 2024 under the theme of “Strong Mind and Strong Body” We would like to invite educators, administrators, support specialists, counsellors, and therapists to submit their presentation proposals and participate in the success of the PEAK 2024 conference.

Your presentation will contribute to creating and sustaining real change and ensuring we are all building systems and communities that meaningfully value inclusion.

Please use the resources below to help you prepare the best proposal possible.

Proposals will be accepted until December 21, 2023.

Areas of focus/Topics:
We encourage presentations/workshops addressing topics including but not limited to:

1. Mental health and the school environment.
   • This could include topics such as creating a positive school climate, strategies for reducing bullying, and promoting social-emotional learning.

2. Mental health and academic achievement.
   • This could include topics such as the link between mental health and academic performance, and strategies for supporting students with mental health challenges.

3. Mental health and student behavior
   • This could include topics such as the relationship between mental health and student behavior, and strategies for managing student behavior in a positive way.

4. Mental health and parent involvement.
   • This could include topics such as the importance of parent involvement in their child’s mental health, and strategies or resources for parents to support their child’s mental health.

5. Mental health and staff well-being.
   • This could include topics such as the importance of staff well-being, and strategies or resources for staff to take care of their own mental health.

6. Inclusive teaching and learning
   • Teaching approaches
   • Cross-curricular skills
   • Assessments
   • Tracking student progress
   • Analysis of performance data
   • Engaging all students

7. Curriculum
   • Universal
   • Mainstream
   • Mainstream adapted and modified
   • Alignment to standards

8. Intervention and support services
   • Importance of early intervention
   • Diagnosis
   • Instructional Design
   • Specialized Therapies
   • IEPs
   • Referrals
   • Transitions
   • Innovative roles of counseling and guidance in managing students with learning difficulties

9. Parents’ involvement
   • Importance of parents’ involvement in special education and or inclusion
   • Role of parents in IEPs
   • Parents comprehensive insight for transition

The duration of the sessions is 50 minutes. They should be engaging, interactive; workshop designed, and equip participants with evidence-based information and knowledge.

Kindly fill out the Proposal Form.  Presenters of accepted proposals will be notified by January 4, 2024. 

Extra information to know as a presenter: 
Registration Deadline for presenters is December 21, 2023

• If a staff member is presenting, the representative will register him/her as a presenter.
• Presenters are registered for free.
• Schools are encouraged to register a minimum of one presenter for every 10 participants.
• Presenters will fill out the online workshop proposal form:
  “click the link” Presenting Form
• Presenters will submit the online workshop proposal form for each proposed workshop by December 21, 2023. Presenters of accepted proposals will be notified by  January 4, 2024.  Sending the PPT presentation to PEAK 2024 Committee is optional.
• After approval, presenters need to confirm their commitment to attend as presenters via sending an e-mail through their school representatives.
• The presenters will be responsible for having their presentations on their laptops and on a USB on the date of presenting.
• Participants may submit more than one proposal for presenting.
• Presenters may present more than one workshop or the same workshop multiple times, or the same workshop once in English and once in Arabic.
• PEAK 2024 sessions are 50 minutes in length.
• Strongly suggested that proposed PEAK presenters’ workshops be approved/supported by their school administration.
• PEAK Presenters are required to visit GBA Schools’ premises to receive their names’ tags and to look at their rooms’ locations and set up on Thursday 15 Feb. 2024 between 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm. They must bring their laptops, adapter, and USB to test the equipment for presenting during PEAK 2024.
• During the PEAK 2024, presenters are responsible for bringing:
• Laptop with HDMI Port
• HDMI adapter (if your laptop doesn’t have HDMI Port)
• Copy of the presentation on a USB
• Presentation Pointer (optional)
• Projectors, smart boards or TV. and Wi-Fi are available in rooms.
• All correspondence regarding the PEAK 2024 and with PEAK 2024 committee will be through your school representative