Meet our 23-24 SENIA Ecuador Board Members

My name is Trinidad Vásconez; I was born and raised in Ecuador and pursued my Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). During my career and time in Chicago, my main emphasis was Art Education and Arts Administration within different contexts such as schools (private, public, suburban), museums, and other learning spaces.
I have been working as an ES Art teacher for the past five years in Ecuador (American School of Quito and Academia Cotopaxi) and have contributed to the public and private sectors through Art Education projects.
As both an artist and an Art Educator, I find myself navigating through worlds with an open-minded perspective on the essence of Education and its impact on our daily lives. I see Art Education as a practice that intends to discover our voice, which is imperative during childhood.

Meet our 23-24 SENIA Ecuador Board Members

Maria Gribensk is a High School English teacher with a Masters in Multidisciplinary Studies. She has been an educator for more than 15 years. She believes educators’ greatest responsibility is to create empathetic human beings who understand and value differences to form a society rooted in equity and inclusion.

Meet our 23-24 SENIA Ecuador Board Members

Chelsea Toller has been an educator for over 25 years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, English Language Development Coordinator, Vice Principal, and Principal. Her favorite role so far is serving as the Director of Student Support Services which combines all of her passions: Counseling, Learning Support, and English Language Learning at Academia Cotopaxi in Quito, Ecuador. She holds a BA in Community Studies and a MA in Educational Leadership. She believes that making the world more inclusive benefits everyone and she loves working alongside her SENIA Ecuador colleagues to grapple together as we move from “inclusion in theory” to “inclusion in practice”.

Meet our 23-24 SENIA Ecuador Board Members

Devon Hehl is starting her fourth year, and 22nd year in education, at Academia Cotopaxi American International School as an Inclusion Coach and Inclusion Lead.  Prior to that, she worked at NIST International School for 8 years where she was an Elementary Learning Support Specialist and 3-year SENIA Representative.   She has also worked and lived in Zambia, Switzerland, and the United States.  Devon holds a Masters of Science in Special Education and a Bachelors of Arts in Education.  She is committed to embracing diversity and is thrilled to be a part of both small and large inclusive communities.  Devon is inspired by her family, colleagues, and the students she works with.

SENIA Ecuador is hosting their first Chapter meeting

Welcome to SENIA Ecuador! We are hosting our first Chapter meeting with our host Academia Cotopaxi American International School.  Please join us via zoom next Friday October 15th, 2021 at 3h00pm.  We will be sharing about SENIA International, the SENIA 2021 Virtual Conference and the next exciting steps for SENIA Ecuador.

Contact us if you are interested at ecuadorchapter@seniainternational.org

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Welcome From Our Leadership

Welcome to SENIA Korea! We are all so glad you’re here, visiting our corner of the internet.

At SENIA Korea, we work together to support our students, teachers and families in and connected to our schools. In the international community, having special needs can be daunting for families, so we want to be the best support system possible.

SENIA Korea’s Leadership team, 2021-2022: 

Chairperson: Tonya Garrick, Yongsan International School of Seoul

Team Member: Rachel Arnold, Korea Foreign School

Team Member: Rafael Jimenez, Seoul Foreign School

Team Member: Courtney Pakos, Yongsan International School of Seoul

…more to come! Stay tuned!

 

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SENIA Europe Fall Theme: TEAMING!

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Announcing Our Fall Theme…

 

Teaming LEAVES all feeling supported!

Every student has a team: teachers, specialists, para-professionals, administrators, outside providers, parents and other adult advocates. We all support each other with the goal of inclusion for every child.

From now through December, SENIA Europe will be sharing research, models, and stories all focused on teaming. Some of this will be curated research. It will also include our popular 10-minute interviews, now with digital Q&A! Upcoming topics include:

  • Team teaching in the IB classroom 

  • True collaboration with paraprofessionals 

  • Involving parents as active team members

  • Team benefits of including outside professionals 

AND MORE!

Articles, videos and more will be available in the following places: