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Welcome to my New Zealand, USA, Mexico and Australian Study Tour...
It is important to thank Macquarie Capital, who have financially supported this scholarship, and have provided opportunities for teachers like myself, to visit innovative schools and work with Educational leaders, that I would otherwise never get the opportunity to meet. media type="youtube" key="4sBkq7eWEU0" height="313" width="389" align="center"

So far, I have had the pleasure of meeting :

 * 1) The staff and students at work at Albany Senior High School in Auckland.
 * 2) ePAL founder, //__Tim Discipio__//, who I was so fortunate to have escort me to WHEELS and The Renaissance Leadership Academy in New York, where I met some fantastic young staff.
 * 3) DET Maths Consultant currently working in NY, //__Celcilia Gardner__//, who has willingly shared a fountain of information and offered much support
 * 4) //__Dr June Garwin__, Instructional Technology Co-ordinator for West Chester Area School District.//
 * 5) __//Laura Mendell//, Mathematics Teacher and Rel. Deputy Principal at East High School, West Chester.__
 * 6) __//Pam DiBartolomeo//,__ who is the Instructional Coach at Fern Hill Elementary School.Through her wonderful guidance, I was fortunate to meet an enthusiastic Rel. Principal, John Meanix a talented Art teacher, //__Jacqueline Cassidy__//, who has published her own book, and many staff, whose range of ICT and teaching/learning strategies are mind boggling.
 * 7) //__Jon Amsterdam__//(Deputy Principal), //__Marcia T. Hull__//(Technology Co-ordinator/Art Teacher)and //__Gamal Sherif__//(Science Teacher) at the world reknown, Science Leadership Academy (SLA), Philadelphia.PA.
 * 8) The very professional staff at the educational sector of the Benjamin Franklin Museum, Philadelphia.
 * 9) The Orlando LEC - Leadership Education Committee, with a special mention to __//Mariel Milano//__ and __//Molly Malony//__ who made my visit to Orlando a most memorable and valuable experience - a pivotal point in ones life experiences.
 * 10) Head of Science, __//Gary Worthington, and his science staff//__ at Greengates International School in Mexico City, it is based on the Cambridge Curriculum, and is the number one school in Mexico City.
 * 11) __//Jeffrey Pontiak and Ana Matsumoto //__from Hawaii Technology Academy.
 * 12) __//William G Speed//__ and __Sherry Tenn__, both from Waipahu School, and working with STEM and Project Style Learning Projects in the Senior School.