The classroom is a delicate ecosystem that has balance, structure and order. This workshop is for those that want to use more manipulatives and technological devices in their classroom but are worried about how their students will react to them, thus throwing the ecosystem out of equilibrium. Not all policies and procedures are explained and disseminated on the first day of school. There will be times when you want to show your students how to use clickers, a small white board, smartboard, website, Facebook, Twitter, or BYOD.

Charles Philips

Charles, but call him Chaz, hails from the greatest former country in the world, Texas. Chaz, is the younger of two siblings (older sister).

Charles, but call him Chaz, hails from the greatest former country in the world, Texas. Chaz, is the younger of two siblings (older sister).  He currently teaches HS Math at The Anglo-American School of Sofia.  Chaz has lived overseas for 6 years and has traveled to over 50 different countries during his time away from America.

The Dallas Cowboys is his favorite American football team and you must learn to live with that. Even though Chaz likes to complete the square, he is not a total square. He enjoys hiking, SCUBA diving, sky diving, zip lining and trying new and strange things like cooking.

Chaz loves teaching kids. The YMCA was his introduction to working with kids. The Four Core Values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility have been central to his interactions with every child he encounters. He completed his student teaching through the Boston Teacher Residency.

He then taught Robotics and Mathematics to middle school grades in Boston, Mathematics to middle school and high school grades in Saudi Arabia, and Mathematics to high school grades in Kuwait and Bulgaria. Chaz also enjoys comic books, anime, Magic: The Gathering, beinge watching TV shows, memes, Game of Thrones, and other geeky things like light sabers and tricorders.