RYAN GRADY
Dean of Instruction
Pilgrim School
Ryan is the Dean of Instruction at Pilgrim School in Los Angeles, where he has worked extensively in developing a K-12 mathematics program grounded in the principles of active learning, problem solving, and student involved assessment. He has spent more than ten years in the classroom teaching mathematics ranging from sixth grade math to undergraduate level calculus. Mr. Grady has worked extensively with a wide range of teachers across the world. He has been a presenter with the Near East South Asia (NESA) Council of Overseas Schools. He has taught graduate level Methods of Teaching at Loyola Marymount University, where he also served as adjunct faculty in the Center for Math and Science Teaching, working with Los Angeles-area Catholic schools in improving their instruction in math and science. He has served on the Professional Services Committee for the California Association of Independent Schools, where he helped organize professional development opportunities for teachers across Southern California.
MEGAN HOLMSTROM
Teaching and Learning Coach
American School Dubai
Megan is a Teaching & Learning Coach in K-8 Mathematics at the American School of Dubai. Over the course of her 16 year career in education, she spent 10 years in the classroom, teaching at a variety of grade levels, before moving into curriculum & instruction and coaching. Previous to ASD, Megan was an adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she was a faculty member in the Center for Math & Science Teaching working with public schools to develop teacher-leaders in elementary mathematics. Over the course of her career in the States, Megan participated on an Instructional Materials Adoption Panel (California, 2005), as well as Teachers Mathematics Advisory Panel (California, 2009-2010). In her free time, Megan works a math consultant for independent schools both in the United States and abroad, and she was a part-time consultant for Math Solutions, a Marilyn Burns company. Megan has presented at the Annual Teacher Conference and Fall Training Institutes with ECIS, Winter Training Institute and Spring Educators Conference with NESA, as well as various meetings and conferences throughout the United States.