Melissa Davies B. Ed

Melissa Davies Quick Facts

Main Areas: Diversity and Inclusion, Cross-Cultural Competencies, Leadership Development
Career Focus: Facilitator, Consultant, Trainer, Speaker
Affiliation: Wise Ways Consulting

Melissa Davies is a dynamic professional educator with a solid reputation for
results. She is a strong communicator with a demonstrated ability to
effectively evaluate the target audience and design and deliver a training
protocol to meet their development needs. Ms. Davies is enthusiastic with a
positive and motivating style and has demonstrated skills in facilitating
groups through complex problem solving to drive productivity and performance
improvement. 

Wise Ways Consulting, and its president Melissa Davies, brings substantial expertise in a variety of
disciplines related to creating and maintaining high-performing learning
organizations.  At Wise Ways, it is the mission to assist in affecting
change in individuals, schools, associations, and communities by engaging with
people and organizations which are committed to positive change, no matter
which point they are starting from in their journey toward human acceptance.

 

Ms. Davies has broad-based experience in educating
persons of all ages with a special emphasis on promoting multi-skill
development.  In addition, she has devoted considerable personal time
toward mentoring and coaching youth in academics, leadership and social
responsibility.

 

Over the last twelve years, Ms. Davies has worked in
various environments from corporate training to educating youth around the world.  Ms. Davies has worked in schools in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Manila, Philippines. 
Venturing beyond the normal classroom experience, she has traveled extensively
with students throughout Asia, Europe, and the Middle East including Morocco,
Oman, Syria, Thailand, Singapore, Taipei, Malaysia, France, Austria, the United
Kingdom, Italy, Greece, and Turkey.  In addition, her personal
travels have taken her to unique locations such as South Africa, Vietnam,
Myanmar, Jordan, Germany, Malta, and others.

 

As a team member on various staffs, Ms. Davies has
liaised with outside agencies, developed effective training materials, and
implemented various models within many classroom situations. She has repeatedly
been selected by schools around the world to design training materials and
facilitate professional workshops in the areas of classroom and time
management, academic planning and organizational excellence to best meet client
needs.  She has completed and conducted numerous needs assessments,
assisting with the ensuing short- and long-range planning necessary for
effective personal and institutional change.

 

Melissa Davies served for six years on the
Professional Development Advisory Council for the British Columbia Teachers’
Foundation.  That council was responsible for the collaborative
planning, development, and implementation of effective models of teaching and
professional development delivery for the province of British Columbia.

 

In addition, Ms. Davies was appointed and served
for seven years on both external and internal accreditation teams for various
accrediting agencies based in North America.  These included
accreditations in Canada, The Philippines, Germany, and The United Arab
Emirates.  Teams were charged with assessing the strengths and needs of
both the institution and its employees, in light of current issues facing all
stakeholders, and making appropriate recommendations for further growth and
development. 

 

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