Andy Vasily is a leading teacher who has taught at International Baccalaureate schools in 4 different countries over the past 15 years. He completed his teaching training at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Andy is currently an international educational consultant and is based in Saudi Arabia. Previously, Andy was an educator at Nanjing International School, and prior to that worked as a Child-Youth Counsellor at a young offender’s facility in Windsor, Ontario. It was through this experience that he first realized the stumbling blocks and injustices that many of these young people faced in their daily experience. As a direct result of seeing a need for change, he pursued a full-time career as an educator. He is also the founder of the award winning education blog www.pyppewithandy.com. Wanting to push his own understanding of teaching and learning to a deeper level, Andy made the decision to begin blogging in order to share his teaching practice and connect with other educators and top researchers around the world. The value that he saw in this exchange of vision and practical applications led to an enriched professional learning journey that he has shared with practitioners and scholars alike. He has teamed up with Dr. Dean Dudley from Macquarie University in Australia - whose research focuses on evidence-based health, and physical education to work on closing the gap between evidence-based research and teaching practice.They share their work at www.nexuseducation.org. Andy is an innovator in the area of education and has continued growing his commitment to student learning by bringing the global community together to create meaningful progress in the way students learn around the globe.