JM Seewald

Education Consulting

Making Learning Meaningful

View of Melbourne from my office window

When you ask me what I can offer you?

Do you need help with…

  • Teacher professional development in the areas of inquiry, concepts, and/or playful learning?

  • Planning for meaningful teaching and learning that is more engaging, interesting, fun, and joyful?

  • Strategic planning, event planning & management, and program implementation?

  • Personal professional coaching conversations?

Professional development with a group of Korean educators

When you ask me who I am?

My name is Jan-Mark Seewald and I am an educator with 25 years of experience as a teacher, pedagogical leader, and consultant.

Having fun during a workshop on coaching

My brother and I in our early twenties in rural Pakistan

When you ask me where I’m from?

Hard to answer

Germany? Pakistan? Australia?

It depends what you’re asking!

When you ask me what I value?

Being Kind and Being Brave

When I completed a Masters in Educational Leadership and Change Management several years ago, an assignment asked us to look at what we valued as a leader. What emerged for me was that I value…

Presenting ideas to a group of educators

Being welcomed on a school visit in Pakistan

Connecting with students at a Living Library session in Korea

When you ask me what I love?

I love many things but here are some highlights:

  • Meaningful and playful learning

  • Designing and building

  • Lego

  • Collaborating

  • Strategizing

  • Being involved in something that has a positive impact on others

  • Being out in Nature

Discussions at the July 2024 Art of Facilitation Institute, Hong Kong

When you ask me what others would say about me?

Throughout my career I’ve worked with some amazing individuals who I respect and whose opinions I care about. Some of them have been kind enough to write a few words about me. If you’re interested, please feel free to have a look at my Testimonials & Stories page. You’ll also find published articles about me and my work here.