Keynote: Do What is Relentlessly Right!

Sometimes as educators we get bogged down with the everyday demands of the job that we forget to always show up and do what is relentlessly right for kids. Why relentless? Well, that is what it takes. Unyielding persistence to show up and do what is best for kids. Let’s laugh, cry, and get real together.  

Hook, Line, and Sinker

Engagement strategies in the classroom! 

How do we engage 21st century learners? How do we keep up with an evolving education sphere? Learn engagement strategies, delve into relationships and rapport in a digital world. Embed technology, music, staging, gamification, and passion in our noble profession! Life is fun; learning should be fun too!  

*Can be a Keynote, Breakout, or Hands on Workshop.

The Family Classroom

Setting up a Family Classroom is essential in providing students a safe place to express their thoughts, feelings, and fears. Teach students how to speak, how to disagree respectfully, and how to be a part of a classroom family where everyone is included and celebrated.  

*Can be a Keynote, Breakout, or Hands-on Workshop.

Untold Teaching Truths

This session is all about the untold secrets I wish I would have known when I started teaching in 2006. The secrets of a school building and a classroom, the hills that some teachers die on and burn out. Some kids come from trauma, and how do you, as the adult in the room, help our student population? Follow me as we explore the teachers to find and the teachers to avoid in your building. How education has evolved into what it is today. Classroom management and experience lessons abound in this session. If my students just saw a violent fight, what should I do? What should I do if the culture at my school feels toxic? Come on in, and let’s hash it out.  

 *Can be a Keynote, Breakout, or Hands-on Workshop.

Classroom Management 

This is an overused term in education, but in reality, your kids won’t learn unless they are safe and engaged. If you can’t manage them, you can’t teach them. Learn how to manage a classroom full of kids who may or may not come from trauma with kindness, love, and a sense of humor.  

*Can be a Breakout, Full Day Workshop or Half day workshop.

Full day Workshop (Classroom Management and Innovation)

This workshop can either be a full day of hands-on fun or we can pair it down to a half day of hands-on fun. An emphasis on Management and Innovation. This is a great experience and customized for new teachers, emergency certified and alternatively certified teachers or any teacher that needs a little pick me up and refresher on how we teach post-pandemic students.  

Technology Addiction and how to Combat the Digital Heroin

This session is all about how to have balance in your classroom when it comes to technology. The cell phone, ipad, Chromebook, smartwatch issues will continue to arise. How now shall we proceed? Come on in, and let’s get down to it.  

*Can be a Keynote, Breakout, or Hands-on Workshop.

The Brain-Based Classroom 

Colors matter to the adolescent brain. Movement matters. Kids should never sit longer than their age in minutes! Let’s discuss the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex and how to effectively engage a student’s brain. 

 *Can be a Keynote, Breakout, or Hands-on Workshop.

Professional Learning Communities

The Answer is in the Room! This session explores the powerful PLC partnership within a school. Data can be necessary in making sure all students are learning at high levels. Analyzing data isn’t scary, and it also doesn’t mean your lessons have to be boring. Let’s relentlessly do what is best for students, and the PLC process can lead that way.      

*Can be a Breakout, Full Day Workshop, or Half day workshop.

A Customized Experience for Your School 

Just give me a call or email, and I will provide your teachers with exactly what they need to better serve your student population. We will plan a professional development that your teachers won’t soon forget!