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Below are the variety of my workshops for educators. Click below on DIVERSITY or TEACHING to view a categorized overview of each session. If you have any questions, please contact me using the form below.

DIVERSITY TEACHING

Interactive Presentations On Teaching Diverse Students

HOW TO REACH CHILDREN WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU

This session explores the reasons why becoming a culturally responsive teacher is crucial in today's classroom. In addition, we will identify practical and effective steps and resources educators can utilize to grow in this area.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY: INTERRUPTING OUR BIAS

This presentation focusses on the innate bias we all have and the unintentional impact can have on our students. Guided by honest classroom stories of how Tony continues to learn from his own mistakes, all educators can walk away with practical and effective tools to interrupt our own bias.

KIDS ARE JUST KIDS, RIGHT?

While our students are more alike than different, they are different. And those differences matter. This interactive, honest, and hands-on workshop is designed to provide resources and strategies that incorporate student differences within our daily classroom activities so that all children feel safe, respected, and empowered in our schools.

TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE: THAT IS THE QUESTION

As educators, should we be colorblind to their differences? We explore this question in a safe and interactive environment, then identify specific and practical steps we can take to acknowledge and incorporate student differences within our classroom curriculum throughout the academic year.

THE MALE BOX: BEING A MALE TEACHER IN ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS

The lack of males educators in today's elementary and early childhood schools is a reality that presents real challenges. Learn specific and practical strategies on how to recruit/retain male teachers and successfully build a school environment that incorporates the unique characteristics male educators can bring into a school.

Interactive Presentations To Improve Classroom Instruction

CHOOSE A VARIETY OF CHANGEKIDSLIVES.ORG STRATEGIES

This workshop is differentiated for your school's specific needs, as you can choose a variety of strategies seen on ChangeKidsLives.org. Each session includes an interactive and hands-on experience where educators can apply these research-based strategies within their own teaching.

LEARNING HOW OUR STUDENTS LEARN

As educators we can spend so much of our classroom efforts focussing on academic content. Though how much time to we spend in teaching students how to study? Informed through educational research, this hands-on workshop is designed to provide specific effective strategies that help understand maximize how students best learn.

SMALL CHANGES THAT LEAD TO BIG RESULTS

Educators always strive to maximize our instructional time with students. This workshop explores 5 classroom strategies that are designed to help all teachers become more efficient and effective. Through how to engage students early in lessons to common teacher language to avoid, this session provides practical steps and resources that can be implemented in your very next lesson plan.

BEING THE TEACHER WHO CHANGES STUDENTS' LIVES

We are not in education just to teach. We all strive to be teachers who change the lives of our students. This motivational session will detail 10 strategies that any teacher can implement to better support, equip, and inspire students both in and out of the classroom.

THE FRESHMEN 15

Making the transition from high school to college can be a challenging, yet rewarding experience for students. This workshop explores 15 practical strategies that all high school students should know to help prepare them to become successful individuals both in and out of the classroom.

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Educational Background

PH.D. Elementary Education, Leadership and Research, Ball State University

M.A. Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Ball State University

B.S. Elementary Education, Health Science, Ball State University

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