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Whether you’re looking for district-wide professional development, a dynamic keynote speaker, a one-day workshop, or long-term coaching, PD with Engaging Learners is sure to turn you and your team into Engaging Learners fans.
In addition to sharing expertise in the latest research-based methods, Engaging Learners presenters make sure your teachers and staff walk away from each session with implementable strategies and tools that can be used in their own classrooms the very next day.
Most importantly, Engaging Learners PD ensures that educators will be empowered to reach all students, achieve measurable results, and make real and lasting change in their students’ literacy development and in their future.
Professional Development with Jenny: School Initiatives & The Science of Reading
Dr. Jenny French
As a sought-after school improvement consultant, Dr. Jenny French is delighted to share her wealth of experience.
Her career has encompassed all facets of education: elementary classroom teacher, secondary literacy coach, university associate professor, curriculum director, assistant superintendent of schools, and board member of the International Dyslexia Association. Most recently, Dr. French developed ThinkCERCA’s groundbreaking Foundational Reading & Linguistics program, which addresses the unique needs of struggling adolescent readers.
Want to transform young lives through enhanced reading and linguistic skills in your school or district? Start by talking to Dr. Jenny French. Whether you want to begin with a keynote address, a one-time workshop, in-classroom coaching for teachers, or if you’re ready to schedule long-term, district-wide support, Jenny will work with you to improve student literacy. Contact us to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
Customized Professional Development with Katie and Richard
Dr. Richard Cash & Dr. Katie McKnight
If you’re interested in inviting Katie and Richard, the dynamic duo from the 2020-2021 Morning Meeting webinars, to your district, please reach out. We are currently booking on-site and remote professional development. But don’t wait! Katie and Richard professional development is popular and available dates go quickly.
From a one-time presentation to long-term guidance, Dr. Katie McKnight, Dr. Richard Cash, and the rest of the Engaging Learners team will do whatever it takes to empower your teachers and grow student achievement. Let us work with you to address your school’s unique challenges. Contact us to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
Professional Development with Katie: The Force Behind Engaging Learners
Dr. McKnight’s 15-year distinguished university career culminated in her assignment to Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University. Katie has authored 20 books that support educational strategies to engage all learners including Literacy & Learning Centers for the Big Kids, grades 4-12 and The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning (co-authored with Mary Scruggs). She worked with California Teacher of the Year, Alan Sitomer, to co-create the popular standards-based reading and writing toolkit, Short, Short, BIG!
Katie McKnight’s work in educational leadership, literacy, and student skill development has resulted in unprecedented academic achievement in many struggling schools.
Contact us to schedule a no-obligation consultation.
“Innovative. Creative. Enthusiastic. Supportive.”
–Libby Perry, Literacy educator for Success Intervention Program, Anderson, IN
Professional development can be as simple as a one-day presentation/workshop to inspire faculty and support them as they learn to implement new, effective, and research-based classroom strategies. Or it can be as extensive as multi-year, on-going collaborative guidance for an entire school district including: development of professional learning communities; creation of student-centered classrooms and schools; and generating assessments that motivate, support, and nurture all learners. The Engaging Learners team is also experienced in interfacing with parents, turning professional development into community development!
ON-GOING COLLABORATIVE GUIDANCE
School-wide Literacy Plans, K-12
Engaging Learners will provide on-going collaborative guidance as you merge student literacy growth, content knowledge acquisition, and self-regulation development throughout your entire school or district – all while supporting teachers as they evolve into members of vibrant Professional Learning Communities.
YOUR CLASSROOM AS AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING SPACE
Literacy & Learning Centers, 4-12
Introduce these collaborative learning centers, designed specifically for grade 4-12 learners, to any classroom – even math and PE. Cover more content in less time, boost literacy development, and give individual attention to every student. We have a 100% success rate in achieving academic gains with this unique approach.
EVALUATION STRATEGIES THAT MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE
Standards- & Skills-based Assessment, K-12
Learn assessment creation techniques that align to the skills that students need to master. Discover evaluation strategies that motivate and inspire while clearly communicating with parents, administrators, your fellow teachers, and the students themselves.
THE POWER OF IMPROV AND ACTIVE LEARNING
YES … AND for the Classroom, K-12
Research indicates the value of using kinesthetic, creative, and improvisational activities to develop academic and content-specific vocabulary, language skills, content knowledge, growth mindset, and self-regulation. The evidence is clear: students have to move to really engage in learning!
Downloadable brochures
Utilize and share these printable brochures as we work together to build an engaging professional learning experience - at a national conference or in your school district.
Dr. Katie McKnight builds solutions based on your needs.
The Intersection of Content Knowledge, Literacy Skills, and SEL (Grades 4-12)
Assessment that Motivates, Supports and Nurtures ALL Learners (Grades K-12)
The active classroom strategy that develops SEL and Academic Skills (Grades K-12)
Adolescent literacy expert, dynamic presenter, dedicated teacher, and award-winning author
Short, Short, BIG! Master Class Professional Development
My colleague, Alan Sitomer, and I designed Short, Short, BIG! to take the ambiguity out of teaching short-response writing, and the toolkit is ready for classroom implementation right out of the box. But because we are committed to your success and that of your students, Alan and I also developed a Short, Short, BIG! Master Class to provide additional guidance, support, and professional development. Our customized PD will provide teachers the opportunity to hone their instructional knowledge and skill set so they’ll be 100% prepared to use short reads and short writes to create more effective writers, readers, and critical thinkers.