See where our consultants are working. Past Events
October 20, 2011 - Everett School District
Barbara Blackburn is working with Middle School literacy teachers as well as the district leadership team to support their rigor initiative in Everett, WA.
November 11, 2011 - Association of Middle Level Education Meeting
Bryan Harris is giving an afternoon presentation called "Tried That, Didn't Work - Effective Interventions for the 5 Most Common Classroom Disruptions" in Louisville, KY.
November 18 & 21, 2011 - National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference
Amy Benjamin is presenting an afternoon workshop called "Grammar Affects Writing: Gaining Sentence Variety, Coherence, and Clarity," and a full-day workshop called "Grammar in the Heart of the Writing Process" in Chicago, IL.
November 28, 2011 - SDE Conference for Ohio Middle Grade Teachers
Bryan Harris is giving two presentations, "Strategies for Students Who Drive You Nuts!" and "Get 'Em Up: Using Movement to Support learning," in Columbus, OH.
December 5 & 6, 2011 - Learning Forward (formerly NSDC) Conference
Bryan Harris is conducting 2 roundtables: "Engaging the Reluctant Learner" and "Pulling the Weeds - Stress Management for Educators." Angela Maiers will be speaking on "Rigor, Relevance, and Passion." Warren Combs will be presenting "Journal Writing: Critical Thinking to Learn the Curriculum." This year's conference is in in Anaheim, CA.
January 2, 2012 - Alief ISD
Barbara Blackburn will be working with the fourth and fifth grade teachers in Klentzman Intermediate School in Houston, TX to help them raise the level of rigor in their classrooms.
February 27 & 28, March 29 & 30, 2012 - Wellston City Schools
Barbara Blackburn will be working with teachers and instructional leaders to support the rigor initiative in this Ohio district.