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Barbara King-Shaver

Speaking Topics

• Differentiated Instruction (Grades 4-12)
• Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (Grades 4-12)
• When Text Meets Text: Helping Adolescent Readers Make Connections in Literature (Grades 6-12)
• Cooperative Learning in the English/Language Arts Classroom (6-12)
• Best Practices for Teaching in the Block
• Socratic Seminar
• Assessment in the English Classroom
• Persuasive Writing

Speaker Bio

Dr. Barbara King-Shaver worked for more than thirty years as a classroom teacher, a supervisor, and an administrator. In addition to her work in public and private schools, Barbara taught for twenty-five years as an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. She also served as a trainer for the New Jersey State Department of Education.

Barbara has worked with Grant Wiggins on Authentic Assessment and

Understanding by Design, serving as a team leader in a New Jersey school district.

In addition, Barbara has published articles and books on teaching and learning, most recently Adolescent Literacy and Differentiated Instruction. This book and her earlier work, Differentiated Instruction in the English Classroom, were co-authored with Alyce Hunter. Independently, Barbara has published When Text Meets Text: Helping High School Readers Make Connections in Literature. As a member of the Heinemann Speakers Bureau, Barbara conducts staff development workshops for schools across the country.

Grades: 5 - 12