Speaking Topics
- Teachers need strategies, too! Say yes to joy and growth, no to burnout
- Ditch the struggle, find the joy: one approach, 20+ practical strategies you can try tomorrow
- Get to a well-managed classroom while avoiding "management"
- Readers and writers get better by reading and writing: how to grow that independence and stamina
- Create a community, not just a classroom with the three R's: routines, rituals, and relationships
Speaker Profile
Berit Gordon believes that every student deserves a rock star teacher and that every teacher deserves to thrive in this essential work. As a teacher, consultant, and speaker, she shares practical strategies that transform overwhelmed educators into confident classroom leaders. Having taught at all levels, from elementary to college, including working with new teachers at Columbia University's Teachers College, she now teaches part-time at Montclair State University while consulting in K-12 schools across the US and Canada. Her workshops, presentations, and books (including The Joyful Teacher, No More Fake Reading (Corwin), and The New Teacher Handbook) offer the kind of practical, research-backed support that helps educators flourish in their classrooms.
Grades: K–12
