Ready-to-Go Instructional Strategies That Build Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking - Paperback

by Denise White (Author), Alisa Braddy (Author)

Craft a culture of engaging, student-centered learning!

With over 50 years of experience in education, Alisa H. Braddy and Denise White have compiled this essential toolkit for teachers of any subject or grade level to inject life into their instruction. Suitable for teachers, administrators, or instructional coaches, this resource creates engaging lessons that bring agency and critical thinking to students' learning. Step-by-step procedures for implementing the various strategies are provided in each chapter as well as:

• Actual scenarios and vignettes of strategies in action
• A matrix highlighting the benefits of each strategy
• Reflection questions to challenge readers' thinking and generate action

Author Biography

Alisa H. Braddy is an international educational consultant and keynote speaker for preschool through high school institutions and organizations. Alisa has conducted workshops in many school districts on brain research, teaching and reaching through Common Core State Standards, instructional skills, boys and learning, classroom management, effective literacy instruction, differentiated instruction, 21st century learning skills, and numerous others at the elementary, secondary, and university levels. She has made presentations at national conventions and educational organizations and has served as a consultant to regional and local school districts across the U.S. and Canada. A former primary and elementary teacher, Alisa was a literacy specialist and instructional coach in Horry County, South Carolina before she left to dedicate her full-time attention to educational consulting. She makes her home in Florence, South Carolina with her husband, son, and a whole zoo full of animals.

Denise White has been in education for over twenty years and has taught at both the elementary and secondary levels. She has designed and implemented curriculum for a middle school integrated Language Arts/Social Studies class and developed a remedial reading program for middle school students who did not pass the state reading test. For five years, Denise served as an instructional coach for Tulsa Public Schools, helping teachers use data to drive their instruction and training them in strategies to differentiate instruction and increase learner engagement. Since 2001, Denise has worked as an educational consultant, designing and delivering trainings for teachers all over the United States and in Canada. Denise holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Master of Science in Educational Technology. Denise lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband and twin sons and can often be spotted riding her pink bike by the river.

Denise and Alisa are the owners and lead educational consultants of Inspire and Engage Consulting Services. With combined experience of over 50 years as elementary and secondary classroom teachers, instructional coaches, and curriculum specialists, they bring a fresh and relevant approach to their trainings and classroom coaching and have designed and delivered professional development for teachers and administrators throughout the United States and in Canada. They specialize in 21st Century Learning and have developed a leadership/citizenship program for 21st Century Learners. Denise and Alisa have presented at numerous state and national conferences including the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Conference, North Carolina Middle Level Educators (NCMLE) Conference, Indiana Assistant Principals Conference, Oklahoma Middle Level Educators Association (OMLEA) Conference, Model Schools Conference, Schools Exceeding Expectations Conference, Nevada Megaconference, and Cypress Fairbanks Rigor Relevance Conference.