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Customized Singapore Math and Common Core Math Training

Do you need additional help understanding or implementing Singapore Math or Common Core Math in your classrooms, school or district? Do you need a trainer to explain the program to parents? Bring an experienced presenter to you. I have trained teachers and helped parents in both public and private school settings in urban and rural areas. After understanding how to effectively implement these approaches, teachers all over the US have seen their students’ math understanding and skills improve and test scores rise. Let Susan help you on the journey to increased success too!

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“I think the most important thing I took away from the session was the feeling of fun and inspiration in solving problems… and the feeling of success.” -H.R., Decatur, TN

“It was phenomenal.” -J.W., Decatur, TN

National Novel Writing Month: Young Writers’ Program

Are you looking for ways to bring excitement and enthusiasm to your writing program? National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has just the thing: writing a novel in 30 days. Learn how to use the free resources in this program to inspire your students to love writing. Find out how to bring the students’ work from pre-writing to publication in a beautiful book, and how to accomplish the goals of the standards in your state with this fun process.

View articles about Susan doing NaNoWriMo in the classroom.
View Susan’s and her students’ publications from NaNoWriMo 2010.

Technology in Education

We are in a truly digital age. How can teachers utilize the technology tools available to us, rather than having to work against the distractions they can offer? Learn how to use social media like Twitter, wikis, laptops, online video repositories, interactive white boards, and educational software to reach many learning modalities and increase attention span in the classroom.