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Linda M. Kott,
M. A. & Bobbi Hansen, Ed. D.
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Information Call: 877-234-6086
Linda Kott, M.A.
and Bobbi Hansen, Ed.D.
An
Education Training Team: Teachers’ Teachers
Linda Kott and
Bobbi Hansen have worked as an education training team for the
past 15 years and have a combined 60 years of education
experience. Linda and Bobbi KNOW the instructional challenges
for REAL teachers in REAL classrooms. They are teachers'
teachers. They also understand the high stakes accountability
for state and national standards and assessment. They believe
it is their job to develop ways to help schools and districts
in meeting major challenges while Leaving NO Child Behind.
The target audience for this education team are schools,
school districts, and school boards throughout the U.S. Kott
and Hansen design and deliver tailor made workshops and
trainings for education organizations that seek out
information, motivation, inspiration, and transformation for
their constituents. Powerful interactive programs based on
cutting-edge research with next-day applications and templates
for classroom instruction puts their presentations at the top
of the “most useful” in the education category.
"WHEN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM,
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD!” Kott - Hansen
 Linda
Kott. M.A.
Linda
is the President of Educating Concepts and an internationally
recognized educator, trainer speaker and author. Linda taught
in the public school system at elementary, middle, secondary,
and university levels. She worked on programs for the United
Nations 25th Anniversary honoring the World’s Children;
designed programs for MIRAS Schools in the Republic of
Kazakhstan; served as Youth Director for The Valley’s Promise,
an organization chaired by President Gerald Ford and led by
Colin Powell for America’s Promise.
Bobbi Hansen, Ed. D.
Dr. Bobbi Hansen is an Associate Professor at the University
of San Diego where she teaches preservice classes for student
teachers and graduate classes for Master’s candidates. In 2004
she received the USD Distinguished Teacher award. Her many
years in the field of education include experiences as a
curriculum director for a K-12 school district, a school
principal, and an elementary teacher. Her areas of expertise
include best practice in curriculum development and
instructional strategies.
Areas of Expertise:
Classroom Best Practices
Assessment Strategies
Differentiated Instruction
Problem Based Curriculum
Brain-Based Learning
Top 3 reasons to
have Linda Kott & Bobbi Hansen at your next event:
Linda and Bobbi KNOW the
instructional challenges for REAL teachers in REAL classrooms.
They are teachers' teachers. Great stories, great understanding
and great “Best Practice” research and applications.
Linda and Bobbi understand the high stakes accountability for
State and National Standards and assessment. They can help
schools and districts in meeting major challenges while “No
Child Is Left Behind.”
Linda and Bobbi are inspirational and motivational. They focus
on the positive and "what's right about education" - perfect for
beginning school year teacher empowerment and/or for those
"mid-year" blues.
Fees:
Half Day: $2,500
Full Day: $5,000
Linda and Bobbi's
Most Requested Programs:
CHOOSE 1 OF 5 GREAT WORKSHOPS
FOR SCHOOL STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Three Key Understandings to Personalizing Instruction:
Why, What and How
Personalizing instruction means the teacher uses research-based
planning and implements tested best practices and assessments so
that each and every student embraces and learns standards-based
curriculum. Can a teacher provide instruction to meet the many
differences and needs of each student in the class? The answer
is yes. This workshop teaches the brain science behind the
challenges in education. It delivers Best Practice and
Problem-based Learning materials with next day application
tools.
The 9 Best Practices for Successful Classroom Instruction
Researchers at many of the most prestigious universities in the
country have been busy analyzing classroom pedagogical, or
instructional, principles that stand up to the rigors of
scientific inquiry. With the gigantic impetus of the No Child
Left Behind Act, teachers are called upon to learn and to apply
these Best Practices to classroom instruction. This workshop
immerses the participants in each of the 9 Best Practices with
interactive opportunities to share “what’s working” in their
classrooms and “what can be done better” using Best Practice
tools and methods for next day application.
How to use it: Classroom Application of Brain-based
Research
The 1990’s were dubbed “The Decade of the Brain”. In those ten
years, with the assistance of immense technological advances,
scientists began to understand how humans think, learn, and
remember. While the exact workings of the brain still hold many
mysteries, this evolving research may have powerful implications
for teaching and learning. This workshop will explain these new
brain-based principles of learning and actively demonstrate ways
for teachers to utilize them in classroom settings. Teachers
interact in grade-level teams to identify and design a lesson
that works for their specific classrooms.
Problem-based Learning Across the Curriculum (PBL)
Problem-based or Project-based learning is curriculum fueled and
standards based. It asks a question or poses a problem that each
student can answer. Project-based learning asks students to
investigate issues and topics addressing real-world problems
while integrating subjects across the curriculum. In PBL the
learning method fosters abstract, intellectual tasks to explore
complex issues. This teaches how PBL can be used to support and
enhance a standards-based curriculum and align alternative and
performance assessments while addressing a wide variety of
student learning styles. Grade-level templates encourage teacher
creativity and student participation.
Classroom Strategies for Differentiated Instruction &
Formative Assessment
Standards-based instruction and differentiated learning must
become an educational philosophy which recognizes the academic
diversity in contemporary classrooms. Differentiation can show
us how to reach the same standard with a wide range of learners.
Standards require a wide range of assessment tools to capture a
fuller picture of what students know and are able to do. These
tools must clearly communicate proficiency to all stake
holders...teachers, parents, and the community. This hands-on
workshop teaches application of tested strategies and gives
teachers tools and templates to create Formative Assessment and
Alternative Evaluation forms.
OTHER WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE
LEADERSHIP AND TEAMBUILDING – 1 to 2 ½ day
workshop
• Leadership Teambuilding – Building A “Smart” Education Team
• Leadership Education & Training of Trainers
MOTIVATION - 1/2 day workshop
• The Heart, Soul, and Joy Of Education – The Top 10 “Right
Things” About Our Schools: What Every Parent and Teacher Should
Know!
TAILOR MADE PROGRAMS ON THE MOST CURRENT TOPICS SUCH AS:
1. The Power of Formative Assessment in Helping Students
2. Coherent Instruction: What Teachers Need to Know
3. Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Testimonials:
“…No matter what task(s) they
take on, their performance is always outstanding. They are
exemplary teachers of educational leadership in all ways. They
are teachers’ teachers. The training became a "crash course" in
Educational Leadership for the 21st Century; what Linda and
Bobbi accomplished in a few days is worth at least an M.A.
degree. But, more importantly, it truly changed the course,
direction and purpose of education for an entire nation. Through
the work of these two ladies the vision and genius of American
education was beautifully communicated and made real. Their
achievement was heroic.”
James Roulsten, Superintendent MIRAS Schools
Almaty and Astana, The Republic of Kazakhstan
“The Professional Association of
Georgia Educators (PAGE) appreciates the quality of service
Linda Kott and Bobbi Hansen provided for our Summer Conference.
Their programs helped make this conference a great success.”
Edie Belden, Ed. D.
Director of Professional Learning Professional Association
of Georgia Educators
“Linda and Bobbi are motivational speakers and well-researched
presenters. They focus on standards-based instruction and “best
practice” research with practical, classroom-tested ideas for
busy teachers. Our teachers gave them high marks for the
workshops.”
Julio C. Ramos, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and
Implementation
San Felipe Del Rio CISD Del Rio, Texas
“With focus on comprehension of content and student engagement,
the workshops were so well received because teachers felt highly
motivated, and they left “fired-up” and ready to implement the
new strategies in their classrooms.” Ruta
Krusa, Director of Curriculum Tahoe Truckee Unified School
District Truckee, California
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