My Teacher In-Service & Professional Development Programs are meant to be inspiring, thought-provoking, informative... And...most of all, FUN.
My featured program for educators is called “Cultivate Creativity,” and focuses on my philosophy of what creativity really is (and, hey, we ALL have it!) and how to increase it in your classroom. I will share my Creativity Credo with you, go over my Three Components of Successful Creative Writing, talk about ways to think about 
writing poetry with children and show you some inspiring examples of quick and easy projects you can do in yourclassroom to get your kids excited about writing AND to fulfill literacy standards.
All of my educator sessions include a hands-on creative art project.... don’t worry if you don’t think of yourself as an artist because I promise you will enjoy it. You might even relax, enjoy it and say it’s a little like “therapy”!
I offer everything from single session presentations to full and multi-day "institute" programs.
ART TEACHERS: If you are interested in a district/region Art Educators Session, I offer a more intensive, technique-based seminar that focuses on my unique, dry-adhesion collage method and offers information specific to the art teacher’s objectives.
Selected Educational Conferences & Presentations
2011:
Tri-County Reading Association, Winter Conference, Hunterdon County, NJ
International Reading Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
2010:
Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) "Delight in Discovery" Annual Conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Center City Philadelphia
American Horticultural Society’s National Youth & Garden Symposium, Pasadena, CA
Mid America Nazarene University Summer Literacy Institue, Olathe, KS
Art Educators of NJ Annual Conference, Garden State Exhibit Center, NJ
New Jersey Association of School Librarians Annual Conference, Long Branch, NJ
2009:
First Grade Teachers Conference, Kean University, Union, NJ
American Horticultural Society’s National Youth & Garden Symposium, Case Western Reserve University
2008:
American Horticultural Society’s National Youth & Garden Symposium, University of Delaware
Kindergarten Teachers Conference, Kean University, Union, NJ
Tri-County Reading Council, Hunterdon County, NJ
NJSCBWI Annual Conference, Princeton, NJ
NJ Children’s Writers Guild, Winter Seminar, Flemington, N
2007:
Central NJ Reading Council Winter Workshop, Bridgewater, NJ
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Book Evaluation, Seneca High School, Tabernacle, NJ
New Jersey Association of School Librarians, Annual Conference
2006:
New Jersey Association of School Librarians, Annual Conference
2004:
Tri-County Reading Council, Hunterdon County, NJ
2003:
T.A.B.L.E. (Teachers Applying Balanced Literacy Everyday), Ascutney Resort, Brownsville, VT