Teacher Workshops

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The picture above is from a Pre-K Pages workshop in Katy, Texas

I am available to deliver educational workshops, keynotes, seminars, and in-services for Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers. If you would like to schedule an event please contact me by clicking on the contact tab above. All presentations can be customized to meet the needs of your organization with your choice of 1.5, 2, 3, or 6 hour sessions. Some sources you can use to fund a presentation are; Title 1, Technology, and Special Education.

Publications:

• Vanessa served as a professional blogger for Pre-K Now at Inside Pre-K during the 2007-2008 school year.
• Vanessa has been a contributing expert for Family Energy Magazine.  You can visit her most recent contribution at this link: iparenting

Curriculum:
Vanessa has experience writing curriculum.  She designed and wrote the Pre-K Language Arts curriculum for her public school distirct in 2007-2008

Past Presentations:

• Frog Street Splash 2004
• B.E.A.M. 2004 and 2006 (Bilingual ESL Association of the Metroplex)
• Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD- numerous
• TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) 2008
• Teacher’s Paradise- Frisco, TX  Monthly workshops
• Tomball ISD, Texas  8-08
• Roma ISD,  Texas 8-08
• Huntsville ISD, Texas  8-09
• Imperial County Department of Education, El Centro, California, 2010
• Fairfield ISD, TX 2010
• SDE: I Teach K! National Kindergarten Conference Las Vegas, Nevada, 2010
• Region 10 Early Childhood Summer Institute, Richardson, Texas 2010
• Irving ISD, Bilingual-ESL Summer Institute, 2010
• OECTA: Oklahoma Early Childhood Teacher’s Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 2010
• SDE: Conference for Arkansas Kindergarten Teachers, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2011
• SHAEYC, Huntsville, Texas, April 2, 2011
• SDE: Conference for Ontario Junior and Senior Kindergarten Teachers, Toronto, April 15, 2011
• SDE: Conference for Minnesota Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers, June 24, 2011
• TAEYC: Texas Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference September 24, 2011
• SDE: Conference for Illinois Kindergarten Teachers, December 2011
• Cypress Fairbanks ISD, Houston, Texas December 2011-January 2012
• SDE: Conference for Texas Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers, January 2012

For details about upcoming workshops please visit the Scheduled Presentations page.

Topic Selections:

• ABC’s and 123′s
• Makin’ Time for Nursery Rhymes
• Organize for Success!
• Keep Calm and Carry On! Classroom Management Tips & Tricks
• Fantastically Frugal!
• The Secret to Sensational Centers
• 8 Secrets to Sight Word Success
• Building a Strong Mathematical Foundation
• Guided Reading: Building Literacy Through Small Group Instruction
• Phonological Awareness:  A Recipe for Reading Success
• F.I.S.H.: Family Involvement Starts Here!
• Turn Your Writing Woes into Writing Whoas! Successful Strategies for Emergent Writers

Please contact me for more detailed descriptions of each session.

If you would like to schedule an event please contact me by clicking on the contact tab above.