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Susan Kovalik
A master classroom teacher and curriculum innovator for over 42 years, Susan Kovalik has spent the past 30 years developing a model for curriculum and instruction based on current brain research. She is the creator of the Highly Effective Teaching (HET) Model (formerly known as ITI: Integrated Thematic Instruction), and dynamically shares and models practical strategies while inspiring educators to grow beyond perceived personal limits and encouraging others to expand their capacity. Her keynote messages and seminars are the spark that ignites renewed commitment to meaningful change in schools and classrooms. To have learned from Susan Kovalik is to have learned from one of the first and foremost leaders in bodybrain-compatible education. |
"Susan Kovalik has blazed
a trail that many other researchers are only
recently following and
what's equally important
is that she has had as great
an impact on practice as she
has on research/theory."
Charles M. Reigeluth
Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University
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In 1980, Susan developed the signature Model Teaching Week event, an innovative way to show teachers how Highly Effective Teaching strategies work with students in their own school. Since that beginning, more than 40,000 teachers have attended the one-week experience, watching how their students respond to brain-compatible curriculum and instructional strategies while becoming inspired to begin their own Highly Effective Teaching journey.
The work of Susan Kovalik is grounded in research, offers innovative strategies, and provides customized trainings across the country which are relevant for all educational arenas. Susan is committed to providing the best information from current research and offering practical strategies to increase human capacity and performance at work, at home, and at school. More than 25 books, audio recordings, and award-winning videos created by Susan Kovalik & Associates serve as on-going "coaches" for teachers and administrators, documenting Highly Effective Teaching in action. |
Keynote Topics of Interest
- The Instructional Leader and Brain-Compatibility
- First Effective Teaching Instructional Strategies
- Creating a School Culture
- Creating the Conditions for Effective Learning
- Intervention Strategies with the Brain in Mind (Special Education and Title 1)
- Character Education (in the Class or Faculty Room)
- The Science of Teaching Science
- Literacy for Citizenship
- Environment Does Matter: Creating Brain-Compatible Classrooms
- Emotion is the Gatekeeper to Performance
- Intelligence is a Function of Experience
- Six Input Paths of Learning Something New
- Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
- Formative Assessment
- Conceptual Curriculum
- The Discovery Process
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Meet Susan Kovalik (doc)
Meet Susan Kovalik (pdf)
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Susan Kovalik was profiled in the third annual Virtual Take Our Daughters to Work Day, sponsored by the Women of NASA project. To view more, visit the online chat archive from the project.
Susan and her Master Associates work around the world teaching and coaching educators in bodybrain-compatible education. They share the power of working with a model that can be replicated for all students in all situations. Susan is especially proud of a project that she personally sponsored in Slovakia, a new democracy previously under communist authority. She and her associates made numerous trips to teach Highly Effective Teaching to the educators in Eastern Europe. After seven years, the project reached sustainability. There are now Highly Effective Teaching schools throughout the country. Susan was privileged to receive the Medal of Honor from the Slovak Minister of Education.
Current Keynotes
- Schools Exceeding Expectations Conference - Columbia, SC
April 27-30, 2011
Previous Keynotes & Training Presentations
- Leadership/Science Teachers Conference - Dept of Ed. in Hershey, PA
December 1, 2010
- Keynote Presentation for Park Rd. Montessori - Charlotte, NC
October 25-26, 2010
- Keynote presentation for Cabell County - Huntington, WV
October 21-22, 2010
- St. Anthony Indian School - Zuni, NM
August, 2010
- Teaching Fellows Institute - Charlotee, NC
August, 2010
- Summer Institutet at Granlibakken - Tahoe City, CA
July, 2010
- Louisiana Resource Center for Educators - Baton Rouge, LA
June, 2010
- Columbus Leadership Summit - Columbus, OH
December, 2009
- ADD/ADHD Seminar (Amen Clinic) - Federal Way, WA
October, 2009
- Madison Comm. Unit Professional Development - Madison, IL
October, 2009
- Harlam Consolidated Schools District - Machesney, IL
September 14, 2009
- Best Practices Conference - Virgin Islands
August, 2009
- Gilbert Public Schools Conference - Gilbert, AZ
August, 2009
- Model Schools Conference (International Center) - Atlanta, GA
June, 2009
- Midwest Brain & Learning Institute (Hope College) - Holland, MI
June, 2009
- School Administrator's Conference - Houston, TX
June, 2009
- Texas Association of Secondary Principals - Austin, TX
June, 2009
- NV Dept. of Ed. Mega Conference - Las Vegas, NV
May, 2009
- Schools Exceeding Expectations Conference - Knoxville, TN
April, 2009
- HS Professional Development Conference - Honolulu, HI
April, 2009
- Eric Jensen's Brain Expo - Newport Beach, CA
January, 2009
- Winter Symposium (International Center) - Washington D.C.
January, 2009
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