On-Site Staff Development

William McBride is a well known national speaker, educator, and author. Bill is a former middle level teacher. He has contributed to a number of textbooks series in language arts, social studies, science and vocabulary development. Bill is known for his heartwarming novel Entertaining an Elephant . His workshops are filled with practical, hands-on activities that teachers can begin to use immediately in their classrooms.

Topics:

• Strategies to read social studies texts
• Strategies to read math and science texts
• Staff development that works
• Teaching reading in the content areas
• Teaching to gender differences
• Engaging the disengaged: Motivating students to read
• Vocabulary development for older students
• Teaching note taking and summarizing
• Using debate to teach the persuasive essay