How do educators maintain a positive learning environment while addressing the increasing challenges in education today? Dr. Debbie Silver discusses how educators can maintain a sense of self as they navigate the current shifts in public and parental support as well as the increasing fall-out from behavioral and emotional issues in students. Through her research and expert understanding of human behavior, Debbie provides insights into how to maintain one’s sanity and sustainability while finding fulfillment in one's job. Using her well-known candor and sense of humor, Debbie offers participants a genuine and thought-provoking look at how the adults at school can empower themselves.
Do you ever ask ever yourself, “Just how am I supposed to motivate these kids?” The real question, of course, is how do we help them to motivate themselves? Based on extensive research for her book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Raising and Teaching Self-Motivated Learners, Dr. Debbie Silver offers sometimes surprising new findings about fundamental ways we can change our teaching practices to help kids become self-motivated. Come prepared to have your thinking challenged and to receive a multitude of strategies that help learners develop internal motivation and resiliency.
For students to thrive in their frenzied, high-speed, hyper-connected environments, it is imperative for them to learn important competencies that go beyond academic standards. In their book, Teaching Kids to Thrive: Building the Other Essential Skills for Success, Debbie Silver and co-writer, Dedra Stafford, explore topics such as mindfulness, controlling executive functions, student agency, resilience, perseverance, responsibility, integrity, empathy, and gratitude. In this thought-provoking presentation, Dr. Debbie Silver examines how educators can help students develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills to find success both now and in the future. Debbie combines meaningful points about the importance of Thrive skills with tips on how to seamlessly integrate SEL skills into current curriculum preK-12.
Based on her best-selling book, Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers – Finding the Rhythm for Differentiating Learning, Debbie Silver offers her wisdom and humor to answer the question, "How do we engage students from diverse backgrounds and experiences?" She demonstrates how to capitalize on student strengths and elicit greater achievement gains and higher motivation among students. Dr. Silver shares her view on what she considers a non-negotiable in education – that every student deserves a reasonable chance at success. Participants will leave with great ideas for preparing 21st century learners.
In this presentation, Debbie Silver utilizes humor and thoughtful insights to remind audiences of how important teachers (and other adults at school) are in the lives of children. Through poignant stories and hilarious characterizations, Debbie connects with the souls of all who work with students. Audience members laugh and cry as Debbie reminds them of the value of each child in the classroom.
Debbie Silver is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Deliberate Optimism: Still Reclaiming the Joy in Education, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Empowering Self-Motivated Learners, Teaching Kids to Thrive – Embedding SEL into Any Curriculum, Drumming to the Beat of Different Marches: Why We Need to Pay Attention to Learning Differences and Be an Educator, Be a Hero. The estimated speaking fee range to book Debbie Silver for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Debbie Silver generally travels from TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erin Gruwell, Liz Kleinrock, Gever Tulley, Robyn Jackson and Charlie Alejandro. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Debbie Silver for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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