Teacher Renewal:Renewing a Renewable Resource

by ALERT Learning: John LeTellier and Lora Griffin

Energy, not time, is a teacher’s most valuable resource. Participants learn how to develop the mindsets and skillsets for sustainable energy renewal and maintenance in this dynamic, fun-filled, energy-changing workshop for teachers and school leaders.

In this fun-filled, fast-paced 6 hours, Teachers will masterfully develop:

• The Law of Source and Resource

• Systems Thinking: Systemic and Personal Victories

• Energy Renewal Mindsets: A New Pair of Glasses

• Energy Renewal Rituals for Educators

• Tools for Sustaining Energy Renewa

l• Energy Shifting Strategies

• Improvement Energy: Green and Growing

John Parks Le Tellier is an international trainer and educational consultant helping teachers, school administrators and parents understand the process of learning and the recipe for greater success in school. John has helped thousands of teachers and school leaders understand the fascinating connections between learning and the brain, giving them practical strategies to enhance student motivation, achievement, and well-being. John is known for his fun, motivational trainings that feature profound content and insights.John is the founder and former director of Colorado NeuroLearning Center in Denver, Colorado, USA, where he worked with students who had sustained brain injuries. He is a former teacher and school principal, and has spent hundreds of hours in private practice counseling and working with students and their parents to enhance academic performance. John was the lead developer and facilitator of the Quantum Learning for Teachers training and the Quantum Learning and Leadership programs for school administrators. John recently spent four years in Denmark designing and teaching innovative programs for enhancing student improvement and for accelerating both teacher and leader professional growth.John authored the Brain Dynamics Inventory and has trained thousands of educators in the use of the instrument to improve individual teacher performance and student achievement. He is the author of Quantum Learning and Instructional Leadership in Practice, published by Corwin Press. John resides in Salt Lake City, Utah

Lora Griffin has 30 years teaching experience and has been providing exceptional professional development programs for over six years to teachers, leaders, and future educators. She served on the Special Education AdvisoryPanel for Montana, providing advice and assistance to the Office of Public Instruction. She was nominated by her Principal and Superintendent to receive a Distinguished Service Award for providing her students with individualized learning utilizing brain-based strategies.Her interest in learning and the brain began in 1990, when her oldest daughter was diagnosed with agenesis of the corpus callosum. In 2004, she began training with John Parks Le Tellier, which transformed her understanding of the brain, and ignited her passion for brain research and learning. Utilizing brain-based research strategies, she witnessed their powerful impact in her classroom, school, and with her own children.She moved from the classroom in 2012 to provide professional development for educators, para-educators, adults with disabilities, support staff, and pre-service educators at the University of Montana Western. She also uses brainbased strategies to work with students and parents, empowering them to enhance listening effectiveness, improve study results, and give targeted support. Lora currently lives in the mountains of western Montana with her husband. An avid Volunteer, she has operated the local Christmas Sharing Tree program for the last 18 years, providing gifts to more than 100 local children annually.She has also volunteered with Butte Special Riders and Habitat for Humanity. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking,reading, traveling, and studying educational neuroscience.