At Save-the-Teacher.com, Phyllis offers a variety of ways to experience the joy, reap the knowledge, share her enthusiasm and be inspired to "Make Teaching and Learning a Joy".

Save-the-Teacher! professional development services are founded in strong beliefs that a long term, responsive, site-based and schoolwide approach brings about the most enduring changes and improvements in teaching and learning and inevitably student performance and achievement.

Phyllis Ferguson is a classroom teacher and school administrator with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of effective instructional practices, school administration and professional development facilitation.

We are always available for conversations about your professional development needs and, on request and by negotiation, will provide schools and/or school districts with responsive and quality professional development.

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Professional Development Services include:

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Optimizing Literacy Institutes

Sponsor a Literacy Training Institute in your District

Literacy Institutes are created to fulfill your individual Professional Development needs. In the past they have focused on impletmenting the NCLB 5 Pillars of Reading requirements. For a reference;CLICK HERE to view the schedule for the Ashland Institute

Phyllis covers in-depth the practical "How to" strategies to raise achievement in literacy. Focusing intensively and enthusiastically on the Meaningful, Purposeful and Engaging instruction of Comprehension, Vocabulary, Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Oral Language, Motivation, Organization, and Classroom-Based Assessment.

Now Accepting Registrations:

Coming to Southern Oregon Click here for Institute details and Registration information for Optimizing K-2 Literacy This 3-Day Intensive Literacy Institute will prepare you to implement the 5 Pillars + Oral Language and Motivation, optimizing your literacy instruction and satisfying NCLB requirements. It it the ultimate 5 Pillar "How to Guide" bound together with laughter and joy! You won't want to miss this! We are offering vacation packages including housing, 2-meals daily and tickets to Oregon Shakespeare Festival's popular Midsummer Night's Dream and Our Town. Click here to Register for Optimizing K-2 Literacy

LIVE EVENTS

Live Events with Phyllis are action-packed, inspirational keynote addresses, covering a wide range of topics for a variety of audiences including; Parents, Educators, Administrators, Homeschool Parents, Child Care Professionals and anyone who inneracts with children and learning.

Past Live Event Topics include:

• Start the Year Right - how to work smart, not hard
• Pillars of Reading - Research-based reading success
• The Heroic Life - Combating the effects of fear on learning, discipline, and student and teacher success
• Stop the Pendulum I Want to Get Off! - sifting and sorting for success

Book a Live Event in your school...fill out our Request a Quote Form

Phyllis Ferguson will respond within two business days to discuss how she can best serve you and meet your needs.

TEACHER TRAINING SEMINARS

Phyllis offers opportunities geared toward Schools and Districts for School Improvement, as well as, Professional Development for individual teachers. Phyllis' Seminars can be focused toward your school improvement goals. Some examples include; Integrated Curriculum, Emergent Literacy, Professional Learning Communities, Classroom Management, Building Collaborative Brain-Friendly Communities in the Classroom and Positive Behavior Support.

CLICK HERE for more information about Teacher Training Seminars

SCHOOL COACHING - LONG TERM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Each year Phyllis accepts one School District to coach, tailoring a Literacy Program to meet your District's goals and uniting your buildings under a common Literacy Mission Statement. This is a long-term support offered for School Improvement.

Phyllis is brought into your District once a month to train "Literacy Liasions" to facilitate a shared mission statement while establishing a common language and goals. Phyllis teaches the 5 Pillars of Literacy: Comprehension, Fluency, Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Vocabulary, plus Oral Langauge, Motivation, Organization, and Classroom-Based Assessment, satisfying and exceeding the NCLB requirements.

The Coaching sessions are individually tailored to your District's needs. In the past, these have consisted of small group coaching, whole school in-service, in-class demonstrations and modeling, school assemblies incorporating music and literacy and much more.

INTERACTIVE CONCERTS - WEAVE LITERACY WITH MUSIC AND MOVEMENT

Click on the Banner below to learn more about these Interactive Kid Concerts.

Phyllis is an energetic edu-tainer. Her Children's Album, Can't Judge a Book By Its Coverand literacy development materials, have sold thousands of copies. They are being used in classrooms across the United States, encouraging children to be involved in learning language and concepts through the engagement of Singing, Creating, and Moving.

The Time is NOW...the MISSION is yours, if YOU choose to accept it.