Presenters
Our
dynamic presenters, most of whom have more than 20 years
classroom experience, provide hands-on
workshops that motivate
teachers and give them tools crucial to helping their students
excel.
We understand what it's like to work with children
and teenagers and are especially sensitive to the limits and
demands of the educators they work with during our inservice
programs.
Your teachers will leave our inservice
workshops eager to use
what they learn the very next day!
Get to Know our Presenters
Keith Gradziel has over 16 years experience teaching
social studies and US History, including Advanced Placement, at
Atlantic City High School. He has nearly a decade of experience
in curriculum development and in-service training, specializing
in history and using technology in the classroom. He holds
degrees in Criminal Justice and History from Pace University.
Patricia L. Hans, a master teacher of
literature and writing at the secondary and
collegiate levels and a past two term President
of the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English
(NJCTE), is the 2007 New Jersey Council for the
Humanities Teacher of the Year and a two-time
recipient of a Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry
Fellowship. She has led teacher workshops at
conferences and programs including Bard
College's Thinking and Writing Institute,
the NJEA Convention, the NJCTE State conference,
the New Jersey Writers Alliance, and the
National Council for Teachers of English
Convention.
Lois Marie Harrod teaches writing
and supervises student teachers at The College of New Jersey.
Retired from 22 years of high school teaching, she taught
Poetry, Creative Writing, AP English, Sophomore Honors, Film,
Composition, American Literature, and supervised the Creative
Writing at the NJ Governor�s School of the Arts. Ms. Harrod has
led workshops for poets, student teachers and public school
teachers since 1980. She is the author of 9 books, most recently
Furniture.
Julia Hollman has over 15 years
experience teaching history courses including AP US History, AP
American Government, Contemporary American Studies, Diplomatic
History, and heterogeneously grouped US History II with
inclusion. She has studied teaching pedagogy including multiple
intelligences and personality styles in the classroom. In 2008,
Ms. Hollman served as an ETS reader for the AP US History exam.
She holds a B.A. in History from the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor and a M.A.T. from Tufts University and currently
teaches at James Caldwell High School in West Caldwell, New
Jersey.
Peter E. Murphy has taught
English, creative writing, and humanities for more than 30 years
on the high school and college levels. He has led professional
development workshops for teachers since 1986 and he founded
Murphy Writing of Stockton University and Inservice Solutions to share his successful teaching
more widely. He is also the founder of the Winter Poetry & Prose
Getaway, an annual conference for teachers, writers and artists
established in 1994, and is the author of eleven books and chapbooks.
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Susanne Pfaff-Manzini has taught
English for more than 20 years at the high school and middle
school levels. She has facilitated numerous in-service workshops
and developed language arts and Holocaust Studies curricula
which received a Best Practice Award from the NJ Department of
Education. Ms. Manzini holds a B.A. in Literature and a M.A. in
Instructional Technology from Richard Stockton University. She
currently teaches writing and language arts at Belhaven Middle
School in Linwood, New Jersey.
Janet Richards
has 25 years experience teaching elementary and
middle school. She has presented numerous
workshops on topics including brain-based
learning, differentiated instruction, and moral
development. Ms. Richards has regularly served
on curriculum, PTA, and strategic planning
committees. Presently she is adjunct professor
at Rider University in the Teacher Education
Program and also teaches EFL online.
Joseph A. Tosh has
taught high school mathematics and computer
programming for 35 years and was named Teacher
of the Year of the Atlantic City school
district. An early adapter of the benefits of
using personal computers, he was the driving
force behind his district's integration of
technology in the classroom. Mr. Tosh has led
numerous workshops on classroom technology and
improving computer competency. In addition to a
secondary mathematics certificate, he holds
certificates for both Supervisor and Principal.
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