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2. City:

3. School District:

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6. How long have you been teaching?

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching?

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy:

9. Anything else we should know about you?

1. Name: Sara Reeves

2. City: Sherman

3. School District: Denison ISD (GO JACKETS!!)

4. Grade Level/Subject: 7th Grade Math

5. Hobbies: Spending time with my family, reading, working out, WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING!!

6. How long have you been teaching? 3 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? After my maternity leave I came back to students that I could barely control, I searched strategies for difficult students, and WBT videos popped up! I printed the books and started the next day - a few months later Texas Whole Brain Teachers was born.

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Gestures and Teach/Okay, I don't know how I taught without it!

9. Anything else we should know about you? I am the mother of a little boy named Brayden, and the Director of Texas Whole Brain Teachers




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Name: Becky Canter

2. City: Longview

3. School: Spring Hill Intermediate – go Panthers!

4. Grade Level/Subject: Third Grade ELA

5. Hobbies: Spending time with my family and my grandson, reading, working out (Zumba and Fit Camp), WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING!!

6. How long have you been teaching? 21 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? Looking for teaching ideas on the web.

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Hands and eyes and Teach/Okay

9. Anything else we should know about you? I love to teach third grade, and I love my co-workers, however I am looking for a new challenge, maybe a new setting.

1. Name: Christina Carrion

2. City: Fate

3. School District: Garland ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: Kindergarten

5. Hobbies: My Family, Camping, Reading, Swimming and My newest...completing my Master's Degree

6. How long have you been teaching? 4 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? My Team Partner. She came in to school on a Monday and asked me to check out a video she had seen on Teacher Tube...The rest is history!

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Hands and Eyes, Gestures, Teach/okay, Power Pix

9. Anything else we should know about you? I have 2 school age children and 3 dogs and one hubby that keep me busy!
I work at a Technology Magnet school and love teaching 5-6 year olds. They are amazing!

1. Name: Kristin Switzer

2. City: Round Rock

3. School District: Round Rock ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: Certified EC-4th (first 'official' year of teaching) I love teaching K-2!!

5. Hobbies: I love training dogs, reading, cooking out with family and friends and being creative in anyway I can.

6. How long have you been teaching? 5 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? I rarely look at topics on U-Tube, but one day was looking at different teaching videos on there and the Kindergarten video came up and I was completely BLOWN AWAY!! Since then (6 months ago) I have watched and read everything I can about WBT. I also went to the seminar this past weekend and found it to be very educational and inspiring

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Class/ yes, duck call, teach/ok, crazy professor and practice cards

9. Anything else we should know about you? I am so excited to start my first year off as a 'Whole Brain Teacher' and I can't wait to begin. Currently, I am looking for a teaching position in the Austin and Dallas surrounding areas. If anyone knows of any teaching openings in these areas please let me know!!

. Name: Ellen Gillis

2. City: Baytown

3. School District: Goose Creek CISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: 4th grade Language Arts/Soc. Studies

5. Hobbies: Reading, web design, creative writing, swimming, embroidery.

6. How long have you been teaching? 4 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? Through someone on teachers.net

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Don't know yet... I'm new to this.

9. Anything else we should know about you? I am a lifelong learner and love to get students excited about learning... anything!

1. Name: Kristie Price

2. City: San Angelo

3. School District: San Angelo ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: Kindergarten

5. Hobbies: Anything crafty--love to make things!!

6. How long have you been teaching? As an aide just over a year- I will be an actual teacher in August! YEA!!

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? I was looking up behavior management and came across a link for Andrea's video.

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Too hard to pick a favorite. They are all great!!!

9. Anything else we should know about you? I am super excited to take these methods to our school!!

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1. Name: Carmen Sanchez

2. City: Fort Worth

3. School District: Fort Worth ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: 5th this year, 1st next year

5. Hobbies: traveling, reading, cooking, crafts.

6. How long have you been teaching? 24 yrs.

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? I watched a video on you tube with Chris teaching college students. I became curious and went “exploring” more. I decided to try it with my fifth graders and we all loved it.

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Teach, O.K.

9. Anything else we should know about you? I love to find new and interesting things to do to engage and excite my students.

Yeah!
Another Kindergarten teacher!
Congratulations on your first year!

1. Name: Janie Guetzow

2. City: Harlingen

3. School District: Harlingen ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: 4th this year, at local UT branch writing teacher training modules in literacy for 3 years, 3 years as a 2nd grade bilingual teacher

5. Hobbies: cooking, reading, traveling

6. How long have you been teaching? 7 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? A friend of a friend uses it in Dallas. She works with at risk students and it did wonders for her classroom management

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Teach, O.K.

9. Anything else we should know about you? I love professional development if it helps my students be more engaged, productive, and successful

1. Name: Jennifer Simpson

2. City: Greenville

3. School District: Private Christian school

4. Grade Level/Subject: first

5. Hobbies: scrapbooking

6. How long have you been teaching? 7 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? Youtube

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Class-Yes

I am really interested in trying WBT but I am not sure how to get started. I am a social studies teacher 7th graders. Any suggestions? Thanks

Have you started watching the videos? Chris does a great job of telling you how to get started, I also suggest looking through the books - then watch the videos again. The best way to get started is to commit, to trying and start the first day of school, with the basics.

Look around and let us know if you have questions!

1. Name: Stephanie Nicewarner

2. City: Denton, TX

3. School District: Denton ISD - Denton High

4. Grade Level/Subject: 8th - 12th Math

5. Hobbies:Cooking, Travel, Gardening, needlework

6. How long have you been teaching? 6 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? at Hal Bowman's "Teach Like A Rockstar"

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: The Scoreboard, Class-Yes, Teach-OK, well I guess everything

9. Anything else we should know about you? I attended the annual conference in Louisiana and it was wonderful. I can't wait to start off my new school year in full force.

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1. Name: T. Sullivan

2. City: Desoto

3. School District: Desoto ISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: 8th grade math

5. Hobbies: reading, movies,

6. How long have you been teaching? 4 yrs as a teacher

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? You Tube Video

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Class/Yes and Teach/OK

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1. Name: ALice

2. City: Fort Hood

3. School District: Killeen

4. Grade Level/Subject: 2nd Talented and Gifted

5. Hobbies: surfing the web, sewing

6. How long have you been teaching? This will be my 10th year

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? surfing the web

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Don't know yet, but I think I will like the hands and gestures the most

9. Anything else we should know about you? Spend 20 years in the army!!

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1. Name: Cindy

2. City: Lone Oak

3. School District: Lone Oak

4. Grade Level/Subject: 5th grade science

5. Hobbies: reading, quilting

6. How long have you been teaching? 5 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? Through Hal Bowman workshop, "Teach Like a Rockstar"

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: Class?/Yes

9. Anything else we should know about you? Can't wait to try WBT this year

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1. Name: Lori

2. City: Plano

3. School District: Plano

4. Grade Level/Subject: 7th/English

5. Hobbies: Reading

6. How long have you been teaching? 6 yrs

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching? youtube

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy: class/yes & scoreboard

9. Anything else we should know about you? I used the scoreboard last year with a challenging class to earn 10 minutes of game day on Fridays...one student wrote on year-end eval. that he liked earning it because it was like the real world...you earn priviledges! It really helped with this class. Missed the seminar in TX...hope there are more!

Name: Julie Hand
City: New Braunfels
District: Comal ISD
Grade" 2nd
Hobbies: My family
How long have you been teaching: 7 years then I took off 9 to have kids, I am now back for my 3rd year.
How did you learn about Power Teaching: District Inservice
Favorite WBT activity: Don't know- just beginning
Anything else: I am trying to find out how to introduce this the first day.

1. Name: Emiko

2. City: Austin

3. School District:AISD

4. Grade Level/Subject: 3

5. Hobbies:none

6. How long have you been teaching?10 years

7. How did you learn about Whole Brain Teaching?Kappa Delta Pi Honor society internet link

8. Favorite Whole Brain Teaching strategy:Hands and Eyes

9. Anything else we should know about you? Switching to third grade and adding to my teaching toolbelt