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Presentation Style: Personal/real-life
anecdotes as illustrations of key points; practical and
specific strategies that are readily transferable to
participant needs.
More About Cooperative Discipline
Marilyn McGuire is an experienced educator, an outstanding
presenter, and a national and international consultant. Her
workshops, presentations, keynote speeches, and custom
designed programs consistently receive outstanding
evaluations. Marilyn's broad educational experience spans all
levels: classroom teacher, special educator, administrator,
staff development specialist, and author. This experience
coupled with her humorous, practical and engaging style makes
her a frequently requested speaker for any educational
setting.
Marilyn is an accomplished presenter on a variety of topics,
which include: discipline, violence prevention and
intervention, leadership, conflict resolution/mediation,
evaluations of staff, educational standards and assessment,
curriculum alignment, team building and development of healthy
learning communities. She has published numerous articles as
well as authored
GANGS AND VIOLENCE: School-wide Strategies for Prevention
and Intervention,
a six-part video series published by American Guidance Service
that presents specific skills for teachers and students to
create a positive, safe and caring school environment.
Initially trained as a secondary English teacher, Marilyn
quickly put her philosophy of life-long learning into
practice. In her very first teaching assignment she frequently
worked with special needs students that demonstrated a variety
of reading and learning difficulties. Her desire to learn more
about effectively meeting students' needs resulted in her
earning a Master of Science in special education from Portland
State University and a Reading Specialist degree from Western
Washington University. She then went on to earn K-12
administrator credentials while working as a staff development
specialist. Marilyn has received numerous honors and awards.
She was principal of a nationally recognized elementary school
and received a district-wide award, nominated by her staff, as
"a shining example to all of us."
As an independent consultant, Marilyn has worked with
teachers, administrators, parents, and community members in
the United States and in Europe. Her goal as a consultant is
to make a contribution to the creation and maintenance of a
positive, safe, caring and encouraging environment in our
schools. Your audiences will appreciate and enjoy her
user-friendly, immediately applicable strategies, presented
from the perspective of someone who has walked her talk.
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