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Linda Schwartz Green

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Consulting Description: Active Learning for the Inclusive Classroom, K-5
Consulting Description: Active Learning for the Inclusive Classroom, 6-12


Dr. Linda Green has a B.A. in English from University of Bridgeport, an M.A. in Special Education and Reading from Eastern New Mexico University, and a Ph.D. in Psychological & Cultural Studies and Special Education from University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She holds certifications in Special Education and Teacher of English and is currently as Associate Professor of Education at Centenary College.

She has worked as a special education teacher and a consultant, preparing and implementing workshops on a variety of topics related to special education.

Dr. Green is a member of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Teacher Education Division of CEC. She presents regularly at national special education conferences, is a reviewer of conference proposals for national special education conferences, and a reviewer of manuscripts for special education texts for major education publishers.

Dr. Green has taught most of the special education courses at Centenary on both the undergraduate and graduate level, and she developed and is the current director of the M.A. program in Special Education. She also serves as the director of the Teachers of Students with Disabilities Certification Program. She received the Centenary College Distinguished Teacher Award in 2000.

She is the founding advisor of the Centenary College Student Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children.

Expertise

  • Inclusion
  • Special Education
  • Brain-Friendly Learning
  • Student Engagement

Workshops

Workshop

  • Active Learning for the Inclusive Classroom: This Interactive seminar will provide teachers with the opportunity to create active learning experiences to support student engagement. Active learning will be defined and connected to brain-based learning research and practice. Stategies will be shared, modeled and applied to different age and grade level learning objectives. Participants will explore how active learning enhances specific instruction in their classroom or discipline, and how it specifically supports student academic and social objectives.

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