Corwin Author Events - Elaine K. McEwan

Elaine K. McEwan Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering training for teachers and administrators in raising reading achievement in their schools. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in a suburban Chicago school district, she is the author of over two dozen books, including guides for teachers and administrators. McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and a masters degree in library science and a doctorate in educational administration from Northern Illinois University.

Products and services offered by Elaine K. McEwan:

• Workshops
• Keynote Addresses

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Workshops offered by Elaine K. McEwan

Elaine K. McEwan provides K-12 educators with research-based practices to help them develop and nurture pervasive and persuasive reading cultures in their schools that will enable all students to read at their highest possible level of attainment.

Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools: Raising the Achievement Bar for All Students
Audience: K-12 Administrators or Administrators/Teachers
Time Frame: Half-Day Interactive Workshop
Content: Participants will understand the ten traits of highly effective schools, evaluate their own school, and determine what they can do to bring about change. Based on McEwan's book Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools.

Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers:
Using Cognitive Research to Boost Student Achievement
Audience: K-8 Administrators or Teachers
Time Frame: Full-Day Interactive Workshop
Content: Participants will learn through hands-on activities how to personally use, model, and teach selected cognitive strategies in the context of their grade level or content area. Based on McEwan's book Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers.

Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance
Audience: Current and Aspiring Principals
Time Frame: One- to Two-Day Interactive Workshop
Content: Participants will evaluate their personal productivity and effectiveness using the ten traits and acquire powerful tools to increase personal productivity. Based on McEwan's book Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals.

Catch Them Before They Fall: Preventing Reading
Failure in Your Classroom and/or School
Audience: Elementary Administrators and Teachers, Special Education Administrators and Teachers, Title 1 Administrators and Teachers
Time Frame: Full-Day Workshop
Content: This workshop focuses on the essential components of a reading program that need to be in place to catch the many students who are falling through the cracks in reading. Based on McEwan's book Teach Them ALL to Read.

Raising Reading Achievement in the Elementary School for Principals
Audience: K-12 Administrators
Time Frame: Full-Day Workshop
Content: Based on McEwan's book The Principal's Guide to Raising Reading Achievement. Participants will identify twelve instructional and organizational variables that can be altered to raise reading achievement and acquire strategies, programs, and instructional approaches that can be used immediately in the school setting.

Raising Reading Achievement in the Elementary School for Teachers
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Time Frame: Full-Day Workshop
Content: This workshop, suitable for motivating a school faculty or district staff to examine their beliefs about reading instruction and plan for change, is based on the best-selling book by Elaine K. McEwan, The Principal's Guide to Raising Reading Achievement.

How to Create Primary Reading Programs That Get Results: Developing, Supervising, and Evaluating Reading Programs in Grades K-2
Audience: Administrators, K-2 Teachers, Supervisors of Language Arts Programs
Time Frame: Full-Day Workshop
Content: During this workshop, participants will be introduced to the components of a successful K-2 reading program and examine the specific things K-2 teachers need to know to effectively teach reading. Based on McEwan's books Teach Them ALL to Read and The Principal's Guide to Raising Reading Achievement.

Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership
Audience: K-12 Administrators
Time Frame: Full-Day Workshop
Content: This workshop is based on Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership. Participants will understand instructional leadership and how it differs from leadership generally, assess their own behaviors, and develop an action plan for change.

Building School Cultures that Get Results
Audience: K-12 Administrators (Building Level and Central Office)
Time Frame: One-Day Interactive Workshop
Content: This workshop provides principals with ways to deal with teachers who aren't effective and parents who aren't supportive and helps principals build strong school cultures. Based on McEwan's books How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry Troubled Afraid, or Just Plain Crazy and How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused.

To obtain additional information regarding any workshops or keynote addresses, discuss tailoring a specific workshop to your needs, or inquire about fees or scheduling a workshop, e-mail Elaine K. McEwan at emcewan@elainemcewan.com.

Keynote Addresses

Elaine K. McEwan is available to give keynote addresses on the following topics:

Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers
Audience: Administrators or Teachers at All Levels
Time Frame: 45-Minute to 1.5-Hour Keynote Address
Content: Based on McEwan's book Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers.This keynote will stimulate dialogue about what makes an effective teacher.

Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals
Time Frame: 45-Minute to 1.5-Hour Keynote Address
Content: Based on McEwan's book Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals. This keynote introduces the audience to highly effective principals around the country who have notched up their personal performance.

Raising Reading Achievement: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals
Time Frame: 45-Minute to 1.5-Hour Keynote Address
Content: Based on three of Elaine's books: The Principal's Guide to Raising Reading Achievement; Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools; and Teach Them ALL to Read. This keynote introduces the audience to the essence of raising the literacy levels of students in Grades K-12.