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FEARLESS LEARNING by Harriett Ball

Harriett J. Ball is a nationally renowned keynote speaker and repeat presenter for numerous public and charter schools; national, state, and district conferences; and churches. She retired from teaching in Houston ISD at the age of 50 to start on her God-sent mission to reach and teach others how to teach skills in less time with greatest retention by weaving audio/visual/ and tactile-kinesthetic ideas into their lesson to enable them to capture and hold the attention of students, especially the 'under-taught', beyond belief and in less time. How? Each student is being taught in their strongest learning mode, the lessons are inter-twined with songs, scenarios, and movement, which are familiar to the students.
Harriett's miraculous gift is in the areas of Lang. Mechanics, Reading Comprehension, Math, and Behavior Modification. She is the mentor of David Levin and Michael Feinberg, who learned to master her techniques in a few years, then birthed the first KIPP Academy, named after one of Harriett's songs, "Knowledge Is Power". There are now 66 KIPP Academies in 20 states across the U. S., using her teaching techniques.
Her works have been showcased on Oprah (April and August of 2006), BET, The Early Show, Apollo Theater, Presidential Convention of George Bush, 60 Minutes, CNN, C-SPAN Questions and Answers, in Washington Post, Houston Press, Christian Science Herald, Teacher Magazine, Education World,.. She has been nominated for the Brock Award twice and Teacher of the Year six times. She is honored by Mayor and City Council of Galveston,Tx with a proclamation of September 14 as 'Harriett Ball Day' for the success of several of their elementary and MS on the TAAS state testing. One of Galveston's schools, Scott El., moved from 3-25% to 89-91% for their 3-5th graders in one year with 15 days student training. On June 23, 2009, she was inducted into the 2009 HALL OF FAME of the National Public Charter Schools Convention, held in DC. She received B.A. in Educ.,Cum-Laud, at Huston-Tillotson College; M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from Prairie-View A&M College, worked toward Administrative and Bilingual Ed. degree Univ. of TX of Austin and Southwest Texas State College. But, her gift to teach in such depth and brevity was not until the age of 40. The rest is history in the making.
She taught grades 2-5 regular classes and twice-retained 6- 12th graders in summer programs. She has held positions of Assistant to the Principal (Fairchild El, Houston), grades 1-6 Counselor, Title 1 Reading Specialist and Reading Coordinator, created plays, poems, and step-shows to showcase students' acquisition of Lang. Arts and Math skills.
In the book, '21 NO-EXCUSE SCHOOLS', one of the spotlighted school leaders, Mike Feinberg, of KIPP Academies, is quoted to say Harriett's teaching strategies "enabled their students to catch up with their peers in the first year at KIPP". Harriett is also showcased in the book, TEACHERS: The Enlightened, The Exceptional, The Extraordinary, by John Yow, Lionheart Books, Ltd., and WORK HARD, BE NICE, by Jay Matthews.
Her next mission is to open national teacher-training institutes where teachers can come to learn how to master the art of teaching 'under-taught' students in less time with maximum results, minimizing off-task behavior and instilling the joy for teaching / learning. Teaching, like learning, must be a mission not a milstone.
Many students are erroneously labeled as 'under-performing'. But, in reality, many are simply performing at the level they have been 'taught'. NO MORE BLAME AND EXCUSES ARE ACCEPTABLE.
"ALL of Us WILL Learn" "ALL of Us MUST Learn" - Harriett J. Ball
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One of the greatest joys a parent or an educator can hear is a student joyfully proclaiming, "Now, I know I can learn!", or a response of, "Ah-h-h".
NOW YOUR STAFF and STUDENTS CAN BE TAUGHT HOW TO use multi-sensory techniques for skills needed to excel throughout the year and on standardized tests, without stress and in record timing.
HBE offers sessions in the areas of: MATH, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE, DRAMA, READING COMPREHENSION, MUSIC, SCIENCE SKILL-BOOSTER CAMPS, TEAM SPIRIT SCHOOL CLIMATE PARENT WORKSHOPS, TUTORING KEYNOTE SPEAKING, RETREATS DISTRICT and CONVENTIONAL TRAINING for Teachers, Home-Schoolers, Students, Parents, Administrators, and College/University Professors and Educ. Majors
Our workshops are fun, seat-riveting revelations that take only days for students to master skills that have troubled them for years. Why? These techniques are divinely orchestrated to empower students who have not flourished with traditional teaching methods and for teachers needing alternative methods to teach them.
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To contract dates: (832) 435-7623 Fax: (281) 257-6847 Office (281) 257-6828 Email:info@harriettball.com
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