A note from Susan Van Zant
Since my retirement as a successful elementary and middle school pricipal I have been working with over 500,000 educators in more than 100 school districts all across the United States. I not only motivate, inspire, and support teachers and administrators, I also share practical, proven strategies they can take away and use effectively in their classrooms– immediately! I help them feel self-value and to feel proud of the profession they have chosen because they definitely will make a difference in the lives of students. As a successful consultant, coach, and national trainer I promise to teach, motivate and inspire educators. Please contact me today to find out more.


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I am pleased to offer FREE Shipping in the Contintental USA on all of my products sold online and by phone. I offer this program as a way to get to help you get the materials that will make you a great teacher… thus helping to improve teaching and learning in your classroom!
About My Services
The strategies I present in my seminar recieve universal praise by teachers, because they are research-based, they are easy to use… and because they work! In addition to my evidence-based seminars I also present keynotes for schools and organizations which are highy praised!
My Classroom Management Training
In just one day, a better way! My one-day seminar is filled with strategies to 1) remain calm and respond right when challenged, 2) teach expectations, 3) provide adequate, fair, and timely consequences, 4) arrange the classroom for maximum performance, and 5) develop strong student-teacher relationships.
My Differentiated Instruction Training
In just one day, a better way! My one-day seminar is filled with strategies to 1) promote positive classroom feelings, 2) promote student attention and interest, 3) promote connectedness and relevance, 4) promote self-efficacy, and 5) differentiating using best practices!
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If a school was permitted to have just one training, this is the one! My training will help raise test scores for all students, decrease discipline challenges, and improve classroom rapport. You will learn how to meet students where they are and lead them where they need to be, capture attention, and promote deeper learning.
Which Do YOU Want To Improve First?
How to not take the “debate bait” when challenged? How to teach to expectations and set your students up for success? How to ask and GET what you want 90% of the time? How to arrange the classroom for maximum performance? Or, how to form relationships that will turn your most challenging children into your biggest allies?
My Bio!
As an informed elementary and middle school principal for 27 years in the Poway Unified School District, she worked with teachers to present well-defined English Language Arts and math programs, which led to increasingly high achievement scores. Four of the schools where she was principal were recognized as a California Distinguished School and three went on to be identified as National Blue Ribbon Schools.