This topic is one of Annette’s specialties. She shows teachers, with practical, easy to implement techniques, how to impact student achievement and make a difference in the lives of every student they teach. Principals agree that they see results from their teachers the next day. (Annette also provides a version of this speech specifically designed for administrators.)

Annette Breaux trains teachers in the use of structured, well-rehearsed procedures and routines that will work in any classroom, along with strategies for preventing discipline problems and defusing, instead of fueling, actual or potential problems in the classroom. (Annette also provides a version of this speech specifically designed for administrators.)

The Induction Training offers training for staff developers in implementing system-wide induction, it offers basic training in classroom management and instructional strategies for new teachers, and it offers training for mentors who work with new teachers. Annette's FIRST Program has been adopted by the Louisiana Department of Education as a statewide model, and it is used as a model for many school districts across the country.

Explore the steps for teaching anything to anyone in this insightful breakout session. You will leave this session with additions to your “bag of tricks” and suggestions for how to make your instruction methods more effective as well as guidelines for implementing classroom procedures. Every child is capable, and every child deserves a capable, caring teacher.