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Speaker Bio
Ron Clark’s outstanding success with students from low-wealth areas of North Carolina and New York City led him to be named Disney’s American Teacher of the Year. He is a New York Times Best Selling author, and his classes have been honored at the White House on three separate occasions. Ron’s teaching experiences in New York City are the subject of the uplifting film, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry. Currently, Mr. Clark serves as a teacher and administrator at the Ron Clark Academy, an award winning and internationally acclaimed middle school in Atlanta, GA. The school serves as a training site for educators, and each year thousands of teachers and administrators from around the world visit the school to be trained in their methods for helping all students achieve success.
Introduction
Before we introduce Ron Clark, we ask that there is no video recording of any kind during his presentation.
INTRODUCTION: (Updated Dec 22)
Ron Clark’s outstanding success with students from low-wealth areas of North Carolina and New York City led him to be named Disney’s American Teacher of the Year. He is a New York Times Best Selling author, and his classes have been honored at the White House on three separate occasions. Ron’s teaching experiences in New York City are the subject of the uplifting film, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry. Currently, Mr. Clark serves as a teacher and administrator at the Ron Clark Academy, an award winning and internationally acclaimed middle school in Atlanta, GA. The school serves as a training site for educators, and each years thousands of teachers and administrators from around the world visit the school to be trained in their methods for helping all students achieve success.
Before we bring up Ron, please join me in watching this brief video.
(Play 3 minute INTRO Video - link below)
Now… join me in welcoming… Ron Clark!
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Here are the LINKS to the Intro Video:
ONLY USE THIS INTRO VIDEO:
To Download: :https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SMRReR_ABJsn0fqFWByTZIbtIZr6KbiV/view?usp=sharing
Youtube: https://youtu.be/31ZfXV-hbHo
Speech Topics
Teamwork is crucial to the success of any business, and as acclaimed author and speaker Ron Clark illustrates, the members of any team are the key to unlocking success. Imagine a company as a bus filled with people who either help or hinder a team’s ability to move it forward: drivers (who steer the organization), runners (who consistently go above and beyond for the good of the organization), joggers (who do their jobs without pushing themselves), walkers (who are just getting pulled along), and riders (who hinder success and drag the team down). It’s the team leader’s job to recognize how members fall into these categories, encourage them to keep the “bus” moving by working together, and know when it’s time to kick the riders off.
In the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese? and Fish!, Move Your Bus is an accessible and uplifting business parable that illustrates Clark’s expert strategies to maximize the performance of each member of a team. These easy to implement techniques will inspire employees and team leaders alike to work harder and smarter and drive the organization to succeed.
Professionals in the scholarship and education sectors have navigated immense change in recent years—but in this dynamic and passionate keynote, Ron Clark delivers a powerful blend of inspiration, data-driven strategies, and innovative techniques that will energize and empower attendees. Drawing from real-world experiences and engaging stories, Ron shares proven methods to help organizations better support students, adapt to emerging trends, and elevate their impact. Attendees will walk away motivated, equipped with practical tools, and ready to reboot, reset, and elevate their approach to student success.
People from all over the world visit the Ron Clark Academy to learn how Ron and his team build a successful climate and culture in their school, and in this dynamic and high-energy keynote, Ron will provide the audience with over one hundred ways they can infuse joy, proven strategies and exciting techniques for taking their school to the next level!
During this keynote focused on the state of education in the world, Ron Clark informs the audience about data trends, test score results and an analysis of his journeys to classrooms and school districts in all 50 states. "The Aliens is Coming," is focused on the challenges we are facing in the American education system, but Ron delivers it in a way that is uplifting, inspiring and filled with hilarity! Educators will leave with concrete examples of how they can improve their teaching methods and their schools, but they will also leave feeling hope and a promise for a new tomorrow.
Ron Clark created the RCA House System in 2007, and during this power-packed keynote he shares successful tools and techniques for either starting your own House System or for taking your current House System to new levels! Whether or not you use RCA's Houses or your own Houses, Ron will show you how to use the House System to motivate your students, engage your business community, work closely with your parents and inspire your staff! The House System is a powerful tool for building a successful climate and culture, and Ron will provide you with everything you need to bring it to life in amazing ways!
Ron Clark shares inspiring stories and key strategies to uplift and motivate all educators. The methods shared will give teachers with the tools to help all of their students achieve high levels of success.
Can be delivered virtually or in-person.
Ron Clark will share his journey from teaching in a low-wealth rural area in North Carolina to the inner-city streets of Harlem in New York City. Along the way, Mr. Clark will share inspirational stories of how his students made outstanding growth in test scores, conducted projects that garnered worldwide attention, and were invited to the White House three separate years to be honor by the President. Mr. Clark was the 2000 Disney American Teacher of the Year, and he has been featured on the Rosie O'Donnell Show and also the Oprah Winfrey Show where Oprah dubbed him her first "Phenomenal Man." Mr. Clark has written three books about his teaching practices, "The 55 Essentials - Life Lessons for Teachers, Parents, Students and the Rest of Us", “The Excellent Eleven” which outlines qualities and characteristics parents and teachers should have to instill success in their children and students, and "The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Kids Unstuck, 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers." This book offers the Ron Clark Academy's 101 Innovative and Classroom-Tested Ways for Improving America's Schools and Leading our Children to Greatness.
Disney 2000 American Teacher of the Year, Ron Clark, will share his best practices and tricks of the trade for getting the most out of challenging and hard to reach students. Clark will use stories from his experiences with his students in Harlem, New York City and examples of award-winning projects they conducted to serve as examples of how to motivate and inspire disinterested students. Mr. Clark will also focus on how to create the ideal classroom and school environment where everyone is respected, appreciated and motivated to perform to the best of their ability.
Ron Clark shares his personal experiences teaching in North Carolina, Harlem, and at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta to illustrate his methods for insuring success for every child:
• Educators must use vibrant, innovative techniques to keep the attention of students and make the curriculum come alive for them.
• It is important to insist on civility in the classroom to create an environment that is conducive to learning. Ron will talk about "The End of Molasses Classes" and "The Essential 55" – Innovative ways proven to improve America's classroom as well as simple classroom rules and procedures that instill manners and respect.
• Educators must provide opportunities where students learn that the world is bigger than their own backyard and create a global awareness.
Ron’s presentation is animated, humorous, and leaves the audience inspired to make a difference.
This keynote focuses on providing inspiration and motivation during COVID-19 and beyond! Ron Clark shares strategies and methods for bringing learning to life in the virtual world. Numerous concrete strategies are shared in humorous and engaging ways that will provide educators with tips for how to have high academic expectations during online instruction.
Audio/Visual Needs
- Clear and Empty Stage Please! No podium. Ron moves around a lot on stage and he will need sufficient room on stage in order to do so.
- Wireless lapel microphone (please no handheld or mic cords)
- Projector
-screen suitable for the size of the room (for intro video)
- Intro Video to be downloaded via Dropbox and/or YouTube Link provided below or on the online media kit. We recommend downloading the video to avoid streaming interruptions.
PLEASE ONLY USE THIS INTRO VIDEO!
To Download: :https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SMRReR_ABJsn0fqFWByTZIbtIZr6KbiV/view?usp=sharing
Youtube: https://youtu.be/31ZfXV-hbHo
Book signings:
-please have post it notes (for attendees to print the "sign to" name and place on page opposite title page)
-sharpies