Becky Grube

State:

Pennsylvania (place of residence); I have also taught in New York and Florida

Testimonial from a participant:

Becky is a great teacher who makes learning fun and keeps the students motivated.

— Lancaster, PA.

PLS courses I teach:

• Achieving Student Outcomes Through Cooperative Learning™
• Brain-Based Ways We Think and Learn™
• Coaching Skills for Successful Teaching™
• Designing Motivation for All Learners™
• Discovering the Power of Live-Event Learning™
• Meaningful Activities to Generate Interesting Classrooms™
• PRIDE™ (Professional Refinements in Developing Effectiveness)
• Purposeful Learning Through Multiple Intelligences™
• Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility™
• Teaching the Skills of the 21st Century®
• Teaching Through Learning Channels™

Years with PLS:

I have been with PLS since 1985.

Why I love teaching PLS courses:

The courses provide for teachers concrete strategies that reflect the most current effective research in education that they can take immediately into their classrooms and utilize to provide successful learning experiences for their students.

Education:

• B.A. in Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College
• M.Ed. in Special Education, Millersville University
• Doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams completed, Temple University.

Teaching experience:

• Head of Lower School, K through grade 5 — 13 years
• Psychology Teacher, grades 11 and 12 — 13 years
• Elementary Science Enrichment Program — T.T.O.P.S., grades 1 through 4 — 5 years
• Elementary Resource Room Teacher, grades K through 5 — 5 years
• Pre-First Teacher — 2 years
• First Grade Teacher — 2 years

Related experience, recognition, awards, etc.

• Educational Consultant for 15 years
• Delta Kappa Gamma, induction in 1992
• Leadership PA, graduate of Charter Class, 1990
• Leadership Lancaster, graduate of Class of 1989
• Urban Network, selected to participate at University of Michigan, to form a support system for improving urban learning environments
• Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 1988-1989, State of PA, for T.T.O.P.S. Program
• Literacy Award, for T.T.O.P.S. Program, from Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council, 1989
• PIE Journal National Award of Excellence for T.T.O.P.S. Program 1989
• Pi Lambda Theta, induction in 1979
• Listed in Marquis: Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America; Who's Who of American Women

What I love most about teaching:

What I love most is seeing a student reach an "Aha!" and enjoying those "Aha's" myself!

My favorite moment in teaching:

There are so many favorites — in PLS classes they are when I get a letter or note from a past participant telling me of something she did in her class that she has taken from a PLS course and the difference it has made in the lives of her students.

Personal Information:

My favorite quote: "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Additional Educational Experiences:

• Responsive Classroom Workshop, 2004
• Project Zero: Summer, 2003
• WIDE World online class: "Teaching for Understanding," 2002
• PA Writing Assessment Training, 2001
• Learning-Focused Schools Workshop, 2001
• Learning and the Brain Conferences, 1998 through 2004
• Eric Jenson's Brain-Based Learning One-Week Workshop, 1998
• Mary Pipher Workshop, 1997
• Howard Gardner/Thomas Armstrong Workshop, 1997