Garre LaGrone

Garre LaGrone is an energetic and confident national educational keynote speaker, conference presenter, teacher, singer-songwriter and humorist. Garre is beginning his twentieth year in education, having taught at both the Middle School and High School levels. He is a native of Canyon, Texas and earned his degree in Education and Biology from West Texas State University.

Combining his talent and love of music with his passion for teaching and education, Garre now offers dynamic and motivating keynotes, workshops and staff development training's that are impacting educational organizations, school faculties and school district staffs throughout the United States.

Garre's highly acclaimed CD album "Thank A Teacher" is a collection of his original songs of appreciation and admiration for teachers. It is a great motivational tool and is a favorite of trainers, speakers and administrators throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Specializing in teacher motivation, staff appreciation and brain-based classroom strategies, Garre offers dynamic and moving presentations that will energize your faculty or staff.

Presentations by Garre

• Thank a Teacher
  Kick-off your school year with this motivational and heart-warming convocation keynote address. Garre LaGrone's music and his message are having a profound impact on educators around the world. Your teachers will laugh, they will cry, they will be inspired and they will receive a much deserved pat-on-the-back. Garre's original songs of encouragement and his heart-warming message are GUARANTEED to energize and motivate your entire faculty and/or district staff to begin your school year in a most positive and uplifting way.
  
  
• Teaching to the Real Head of the Class
  Based on current brain research, this full day training is designed to be presented to individual campus faculties of all grade-levels. Teachers will walk away from this training with a better understanding of how the human brain learns best. Garre LaGrone is a master teacher who models effective brain compatible strategies while presenting this workshop. Participants will be engaged in hands-on active learning while exploring the topics covered in this training, which include: The role of stress in learning, influences on the brains ability to learn, the enriched learning environment, how the brain constructs meaning, transferring brain research into classroom practice, the importance of elaborative rehearsal, the role of music in learning and much, much more!
  
  
• No Other Profession
  This energetic and moving teacher appreciation keynote is a motivational shot-in-the arm for your faculty or staff! Garre will inspire your staff with his unique tribute to educators through story, personal experience and his original music, with a focus on character education. "No Other Profession" is a dynamic keynote presentation based on the idea that "who we are" is more important than "what we teach." Teachers are the visionaries for the majority of the children they teach today. If children don't get a clear picture of the future from us, they won't get it anywhere else.
  
  
• Stop Teaching and Let Children Learn!"
  This hands-on interactive full-day workshop is designed to give middle school and high school educators an understanding of the importance of structured down time in the classroom. With more and more secondary campuses implementing block scheduling, this session is a perfect opportunity for secondary teachers to experience many effective and practical processing strategies they can implement immediately into any classroom, regardless of subject area or grade level. Participants will walk away from this session with a new perspective of an essential concept. "The brain does not learn by listening!" Listening is only the initial mechanism of introducing content to the brain. The human brain was not designed to "sit n' git." It is a "pattern seeking," "emotion driven" and "relevance linking" vessel. The brain's quest is to construct "meaning" from everything it experiences for the sole purpose of survival. This training will challenge participants to assess their classroom practice and to look at their teaching from a research-based perspective. Teachers will walk away from this session with "tools" they can use in their classroom to enhance teaching for learning... THE VERY NEXT DAY!