Consulting
Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski is a nationally recognized science education consultant with over 25 years experience in academia. Diana travels extensively throughout the country to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for science with educators, administrators, parents, and students. Diana has been a keynote speaker, featured speaker, and presenter at over 85 conferences nationwide. Her keynote presentations and professional staff development workshops are renowned for being interactive, enlightening, and inspirational. She has provided over 600 hands-on science professional staff development workshops nationwide, reaching thousands of educators.
Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski provides the following educational consulting services throughout the nation and worldwide:
- Interactive Keynote Presentations
- Hands-On Science Professional Staff Development Workshops For Educators and Administrators (all grade levels)
- Family Science Workshops
- Hands-On Science Programs For Students Of All Ages
- General Consulting For Educational Retailers
Diana’s keynote presentations are highly interactive. Each participant will be actively engaged in the presentation and message through hands-on explorations. Diana’s keynotes are designed to enlighten, motivate, and inspire all educators. No snoozing during Diana’s keynotes!
Available Interactive Keynote Presentations:
Integrating Science Across The Disciplines
Developing Critical Thinking Skills via Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Concepts
Teaching Science Through Children’s Literature
Overcoming Your Fears of Teaching Science
Cultivating The Young Child’s Natural Curiosity
Teaching Science In The Early Childhood Classroom: It Can Be Done!
In addition to the above interactive keynote presentations, Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski can custom design a keynote presentation to meet the goals of your specific conference and audience.
Hands-On Science Professional Staff Development Workshops
Hands-on science professional staff development opportunities for individual schools, districts, afterschool programs, and public and private organizations. Diana offers half-day, full-day on-site workshops, and extensive multiple-day institutes. During these workshops participants can expect to increase content knowledge and be introduced to new and effective methods of disseminating science concepts to their students in an atmosphere that is highly interactive, engaging, and exciting. Full-day workshops and multiple-day institutes allow teachers to be exposed to a greater depth of content knowledge in addition to being introduced to effective teaching practices and ideas. All of the hands-on science workshops are standards-based and incorporate teaching science as inquiry.
Available Hands-On Science Professional Staff Development Workshops (National):
Implementing The National Science Education Standards In The Classroom via Inquiry-Based Learning * This workshop can be modified to meet regional standards.
Making The Connection: Genuine Integrated Science In The Secondary Science Classroom
Connecting Science With Other Disciplines
Teaching Science Through Children’s Literature
Teaching Science Through The Literature of Dr. Seuss
Developing Critical Thinking Skills via Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematical (STEM) Concepts
Exploring Earth and Space Science Concepts
Exploring Physical Science Concepts
Introducing The Nature of Matter Via A Kitchen Chemistry Approach
Exploring Life and Environmental Science Concepts
Nature Explorers ( a timely workshop with President Obama’s education bill (Elementary and Secondary Act, formerly known as No child Left Behind) to include language from the No Child Left Inside Act). A Well-Rounded Education allocates $265 millioin to expand support for a variety of subjects, including environmental litercy.
Available Professional Staff Development Workshops Designed For Florida Schools:
All of the workshops listed below incorporate The New World Class Sunshine State Standards.
Implementing The New World Class Sunshine State Standards In The Classroom Using Inquiry-Based Learning
Prepare Your School and District For Success On The Science FCAT
Developing Critical Thinking Skills via Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematical (STEM) Concepts
Making The Connection: Genuine Integrated Science In The Secondary Science Classroom
Connecting Science Across The Disciplines
Teaching Science Through Children’s Literature
Teaching Science Through The Literature of Dr. Seuss
Exploring Life Science & Environmental Education Concepts
Exploring Earth and Space Science Concepts
Exploring Physical Science Concepts
Introducing The Nature of Matter Concepts Via A Kitchen Chemistry Approach
Approved Continuing Education Units Professional Staff Development For Early Childhood Educators Conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski
Young Nature Explorers
Teaching Science Through The Literature of Dr. Seuss
Teaching Science To The Preschool Child
Teaching Science To The Preschool Child Through Pre-Primary Children’s Literature
Connecting Science Across The Disciplines
* The above workshops are standards-based, hands-on-minds-on inquiry-based, and approved Continuing Education Units (CEU).
Family Science Workshops
Diana has provided over 100 Family Science Workshops reaching over 5,000 families. Family science workshops allow parents and children to actively explore science concepts together via a hands-on, inquiry-based approach. Workshops are 2 hours in length, and available on weeknights and weekends. In addition, school districts can hire Diana to conduct lengthier professional staff development family science workshops to train teachers, administrators, and parents to conduct family science workshops within their own schools and districts.
Available Family Science Workshops:
Families Explorig The Nature of Matter via Kitchen Chemistry Explorations
Families Investigating Physical Science Concepts Together
FCAT Science
Families Exploring The Seas Together
Families Exploring Environmental Education Concepts Together
Families Exploring Science Through Literature Together
Families Investigating The Science In Art Together
* All family science workshops are standards-based.
Hands-On Science Programs For Students
During the past 25 years Diana has conducted over 12,000 hands-on science programs to students of all ages at both public and private schools. The hands-on science programs are standards-based, engaging, and most of all exciting. Diana offers over 60 different programs covering all areas of science from exploring The Nature of Matter to Life Science concepts. Many of Diana’s clients schedule her to conduct student programs in addition to the professional staff development workshops. This enables teachers to observe Diana modeling methods and ideas introduced during the workshops in a “real classroom setting“.
Booking Professional Staff Development Workshops, Keynote Presentations, Parenting Workshops, and Hands-On Science Programs For Students
If your organization is interested in scheduling Diana, please contact her at http://drdianateachertraining.com or http://www.drdianakeynotespeaker.com . To request a detailed brochure for each of the educational consulting services Diana provides nationwide you can complete the contact form found under the contact page or email Diana directly @ drdianascience@bellsouth.net. Brochures have detailed descriptions for all the workshops as well as fees. They are available as PDF files or can be mailed.
