Marie AmaroMarie Amaro has been a teacher for over 30 years. She holds a Master of Special Education, focusing on students with emotional and behaviour disorders, and consults with schools K-12. She provides practical, teacher-focused, easy-to-implement strateges that are based on vast experience and understanding of how schools work. Marie believes that academic outcomes are improved by addressing the social and emotional needs of students through explicit teaching of expected behaviour, engaging pedagogy, modelling of pro-social skills, collaborative learning strategies and giving students a voice. She is passionate about students achieving their potential, about supporting the wellbeing of teachers and about schools providing positive, stimulating and nurturing environments. Marie is a highly sought-after speaker and trainer who specialises in improving teachers' personal and professional effectiveness. She designs and delivers specialised courses for university students, new and experienced teachers as well as training and coaching for executive and principals. She is the co-founder/co-director of TheHighlyEffectiveTeacher.com This is Marie's first book. It is a compilation of the information and research from the one-day course of the same name. Read More Read Less