Alexander, Brandy
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Springer, Steve
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide. Steve Springer has taught and developed training programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District for over 15 years. He has been a mentor and master teacher throughout his career. He has used this experience along with his talents in fine arts to write and illustrate several books for teachers. The Organized Teacher and The Creative Teacher, published by McGraw-Hill, are two of these books that offer visual hands-on guides to organizing and creating a dynamic classroom. Steve recently started a program called Reach and Teach. His vision was to share his teaching experience with other teachers. Over sixty teachers were in-serviced in South Africa. They left empowered to create a more exciting, interactive classroom. Each participant received a McGraw-Hill resource book and a set of supplies. The program was well received and he plans to continue his involvement.
Persiani, Kimberly
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
Steve Springer is a fulltime classroom teacher with a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University, with a special focus on the arts throughout the subject areas and the incorporation of technology into the curriculum. Steve has spent time in South Africa training teachers through a program he started called “Reach and Teach”. He also presents at bilingual conferences, new teacher conferences and regularly attends children’s literature conferences. He has also illustrated six McGraw-Hill titles.
Brandy Alexander has his Master’s in Fine Arts from CSU, Los Angeles which lends itself to creative classroom instruction and pedagogy. Brandy is a full time classroom teacher in Los Angeles and a part-time faculty member at CSULA where he teaches courses on classroom design, student teaching portfolio preparation, and serves as a master teacher for student teachers, while also presenting at new teacher conferences from year-to-year.
Kimberly Persiani-Becker, Ed.D., is an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles in the area of curriculum and instruction. She presents at local and international conferences for bilingual education, children’s literature, gender equity and moral and character education.
