René believes that people should use their talents to make society around them the best it can be. Teachers do this every day. But even teachers need support through updates and refreshers. Students have a short attention span- whatever a segment is between commercial breaks or between lives in a video game. How can you keep them engaged? René has spent her career researching and practicing ways to differentiate instruction and assessment for diverse learners in order to maintain a high level of engagement and critical thinking in the classroom. In her leadership retreats, classes, and seminars, René has applied these same in-depth methods with outstanding, long-lasting results. Students are people who deserve love and respect as well as limits. You don’t need any more theory! René offers research-based, practical strategies that you can implement right away and start seeing results.

A French and Spanish teacher for over 20 years for ages two to any, René holds an MBA in Global Management and an MA in Educational Leadership. All of this education has taught her that people are the same wherever you go and at whatever age: they all want to learn, but the “one-size-fits-all approach” does not work for them. While they all want to learn, they are not all prepared. Their cultural, socio-economic, and socialized backgrounds are major blocks to success. René’s training course in Differentiated Instruction can be an asset for your school or district.

Student Leaders have the energy and potential to make their school’s organization great or a magnificent flop. They either delegate or try to do everything by themselves, overloading and therefore getting nothing done. Some teacher advisors think it is their own job to run the organization and only tell the students to use the gavel! This travesty must stop! Students should do the leading! René has guided student leaders to succeed in leading their organization from what it means to be a leader to the nuts and bolts of leading. The student leaders not only have a stellar year at school, but they carry those skills with them into their adult work life. René’s Student Leadership program builds leadership skills for life.

René is a graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She began teaching at Carver High School for two years, then at Apex High School for six years, then helped open Middle Creek High School and stayed for three years. While in Wake County, she taught at the Governor’s School of North Carolina for five summers. She then moved to Aspen, Colorado and taught high school there for two years, after which she returned to her hometown of Winston-Salem, NC. Over the course of four years there, she taught at Union Cross Elementary, Cash Elementary, Hall-Woodward Elementary, and helped open Flat Rock Middle. Since leaving the school system, she has been in educational consulting and private language teaching/tutoring. She is a branding consultant for educational, non-profit, and business organizations. She resides just outside of Winston-Salem.