About Your Instructor – Savanna Flakes

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Savanna Flakes is an engaging and enthusiastic international presenter, highly experienced special education teacher, district teacher-leader, and special education consultant with a passion for working with students with special needs and their teachers. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and a National Education Technology Standards Certified Teacher and the author of Shaking Up Special Education: Instructional Moves to Increase Student Achievement. She is also the author of Powerful Strategies for STRENGTHENING YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM to Better Support Your Students with Learning Disabilities, the extensive digital resource handbook you will receive at this two-day institute. Savanna provides professional development for administrators and staff who serve students with learning disabilities and currently serves as an international education consultant, coaching teachers, modeling effective instructional pedagogy for teachers, and providing professional development on inclusion, co-teaching, differentiation, classroom management, and universal design for learning. She is known for her passion and dedication to reaching diverse learners. Her seminars are exciting, hands on and collaborative. You won’t want to miss this unique opportunity for two days f illed with exciting, hands-on and collaborative strategies and ideas to strengthen your special education program for your students with learning disabilities.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Savanna is very knowledgeable and full of energy. She offered so many great ideas and a wealth of information that I really can’t wait to implement!"
– Patricia Capriglione, Special Educator

"This seminar provided great ideas and research-based resources to use at all educational levels and abilities."
– Megan Troxell, Teacher

"Savanna Flakes is exceptional!"
– Cynthia Biddle, SDC

"Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, Savanna! I loved your positivity. I am now ready to go back to school and tackle new challenges!"
– Marguerite Vu, Resource Specialist

"Thank you for making the institute tangible, cooperative, applicable, and memorable. I am so excited to incorporate the strategies I learned."
– Marielle Michalopoulos, Teacher