About Your Instructor – Savanna Flakes

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Savanna Flakes is an engaging and enthusiastic international presenter who believes teachers can successfully work together in co-teaching teams to reach and teach every child. She is an award-winning teacher, leader, author, and educational consultant shaking up special education. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, 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 Increase Your Success as a Special Education Resource Teacher, the digital resource handbook you will receive at her seminar.

Savanna 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. Savanna is known for her passion and dedication to reaching diverse learners. Her seminars are exciting, hands-on and collaborative.

You will leave this seminar reinvigorated and inspired to use the dozens of innovative strategies to reach all your students with special needs.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Savanna is an extremely effective and enthusiastic presenter. Her multiple modalities of instruction kept us engaged throughout the day, making it interesting and worthwhile. I would highly recommend this seminar to other educators!"
– Alana Henderson, Special Education Teacher

"Savanna is very helpful. I learned a lot of valuable information today, and will definitely be using this material!"
– Kelly Chaney, Special Education Teacher

"Savanna shared practical strategies to use in the resource room to support our students in meeting their full potential, as well as great technology tools to help motivate our learners. Thank you!"
– Erica Roecklein, Special Education Teacher

"I really enjoyed the seminar – everything was helpful! I can't wait to implement all of the tech resources we learned about."
– Katherine Fingar, Special Education Teacher

"Savanna is very knowledgeable and informative, providing us with an engaging presentation of content. I appreciate her sharing the materials, websites, and a plethora of resources and practical strategies that can be employed and adapted for all students."
– April Maher, Special Education Resource Teacher