Welcome to Words of Wisdom Educational Consulting
803 Hadley Ave, Old Hickory, TN. 37138
615-448-7304
wowkp@comcast.net
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NEW WORKSHOP!!!!
Being an Instructional Leader: The Sergiovanni Method
In this workshop, participants will examine what it means to be an instructional leader, how training looks when moving from an in-service model to a renewal model, how to change a school from a culture of instruction to a culture of learning, and how professional learning communities change the culture and results in schools today.  2 hour workshop

Increasing Comprehensible Input in Vocabulary Instruction
    Attendees will work with Krashen's Comprehensible Input theory as it relates to teaching vocabulary in the classroom.  This high octane workshop will explore many facets of instruction in the regular classroom and how we can change to allow for more learning in the classroom.This 7 hr seminar is designed to allow learners to explore the world of comprehensible input as described by Dr. Krashen in the context of research-based methods in teaching vocabulary and word study within any classroom setting.  Other theorists work to be applied: Cummins, Beck, McKeown, Kucan, Morris, Piaget, and Marzano.  Target audience-  classroom teachers K-12                                  ELL instructors K-12

                                  LD teachers K-12
Price negotiable!  May be offered as a 4 continuous afterschool programs, 2 half days or 1 full day.
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Presentations
ELLs in the Classroom: Strategies That Work power point at http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/english-language-learners-in-the-classroom-strategies-that-make-a-difference
RTI: Instruction That's More Than Just Testing power point at http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/response-to-intervention-instruction-that-is-more-than-just-testing
Increasing Comprehensible Input power point http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/increasing-comprehensible-input-in-vocabulary-instruction
What Struggling Readers Need to Succeed power point
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/what-struggling-readers-need-for-success
For an audio download of the presentation What Struggling Readers Need to Succeed, http://www.zshare.net/audio/959083345a1fb870/
Cummins Interdependence Hypothesis power point http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/cummins-interdependence-hypothesis-1419039
Words and Comprehension: The Key to Growth power point http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/words-and-comprehension
Being an Instructional Leader: The Sergiovanni Method power point http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/being-an-instructional-leader
Exploding the Vocabulary:Teaching the Words Students Need for Success http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/exploding-the-vocabulary-teaching-the-words-students-need-for-success
Here's Your Toolkit: Closing the Gap for English Language Learners http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/heres-your-tool-kit
Adding Bam to Center Stage
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/adding-bam-to-center-stage
Pearson Keystone Level A implementation training Prince George's Maryland
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/level-a-keystone-implementation 
Just What Does It Mean To Make Sense?
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/just-what-does-it-mean-to-make-sense  
Five Ways to Ensure Fluency
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/five-ways-to-ensure-fluency
Focus on Writing: The Important of Mentor Text 
http://www.slideshare.net/rkpruitt1/focus-on-writing-the-importance-of-mentor-text
 

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For the study guide for Connecting Reading and Writing in the Classroom or the powerpoint of that presentation, please see the Links section of this website.
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        Now Available From Words of Wisdom
It's All About Words: Reading Instruction in the Classroom, 3rd Edition. 2011.  Now available from CreateSpace.            

                                                                                                                                                              
Keith Pruitt takes a close look at best practices for reading instruction.  "I started out to write a book on vocabulary and ended up talking about things having to do with reading instruction."  Topics include: The Truth Regarding Vocabulary Research, The Theoretical Frameworks, All Readers are Struggling?, Best Practices in the Classroom: A Compendium of Methods, and so much more.  Includes a new chapter entitled Sound the Alarm: Are We Really Doing Well in American Schools? and a new chapter on Common Core Standards, new references, photography and a K-4 word list.

“…written in language that any educator can understand. I love the everyday sayings that bring the points of reference off the page and into the daily experiences of students in the classroom.” Yolanda Statom, Reading Specialist 

The book is 104 pages and is soft cover.  You may order the book now from Create Space at the following link.  

https://www.createspace.com/3699523

                                             
The Words: Schema Cards for Students Needing Vocabulary     

 
The much anticipated schema cards on CD for ELL provides 300 original photos from Keith and Rebekka Pruitt with corresponding words.  The CD is now ready for purchase.  The Teacher's Guide will be available in September.
Product #104- $59.99  CD ONLY
Product #105- $89.99  CD and Teacher's Guide (Guide will ship in December/January)
                                           Schema Cards on CD 

Original Art only available through Words of Wisdom

Educational Consulting for usage with social studies and vocabulary instruction.
 $19.99 for set of 50

Product #101- $19.99 
                                       

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       It's All About Words Audio Workshop
 Keith Pruitt's most popular presentation on vocabulary is now available on this 93 minute audio CD.  The packasge includes 2 CDs and a 15 page study guide.  The study guide includes a reference list for study groups, virtual tour sites, examples of graphic organizers.  This presentation will change your classroom!

Product #102- $29.99 
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                Connecting Reading and Writing
                                           In The Classroom
This audio workshop examines how to integrate writing as a part of literacy instruction in the classroom.  Over 2 hours of training on two CDs and includes a study guide with plenty of suggestions for doing writers' workshop and teaching grammar in the classroom.  Hundreds already sold!!!!  Get yours today.

Product #103- $29.99

POs Are accepted from schools but must be mailed to WOW, 803 Hadley Ave., Old Hickory, TN. 37138 

                                        Who Is Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.?


     The last three decades of my life have been dedicated to education.  As a special education teacher, school board member, graduate student, doctoral candidate, publisher's representative, consultant, preacher and author, I have seen a lot come and go in education.  But one thing has remained a constant--the need for good teaching in the classroom.
     As a parent, I realize the need for good instruction in the classroom.  Creating life-long learners and readers is paramount.  The future takes shape in the classroom.  Equipping students with tools for learning is a small, howbeit important, part of what goes on in the classroom.  In order to change the end product, there must be fundamental change in teacher practices.
     My passion is grounded in a firm belief in the work of educational researchers like Howard Gardner, Lucy Calkins, Marie Clay, Lev Vegotsky, Isabel Beck, Roger Farr, David Pearson, Reggie Routman, Linda Hoyt, Ellen Keene, Margaret Mooney, Janet Allen and countless others.  The more examination is made of excellent research and practices, the more it burns in me.  It is what makes me tick.  Helping teachers become the very best they can be is my passion.
     Schools need instructional leaders as per Sergiovanni.  At the heart of creating professional learning communities is professional development.  Delivering a day of theory falls short of getting the job done.  A balance of theory coupled with implementation in the classroom will result in change.  Words of Wisdom workshops place a premium on providing well-researched methodologies that have been vetted in real classrooms.  Teachers will leave a Words of Wisdom workshop with multiple strategies to use on day one in the classroom.
     Charges for professional development have gotten out of hand.  Words of Wisdom Educational Consulting believes training teachers doesn't have to break the bank.  People desire quality; given the economic conditions, they also need value.  For what many are paying companies for one day of training, you could get a whole week with Words of Wisdom!  This is professional development that will excite and challenge your teachers' thinking and practices. Principals don't mortgage the building in order to train teachers!

• Ed.S. Argosy University/ Atlanta
• Author: It's All About Words: Literacy Instruction in the Classroom
• Over 400 articles, reviews, poems, short stories published
• Conference speaker at national and state conferences on reading, special education, English Language Learners, Title One and Adult Education
• Adjunct Trevecca University/ Nashville
• Fifteen plus years in educational publishing
• Special Education teacher
• Former member board of education
• Minister