Dr. Kelley King is a Corwin author and has been a Visible Learning consultant since the North American launch in 2013. With over 35 years of service in K-12 schools, Kelley has worked in both public and private schools and in regular education, special education and gifted education. As an award-winning school principal, Kelley’s success in leading initiatives to close gender achievement gaps has been featured on The Today Show, in Newsweek magazine, on National Public Radio, in EdWeek, in Education Leadership and more.
Kelley’s book with Corwin Press is titled Writing the Playbook: A Practitioner’s Guide to Creating a Boy-Friendly School and is a K-12 “how-to” guide for raising boys’ achievement, reducing discipline and fostering a sense of belonging and relevance for boys at school. Kelley has written two other books that take a brain-based approach to addressing gender gaps for girls in math and science and boys in literacy. Kelley holds a Doctorate of Education in Educational Administration and Leadership and a Masters Degree in Special Education.
Expertise
Raising Achievement for Boys
Teacher Evaluation
Science of Gender Differences and Brain-Based Strategies for “Gender Friendly” Teaching
Workshops
Workshop
Writing the Playbook: A Game Plan for a Boy-Friendly School: This seminar provides educators with a step-by-step plan for increasing boys' achievement and reducing discipline problems. If you have academic achievement gaps or higher rates of discipline or special education referral rates for boys, it is time to understand the root causes and take action. This seminar is simultaneously heartwarming, humorous and hard-hitting, as participants learn the very nature of boys and are empowered to take immediate action to re-engage those boys that we are being lost to under-achievement and apathy.
What People are Saying
“Relevant research and real world ideas and connections to use in my classroom—as well as at home with my own two children. This was the best workshop/training I’ve been to in twenty years!”
- 3rd Grade Teacher, St. Louis MO
Certified In
Visible Learning+ Foundation Series
Visible Learning+ Impact Series
Teacher Clarity
How Feedback Works
School Capacity Assessments
Books
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