July 25, 2007, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

St. Landry Parish Schools Receive Grant for Classroom Management

(Opelousas, LA) - A workshop for all teachers in the area on classroom management will take place on August 3 – 4 in Opelousas. Michael Grinder, internationally renowned author and creator of The ENVoY Programs, will be the presenter. Grinder last visited St. Landry Parish in 2002 and 2003. Participants who attended those workshops gave them a more than 90% approval rating.

In July 2007, the St. Landry Parish School Board approved the pilot program to provide training and several months of job-embedded coaching in classroom management at two elementary schools.

The workshop is open to all educators in the area thanks to a grant from Knowledge Arts Foundation obtained by Charlotte Bihm, a grant writer for St. Landry Parish.

Contributions from business leaders are sought to help provide lunch for up to 200 teachers on August 3rd and 4th. Please contact Mary Yenik if your company can help.

There is no charge for the workshop, but pre-registration is necessary. Please call Mary Yenik at 337-826-4792 or email her at myenik@knowledgearts.net to register or get more information.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Knowledge Arts Foundation Launches the 2006-2007 Training

Over 400 HISD teachers and administrators to receive the first phase of a state-of-the-art training program provided by Knowledge Arts Foundation.

When: Monday, August 7, 2006 8:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

Where: Brady’s Landing
8505 Cypress Street, Houston, TX 77012

Knowledge Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to enhance student learning by putting practical classroom strategies in the hands of every Houston teacher.

The training set for Monday, August 7, 2006, will launch a three-year commitment by Knowledge Arts Foundation to provide tools for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic to at-risk students. This program, STEM, provides training, strategies and coaching to teachers to enable them to increase math and science achievement among at-risk students in elementary, middle and high schools. Based on Ruby K. Payne’s Framework for Understanding Poverty, it is a model for teaching impoverished students that has been implemented in hundreds of schools across the nation.

Audiences will learn how to:

• Recognize the “hidden rules” that govern poverty, middle class and wealth
• Comprehend the facts of poverty as they apply to children in a school setting
• Understand poverty’s impact on communication, motivation, performance and behavior
• Identify – and help others recognize – the strengths and abilities of children from poverty
• Arrange teaching opportunities that increase interest, retention and achievement

To learn more about the work of Knowledge Arts Foundation and their state-of-the-art programs contact Mary Czarnik, Executive Director, at 713-781-2200.