Melissa Matusevich, Ed.D.
Author Curriculum Specialist Instruction Specialist Staff Developer Consultant

Melissa Matusevich has been a public educator for over thirty years. A published author, she is a popular staff developer who provides workshops on a variety of topics.

As an author, Melissa has crafted teaching guides for major publishers. All instructional materials she creates are well grounded in brain research. The active teaching strategies she uses result in long-term student retention. Melissa is the educational consultant for Grolier Publisher's From Sea to Shining Sea book series. She recently created over two hundred posters to augment instruction in the Virginia Standards of Learning for Social Studies. These posters can be downloaded for free from her web site. At present she is adding other educational resources to her site that also are free to teachers.

A popular presenter, Melissa offers workshops on a variety of topics:

• How to use the Social Studies Posters Effectively (This workshop was developed at the request of teachers.)
  
• Bringing the Virginia Social Studies Standards of Learning to life
  
• Teaching for long-term retention
• Prereading strategies
• Post reading strategies
• Assessment strategies
  
• Teaching vocabulary for life
• Concept building
• Effective ways to use nonfiction tradebooks in the classroom
• Teaching biographies to young learners
• Use of visual images
• Research skills
• Interdisciplinary connections

Teachers are actively engaged throughout Melissa's hands-on workshops and come away with materials and strategies that they can implement immediately. Fast-paced and lively, each workshop will provide teachers with a staff development opportunity that will leave them wanting more.

Testimonials from Workshop Participants:

“Best workshop I’ve ever attended.”
“Excellent, practical strategies will prove useful in my media center.”
“Wonderful handouts and practical ideas.”
“Great workshop!!”
“Well organized; a building experience; well-rounded with lots of useful information and practical ideas; excellent handouts!”
“Great resources and ideas.”
“Best presentation I attended.”

Contact Information:
Melissa N. Matusevich, Ed.D.
Curriculum and Instruction Specialist
2800 Chelsea Court
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Phone: 540 552-9548
Email: melissa@bev.net
http://chumby.dlib.vt.edu/melissa/melissa.html

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