Educating for Change
Anita Moultrie Turner
Educational Consultant
Anita
Moultrie Turner is a consultant who believes in the tremendous impact education
has on individuals, families and communities. For the past twenty-eight years,
she has worked diligently to be the best educator and motivate other educators
to reach their highest potential as well. She has taught middle, senior,
continuation and adult schools.
Anita was nominated for an Emmy for co-producing a six-part video series entitled Teachers and Their Coaches, recognized at Washington Preparatory High School with the Teacher of the Year, Apple Award, Crenshaw High School with Outstanding Teacher of the Year, and her teaching style was featured in the novel And Still We Rise by Miles Corwin.
Recipe for Great Teaching: 11 Essential Ingredients features strategies that proved to contribute to her enduring and powerful impact on the lives of both students and other educators. Anita's second book, Recipe for Great Teaching: A Reflective Journal is a companion book to the first offering opportunities to engage in fun, engaging and thought-provoking activities that correspond to each successful ingredient.
Anita coordinated a professional development center (K-12) where she trained and coached teachers and conducted workshops on various topics at faculty meetings, school/district trainings and a educational conferences. In addition, she has enjoyed a successful ten year tenure as an adjunct professor in the Charter College of Education at California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA). She was the founding secondary principal at the Accelerated Charter Middle/Senior High School in Los Angeles as well as the Director of Literacy for five middle schools through the Urban Education Partnership.
Anita holds a B.A. in Child/Human Development from U. C. Davis, a M.A. in Special Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing from California State University at Northridge (CSUN) and a M.A. in Administration, Curriculum and Instruction, from California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA). She is continuing her education by seeking a doctorate in Educational Leadership-Curriculum and Instruction.
Anita Moultrie Turner is available to speak at local, state and national conferences with presentations that will leave you laughing, crying, motivated and supercharged to change the world!
Anita's books are published by Corwin Press.
In this well-seasoned book, charismatic educator Anita Moultrie Turner shows new teachers, veteran teachers, and staff developers how to blend 11 essential ingredients into effective and productive classrooms where all students can succeed. This inspiring resource offers enticing and delicious ways to spice up your teaching and your students' learning.
As a professional development journal, this volume is designed for teachers to explore on their own or as a companion to the author's Recipe for Great Teaching in workshops and book study groups. Each chapter in this journaling resource includes quotations, writing prompts, and "savory morsels" of educational wisdom.
