/ Seminars For Schools

We have several speakers for School Assemblies and Staff Workshops. Pleasee scroll down to read about each speaker and their various programs. Please keep in mind that many speakers can create a specific program to meet your needs. Please contact Riana Milne at speakers@rianamilne.com for more information or to book a speaker for your school.

Riana Milne, MA, LPC, SAC, LCADC, RCI Certified Coach

Jim Rhoads, MA in Educational Adminstration, owner Success Strategies for All Students

Alexi Panos & Tennille Amour of E.P.I.C.; co-owners of the Charity, models, actor/singer

Ted Fatteross, Motivational & Educational Speaker, owner of Ted Speak Enterprises

Scott Milne, BA in Business Administration, Marketing & Managment, Energy Expert

 Riana Milne, MA, LPC, SAC, LCADC, RCI Certified Relationship Coach

Click each link below to read details on each seminar.

                        To book Riana, contact her at speakers@rianamilne.com

Emotional Intelligence & Fostering Success within the Emotionally Challenged Student - for School Seminars

             Riana School In-service Workshop Letter of Recommendation

Stand Up for Friendship Anti-bullying lecture for School Staff or In-service Seminars

Motivational Business Coaching  for Individuals or Group Seminars

Stress Management Seminar for Businesses

Jim Rhoads, MA Educational Administration

Jim Rhoads, owner of Success Strategies for Students, LLC; is a dynamic, enthusiastic national presenter and Keynote speaker for the past 20 years. He is currently an Adjunct Professor for the Richard Stockton College of NJ in the field of teacher education. He is a Consultant and Trainer for the NJPSA (NJ Principal Supervisory Assoc) and the FEA (Foundation of Education Administration). Jim is a former Elementary and Middle School Principal and also served as Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Testing. Jim is noted for his extensive work in developing and creating instructional brain research strategies to help struggling students achieve. He is currently serves as a Trustee for the Galloway Community Charter School Board. 

An expert in areas of personality styles, multiple intelligences and brain compatible strategies particularly in the science classroom, he has created a series of hands on activities and techniques that can be incorporated into any curriculum. Jim has been instrumental in acquiring Star Lab Planetarium technology bringing science to life in the districts of his employ. His passion for helping every child learn is contagious.

Jim has presented throughout the state of New Jersey and has been influential in implementing the CLICK discipline program developed by Dr. Anthony Scannella and Ms. Denise Hecht of NJPSA to bring about positive school reform. His informative and enlightening style captures the interest of his audience. Participants walk away feeling inspired and motivated to try new things in the classroom the very next day.

Download the brochure for Success Strategies for Students of All Ages

Some of Jim’s Workshops include:

• CLICK - Comprehensive Learning & Interventions for Correcting Kids
• Personality Styles for Academic Success
• Instructional Strategies for all Learning Styles
• Science and the Multiple Intelligences
• Unraveling the Mysteries of Discipline
• Creating a Positive Classroom Environment
• How to Handle Difficult Parents/Students
• Effective Strategies for Managing Teasing and Bullying
• Motion Vocabulary
• The Art of Signaling - an Approach that Assures Student Understaning
• Ensuring your Child’s Success in School
• Effective Communication Strategies

All workshops come in a 1, 3 or 6 hour format depending upon the needs of the district. Keynote presentations are written to the individual needs of the districts.

Workshop One: Instructional Strategies for Teachers

This entertaining hands-on workshop will provide teachers with key communication and instructional strategies for immediate classroom use. During the first half of this 3-hour presentation, participants will learn how to identify unique student personality styles and apply prepared dialogue scripts that foster trust and rapport. In the last portion, attendees will engage in spelling, vocabulary and ice-breaker activities that make learning more meaningful for students.

Time of Presentation: 3 hours; or two 1.5 hour seminars

Maximum number of Participants: 50

Needed Equipment for the room: LCD Projector and computer with Power Point software

Contact Riana Milne to booking Jim Rhoads at speakers@rianamilne.com

Every Day People Initiating Change - What Did you Do Today? Motiviational Seminars for Schools and Businesses

 Alexi D. Panos, Founder, E.P.I.C. Charity (Every Day People Initiating Change), Actor and Model, co-author: "Watch Me!" The Bold New Motivational Attitude for Personal Success

 Tenille Amor, Co-Founder of E.P.I.C, singer, songwriter - modeling for Quiksilver Women's clothing line, one of the backers for E.P.I.C.

 The first of 4 successful wells! The first one was at Kawe Primary School, Tanzania, Africa - bringing fresh water to a village of over 5,000 people! (Aug, 2007)

The E.P.I.C. Assembly for Schools - 1 class period (45 minutes - 1 hour)

E.P.I.C. (Everyday People Initiating Change) began as a non-profit organization, but has now become what we believe to be one of the most important movements of our time.  The purpose of E.P.I.C. is to make people aware of how easy it is to contribute positively to our world.  Our presentation within your school meets various NJ and NY State Core-Curriculum requirements under: Character Education, Geography, and Anti-bullying/Anti-Violence education. Your students will relate to the fact that Alexi and Tennille are young people themselves, currently making world-changes; and will view moving films of the girls working with students in Tanzania, Africa. The School administration will delight in the fact that Alexi was a 4.0 Talented & Gifted Student, who exempted 11^th grade, and who speaks about the importance of being successful in education and how it opens the world of opportunity for all young people.

The birth of E.P.I.C. was a result of two individuals, Alexi Panos & Tennille Amor, Co-Founders of  E.P.I.C, who shared the same vision; feeling a strong calling to initiate change in the way that people live their lives today.  It all begins with the commitment to living a conscious life, and the acceptance of the responsibility to spread this state of consciousness to everyone we possibly can. 

To initiate change could be as small as not using excess water in daily chores, to having a conversation about the issues broadcasted on the daily news. To initiate change could also be to volunteer within your community, or to step outside of your comfort zone and find somewhere to volunteer abroad. While EPIC accepts donations for relief efforts worldwide, to initiate change isn’t only about donating money; it’s about feeling compelled to invest in the future of the human condition.

The donations received by E.P.I.C. in 2006, through 2010 will all go towards bettering the lives of the children who are born into a world of suffering and deprivation within some of Africa’s most impoverished nations.  We intend to help alleviate this suffering by providing children with an easier access to education and the by providing the most basic need of all to their families; clean water. Called “The Ripples Project,” providing well water can help stop the cycle of disease and death from water born illnesses and poor sanitation, as well as educate the future generations, therefore contributing to a stronger work force in which will better the community and the economy as a whole. By focusing our efforts on the children and their families of Africa, we hope to eventually contribute to putting an end to the immense imbalance that exists between the First the Third Worlds.

Every Day provides you with the opportunity to be a part of something E.P.I.C; What did you do today?

   Partial “Watch Me!” book proceeds benefit the EPIC Charity; of which Alexi Panos co-authored

           To buy the Watch Me! Book, or download the ebook, click here for Pay Pal. 

To find out more about how you can contribute to E.P.I.C, please visit the web site - www.epicthemovement.org.  

Best presented in Assembly format with stage, screen audio/visual equipment provided; also available in break-out sessions for individual classrooms; TV - audio equipment required. Bookings are for 1 hour, 1/2 day or full day seminars.

 Ted Fattoross, President of Educational Services & Safe Schools Foundation

Ted provides a wide range of customized programs on cutting-edge topics for students, staff & parents of ALL grade levels. He is a highly experienced, incredibly talented speaker. Ted's ability to bond with his audiences, coupled with his high-energy delivery, enhances the impact each program yields, consistently meeting and often exceeding each client's goals. Audience members of all ages benefit from Ted's powerful, timely messages and his passion for his work. Ted has been featured by media such as Fox 5 News, radio, and in articles in The Star Ledger, Ocean County Observer, & Montclair Times. 

Ted has over 19 years experience, and has been featured on national TV and radio programs and provides over 300 programs each year for groups as small as 5 and as large as 5,000. Below is a set of programs Ted conducts for the educational sector.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS OVERVIEW 
"Core values ..... positive influences .... a reminder of the importance of values, ethics, self-esteem and self-confidence in personal development. Ted Fattoross has extensive experience in personal, radio and television presentations designed to reinforce these values and ethics through confidence building, communication and leadership programs. As is evident within the testimonials, these presentations have instilled in children the necessity of being positive and proactive in their own lives, to improve themselves and in turn become a positive influence in a friends life. After the Tedspeak experience, they want to be everything they can be. These workshops can help you to help them."

NJDOE CHARACTER EDUCATION PROFILE DIRECTORY PRESENTER

Topics Listed Are Available For:

• Student Assemblies, Workshops, Prom Programs
• Graduation, Peer Mediation Team Development & Training
• Staff, Professional Development & In Service Programs
• Parent Workshops, PTO & PTA & HSA Meetings
• Board of Education Meetings
• New Teacher/Student Orientations
• Opening Day & Back to School Nights Educational Association/Organization Meetings, Workshops & Conferences

CHOOSE FROM THESE POPULAR TOPICS OR LET US CREATE ONE JUST FOR YOU!

• Up With Teachers * Making the Right Choices * Character Education
• Anger Management * Self-Esteem * Substance Abuse Awareness
• Teamwork & Leadership * Conflict Resolution * Multicultural Awareness
• T.R.E.A.T * (Teaching Respect, Ethics & Tolerance)
• Change/Stress Management * Drug & Violence Prevention
• Crisis Intervention * Safe Schools * Motivation
• ALL Facets of Character Education
• Parents are Important * Families Matter * Coping Skills
• Effective Communication
• And much MUCH MORE!

Because Ted Fattoross is a registered speaker with the NJDOE, he will offer you 1 FREE program for every paid event that you book. Contact Riana Milne today for more details.

In-Service Program: UP WITH TEACHERS!

This is a dynamic and enlightening program which gives honor to the people who invest more time in our children than anyone. If our children are the future, it is our teachers that make the biggest difference, because teachers share themselves with our children for as many as seven hours a day. Teachers are a strong foundation of society and that parents need to support and encourage them in their work.

1. CHARACTER EDUCATION
2. T.R.E.A.T. Teaching Respect Ethics And Tolerance
3. PARENTS ARE IMPORTANT
4. SELF-ESTEEM

Promoting the understanding that self-esteem is not just about feeling good, but more importantly, it is about doing the right thing. It's about not following the "crowd" when they are doing the wrong thing.

1. PEER MEDIATIONS
2. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
3. VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Understanding that bullies usually have low self-esteem and how it is best not to give up our power to these people.

1. SAFE SCHOOLS
2. CHANGE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
3. MOTIVATION

Inspiring students to take action. Knowledge is not about power, knowledge plus action is power. Make every day count! Ted is best presented to a large student or teacher group, assembly format. Time of Presentation - 1 class period to full day seminars. No video equipment is needed for most presentations.

Contact Riana Milne to book Ted Fattoross at speakers@rianamilne.com

 Scott Milne, BA in Business Adminstration, Marketing & Management, Energy Expert

 School Assembly perfect for grades K - 6th - details coming soon!