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Mike Kuczala has delivered keynotes, given presentations, facilitated professional development, and taught graduate courses on 4 continents. His presentations, courses, books, and videos have reached more than 150,000 teachers, trainers, corporate executives, and parents. He is also the coauthor of the Corwin Bestseller, The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement, a book and philosophy that has changed the view of teaching and learning around the world. Mike has authored three other books including, Training in Motion: How to Use Movement to Create an Engaging and Effective Learning Environment, Ready, Set, Go! The Kinesthetic Classroom 2.0, and The Peak Performing Teacher: 5 Habits for Success. Mike's SRO presentations have been experienced in such diverse settings as The Educational Collaborative for International Schools, The East Asia Regional Council of Schools, The Francis Marion University Center of Excellence Summer Institute, ATD, The Forum for Innovative Leadership, ASCD, and the Society for Health and Physical Educators. For more information, please visit www.mikekuczala.com.
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Director of Pottstown Campus Operations
My passion to help people improve their skill set started when I had a summer job during college supervising high school students in a program designed to improve their reading level abilities as they worked in a day care program for elementary aged children. They did not realize that, as they taught the 3rd graders to read, they were actually improving their own reading abilities. The students became more than better readers. As I watched their self confidence grow and their outlook on life improve, I began to feel the passion and benefits of helping others.
Moving on to college I constantly sought out ways to tutor, educate and motivate others. Whether in the college's computer lab, library or in my sorority's study hall I have always found it rewarding to play a role in the success of others.
I continue to be a highly motivated training and development leader with over 15 years of pharmaceutical sales experience in both specialty and primary care markets. A proven strong passion for continuous self-improvement and improvement of others, strategic leadership and mentoring roles at a large pharmaceutical company led to my achievement of reaching the highest ranking level of the sales force. I am currently poised and looking forward to providing and delivering successful training curriculum to new hire and tenure sales forces. I have been recognized as a "go to" trainer, coach, mentor and role model whose experience, credibility and passion for innovative development results in the development and execution of a best-in-class sales force. I take great pride in the fact I am a reflection of the company for which I work and I strive to be a inspirational educator, facilitator, motivator and leader to all.
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Christen is an Educational Consultant with InMind Services. With over 25 years of experience working with students of diverse ages and backgrounds, Christen has spent the last 15 years specifically focused on supporting the social and emotional needs of teachers and students through trauma-informed approaches which have been shown to reduce stress and foster resilience.
Christen is a registered yoga teacher and has extensive training in mindfulness. She is the mother of three teenage sons.
Heather Coutts, PhD, is a creative and dynamic educator with a specialization in Human Sexuality with 20+ years of eclectic experience in education, social media marketing, event planning, cabaret performance, emceeing, social justice community organizing, and child-care. She is an advocate and accomplice who actively works towards LGBTQIA+ education, eliminating racism, and empowering women and girls. Heather is the Director of Youth Empowerment Programs at YWCA Tri-County Area where her passion meets her purpose. When she is not educating, entertaining, or organizing community on issues that feed her soul she is watching TV with her partner, playing pretend with her little or having deep conversations about gender and sexuality with her bigs.
Adrianne Delgado is a registered, licensed dietitian and graduated with honors from West Chester University along with a minor in psychology. In 2015, Adrianne received her Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management. With over 20 years experience in out-patient nutrition care, Adrianne is dedicated to her craft and helping clients achieve results.
Adrianne’s passion includes helping her patients have a positive relationship with food, improving energy levels and empowering her clients to live their best life. As a working mother of five children, she understands firsthand the challenges of balancing health and responsibilities. Her practical tips for execution allow her clients to not only feel motivated but actually make the changes and achieve their goals.
In addition to family nutrition and weight loss, Adrianne enjoys working in the Medical Nutrition field helping patients create plans for hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, food intolerances, gastrointestinal health and autoimmune disorders. Adrianne also works with picky eaters (kids and adults) to find the right plan for success.
In 2019, Adrianne became an author to her first book Nourish, Eat, Repeat: A busy woman’s guide to a healthier mind, body and life. Adrianne also hosts the popular podcast, Nourish, Eat, Repeat and for the past 2 years has been performing nutrition assemblies for elementary and middle schools in the community.
Adrianne resides in Royersford with her husband and children, and enjoys exercise, reading, cooking, and growing produce in her garden.
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Kale Doughty is the Community Food Access Educator at Chester County Food Bank. Kale brings nearly 10 years of experience in the agriculture and gardening industry, heavily focused on education and food access. Kale’s favorite thing to grow is okra, and they will tell you all about it!
Maclain Gutkin has been in the public health sector for the last 7 years working for the state of South Carolina. She has both her Bachelors and Masters degree in Public Health, with an emphasis on Health Promotion, Education and Behavior. She has a passion for health and wellness and believes that everyone has the fundamental right to live a happy, healthy, and prosperous life. At the Medical University of South Carolina in the Boeing Center for Children's Wellness Maclain serves as the Local Wellness Policy Program Coordinator. In her role, she helps public school districts turn policy into practice to ensure wellness is integrated in school communities.
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Shona Levy is the founder of 360! For Life!, a holistic wellness consulting service that embraces that embraces the concept of nurturing your elements. Shona is a certified Master Level Nutrition & Wellness Consultant focused on providing the keys to natural, non-invasive techniques and methodologies that crucial in the healing process. Shona provides unique recipes and daily regimens tailored to fit the needs of the individual client for the issues they are experiencing. She is the hostess of "Cancer, Be Gone!" which highlights a powerful and dynamic team of medical professionals, cancer survivors and holistic experts who have scientifically based evidence that a healthy immune system can be your most powerful defense mechanism. She is a valued thought leader in the field of food science and is dedicated to promoting the many pathways to wellness using non invasive therapies that are scientifically proven to empower the immune system. You may book your consultation at www.calendly.com/360forlifecoaching.
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After starting her career as a classroom teacher, Katie McLaughlin seamlessly transitioned into a pivotal role within the Thom Stecher and Associates team as an educational consultant. With a focus on social-emotional learning (SEL), her expertise extends to educational practices and their implementation.
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Erika Mendez is the Community Food Educator at Chester County Food Bank. Erika brings five years of experience in the field of food access, and has worked in food pantry settings and in SNAP. Erika’s favorite thing to cook with youth is smoothies!
Eric Miller, P.h.D. has been introducing badminton as a fun, healthy and competitive sport to the local Pottstown community since 2014. As a father and son team. Eric and Zak Miller have run clinics for area Middle and High school students, coached tournament players, have run regional competitions and have coached the Bryn Mawr Varsity badminton team! They have also coached local pickleball clinics.
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Zak Miller coaches badminton and pickleball at the Smashville facility in Pottstown as well as at the Phoenixville Recreation Center and the Spring Valley YMCA. He is involved with the development of new Virtual Reality sports training software. Zak is also the Head Coach for the Bryn Mawr College varsity badminton team and Director of Pickleball at Fit Life Fitness in Pottstown
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Nancy L. Miller has been a helping professional most of her life. As a registered nurse, she served people in hospitals, homes, and high school settings. She currently enjoys serving others through life coaching, grief recovery, facilitating workshops, and speaking.
Nancy is a certified life coach who holds the credential of Professional Certified Coach from the International Coaching Federation. She is also a Wellcoaches Certified Health & Well-Being Coach and a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.
Her desire to help others continue moving forward despite unplanned life events was born out of her own experiences and led her to establish Navigate Life Coaching, LLC. It’s Nancy’s goal to help individuals live their best possible lives, discover well-being, and fulfill the great commandment including the charge to “love yourself”. She is especially passionate about coaching those in helping professions so they can be whole in body, soul, and spirit to fulfill the work they’re called to do.
In her spare time, you’ll find Nancy biking, hiking, reading, or searching for healthy delicious recipes as part of her own self-care practices. Traveling to the beach, the mountains and the nations brings her great joy
Abby Morgan is the Program Director of Thom Stecher and Associates. She coordinates all programming in Southeastern Pennsylvania and throughout the country. Her expertise is in Trauma Informed practices, the Mental Health and well-being of students and staff, as well as leading teams in a systems approach to integrating Social Emotional Learning in school buildings and district-wide.
Abby earned her degree in Human Development and Family Relations from the University of Connecticut. She then spent 9 years coaching collegiate lacrosse before returning to the area in 2012 to begin working with Thom Stecher and Associates.
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Thom Stecher is a nationally recognized educational consultant and inspirational speaker. He founded and has led Thom Stecher and Associates for the past 30 years. The mission of Thom Stecher and Associates is to guide and support schools and school districts in Social Emotional Learning, and all that falls into that umbrella. Wellness, resiliency, student supports, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and trauma-informed practices are all essential components of human teaching and learning. Thom and his team offer professional development for administrators and staff, school board and administrator retreats, student voice opportunities, and parent engagement sessions.
Thom established the first Masters degree in Social Emotional Learning with Neumann University in 2011. The 36-credit degree has over 200 graduates. Teachers, counselors, nurses, special educators, administrators, and more from across Southeastern Pennsylvania learn from experts as well as their classmates in experiential, meaningful, and immediately applicable courses.
Over his 50 years in education, Thom has made a difference in the lives of countless students, staff, administrators, parents, and community members across the country. His authenticity, vulnerability, integrity, and courage foster connection, compassion, and empathy with everyone he encounters.
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Karen Tripolitis is the founder of Mindful Roots Children. Thirty years as an educator have informed the development of her movement based program that supports the social and emotional growth of children. For the last 15 years she has witnessed the effectiveness of this work in building connected groups of children. The M.Y. Time Program is now being taught to 1,000+ students in five school districts. The M.Y. Time training is workshop based so that experiential learning builds confidence for implementation. Her comprehensive and practical instructor’s guide equips you with the tools to dive in and make each day brighter. A small investment in the daily integration of strategies from the program creates more peaceful places for children to thrive. We invite you to join in the fun of experiencing a mini lesson from the program.
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