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Professional Development Events
Whether you’re looking for a single virtual keynote or a full-day professional development experience for your district, school, or conference we have solutions sure to inspire your educators, equip your leaders, and boost student engagement!
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GYTO: The Mini Experience!
We bring the Magic of GYTO Conferences to your school, district, state, or your own conference!
Customize the Magic of Get Your Teach On for your School or District!
Experiences for K-12 teachers & administrators include multiple presenters, all of the materials needed for the sessions, fun GYTO decor, and attendee swag to create a professional development experience for your teachers and staff will never forget!
GYTO SPEAKERS
HOPE & WADE KING
Educators, Authors, Get Your Teach On Leaders
Hope and Wade King are a dynamic, husband-and-wife duo, passionate about the world of education who have found tremendous success with students from a variety of backgrounds. They are both highly decorated, award-winning educators; and have built their classrooms on the foundation of student engagement powered by academic rigor. Together, Hope and Wade co-authored the best-selling book, The Wild Card, and a children’s book, The Wild Card Kids.
LaNESHA TABB
Culturally Relevant Teaching, Author, Founder, Education with an Apron
Author of “Unpack Your Impact” and Education Influencer, LaNesha is a 15+ year educator helping schools to teach a culturally relevant curriculum.
CHRIS POMBONYO
Award-Winning Educator & Administrator, Former Radio Disney Host
Ready to take your students’ learning to new heights? Put the spotlight on the quality of teaching and learning in your classrooms to keep students “loving the show”!
NAOMI O’BRIEN
Founder of Read Like a Rock Star, Author of “Unpack Your Impact”.
Naomi's passion for culturally responsive teaching, accurate primary social studies lessons, rigorous reading instruction, and social justice-oriented education has been a driving force behind the message she hopes to instill in other educators and children.
PRINCIPAL AMEN RAHH
Best Selling Author, National Speaker, Executive Coach
“Be Humble. Be Hungry. Be Smart. The next generation of schools will need to know how to create content that can build a bridge between your school goal and family needs and desires.” - Amen Rahh
AMELIA CAPOTOSTA
Host of “Literacy Live”, National Speaker and Implementation Specialist
Pairing engagement and rigor in an ELA classroom, Creating passionate and powerful readers, and Classroom routines and management for a successful reading and writing workshop
HAYWARD JEAN
SPEAK LIFE Educator!
Education is a strength-based journey, and I am passionate about developing the C.L.A.S.S. (Culture, Leadership, and Advocacy of Schools and Systems) to help educators and students experience the educational breakthrough they deserve!”
ALLYSON APSEY
Award-Winning Educator and TEDx Speaker
Award-Winning Principal, District Leadership and Mentoring Coach, a Certified Trauma Practitioner, Executive Board of Directors for MEMSPA (Michigan) as the Professional Development Chair and is on the NAESP Editorial Advisory Board. Author of “Leading the Whole Teacher”.
TODD NESLONEY
Award-Winning Educator, Author, and TedX Speaker
Todd has an immense love for Reading and Leading! As an award-winning Principal and Teacher AND a finalist for the John Maxwell Transformational Leadership Award, Todd has traveled the world speaking to educators and organizations.
DANIEL PATTERSON
Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Educator
After seventeen years in education, Daniel has dedicated his life to bringing awareness and transformational programming to mental health, substance use, and authenticity within education.
NICHOLAS FERRONI
Award-Winning Educator & Activist
Nicholas Ferroni is a nationally recognized educator and activist who educates, mentors and inspires students to reach their goals while driving a national dialogue about education reform.
TYLER COOK
Principal and Author of “Building Authenticity”
Tyler Cook is a speaker, author, and coach who is passionate about developing high-impact leaders who will grow their districts, staff, or students to their fullest potential!
JESSICA CABEEN
Award-Winning Administrator and Teacher, 4x Author & National Speaker
Jessica has been named the 2021 ED Dive National Principal of the year, 2017 Minnesota National Distinguished Principal of the Year, and was awarded the NAESP/VINCI Digital Leader of Early Learning Award in 2016. She is an NAESP Middle Level Fellow and a Future Ready Principal.
Verified GYTO PARTNERS
THESE SPEAKERS ARE NOT EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED BY GYTO SPEAKER NETWORK BUT WE STAND-BY, AND VERIFY THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL SPEAKERS IN THEIR FIELD AND CRAFT.
BRANDON P. FLEMING
Founder of the Harvard Diversity Project, Author of “Miseducated: A Memoir”
Brandon P. Fleming’s story of struggle, success, and service has inspired millions around the world.
STEVE SPANGLER
Emmy-Award Winning STEM Educator & Speaker
He’s a bestselling author, STEM educator, and television personality branded by TIME Magazine as one of their “most influential people of the year” because of his passion to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
CLINT PULVER
Author of “I Like It Here”, Founder of The Undercover Millennial, Leading Authority on Employee Retention
“When we help other Educators, Students, and Co-Workers to Connect Engage, and Perform, your Retention Improves, Academic Success Soars, and Your People Win!” - CLINT PULVER
Engagement Lab™
Unlimited Room Transformations and student engagement with the click of a mouse!
ENGAGEMENT LAB™
Research supports that when students are engaged, motivated, and immersed in an experience, their ability to retain information increases significantly. Our team of GYTO Engagement-Makers will fully transform a traditional learning space into their very own Engagement Lab™ that will bring lessons to life in an interactive environment with endless possibilities. This full transformation includes 30+ interactive scenes and experiences to transform any lesson in the click of a button...literally.
PROGRAM OPTIONS
Below are the different types of professional development experiences available to districts and schools. Please visit each speaker’s profile to find the keynotes and workshops they offer.
MINI GYTO CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
Full & Multi-Day In-Person Options
Bring the energy from the iconic GYTO Conferences to your District or School!
IN-PERSON
Keynote, Half-Day, & Full-Day Options
VIRTUAL
Keynote, Half-Day, & Full Day Options
TESTIMONIALS
THE GYTO TEAM
“Thank you for serving us! What HOPE, WADE and the GET YOUR TEACH ON TEAM provide for us is more than what I could have ever asked for in my teaching career! The community, the friendships, the laughs, the joy, the fire, the new learning, and everything in between is so special in this organization that is now near and dear to my heart! I’m so glad I bit the bullet and decided on a whim to join all of you at your conference. It was seriously one of the best moments in my life that I will NEVER forget. Thank you for pouring your blood, sweat, and tears into GYTO! I hope to join you and all the other incredible people and educators again soon!
- Dana Benn, Educator
HOPE & WADE KING
“Our virtual experience with Hope and Wade King was amazing! Inspirational, compassionate related to challenges with Covid-19, positive energy and messages! Loved the part about how Americans spend our time -the gossip one really helped send a message of professionalism to our team.”
-ALICE ROYBAL-BENSON
PRINCIPAL, DECKER ELEMENTARY
CHRIS POMBONYO
Chris Pombonyo is an inspiring educator whose talent lifts the lives of those around him. As a speaker, Chris is passionate and dynamic, yet also honest and vulnerable, which makes him relatable and encouraging to his audience. He has been a recurring guest speaker in our teacher preparation program because he energizes our future teachers like no other. Our students will show up anytime and anywhere to learn from Chris!
— DR. TAYLOR WENZEL
Associate Professor University of Central Florida
BRANDON P. FLEMING
“Brandon, The most amazing thing today… so I decided after Thursday and Friday that I’m going to be an educator and not a teacher. My 3rd grade students learned about the Cherokee while I was in Georgia. There was a short 2 paragraph section in the Trail of Tears and after hearing you I decided I needed to do more with it. Today I read them some additional info on and we discussed it at great length. We talked and debated for so long that I looked up at the clock and it was dismissal time. They moaned because they didn’t want it to end. I loved it! Thank you for inspiring me to help my student become independent thinkers.”
— AMANDA MAST
Teacher, Danielsville, PA
LaNESHA TABB
I have had the pleasure of listening to LaNesha Tabb present at several different conferences. LaNesha’s content is so relevant because she a full time kindergarten teacher just like me. Once my district pushed us to a 90 minute reading block science and social studies were practically cut from my curriculum. LaNesha believes that little kids can tackle big topics. Because of her resources and guidance I have brought back social studies curriculum in my classroom.As a kindergarten teacher I have always struggled to find a meaningful way to teach writing to my students. For years I sat in back to school meetings and said my goal for the year was to be a better writing teacher. After watching LaNesha do the writing process chant with her kindergarten class I was sold. I loved that the students purpose for writing wasn’t just in response to some prompt. Instead they were creating a book! I also appreciate that her writing process is a framework and not a program so the students have a lot of choice. One of my biggest goals as a kindergarten teacher is to build student independence so I don’t have 27 hands up saying Miss Forney! After hearing LaNesha present I was actually excited to start writing with my kids. The best part of being a part of LaNesha’s professional development is her passion. She found something that worked for her and her students and now she wants to share it with other teachers!
— KELLIE FORNEY
17 YEAR EDUCATOR, EVANSVILLE, IN
HOPE & WADE KING
“Hope and Wade King are truly an inspiration. Having them at our school was amazing! They exuded energy and a passion for education. The money spent for professional development would be the best investment a school could make for their teachers.”
— VICKI REDING
TEACHER, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY
HOPE & WADE KING
“So incredibly thankful for y’all. So inspiring at such the perfect time. No matter how many times I listen to y’all, I still walk away with pages of notes, more ideas, more ‘ah ha’ moments, more love, and more love for my profession. Thank you doesn’t seem enough at all, but thank you to the end and back!!”
— ASHLEY ROBERTSON
PRINCIPAL, JAMES M. BROWN ELEMENTARY
HOPE & WADE KING
“For 9 years I’ve prayed for a day like today for our school community! You confirmed and took to a new level the belief for our scholars that we are not limited by where we live, but by where we believe! You stretched all of our beliefs about who we are, what we do, and why we do it! You used your gifts of classroom transformations to the ‘extreme’ classroom makeover, our scholars and staff have been inspired to take our work to a whole new level! A level that our children deserve!”
— HAYWARD JEAN
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, ORANGEBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOPE & WADE KING
“Set the Stage to Engage has been a game changer for me! It helped me get through my first year teaching 6th grade. My students loved when I would dress up or transform the room. They wanted more and loved coming to my class! I want to be a wave maker and have that ripple effect, and Set the Stage to Engage has guided me on that journey.”
— JENNIFER REEVES
TEACHER, ANGUS VALLEY ELEMENTARY
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