Great for luncheons, keynotes, or other conference events. E-mail program coordinator Mike Winter at shelleyvisits@yahoo.com for more information.

• Journeys, Pyramids, and Elvis, Oh My!
  A 30 - 45 minute visual program featuring entertaining stories and anecdotes from Shelley's books and from her writing life. Be sure to bring your blue suede shoes!
  
  
• Rainbow Connections
  A 45 - 60 minute motivational program for educators. Discover how a special geometry project transformed an urban middle school in Cleveland, Ohio and enjoy a taste of "life, math, and good-tasting barbecue" during this unique, visual program based on the book All of the Above, a 2007 ALA Notable selection. Shelley is a former classroom teacher who holds a M.Ed. from John Carroll University and has been recognized as a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar teacher.
  
  

Workshops ranging from one to two hours.

• Primary Sources: Finding the Stories in History
  Find out how to use primary sources such as letters, photographs, newspapers, census records, and other historical materials in creative ways with your students.
  
  
• Extreme Writing Makeover: The Teachers' Edition
  Can't get your students to revise? Tired of listening to the "moans and groans" about rough drafts? Discover new techniques and ways of encouraging revision. Get samples of Shelley's own rough drafts to take back to your classrooms. This is a two-hour program for upper elementary and middle school teachers and it includes discussion time.