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Practical sessions teachers can use the next day.

Keynotes, conference sessions and full-day seminars on inclusive practice, co-teaching, and the science of reading for grades 6 to 12.

Glynis Shulters standing, in a red blazer

Featured keynote

From Theory to Practice: Making Co-Teaching Actually Work

Two credentialed teachers, one room, and very little guidance on how they are meant to share it. The field has largely settled on naming the six models and telling pairs to co-plan weekly during common planning time. That advice assumes a master schedule with overlapping prep, and most schedules are built under constraints nobody chose.

This keynote is about what a pair can do inside the schedule they already have, and why ten minutes with the right question beats an hour without one. It is built to change how a room thinks about the work, not to send everyone home with a checklist.

We have been stuck in one teach, one assist for years

For the teachers in the room

One teach, one assist is a fine place to start and a hard place to leave. Graduating out of it happens in small steps rather than one big change, and most pairs can start making those changes the next day.

How long should this actually take?

For the leaders in the room

The full range of models is often expected right out of the gate. It can happen inside a first year, and sometimes does, but usually only after a pair has had planning time and enough time together to build trust. This part is about where to set the expectation, and what coaching and support will move a pair toward it.

Glynis Shulters mid-sentence, hands raised

Length

30 to 45 minutes

Works as an opening keynote or an after-lunch session.

Audience

Teachers and leaders together

Teachers leave with moves for their own room. Leaders leave with the scheduling and pairing decisions that make those moves possible.

Also available as

A breakout or a full day

The same material opens out into a conference session or a full day of onsite work with pairs.

Book this keynote Tell us the audience and the date and we'll come back with availability.

How attendees rate the sessions

6.8/7

Instructor rating

Her average rating as an instructor on public seminar evaluations for the Bureau of Education & Research.

94%

Took it back to the classroom

Said they were likely or highly likely to apply what they learned, on evaluations from onsite trainings Glynis ran for schools.

Have a date in mind? Tell us the basics and we will come back with availability.

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Signature topics

Each one is built for the group in the room, so tell us who will be there and what you need them to walk out able to do.

Glynis also presents national seminars for the Bureau of Education & Research. Those register through BER and are listed further down this page. Everything above is booked directly with us.

Co-teaching

Models, co-planning, co-assessment, and what makes a partnership hold together past October.

Structured literacy for grades 6 to 12

The science of reading applied to adolescents, with materials built for their age rather than adapted down.

Inclusive practices for every classroom

What general and special educators can actually do together, in the schedule they already have.

Building inclusive programs

A leader's view: the systems, staffing, and decisions that make inclusion work at the school level.

Student-led IEPs

Putting students in charge of the meeting about them, and what it takes to prepare them for it.

Upcoming dates

Open seminars through the Bureau of Education & Research. Registration goes through BER.

2026 Co-Teaching Conference Anaheim, California
Science of Reading, grades 6 to 12 Live online
Science of Reading, grades 6 to 12 Live online
2026 Co-Teaching Conference Columbus, Ohio
2026 Co-Teaching Conference Chicago, Illinois
Science of Reading, grades 6 to 12 Live online
Science of Reading, grades 6 to 12 Live online

More dates are coming in January 2027 and are not published yet.

What attendees said

This was one of the best professional development sessions I have ever attended. Perfectly paced, loaded with useful materials and meaningful strategies.
Taylor, reading intervention, Illinois
I am so glad someone was finally covering reading for the older grades. I have so many things I want to try and so thankful for all the resources she has shared with us.
Cindy, special education resource teacher, grades 6 to 8, Michigan
When you have to be away from school and out of the classroom you want it to be worth it, and this was well worth the time.
Amy, reading specialist, New Hampshire
She connected the science of reading to the secondary level with actual strategies that will fit the age.
Bethany, curriculum director, Maine

Past engagements

Reading to Learn: Strategies to Accelerate Secondary Literacy California Charter Schools Conference
Improve Learning Environments for Students with Disabilities edWeb, Educating All Learners Alliance
Spread Then Scale Carnegie Summit
Students with Disabilities NIC Pilot California Educational Research Association
Supporting Principals as Inclusive Leaders in Systems Change RTI International

Bring Glynis to your event or your staff

Conference keynotes, breakout sessions, and full-day onsite seminars. Tell us the basics and we'll come back to you with availability and what it would involve.

You will usually hear back within two working days.

Rather just talk it through?

Book a free 30 minute call and we'll work out the format together.

Questions we get asked

What does Glynis speak about?

Co-teaching, structured literacy for grades 6 to 12, inclusive practices for every classroom, building inclusive programs, and student-led IEPs.

How do we book her?

Conference keynotes, breakout sessions and full-day onsite seminars are booked directly with Layered Education. The open seminars listed on this page register through the Bureau of Education & Research.

Can a session be built around our staff?

Yes. Each one is built for the group in the room, so tell us who will be there and what you need them to walk out able to do.

How do attendees rate the sessions?

6.8 out of 7 is her average instructor rating on public seminar evaluations for the Bureau of Education & Research. On evaluations from onsite trainings run for schools, 94 percent said they were likely or highly likely to apply what they learned.