Susan Carter
B.ED
AB, CAPreventing teacher burn out is the focus of Susan’s work. By addressing student behavior and aggravations from outside the classroom, she provides teachers with more time to do their best job in the classroom.
Susan Carter finds humour in everyday situations and offers creative solutions to cope with the stresses of teaching.
Teachers can be overwhelmed by marking, phone calls, prep, emails and student behavior. Susan shares timesaving solutions to give teachers breathing room and lighten their workload.
A speaker, teacher, author and comic, Susan holds a B.Ed. from the University of Regina and has taught in four provinces. She has spent thirty years full time teaching – music in elementary and art in junior high. Additional years were spent substitute teaching - a learning curve every day!
In 1993 she decided to act her dream of doing stand-up comedy. When she started speaking to teachers, speeches were a comedic look at her teaching journey. Gradually the speeches evolved into successful programmes to help teachers connect with their students while having fun in the classroom.
Susan tells the story of spending years struggling with her junior high art students to TRY to get them to clean up at the end of class. The epiphany came when she realized that there was no need to clean up at the end of the class when cleaning at the beginning of the class worked with less struggle and aggravation for students as well as teachers.
Susan’s Most Requested Programmes:
- Ten Things No One Taught You About Teaching
- Teaching Art with No Art Room, No Budget and Lots of Kids
Susan started speaking to teachers in 1995. She has appeared as a key note speaker and a break out leader.
She has spoken to:
- Councils in New Brunswick
- Teacher groups in Halifax and Ontario.
- Many small P.D. sessions and the large Teachers' Conventions in Alberta:
· North East Central Teachers' Convention
· North Central Teachers' Convention
· South East Teachers' Convention
· South West Teachers' Convention
· Palliser District Teachers' Convention
· Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention
· Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention
· Calgary Teachers' Convention
· Central Teachers' Convention
Susan has written two books for teachers. Teaching Art with No Art Room, No Budget and Lots of Kids and The Things No One Told You About Teaching!
“It was so great to have Susan at the school, she made me laugh! The staff enjoyed having her here because she taught us to have fun with the kids, be yourself and have a great year!”
D. F.
(Junior High Teacher)
“Your workshops were so well-loved last year that we would like to book the same ones for this year!”
Laura Syms, KTTA Professional Development Chair
(Kamloops-Thompson Teacher Association Professional Development Chair)
Susan Carter finds humour in everyday situations and offers creative solutions to cope with the stresses of teaching.
Teachers can be overwhelmed by marking, phone calls, prep, emails and student behavior. Susan shares timesaving solutions to give teachers breathing room and lighten their workload.
A speaker, teacher, author and comic, Susan holds a B.Ed. from the University of Regina and has taught in four provinces. She has spent thirty years full time teaching – music in elementary and art in junior high. Additional years were spent substitute teaching - a learning curve every day!
In 1993 she decided to act her dream of doing stand-up comedy. When she started speaking to teachers, speeches were a comedic look at her teaching journey. Gradually the speeches evolved into successful programmes to help teachers connect with their students while having fun in the classroom.
Susan tells the story of spending years struggling with her junior high art students to TRY to get them to clean up at the end of class. The epiphany came when she realized that there was no need to clean up at the end of the class when cleaning at the beginning of the class worked with less struggle and aggravation for students as well as teachers.
Susan’s Most Requested Programmes:
- Ten Things No One Taught You About Teaching
- Teaching Art with No Art Room, No Budget and Lots of Kids
Susan started speaking to teachers in 1995. She has appeared as a key note speaker and a break out leader.
She has spoken to:
- Councils in New Brunswick
- Teacher groups in Halifax and Ontario.
- Many small P.D. sessions and the large Teachers' Conventions in Alberta:
· North East Central Teachers' Convention
· North Central Teachers' Convention
· South East Teachers' Convention
· South West Teachers' Convention
· Palliser District Teachers' Convention
· Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention
· Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention
· Calgary Teachers' Convention
· Central Teachers' Convention
Susan has written two books for teachers. Teaching Art with No Art Room, No Budget and Lots of Kids and The Things No One Told You About Teaching!
“It was so great to have Susan at the school, she made me laugh! The staff enjoyed having her here because she taught us to have fun with the kids, be yourself and have a great year!”
D. F.
(Junior High Teacher)
“Your workshops were so well-loved last year that we would like to book the same ones for this year!”
Laura Syms, KTTA Professional Development Chair
(Kamloops-Thompson Teacher Association Professional Development Chair)
Saving Time and Aggravation in the Classroom
Format: 50 minute keynote
This program is perfect for:
- Classroom teachers
Teachers can be overwhelmed by marking, phone calls, prep, emails and student behavior. As a teacher for more than thirty years, Susan has experienced and observed her colleagues dealing with these challenges. Susan shares timesaving solutions to give teachers breathing room and lighten their workload.
Ten things no one taught you about teaching
Format: ½ day workshop
This program is perfect for:
- New Teachers
First year teachers can be overwhelmed by everything they have to do. If you are struggling trying to help all students succeed AND having enough time to prepare, this workshop will help you take a breath, fix some problems and take home some engaging activities to use in your classroom. These ten things will help your year run more...
How to teach humour for stress relief, life skills and fun!
Format: ½ day workshop
This program is perfect for:
- English, Drama, and Health teachers - grade eight and up
This workshop is an informative and interactive session discussing the place of humour in your classroom. Susan has “lived” humour in her own classroom and has developed actual humour lessons suitable for students grade eight and up. She will discuss how humour works in the classroom and how to...
Teaching Art with no art room, no budget and lots of kids
Format: ½ day workshop
This program is perfect for:
- Art teachers grade 6 and up
University did not prepare Susan for the realities of teaching art. She learned on the job and in this session Susan shares organization, storage and clean up ideas for all media so you can approach your art lessons with confidence.
The workshop shows teachers new ways to organize their classroom to accommodate...
