PD and Keynotes

As Academic Director for Regional Training Center, Mike is an expert on educational professional development.  He has taught more than 70 graduate courses, facilitated hundreds of days of professional development, designed or co-designed 4 graduate education courses, regularly speaks at state, regional, national and international conferences, and supervises more than 100 graduate education instructors in three states who in total teach more than 25 different in-person, virtual, and online courses. 
Mike’s presentations are consistently rated at the highest levels and he is often asked for return engagements.  He will work with your district, or organization, to custom create the most memorable professional development your professional staff has ever experienced. For more information on Mike’s Kinesthetic Classroom or Brain-Based Teaching and Learning trainings and keynotes please visit www.mikekuczala.com.

For the past three years, Mike Kuczala has provided our district with high-quality, meaningful professional development on critical topics expertly tailored to the needs of our staff members. Mike’s sessions are consistently well-received, with teachers across the PK-12 spectrum expressing positive feedback and requesting follow-on sessions.

Dr. Dyanne Kerecman 
Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning (Retired)
Haddonfield (NJ) Public Schools

The Peak Performing Teacher: 5 Habits for Success
Professional Development 

​​Available in ½, 1, 2, or 3-day experiences
Cultivating focus, re-energizing oneself, and improving daily habits are essential for educators’ well-being and the good that they pass along to students. An educators’ greatest tool is a mirror—in it, teachers will find their greatest advocate for personal growth, power, wellness, and vision: themselves.
However, finding the time to implement new habits can be hard. Because small changes are easier to plan for and realize, this professional development concentrates on the habits that are most likely to yield significant improvements and guides educators in meaningful self-reflection by providing:
  • Five critical practices to increase productivity and decrease anxiety including living the physical life, managing stress through changing your mind, practicing gratitude, morning routine creation, personal mission development, and goal setting
  • Hands-on experience in the five practices that guide participants in developing self-care strategies
  • Practical checklists and templates to help educators maintain goals

​Grounded in new research connecting personal change to professional improvement, Mike’s approach to well-being builds a bridge between mind and body to create a comprehensive path for success.

"Mike’s speech struck a note with everyone in the audience as it provided practical ideas for everyone to take away to implement positive change.  Mike provided a blueprint and tools to exploit the brain and body connection to inspire and enhance skills for all.  He was also humble, kind and helpful, and happy to develop ideas further with smaller groups. We are very excited to be working with Mike again in 2020 as he joins us at our Leadership Conference in Madrid." 

​Kam Chohan
Chief Operating Officer
ECIS, the Educational Collaborative for International Schools

The Peak Performing Teacher: 5 Habits for Success
Keynote Experience

Mike is one of the most unique keynoters in the education industry and has had the pleasure of delivering his messages on 4 continents including such diverse settings as:
  • The Educational Collaborative for International Schools
  • The East Asia Regional Council of Schools
  • The Francis Marion University Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty Summer Institute
  • The Forum for Innovative Leadership
  • The Society for Health and Physical Educators. ​​
Mike will work with your organization’s leadership to custom design a dynamic Peak Performing Teacher keynote experience that will invigorate and motivate any audience. Highlighting the topics of living physically, life perspective, mission creation and goal setting, gratitude, and morning routine, this keynote is light on power point and heavy on audience participation, laughter and movement.

Contact Mike

Contact Mike to schedule your next professional development or keynote presentation!