Classroom management is on every teacher’s mind these days, and by extension, every student’s.  As educators navigate increasing complex classroom environments filled with children’s socialization and behavior issues, classroom management is also, perhaps, on every parent’s mind. Schools need parents’ help in teaching children the boundaries and behavior needed to learn.

Diane Roberts is a powerful speaker with expertise in classroom management.  We are honored to have her keynoting at our Summer Training Institute this June.  To learn more and to register for our event, click here:  https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/.  Now here’s more about Diane and her keynote.

Diane Roberts, First Morning Keynote, Sunday, June 22. Solving the Classroom Management Puzzle

For more than two decades, Diane Roberts was a teacher and administrator in public education.  She recently retired and is trained in restorative practices, AVID, positive behavior intervention and supports, and youth mental health first aid.  Her specialties include Successful Classroom Management.

Diane served as a member of the Charles County Public Schools Equity Task Force, the Superintendent’s Task Force on the African American Employee Experience, and was group facilitator and pilot school leader for the Task Force on Achieving Academic Equity and Excellence for Black Boys for the Maryland State Department of Education.

As a Gurian Institute Certified Trainer, she has provided Boys and Girls Learn Differently training as well as Classroom Management training for Pilot schools in the Maryland Initiative.  A dynamic and inspiring presenter, Diane will explore the challenges teachers face, how to leverage the science and strategies in classrooms and buildings, how to focus compassionately on the needs of all children, and how to increase parent involvement in student self-management.

To learn more about Diane Roberts, please click https://gurianinstitute.com/member/diane-roberts/

To learn more about our Summer Training Institute and to register please visit https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2025/.

To bring groups of five or more, email Dakota Hoyt, our Managing Director, at info@gurianinstitute.com or dakota.gurianinstitute@gmail.com and she will help you set up this group rate.

If you would like to become a certified trainer at our Summer Institute, please check out the Trainer Certification page https://gurianinstitute.com/trainer-certification/ then contact Dakota to add Certified Trainer to your menu of work at the Institute.