Educational Leader, Climate & Culture Specialist, CEO of "Tigers Level Up" & Author of "Classroom Management 101"
Dr. Derrick Allen Biography
Dr. Derrick Allen has been a successful urban and suburban public school teacher, school counselor, basketball coach, and principal. He has over ten years of experience. Allen attended and graduated from Alcorn State University. He overcame growing up in the projects to become the first person in his family to graduate with his doctorate degree. In addition, Dr. Allen is a 3X basketball coaching champion, record setting school turnaround specialist and published author of 12 books.
Some of those publications include: Classroom Management 101, Surviving the Principalship: Year 1 Guide, and How to Pass the Praxis? He was recently selected for Marquis Who's Who in 2023. Allen wants to deliver his message to impact student-teacher relationships and help as many teachers become certified and ready to control their classrooms from day 1.
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Dr. Derrick Allen Speaking Topics
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Classroom Management: The number 1 reason why teachers leave the profession?
This reason needs to be addressed immediately to keep teachers at your school and in the profession of education. I have had the privilege of training many teachers on classroom management. Many have thanked me for demonstrating how to effectively manage their classrooms from day 1 and in the middle year adjustments when they need to be made as well. This session will provide you with several different tips and strategies to help you manage your classroom.
There is no need to come to work stressed out when I can help you and your teachers manage students. I have worked in several different school settings and understand how to effectively manage the classroom in elementary, middle, and high school settings. I can ensure you that your teachers that need to be trained on Classroom Management will improve significantly from attending one of my sessions as the others have benefited throughout my tenure in education.
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Student-Teacher Relationships: How it impacts all of your data?
This session will help you get a clear understanding of your data and how student-teacher relationships ties to school improvement. This was the number one theme in my book Underperforming Girls on the Georgia Milestones Assessment: A Case Study. Through interviewing fifteen different educators student-teachers emerged as the most important part of school data. Students know when an adult does not care about them and will not give their best efforts academically, behaviorally, or athletically.
Learn the subtle signs that could help to improve your attendance, test scores, culture, athletic programs, and morale of your school. This theme needs attention all around the world as your school could improve significantly by attending this session to improve your understanding of student-teacher relationship issues.
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Dr. Derrick Allen is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Author, Business Leadership, Culture, Data, Education, Leadership, Youth -
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Dr. Derrick Allen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Classroom Management: The number 1 reason why teachers leave the profession?, Student-Teacher Relationships: How it impacts all of your data?, How to pass the teacher certification test?, How to manifest success in your school? and Next Level Leadership: Embracing a growth mindset. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Derrick Allen for your event is available upon request. Dr. Derrick Allen generally travels from Birmingham, AL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cassandra Worthy, Kristie Kennedy, Hill Harper, Hilderbrand Pelzer III and Brian Fanzo. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Derrick Allen for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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