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John Lester is a nationally known educational consultant and author with degrees in comprehensive social studies, gifted education, and school administration. He is graduate of Morehead State University and University of Dayton. John Lester is currently an adjunct instructor at Ashland University. John Lester specializes in the areas of standards-based learning, differentiation, gifted education, and leadership.

He is the founder and executive director of Ohio Leadership Institute, a statewide educational nonprofit organization that provides leadership opportunities for Ohio's youth. He is the founder and director of Ohio Leadership Training Camps, Ohio's largest residential summer leadership camp program.

John Lester is also the founder and director of Ohio Model United Nations for middle school and high school students. Each year thousands of students participate in the statewide global awareness and leadership program. The middle school program is the only program of its kind in the nation and the high school program is one of the largest and longest running programs in the nation.

As a high school teacher, John Lester directed students in developing community service programs, one of which was named as President George H. Bush's 52^nd Point of Light. He has held educational fellowships in Japan, Germany, and the Czech Republic.

He served as president of Kiwanis, local and county historical societies, and the Ohio Association for Gifted Children. He has presented and conducted professional development workshops throughout Ohio and the nation. He is the author of Generating Standards-Based Lessons: Planning and Implementing Lessons in the Age of Standards, as well as, numerous other books, units, articles, and activities in the area of classroom differentiation, gifted education, standards-based learning, and leadership.

Client Accolades

"Thanks for you book, "Generating Standards-Based Lessons". As a new teacher it is very beneficial to have a resource such as your book to help guide and plan effective lessons. Thank you again for helping a new teacher".

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your book. The Bloom's Taxonomy chapters are great refreshers and the differentiation lessons will be helpful to me".

Classroom Teacher / Reading Specialist
Pennslyvania

John, thanks for sharing your differentiation material. I have easily been able to use the Bloom’s Taxonomy related material with my students, especially to provide challenges for my brightest and most able students.

I have been able to use the activities in the “Bloom’s Taxonomy Reading Cards” with my students who are just beginning the reading process and those who are good readers. I have also been able to use activities on the cards to create differentiated learning centers for my students. The cards are wonderful!

Teacher- Grade K

Lewis County Central Elementary School

Vanceburg, KY

'Excellent information and engaging speaker- Bring him back!'

'Enthusiasm and relevancy! Excellent information!'

'Very interesting, I learned a lot more about teaching; I would like to have more information about layered lessons.'

'Lesson planning, differentiation, levels of learning... All well explained, so I will have a 'road map' of how to get to where I should be going in planning for my classes.'

'It was great! I needed a quick 'brain break' every 60 minutes so I could stay completely absorbed in what was taught.'

'I really enjoyed your personal stories. You have given me ideas on how to combine taxonomy with our lessons plans. Also, the differentiation is much clearer. What a wealth of information!'

'So many things to remember, so many ways to make the subject new again. Now I'm excited to begin teaching! This showed me things I need to do better without making me feel dumb or put down, so easy to do.'

'I learned a lot, I think it filled up the unused part of my brain, it was very engaging!'

Teachers
Killeen Independent School District
Killeen, TX

"Excellent! I learned more today than I have in attending 25 years of inservice workshops in this district. Thanks for your presentation and wonderful ideas. And your stories are so entertaining and thought provoking! Thank you for a wonderful day!"

Middle School Teacher
Pickaway County ESC, Ohio

"WOW, what can I say? The past two days have been absolutely the best workshops I have ever attended and I am have been teaching for 29 years! You opened my eyes to wonderful new differentiation strategies and activities I can use next week with my studnets. Your stories were inspiring and entertaining. Keep up the good work you do for teachers".

Third Grade Teacher
Ohio

John captures the essence of planning lessons that are exciting for students of all ability levels. His procedures are manageable for all content areas, meet required standards AND bring challenge to all learners!

John has designed an incredible resource to help all teachers easily adapt content lessons to the ability levels of students. This is a masterful, insightful application of Bloom's Taxonomy that impacts on the content, process and products of learners.

As a teacher of gifted for over 25 years, I find John's material very practical and easy to use for all teachers. He provides masterful ways to apply Bloom's taxonomy to classroom work so that lessons meet standards and
the needs of students.

John demonstrates practical, easy methods to align, apply and accelerate daily plans based on standards and Bloom's Taxonomy. Materials are user friendly, relevant to all content areas, grade levels and are
well-organized!

John Lester uses his unique understanding of classroom teaching to make differentiation a viable program for teachers. The masterful application of Bloom's Taxonomy to content areas guarantees that standards will be met and that lessons will be both challenging and interesting to students at all evels.

Teachers, Gifted Institute
Millersville University
Millersville, PA

John E. Lester
Educational Consultant
lesterohio@gmail.com

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