Marjorie S. Schiering

Dr. Schiering believes: Classroom community building comes before teaching “subject matter,” education is a reciprocal process between student and teacher, everyone is a teacher of something, how one thinks and feels (Cognitive Collective) impacts on what one says and does, there needs to be laughter in ourselves so we can enjoy what we’re doing and share that delight, our “conscious will” determines the type of person modeled for others, talking “with” one another instead of “to” or “at” them is a vital component of conversation excellence, and interactive lessons where imagination may be applied through critical and creative thinking serve as the mainstay for how learning best occurs. A graduate of Monroe High School (nee: After) in Rochester, NY, Schiering went on to graduate from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Education, M.S. in Reading from the College of New Rochelle, NY., and a doctorate from St. John’s University, NY. in Instructional Leadership. With numerous presentations throughout the USA, Europe and membership in the Oxford Round Table, as well as Advisor for the International Brain Education Association and Molloy College's Circle K Intl., a certified NYS trainer for Project SAVE and the Dignity for All Students Act, Dr. Schiering adheres to one formidable rule: “No Put Downs…Only Lift Ups!" (’76). Just as importantly, in 1990, she expressed the idea of accepting one’s self and others with the affirmative statement about each of us being "enough." Her books focus on a Model for Academic and Social Cognition, Creativity and Critical Thinking, as well as Character Development. After a career as an elementary school teacher she became a college professor.