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Murray Banks is a passionate and award winning teacher and the consummate professional speaker. He's taught at every level—elementary, middle school, high school and at a major university. He's taught in a city school district and in a small, rural school in Vermont. He was Vermont's Teacher of the Year in physical education and was honored nationally with the Outstanding Educator Award. His classroom stories and student anecdotes are poignant and hilarious and because Murray frequently works with Fortune 500 companies, he brings a challenging message about performance, accountability and success.
At the same time he was garnering educational honors, he was winning his first of four national championships in the triathlon. In 1984, he took a leave from teaching to focus on training for the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. Two times he has been one of the top finishers in the World Championship and his success there led to his present career as a professional speaker. Racing the finest skiers from Europe and Scandinavia, Murray recently won the masters world championship in cross-country skiing.
Murray Banks utilizes his skills as an award-winning educator to create presentations that inspire and challenge his audiences to bring adaptability, enthusiasm and optimism to their work. His passion and humor make his presentations poignant yet fun and he brings a challenging message about performance, accountability and success for a wide array of audiences.
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Teaching Style: Murray's dynamic teaching presentations are the perfect compliment to your staff development training. He will highlight the importance of body language, story telling, eye contact, facial expression and tone of voice. Murray will help your teachers understand that motivating students takes enthusiasm, humor, and a "here and now" sense of purpose and will show them how to develop these qualities at an emotional and a lifestyle level. Performance and Lifestyle: Your life comes to school with you and leaks out all day! You can't avoid it. Your well-being and balance affect your creative thinking, problem-solving abilities, and interactions with students and colleagues—not to mention your productivity. Healthy, positive people have the stamina and focus to work with challenging students, teach long hours, and deal with stress. Murray's humorous and thoughtful presentation hits so close to home that teachers will immediately want to share what they've learned with family and students. Change: We go with what is familiar... even if it kills us! That's because teachers love the "Comfort Zone," that familiar place where consistency and normalcy rule. In this presentation, Murray humors, cajoles and inspires educators to convert the stress of change to the challenge of change. His cartoons and images of change-resistant people... the ones who die but continue coming to work...will have your audience laughing as they are learning. Murray provides specific skills for staying at the cutting edge of change in education...and enjoying it. Leadership: Successful leadership is style and persona! Great leaders create a mindset for exceptional schools. Murray will challenge school administrators to balance enthusiasm, knowledge, compassion, and mental toughness to create school teams that people love to be a part of. Murray will blend his leadership experiences with specific skills, audience interaction and motivation to move your school administrators and board members from managing to leading. Customized Education Presentations: Murray can customize and design his presentations for School Administrator Conferences, Leadership Retreats, School District Staff Development Programs, and School Board Conferences. |
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