Jodie Randisi
Life Coach for Kids, Certified Time to Teach trainer
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Jodie Randisi Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Classroom Management and Student Discipline
- Best Sellers
- 201 Things to Do When Children Say I'M BORED!
- Career Focus
- Time to Teach! trainer, professional development for teacher and school districts
- Affiliation
- Center for Teacher Effectiveness, Toastmasters Intl, Family Manager Inc., CLASS, Moms in Touch
Jodie Randisi is a professional speaker with hands-on experience and a personal commitment to excellence in both business and in the education of our youth. She is passionate about helping people find their purpose and passion in life. As a life coach for kids, Jodie uses a strengths-based approach to reframe the social and emotional thoughts of students in order to help them reach their full potential.
Randisi has been an educator for over 25 years and a small business owner for 15 years. After receiving a dual degree in Education from Millersville University, she went on to become a published author and certified Family Manager coach. In her spare time, she writes novels for middle grade readers and is an aspiring screenwriter. Her claim to fame is that she became the state champion liar for South Carolina. Toastmasters International when she won first place winner in the Tall Tales Contest. She’s also an award-winning speaker and presenter for Toastmasters. She particularly enjoys coaching teens to develop their public speaking skills.
Jodie has been a keynote speaker for various organizations and churches including the Hilton Head Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Strive to Excel, Interact Club, Women on the Move, First City Club of Savannah, and Toastmasters International.
She writes feature articles and people profiles for Hilton Head MONTHLY and PINK magazines. She is the co-author of Fear NO Evil - The Story of Denny Nissley and Christ in Action, 99; and 201 Things to Do When Children Say I’M BORED! The Checklist and Jou al for Busy Families , which can obtained by emailing jodie.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Teacher Attrition - A Costly Loss to Our Nation
http://www.childwhisperer.info/?p=304
How Dog Training is Training a Child
http://www.childwhisperer.info/?p=296
Loud But Not Clear - Communication Skills for the Whole Family
http://www.childwhisperer.info/?p=296
Personal Best - Who Needs a Coach
http://www.childwhisperer.info/?p=296
HELP! What Do I Do When My Child (fill in the blank)?
http://www.childwhisperer.info/?p=296
Jodie Randisi Books
201 Things to Do When Children Say I'M BORED!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5803
Total Pardon - An Extraordinary Love Story - paperback
http://amzn.com/0982152132
Total Pardon - An Extraordinary Love Story - Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075X935S
DO THE WRITE THING - A User-Frienly Guidebook
https://www.createspace.com/3839928
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Time and Attention - Children Need It!
Tell me if you've heard this one. Five birds are sitting on a telephone wire. Two decide to fly south. How many are left? Most people would say three. Actually, all five are left. You see, deciding to fly isn't the same thing as actually doing it. So it is with most things. Good intentions are not enough. It's not what we want, say or think that makes things happen; it's what we do. We either make the time for the things we want to and should do, or we make excuses. No doubt all good parents want to spend more time with their children, but so often life gets in the way.
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A Must Read Legendary Fruitcake Story
Make a list of your favorite things about Christmas and I would be willing to bet your list doesn't include fruitcake. Christmas fruitcake has never made the list unless you are a Randisi. My mother-in-law Rose Randisi made the best Christmas fruitcake bar none. People who have tasted her fruitcake unanimously agree, hers is nothing like the customary fruitcake misfortune everyone dreads. And that is because Rose’s fruitcake is flat out delicious. We normally fight over the last piece, it is that good.
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Preserving Summer Memories
Parents never know which gesture, tradition or spur-of-the-moment childhood adventure will become a treasured memory. However, chances are more treasured moments will occur during the summer months when most parents have more time to spend with their children.
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Three Things Parents Should Never Do for Their Children
A teacher once asked me, “What are you doing with your children?” She pushed her reading glasses to the end of her nose, pointed her finger directly at me and said, “I must speak to you in private.” I didn’t know what to expect. She shook her head and added, “What ever IT is, just keep doing ...
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What Treehouses Teach Us
I’ve thought long and hard about what makes children feel good about themselves and the world they live in. I’ve also read a lot of books and articles on this topic because it is my passion, but instead of overloading you with research or information, I thought it would be best to share some ...
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The Hurried Child
The French philosopher Jean-Jacque Rousseau wrote, “Childhood has its own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.” The pressure on today’s children to grow up fast begins in early childhood, starting with their clothing. We ...
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On the Road Again - Creative Ideas for Family Road Trips
A little preparation can turn any road trip into a fun family adventure. Here are some suggestions and creative ideas to help families enjoy one another’s company while traveling on the road. FOR TODDLERS: Prepare ziplock bags of items to be given out every 25, 50 or 75 miles. In each bag put ...
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Three Things Parents Should Never Do For Their Children
When our four year-old son asked if he could have a candy bar at the grocery store, I said no, and he said, okay, and the woman behind me said, “Wow, I’ve never seen that before.” She couldn’t recall seeing a child take no for an answer without whining. Usually children ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Jodie Randisi
"If classroom management isn't in place, nothing good happens." The most unchallenged assumption today is that children are coming to school knowing how to behave and ready to learn. That's not the case. Almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession in 5 years. I'm on a mission to stop teacher attrition with a proven program called Time To Teach!, which focuses on classroom management and student discipline.
Contacting Jodie Randisi
Please contact JODIE RANDISI at jodie.randisi@gmail.com.
How to get started
Please visit my website www.childwhisperer.info. I am jodierandisi on Twitter if you'd like to follow me. Or FACEBOOK.
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Other highlights
Finally, a user-friendly checklist of fresh ideas has become available for parents, grandparents, babysitters, teachers, and therapists. Actually, this book is a much-needed resource for anyone and everyone who spends time with children.
201 Things to Do… was first published in 1992 when Randisi was a young mother struggling to come up with ideas for things to do with her three young children. Despite being an elementary school teacher, she found herself using the television as a babysitter. Randisi admits the book was written out of necessity.
It wasn’t long before she discovered her collection of ideas served a much greater audience. As it turns out, she was not the only one with good intentions and not enough good ideas.
Now, the checklist of ideas has been revamped to include space for jou
aling allowing the everyday moments of children having fun to be captured and preserved.
201 Things to Do… is user-friendly book, unlike many huge scrapbooking projects. Not every idea requires a jou al entry. Straightforward pages and no fluff allows readers to bypass tedious reading and glide right into the fun. The goal is to eliminate boredom by encouraging spur-of-the-moment playfulness, which in turn builds healthy relationships.
DOWNLOAD the book, save shipping and the file and you can reprint the pages as you go along and as many time as you want!! www.201thingstodo.com