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Microsoft’s Partners-In-Learning University has called me a “Global Expert in Education Innovation.” I’m the author of the worldwide best-selling study skills book, SOAR®Study Skills. I am the developer of a revolutionary, brain-based learning model, The Brain Circuit™, which quickly analyzes any learning challenge and determines simple, prescriptive courses of action to build effective detours around…

“America’s #1 Learning Expert” Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed. – Susan is a certified learning specialist and the author of the international best-selling study skills book, SOAR® Study Skills and SOAR® Social-Emotional Learning Skills. She has also written Homework Help for Parents and the #1 best-selling book on literacy, Cue to Reading, and developed the break-through…

Training is not required for using the SOAR® Curriculum, but it is encouraged for schools or districts adopting SOAR® with 3 or more teachers. Training options include: Live, Virtual Training (Zoom): Eight steps to get started  Live, In-Person: Optimize SOAR principles + curriculum in YOUR environment Live, In-Person:Customized professional development sessions hosted by the authors…

  How Glorious the Elementary School Years Are! A new roundup of children enter kindergarten curious and excited about elementary school! You watch as your prior year students’ move up to the next grade level, proud of their responsibilities as the “bigger” kids. Parent involvement is high. Student enthusiasm and engagement is self-guided. Milestones and…

Study skills fall into the category of “soft skills,” as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration. Soft skills are problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills. They are best defined as the opposite of “hard skills,” the technical skills required to complete a job. Because the nature of “soft skills” is…