Teaching with Owls

Welcome to the "Teaching With OWLS" experience, where Optimism, Wisdom, Leadership, and Strategy come together to elevate your teaching journey. Dive into our collection of Teacher-Friendly Tips, explore our Observation-Ready Lessons, and empower your educational approach with Wisdom-Driven Resources. Whether you're seeking to bolster your leadership stance with our Leadership Skill Builders or simply searching for innovative strategies to inspire young minds, you'll find tools crafted with passion and precision. Join us and let the wisdom of OWLS guide your teaching voyage.

Teaching transcends being merely a job—it's an art form in its own right. Our primary responsibility is to ensure that every learning moment is engaging, memorable, and dare we say fun? At OWLS, we remain deeply committed to the craft. We employ research-backed strategies to aid both organizations and individual educators in effectively engaging, teaching, and assessing learners. Every resource and strategy we offer embodies our foundational principles: optimism, wisdom, leadership, and strategy.

Teaching with OWLS takes immense pride in crafting premium educational resources. We're thrilled to be recognized as 2023 Webby Award winners for our outstanding content!

Kenda Lawson, the driving force behind Teaching With OWLS, has an illustrious educational journey that began at Xavier University of Louisiana, majoring in Literature with a minor in Biology. She furthered her academic pursuits at St. Thomas University, earning a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. During her time there, she was not only inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education but also actively contributed to its Coalition for Anti-Racism in Education. With 18 years under her belt dedicated to transforming the educational landscape, Kenda's roles have ranged from a literacy coordinator to a lead teacher. In 2014, her vision and passion led to the co-founding of Owls Education Company, a pioneering edtech firm focusing on curricula and content development for educators and institutions. Kenda's commitment doesn't stop at the classroom door. She's an advocate for creating learning spaces that are both inclusive and equitable. As a captivating speaker, she's graced platforms like Black Educators Rock and the Making Connections Conference, even delivering keynotes for organizations such as the Michigan Association of School Boards. Her insights and foresight in the realm of education have garnered her features in esteemed publications like Entrepreneur and Leaderboard magazines. In every endeavor, Kenda's mission remains unwavering: to empower educators, enabling them to nurture the leaders of tomorrow and create a lasting impact in the world.

In my early teaching days, I was struck by the scarcity of instructional materials tailored for secondary, post-secondary, and ESL learners. This led me to craft my own resources, simplifying classroom management and instruction. Encouraged by colleagues to broaden my reach, I'm now excited to bring these materials to the TpT community.