Contact

10 Rockland Avenue
Nanuet, NY 10954

Email: jimevers@optonline.net

Degress

• AB English, Hope College
• MAT English, Oberlin College

Post-Graduate Studies

• Vanderbilt University
• Syracuse University
• Yeshiva University

Teaching Experiences

35 years (now retired) at various levels K - graduate school and at the corporate level ( Jr/Sr High English teacher, in-school writing coach, adjunct instructor at several colleges and universities, writing instructor at Ridgewood Institute for Professional (teacher) Development, and currently co-founder/co-facilitator of the Writing Institute for Teachers, Dominican College.

Training and Consulting Experiences with Schools

25 years (now semi-retired) working in teacher development with such schools as Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ), Ridgewood (NJ), Mt. Arlington (NJ), Riveredge (NJ), Hollis (NJ). Highland Falls (NY), North Salem (NY), Pelham (NY), Tri-State Standards Consortium, Grace Church School, St. Agatha, Academy of Holy Angels.

Administrative Experiences

Co-founder/co-director of a private alternative school, co-founder, marketing and general manager of small manufacturing company, principal owner of a consulting and publishing company.

Training, Consulting, Coaching Experiences with Corporations

20 years (now semi-retired) as a trainer/consultant in effective writing, peak performance, and creative problem solving to such organizations as ADP, Warner Lambert (Pfizer), Park Davis (Pfizer), Triple I, Coach Leather, Medical Economics, Astor Foundation, Pharmacia, Colonial Bank, and currently a distant coach in the above skills.

Writing Experiences

Writer of articles on education and business, business book review columnist (now retired) for several business publications, critical reader of manuscripts for several publishers

Work Skills Training Guides:

• The Hate To Write But Have To Writer's Guide (and Kit)
• How To TAP Your Peak Performance Skills for Any Task (and companion workbook)
• The OPEN System of Effective Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Innovative Thinking

E-Books

Speaking Experiences

Frequent speaker at education and business conferences, including being the closing speaker at an international conference on Peter Senge's SCHOOLS THAT LEARN, at Fordham University, NY