Finding joy … in learning, in teaching, in possibility.

Offering educational consulting, classroom coaching, workshops, and institutes.

Joy Stephens reaches and teaches educators across the country to focus on the possibilities and gifts that all learners bring to the classroom. Joy brings 15 years of teaching, writing and consulting experience to her workshops and trainings. If you are interested in a dynamic workshop experience full of practical and effective differentiated strategies that will increase your learners engagement and performance, contact Joy at joy@joyfactorconsulting.com. Her core beliefs drive her intentional choices in the classroom and in her workshops.

In her workshops, Joy:

Rehearses practical strategies for inspiring learners through choice words, community building, and making meaningful connections to rigorous learning targets.

Scaffolds critical thinking strategies and uses literature and technology to demonstrate for teachers (and learners) how to be compassionate towards differences, embrace their strengths and weaknesses and work as community to develop both.

Models risk-taking and mistake-making in her workshops; both are essential to growth, should be expected, and should be celebrated! Learn how to model this in your classroom, bringing all learners to a point of safety so that they can experience the ultimate growth and learning.

Walks teachers, step-by-step, through practical, doable strategies that help teachers intentionally and passionately respond to learner differences. Participants will gain a live-it-to-learn-it perspective and empathy towards the many different learners that enter our classrooms. She then shares her vast collection of classroom tested differentiated lesson and unit plans that engage ALL types of learners and help them reach learning targets. Further, she facilitates lesson and unit planning specific to participants' state standards and benchmarks.