Annette Breaux

Annette Breaux is an education author, consultant, and speaker known for her work on student achievement, classroom management, and new-teacher induction. A former classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, and teacher induction coordinator, she spent approximately 20 years with Lafourche Parish Public Schools in Louisiana before serving as New-Teacher Induction Coordinator at Nicholls State University, where she worked with student teachers. She developed the FIRST Program, an induction program for new teachers that was adopted as Louisiana’s statewide model.

Breaux is the author of the national bestseller 101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors and co-author (with Todd Whitaker) of The Ten-Minute Inservice: 40 Quick Training Sessions That Build Teacher Effectiveness. Her other titles include 50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior, Seven Simple Secrets: What the Best Teachers Know and Do, REAL Teachers, REAL Challenges, REAL Solutions, and The Poetry of Annette Breaux: Tips and Poems for Teachers and Students, among others. She is frequently described as an internationally known speaker whose practical strategies are used by teachers and school leaders to improve classroom practice and support new educators.