After 32 years in the classroom, Bob Fink is now focused on reaching as many educators as possible, offering seminars filled with practical advice and techniques that can be immediately used in the classroom.
Speaking Topics
It’s the Little Things that make A BIG Difference
In this dynamic presentation, Bob Fink shares over three decades of tried and true teacher tips that will bring vitality and life into your classroom. Discover how livening up your classroom boosts morale, academic performance, and student success particularly with students who have a history of poor test scores. Unique in both content and format, teachers at all grade levels will LOVE the gold mine of practical teaching tips that will take your students to a new level of performance and create an environment of trust, teamwork, and fun!
Don’t Just Survive, Thrive in Your Classroom
Teaching is among the most deeply rewarding, worthwhile, and fulfilling professions one can enter. However, thousands of talented, qualified educators exit the field every year, exhausted, unsupported, and depleted. In this powerful workshop, Bob will show you how re-focusing classroom habits will benefit everyone involved in your day. You will learn how self-care combined with simple, fun, and impactful strategies for communicating with parents, colleagues, and students will have a positive impact on you and your students. Classic in its simplicity, this unique workshop will provide you with a treasure chest of tools to make your classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both you and your students.
”Bob Fink is electric. His high energy, relentless positivity, and an unerring commitment to students set him apart. He clearly understands and embraces the daily challenges faced by classroom teachers and their students. His presentations detail practical, productive strategies for classroom management and success. Educators will leave his interactive presentations energized, with clear action plans for themselves and innumerable ideas to share with their fellow teachers.” – Ann-Marie Hyland, HS and Adjunct College French Teacher, Phx., AZ
About Bob
Believing in Educators, Helping Them Achieve Their Best
After 32 years in the classroom, Bob Fink is now focused on reaching as many educators as possible, offering seminars filled with practical advice and techniques that can be immediately used in the classroom. A true teacher’s teacher, Fink shares his toolbox for promoting excellence in the classroom using an interactive, positive approach. He shares his method for creating and sustaining optimal learning and teaching environments with an insistence on connection. Participants will leave these seminars not only feeling a renewed enthusiasm for the profession but more importantly, with unique, usable action plans for immediate implementation in the classroom.
Bob has been the recipient of multiple honors, including Springfield Teacher of the Year, Regional WEM Outstanding Educator Award winner for Teacher Achievement, the Minnesota State Class A Baseball Coach of the Year, Gatorade, and Minnesota Viking High School Football Coach of the Week. He was a proud staff member of Springfield Elementary School which was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2022. He is the founder and CEO of Educational Resources of MN and the home of Be A Great Teacher. For the past 22 years, Bob has written graduate-level, professional development classes that have been taken by thousands of teachers nationwide. Bob is the proud father of Isaac (23), Taylor (27), and Alex (30).
“Every time I watch a video presented by Bob Fink, I walk away in such awe and admiration. He has a way of presenting learning in a fun and safe environment. He shows true passion in his style and has the obvious love and respect of his students.” – Dee Tobin, Teacher IA
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“Bob lifts people to new heights, seeing potential and working to realize what students and athletes are truly capable of. Bob has a gift with kids and the stress-free atmosphere and culture he creates is truly magical. Every athlete that has played for him or student that has sat in his classroom left a much better student, athlete, and person. He is one of the main reasons that I am the teacher I am today!” – Marty Brandl, H.S. Math Teacher and former student/athlete, Marshall, MN
