Educator & Keynote Speaker
"All children are natural scientists and explorers"
What We Do
Dr. Diane offers high-energy, enriching, and engaging STEAM experiences and workshops for students and educators.
With Adventures in Learning, Dr Diane provides professional development workshops, trainings, and keynotes for teachers, librarians, and administrators, working to connect with and teach preschool and elementary students using engaging strategies.
These programs help your staff effectively use STEM/STEAM as a tool for building literacy skills. All programs focus on ways to build connections using multicultural picture books, STEAM activities, and your curriculum to support and nurture the 21st century learner.
Dr. Diane also offers virtual or in-person programs for students that are designed to engage preschool and elementary children and families in hands-on science and creative STEAM learning (connected to multicultural picture books and building literacy, of course!).
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"You helped me do what I do better.”
- Jonathan Payne, STEAMspecialist, Lackland ISD Schools and Innovative Mind Lab director
Meet Dr. Diane
Educator & Key Note Speaker
Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor is a seasoned educator with over three decades of experience. Passionate about fostering a love of learning and inspiring curiosity, she combines literacy, multicultural picture books, and STEM to create engaging educational experiences.
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Dr. Diane specializes in helping teachers connect literacy, multicultural picture books, and STEM across the curriculum. She offers professional development workshops, online courses, and consulting services to educators seeking innovative and engaging ways to inspire their students, drawing on the science of learning through play.
Dr. Diane is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia and Shenandoah University. She also hosts an Adventures in Learning podcast that explores connections between picture books and STEAM, as well as avenues for learning and leading through play.
Dr. Diane holds an M.T. and PhD in Elementary Education from the University of Virginia. She has founded a preschool, worked in museum education, and collaborated with renowned organizations like Steve Spangler Inc. and Kesler Science on curriculum development.
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Her expertise in developing hands-on STEAM programs and her belief that all children are natural scientists and explorers inform her approach to teaching. Join Dr. Diane in using playful learning and leadership to unlock the joy of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and connection.
"I have watched you completely mesmerize a room filled with teachers as you are doing your fairy tale STEM presentation, when you share with them the strategy for building a connection.
You take it to the next level. Dr Diane, you just have to know that that's truly a superpower. And that when I watch teachers engage with you and get fired up, it's an exciting thing because you see possibility happen for teachers.
Truly a transformational moment for teachers."
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Steve Spangler
Education Keynote Speaker, STEM Professional Development Leader, Television Host, Social Media Science Star
Josh Funk, Author of How To Code a Sandcastle, It's NOT Little Red Riding Hood, My Pet Feet, and The Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast picture book series
"It was really cool for me to see what you were doing with — not only my books, but picture books in general — and all the cool things that you are doing with the students, things that when I was writing these books, I never even imagined that they would be used in these ways...And with what you do, it was a more interesting experience than I've ever seen. It wasn't just read alouds, but you had puzzles and games and interactive activities for, it seems like, all of my books, which was amazing."
Early Childhood Educators
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
"I came up with some great ideas to add STEAM activities and extensions in ways I had not thought of before!"
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"Your presentation was simply amazing! It was full of good information I can use in my classroom."
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"Had lots of fun, very interesting and intriguing. Kept me engaged all day."
Inside Dr. Diane's Classroom
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