SHANEDRIA WAGNER

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 Author, Speaker, Edutainer & Linguist

A graduate of Texas A&M University, Shanedria Wagner earned a bachelor’s degree in French and a second degree in speech communication. While at Texas A&M, she served as Executive Director of the Miss Texas A&M Scholarship Pageant and was a 1991 recipient of the Buck Weirus Spirit Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on undergraduates for being involved in campus life and making a positive impact. She was also the first supervisor of the call center at the Association of Former Students, which raised funds for the university’s endowment fund.  

She went on to earn her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction (with an emphasis in bilingual education) from the University of Houston. Her studies also include superior-level French courses at the University of Caen in Normandy, France. She is a linguist who speaks, reads, and writes in French and in Spanish.  

While teaching in the Alief and Houston Independent School Districts, she served as a foreign language/speech communication teacher at the secondary level and as an elementary bilingual instructor. The highlight of her career was teaching at her alma mater, Mac Arthur Elementary School. Mrs. Wagner has also taught ESL courses and citizenship classes. Her enormously effective teaching techniques and compassion for her pupils have earned her three Teacher-of-the-Year Awards. 

As a national consultant, Mrs. Wagner has devoted the past two decades to tailoring presentations to meet the needs of her diverse clients. She presents a variety of workshops ranging from techniques for second language acquisition to innovative strategies for reading, math, grammar, and writing instruction. Her audiences have comprised children, administrators, school board members, parents, politicians, and instructors in twenty-five states. She has been hired as a presenter, translator, lecturer, panelist, keynoter, test writer, and motivational speaker. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, she has served as a board member for the Brazoria County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, been appointed to serve as a representative-at-large on the Leadership Council of the Texas A&M University Former Students Association, and been selected to serve as a board member on the Texas A&M Friends of the Library Board.  

Mrs. Wagner resides in Pearland, Texas, with her husband and partner, Kevin Wagner. They have two children: Shelby and Kevin, II. 

Visit www.shanwag.com for more information.