About Us
About Success Connection
Welcome to the Success Connection. My name is John Parks Le Tellier and I am the founder of the Success Connection and the creator of our ALERT Learning™ workshop for students and their parents. The concept of doing workshops for students and their parents together occurred to me early in my career as a public school teacher. It happened as a result of requests from parents interested in learning more about the curriculum I was developing for students and was introducing to their children. They began to see positive changes in motivation and attitudes, and their children began demonstrating improved performance in school.
I invited these parents to participate in a one evening workshop. It was well attended and continued for twelve weeks. After this experience I began doing the first student-parent workshops and learned how effective this format is for making positive changes in student achievement and for building a strong student-parent team. I also learned that the ideas and strategies were equally valuable for parents as they are for students.
I continued my work in the classroom and then became a middle school and high school principal. My experience as a principal broadened my perspective and allowed me to see the role of leadership in helping students stay motivated and focused on success. I gained insights into the importance of a strong parent-student team and discovered more ideas and strategies for affecting student performance.
I have always had a strong interest in the impact of motivation on performance and in neuroscience and cognitive science. My studies in these disciplines led me to found Colorado NeuroLearning Center where we worked with students who had sustained closed head injuries, usually in serious automobile accidents. It was difficult but rewarding work. We trained students of all ages, doing everything we could to maximize their recovery and set them up for success in public or private school. We worked with entire families. It was a valuable opportunity for learning more about the brain and for discovering "what works" related to achievement, motivation and success.
While I was teaching in the classroom and working as a principal, I was also working with Quantum Learning Network (QLN) as a trainer and as a curriculum writer. I worked with students in academic and life skills camps called SuperCamps, and then began working to develop a program for teachers and school administrators. I was still in the classroom when I began this work, making direct application to my own students. In recent years I have traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada and to many international locations training teachers and school administrators in the best methodology for learning and improving personal performance. To learn more about our programs for teachers and school administrators I recommend you visit our educational web site at QLN.com. The Success Connection is a QLN Cooperative Company specializing in the ALERT Learning™ student-parent workshops.
The ALERT Learning™ workshops perhaps have the greatest potential for positive impact on a student's performance. They are active, dynamic and full of exciting new ideas and strategies. They are designed to build strong motivation, positive attitudes, and to develop a strong student-parent team. Both students and parents will increase reading speed and comprehension, enhance memory skills, build confidence, and learn how to make learning fun and effective.
Feel free to contact me by email if you have questions. My email address is John@SuccessConnectionHome.com.
