Ray Gosa has been teaching in public schools for nearly thirty years. All of his investment has been in the Palm Beach County School District in PBC, Florida. He has also presented in numerous workshops across the state of Florida that featured his own research-based strategies and materials designed to improve reading fluency, writing, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills in struggling and non-struggling students alike.
The teaching style that I employ is eclectic; that is, it is multi-dimensional and multi-functional. I believe every student can and does learn when the lesson is heated or cooled to his particular tolerance level. I believe in maverick approaches when and if conventionalism fails to produce. For, one of the elements in education that is surely not optional is student achievement! When students fail to achieve, education becomes a void concept; and, the future of civilization itself is placed in jeopardy!
Winner “I Make a Difference Teacher of Excellence” Award in Palm Beach County (2007-2008) Dwyer Award Winner in Middle School Education (2007) Dwyer Award Nominee (2002-2003) Dwyer Award Nominee (1997-1998) Teacher of the Year JD Community Middle School (1997-1998) Member of Palm Beach County Teachers’ Guild Who’s Who in Education (Multiple Designations)
Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Master of Education degree in K-12 Reading from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.
Ray Gosa has been a secondary language arts teacher for more than 2.5 decades in the Palm Beach County School System in West Palm Beach, Florida. He has conducted numerous teacher workshops and teacher training seminars throughout the Palm Beach County District, as well as in the tri-county areas and Central Florida. He has written and self-published numerous textbooks (www.raygosabooks.com) in the languages arts. His techniques and methodologies have been used successfully to modify struggling and developing reader and writer curricula for all secondary grade levels.