What our clients say

The strategies given throughout each presentation were extremely helpful. It was also valuable to see the strategies put into action by the presenters.

Fifth Grade Teacher

I really liked the way the information was presented and it was constantly being reiterated. I thought everything was extremely valuable but what stuck out to me most was about constantly checking for understanding and not saying the incorrect answer out loud.

Middle School FCS Teacher

I enjoyed how all presenters were from a different perspective of education. All educators see things differenty and I appreciated the fact that each presenter was from a different angle of education and shared their experiences even if was not their topic. I took a lot from the training that I am implementing with my LS students. I have found that even the simplest things set the stage for the rest of the day.

Middle School Learning Support Teacher

Our Roots

Survive and Thrive was created out of a need. Your training team has 150 years of classroom, coaching, and administrator experience. Over the years, these experienced educators noticed that while colleges prepared students to pass exams to become certified teachers, colleges did little to prepare future educators for the reality of teaching in a public-school setting.

Our Founders

Susan Enders

Susan Enders taught for 33 years. She taught Kindergarten, First Grade, Third Grade, Title I Math, and ended her career teaching Title I Reading.

Stacy Reitenbach

Stacy Reitenbach has been a high school teacher for 19 years. She has primarily taught Social Studies, but she also spent a few years teaching ELA. She enjoys experimenting with instructional strategies and grading methods and learning about learning.

Duane Snayberger

Duane Snayberger has spent over 20 years in the classroom and over a decade coaching both football and golf. He has taught or student taught in every grade from K-6, except for 5th grade. Upon leaving the classroom, Mr. Snayberger served as a high school administrator and now works as a district level Director of Curriculum and Instruction.

Kelly Snayberger

Kelly Snayberger has been a 5th grade teacher for 32 years. Over the years, she has coached JV and Varsity cheerleading, was a member of the SAP team, tutored after school, and served on countless committees.

Emil Stenger

Emil Stenger has been teaching Technology Education for 34 years. He has taught in both urban and rural school districts. He has been very involved with extracurricular activities, coaching Wrestling, Football, and Golf, High School and Middle School Technology Student Association (TSA), and Envirothon. Lastly, he was the Pennsylvania Region 7 TSA Coordinator for 14 years.

Jeremy Walter

Jeremy Walter has been teaching for 17 years. He began teaching middle school mathematics and is now working as a high school learning support teacher. Jeremy has served on many committees at the middle and high school levels and works after school with students.

Designed for today and built for tomorrow

What We Teach

• Professionalism

• Ethics

• Teaching Styles

• Science of Learning

• Communicating Expectations

• Managing Behaviors

• PBIS

• Classroom Design

• Special Education

• Trauma Informed Practices

• Evaluations