What We Teach In Our Classroom & School- and District - Wide Trainings

 

Our instructors may also teach at the college level, but consider themselves much more than just college professors.  Center trainers are also active duty K-12 teachers and administrators who are reshaping America's college preparatory classes - while living "in the trenches" on a daily basis.  

 

           Effective Classroom Behavior Management: Essential Elements

             Trust: how to establish it, with children from kindergarten through 12th grade!
             How to teach with passion manage with compassion
             Stand your ground, or walk away? How to see the right course of action!
             Three vital "ingredients" for creating a rewarding, successful classroom

              Classroom Arrangement and Positioning of Students

             Score big by rearranging your classroom "setup"
             Build a relaxing, high performing, classroom environment
             Channeling the force: how arranging your classroom can improve motivation and direction

        Self-Control

             Respond with a level head, even if you're ready to "blow a fuse"
             Adapt to classroom changes – rapidly and effectively
             Stick with tough challenges when solutions don't come easily
             Follow through on plans and turn "good intentions" into classroom reality
             Bring more discipline into your classroom - create healthier routines and      relationships
             Emotional "first aid" –  save yourself when you feel your frustration level building

        REFOCUS™

             Learn about the most powerful solution to problem behavior ever developed!
             Make, literally, any event a positive one
             Predict a problem situation way before it reaches an unproductive stage – and avert it entirely!
             Meet challenging students head on and reach a mutual understanding

        Taking it Classroom-Wide and/or School-Wide

             Build a classroom of students or school that consistently performs at its best
             Reward your students in more motivating ways
             Detect and correct performance problems
             Keep your students focused on top priorities
             Turn difficult students into allies
             Become a respected member of your school staff
             Learn how noise, crowds, heat, waiting, and other external forces can generate      misbehavior
             Be the expert and make it happen school-wide!

        Serious and Challenging Behavior

             Dispel common assumptions about conflict
             How to avoid being "your own worst enemy"
             Stress and anger: Identify and eliminate your "trigger", and theirs too!
             Facing the "out of control" student: Five immediate steps you should take to help gain control

        Overall:

             Eliminate Arguments
             Discipline with success:  Teach students to take immediate responsibility for their own behavior
             Say good-bye to classroom management approaches that make more work for     you, the teacher
             Create a predictable nurturing classroom that fosters learning, while engaging reluctant learners
             Be the boss and earn respect at the same time
             Extend the "honeymoon" period
             Learn how to teach expectations and academics simultaneously, and enjoy your best year ever
             Increase positive behavior
             Wipe out misbehavior
             Arrange your classroom to minimize disruption
             Capture student attention
             "Hook" kids with an array of powerful, energizing prompting procedures

        Each Seminar Attendee Receives…

             A detailed Time To Teach! Resource Handbook
             Materials that can be reproduced immediately for classroom use and staff development
             Critically important teaching techniques that will make them shine!
             The solution to creating a happy, fun, and high performing classroom
             The coveted Time To Teach! list of essential skills possessed by highly effective teachers
             Step-by-step guidelines to improve student behavior and maximize student learning