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The Choice in Organizational Performance for Non-Profits
Grande Prairie, AB
Date: March 14-15, 2012
Price: $180 / person
Specially reduced rate thanks to the CMHA Northwest Alberta Region
The Choice in Relationships
Grande Prairie, AB
Date: March 16-17, 2012
Price: $95 / person, bring one additional guest for $20 at the door
Specially arranged by the CMHA Northwest Alberta Region
Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia B3Z 1L3
Direct: 1.866.252.3131
Fax: 902.820.3144
Email: info@arbinger.ca
Educator Training Program
We believe that the art and structure of teaching and learning are widely misunderstood. The true contact that creates an effective student-teacher connection happens at a deeper level than typical training efforts suppose. And it requires being "out of the box."
Our courses don't deal with the mechanical elements of teaching. They focus on the deep issues at the heart of inspired - and inspiring - teaching and learning.
First developed for our own Arbinger teachers and seminar leaders, our programs are relevant for anyone in a formal or informal teaching role.
The Choice in Education
Day 1: Core Training – The Choice
Format: one 8-hour day.
The Choice is how we begin all our work. Participants learn what the box of self-deception is, how we get in it, and how to get out. They discover that self-deception is at the heart of most "people problems" and learn the extent to which we, as people, contribute to the problems we believe are caused by others.
The Choice gives participants the keys to obtaining desired results in areas such as individual growth, relationships, effective leadership, communication, conflict resolution, accountability, trust, motivation, cooperation, and student relations.
The Choice covers:
Way of Being: The Source of Influence
- Our influence does not come from what we do, as most people think. It comes from something deeper, which Arbinger calls "Way of Being".
- There are two basic Ways of Being: The Responsive Way and The Resistant Way.
The Choice That Determines Way Of Being
- How individuals move from one Way of Being to the other.
- Predictable consequences of each way.
When The Resistant Way Becomes Characteristic
- How the Resistant Way becomes habitual - and the inevitable negative consequences.
- How to recognize our own Resistant Ways.
The Effect Of The Resistant Way On Others
- A person who is being Resistant invites resistance in others. This spreads resistance, undercutting the effectiveness of each individual and the achievement of educational objectives.
- We can become unwittingly devoted to self-protection and justification rather than achieving results.
Becoming Responsive: Getting Out Of The Box
- The practical way to get out of the box of self-deception and stay out.
Day 2: The Choice in Teaching and Education
Format: one 8 hour day.
Day 2 is devoted to Arbinger's key implementation program for teachers and educators. Participants learn and begin to practice the application of Arbinger principles to their teaching role. They see the many ways both teachers and students can be resistant. They see how this in-the-box behavior undermines any effort to collaborate in teaching and learning. They also see solutions.
The training covers topics including:
The Principles of Responsive Teaching
- I Am Not the Teacher
- My Obligation is to Learn
- I See Greatness
- I Build Community
These turn traditional models upside down, and can transform every teaching and learning experience into something great.
A guiding structure for Responsive Teaching
- Helping things go right
- What to do when things go wrong
As a result of this training, teachers and administrators learn new ways to see themselves, their roles and their students. With these new ways of seeing come new ways of doing. These help teaching and learning become the enriching, fulfilling experiences they are meant to be.
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