Professional Development Workshops are an integral part of support for your staff. The Character Effect™ takes it a step further by grounding the workshops in self-care for the teachers all through the lens of character strengths and mindfulness.
Professional Development sessions can be selected individually or invest in a full series for your staff.
Building Relationship and Increasing Resilience Series:
What will teachers & staff walk away with?
6 Hours Total
Overview of Positive Psychology and Character Strengths
- An understanding of the science of positive psychology and character strengths
- An understanding of our negativity bias and learn strategies for overcoming
90 Minutes
Self-Care Strategies
- An overview of stress and secondary trauma and then the benefits of self-compassion
- An individualized self-care plan and weekly self-care texts
90 Minutes
Deep Dive into My Strengths
- They know how to build a common strength-based language in their classroom
- Simple tips and strategies for incorporating strength practice into daily activities
90 Minutes
Weaving Mindfulness Into My Classroom & My Life
- An understanding of the science of mindfulness and benefits
- Clear steps for incorporating mindfulness into their own life and with students
90 Minutes
PBIS and Classroom Management Series:
What will teachers & staff walk away with?
3 Hours Total
Strength-Based Family Engagement
- An understanding of bias and how it can impact family engagement
- Tips for having strength-based conversations with parents and a monthly package to share with parents via the school’s digital channels for the remainder of the school year
90 Minutes
Creating a Trauma-Informed Classroom
- A better understanding of trauma-informed care and the impact of trauma on a child’s social, emotional and physical development
- The know-how to create and implement a Relaxation Station in your classroom
90 Minutes
Individual Options:
From PreK to 6th Grade, How Kids Grow
- An overview of school-age brain development
- Strategies and tips to build relationships and support school age students’ social emotional learning
90 Minutes
What Happens Inside Teens’ Brains
- Overview of adolescent brain development
- Strategies and tips to build relationships and support adolescent students’ social emotional learning
90 Minutes
Mental Health 101
- An understanding of the difference between normal childhood development and symptoms of mental health symptoms
- Classroom management strategies based on strengths and mindfulness to support students social and emotional learning
90 Minutes
Building Positive Relationships with Students
- The key factors important to building positive relationships and practice techniques for building positive relationships with students
- Ability to identify how these practices could benefit your school community
90 Minutes
This self-assessment may spark an insight or two in whether your school needs to relook at its approach to implementing a social & emotional curriculum.
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