For Teachers (Upcoming Workshops)

Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC)

Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC) is a dynamic course developed by The International Network for Children and Families (INCAF) with the goal of teacher and student empowerment. It supports teachers in creating a classroom atmosphere which promotes high self-esteem. Attempting to simply control students' behavior is not effective. It is through teaching students how to make decisions, cooperate and be responsible that they will learn and grow. The course is based upon the work of Rudolf Dreikurs MD. , a highly regarded therapist, researcher, and author of Children: The Challenge. The RCC course and materials are contagious, fun and effective, and will assist both teachers and students in the classroom.

Being a teacher today offers a tremendous challenge. Having effective strategies for handling today's teacher/student relationships can make teaching and school a lot more exciting. Living At Peace offers the "Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom" course to support successful relationships in and out of the classroom environment. Anyone who works with students will benefit from taking this course.

Challenges Facing Teachers:

Schools are searching for ways to enhance their programs and teacher effectiveness. Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC) provides practical and valuable classroom techniques for working cooperatively with students, parents and school staff. Working together, parents, administrators and teachers can handle students' behavior in ways that help students accept responsibility.

Are you frustrated by students who...

• continually break the rules
• act lazy and unmotivated
• blame or accuse others of unfairness
• do the opposite of what is asked
• give up and do not participate in class activities
• believe that no one likes them
• blame others and involve you, as the teacher, in their peer conflicts?

Session1

Creating an Encouraging Learning Atmosphere

• Teacher control vs. Team responsibility for learning
• Develop encouragement strategies
• Become self-sufficient

Session2

Raising Self Esteem

• Learn how to handle feelings
• Expand communication skills
• Develop ways to help students feel important

Session 3

Creating a Democratic Classroom

• Enhance team-building techniques
• Create effective agreement and consequence strategies
• Implement guidelines for class meetings

Session 4

Redirecting Students’ Behavior

• Learn specific redirecting techniques for each goal of misbehavior
• Deal effectively with power struggles
• Increase students’ self-confidence

Session 5

Resolving Conflicts through Natural and Logical Consequences

• Resolve conflict in the classroom
• Use natural and logical consequences for handling conflicts
• Design steps for leading a class meeting

Session 6

Creating Your Personal Support Network

• Plan a system of conferencing with students
• Learn alternatives for parent-teacher conferences
• Explore parent/education possibilities
• Learn how to address special behavior problems.

 

About Your Instructor

Sharon Silverstein was a teacher in the New Jersey public school system for 14 years. She received her Bachelor of Music degree and teaching certificate from Rutgers University. Sharon is a member of the New Jersey Education Association and the International Network For Children and Families. She is also a Certified Parent Educator offering Redirecting Children's Behavior courses for adults and children. In addition, Sharon presents teacher in-service workshops and facilitates Team-building drumming circles. Sharon is a highly motivating, innovative, energetic teacher, and believes that people can reach their full potential by developing greater self-awareness.

 

This course offers 12 professional development hours in the state of NJ.

To schedule a workshop at your location please contact Living At Peace. For information regarding class tuition and enrollment please use the upcoming workshops link at the top of the page.

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Teacher/Aids In-Service

Participants will learn an approach to child guidance that is clear, systematic, and developmentally appropriate for the students, one that has been tested and used successfully by thousands of teachers, aids and parents. The methods work, and you can use them with children of all ages, from preschoolers to secondary students.

In-Service Topics:

• Set clear and firm limits
• Change negative messages into positive messages
• Handle and validate feelings
• Inspire cooperation with positive motivation
• Replace punishment with logical and natural consequences
• Use effective verbal and action messages
• Steps for resolving conflicts
• How to redirect arguing and debating
• Eliminate reminding, reprimanding, pleading and cajoling
• Stop power struggles before they start
• Manage extreme behavior
• Act and not react
• Solve problems with homework
• Balancing work and family life
• Effective teacher-child communication
• Consequences that work
• Handling aggressive children in the classroom
• How to handle children's feelings
• Teaching children self-control
• Tell them what to do, not what to don't
• Asking for what you want
• Resolving conflicts
• Balancing love and discipline
• Creating a cooperative classroom
• Enhancing children's self-esteem
• Handling peer rivalry
• Tame those tantrums
• Keeping yourself encouraged
• Creating teamwork
  
  

Living At Peace In-Services are designed to create the maximum amount of value and helpfulness for the participants. Each In-Service is custom designed for the participants needs, desires and goals. Living At Peace is dedicated to giving teachers and aids the behavioral management skills needed in order to function in todays school setting.

To schedule a workshop at your location please contact Living At Peace. Living At Peace is a professional development hour provider for the state of NJ.

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Team Building Drumming Circles

What is a drumming circle? A drumming circle is a hands-on rhythm based community event during which a facilitator leads people in playing drums and hand percussion instruments. No musical experience is necessary! It is an open space for people to come together and share their love of drumming and singing. The group sits in a circle and together participates in a variety of facilitated activities. As the group rhythm builds, the facilitator uses metaphors to illustrate how everyone’s input contributes to the whole. Key points include listening, communication, cooperation, synergy, support, and having fun. (View Video) (View Brochure)
Why use a drumming circle for team building? Group drumming breaks through language, educational, gender, organizational and cultural barriers that divide associates and employees.  People experience the power of  unity through diversity. During and after the drumming circle we help the participants see how they can use the drumming circle experience in the work place.
Living At Peace Drumming Circles Will: • Relieve stress • Promote cooperation versus competition • Increase creativity • Provide a fun experience • Help focus the mind • Boost self-confidence • Encourage listening skills • Provide a positive coping skill • Build leadership skills • Foster feeling of belonging • Create positive peer identification • Foster community and cooperation
Group Drumming Research by Dr. Barry Bittman, MD, Karl T. Bruhn, Christine Stevens, MSW,MT-BC, James Westengard, and Paul O. Umbach, MA RECREATIONAL MUSIC-MAKING: A COST-EFFECTIVE GROUP INTERDISCIPLINARY STRATEGY FOR REDUCING BURNOUT AND IMPROVING MOOD STATES IN LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS - 2003 When the participants - staff at a Pennsylvania nursing home - took part in a six week drumming session, it improved their mood by almost 50%. Dr. Bittman, author of the report, said there was a decrease in feelings of fatigue and depression. The positive effects continued for one year. Dr. Bittman said the drumming sessions resulted in 49 fewer employees resigning from the nursing home.

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