FOCUS ON SUCCESS ™
The
Education Exchange TEACHER-MENTOR and
"Train-the-Trainer" Programs
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Our
(2.5 hour) in-service program and our optional 1-day workshop creates a
school-wide, community-wide network of mentors. We believe this important
in-service training program should be a part of every school in America,
because we believe that ALL CHILDREN ARE AT RISK.
We teach a 10 - step mentoring system to
educators, counselors, social workers and administrative staff to help them
focus children on success. Our WORKSHOPS are conducted
nationwide for school districts and staff, including: educators, administrators,
school counselors, Gear-Up, Talent Search, and Title1 staff. To register
online go to: http://www.theeducationexchange.org
(registration form) or contact: alexia@votelink.com --
303-443-3697
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Character Development / Mentoring/ Student Achievement Program
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To schedule this 2.5 hour ($500)
in-service, staff-development
training program for your school call 303-443-3697 or send email to alexia@votelink.com. Participants
may receive 1/2
credit for taking the in-service training, AND the optional (follow-up) 5 hour workshop.
They may receive 1 graduate credit of continuing education from Colorado
State University,
when they complete a total of 7.5 hours of training and then teach a Parent-Mentor program
at their school or apply its lessons in the classroom.
The goal of FOCUS ON SUCCESS is to
help create a school-wide, community-wide network of mentors. When teachers use
successful mentoring techniques with all children in the classroom, and parents
learn how to become coaches and mentors to their own children,
then all children will have mentors.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Teachers, administrators, school
counselors, and other
educational professionals. The FOCUS ON SUCCESS Workshop TM uses Mentoring
techniques, MindMapping and Conflict Resolution strategies with proven success in changing
outcomes for students with or at risk of developing emotional or behavioral
problems, and focusing them on setting high goals and achieving them.
PRAISE for the TEACHER-MENTOR
and "Train-the-Trainer" Workshops:
"Mega Thanks! This course should be useful for re-certification credit for all
educators" Bruce Rose, Boulder High School Counselor
"Excellent workshop! The two instructors are well aware of the issues in helping
parents to help students. The manuals are excellent. All parents should take this
course." Jeane Nauenberg, Fairview High School Counselor.
"Professionally, this gives me a structure to begin a Parent Training program next
year. This is a school goal." Michele Scala, Quest Academy High School.
"The program was immensely helpful to us. We think this type of training would
be very valuable for any parent and recommend it highly. Put to the test, it has helped us
have a better relationship with our daughter. -- June and Michael McElroy, Parents.
Who Should
Attend? |
The Benefits |
| Educators |
Raise student goals and expectations
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| School Counselors/Advocates |
Increase parental involvement |
| Social
Workers/Administrative Staff |
Reduce disruptive classroom behavior |
| ALL |
Strengthen character
development |
"I wish every parent of every incoming
Freshman could take this class.!"
Boulder High School - Crisis Intervention Specialist
FOCUS ON SUCCESS In-service OR
for-credit workshop
To Schedule CALL (303) 443-3697; or e-mail alexia@votelink.com
For-Credit Training (7.5 hours)
Includes English/Spanish workbook & Instructor's Guide.
FOCUS ON SUCCESS Training Program:
"Train-the-Trainers" teach mentoring skills
to parents.
Successful parenting is not "conditional" love. That is, "I’ll love
you if... you do what I want you to do." A tough approach to loving a child may end
up building barriers between a parent and a child, may diminish the child’s
authenticity, and may create a barrier between the child and society.
Parents, as mentors, may invite other family members, friends, or experts, to act as
role-models, or points of inspiration at different stages of their child’s life.
These people may already be playing an active role in the life of the child. The keyword
here is "active," for successful child-rearing is not passive.
Highly effective parents, who successfully raise their children to become responsible
adults will understand that these 10 Golden Rules are a transforming process that will
change both them and their children in a positive way. The process will deepen and
strengthen family relationships where the love is already strong. It will remind families
in conflict that underneath the chaos and turmoil there is a solid bedrock of love.
AGENDA: 7.5 hour workshop (1/2 credit CDE); 1-graduate credit of
continuing
education from Colorado State University (CSU) when you attend and then teach this
workshop to parents or apply it in the classroom with students.
OPTIONAL 1-DAY TRAINING INCLUDES:
8:30 a.m. - 9 Registration
9-9:15 Welcome
9:15-9:30 Introduction to Training
9:30-10:15 Personal Operating Styles
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Role Modeling & Projection
11:15-12 Inside the Teen Mind
Luncheon Roundtable Discussion
1:30-2:15 Successful Mentoring Strategies
2:15-3:00 Shaping a Lifepath
3:00-3:45 MindMapping the Future
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-4:30 Taking Action
The Education Exchange Network is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization,
registered in the state of Colorado.
The Presenters
Steve Anderson: trained as a Navy Jet pilot during the
Vietnam years, practiced trial law in New York City for 10 years, studied for the
ministry, and is a licensed, certified conflict mediator.
Alexia Parks: Family management consultant, former
correspondent for the national desk of The Washington Post, New York City
publisher, named "one of 50 people who matter most on the Internet," by Newsweek,
and author of six books.