Effective communication is a cornerstone of effective leadership.  This session will focus on helping administrators, and other leaders, create an effective, productive, and positive framework for engaging in difficult conversations.  Whether it be in person, on the phone, or through email, specific strategies and real-life examples will be shared to help increase confidence and lower stress while most effectively engaging with colleagues, parents, students, and others.  These practical strategies, shared by veteran administrator Rich Bickel, have been proven to foster effective communication, promote a positive school climate, and best of all can be implemented immediately.

Administrators face a variety of challenges related to classroom management, including not only student behavior, but also teacher consistency and support, diversity, parental involvement, technology, and more. Jim Kestner will bring his nationally recognized perspectives in this session titled: Shaping Teachers’ Perspectives for Positive Classroom Management: Promoting a Culture That Builds Respect, Discipline, and Responsibility.  Jim will share strategies in this interactive session that are related to effective classroom management, student character, and school culture that encourages administrators and/or any leader to share challenges and solutions in a dynamic setting that focuses on perspectives that encourage teachers to support and adopt school-wide perspectives while retaining their own individual freedoms. The result is a school culture that encourages problem-solving, community, and consistency essential for students’ personal and academic development.

This session is not just for AP's, Deans or Directors - we encourage behavior interventionists, social workers, etc or related support personnel who feels this session would be beneficial to attend!

Registration closes 4-5 days prior to the session.