School-Wide Training Programs

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Description:

Developing a School-Wide Setting Limits Program: A Value at $15,500.00

The key to any successful school guidance program is helping teachers, parents, and administration work together as partners under the same guidance plan using a common set of effective guidance methods. The result—teachers better trained to handle discipline problems in the classroom, more cooperation from students, more support from parents, fewer students sent to the office, more efficient use of administrative time, more time for teaching and learning. Everyone wins. The goal is within reach.

Dr. MacKenzie and his staff offer a full package of services and materials over a one year time period to help your school achieve this goal at a very affordable price. Best of all, the Full Implementation Package provides you the flexibility to select the combination of workshops, consultative support services, and guidance materials best suited to the needs of your particular school and staff. Guidance posters and materials for the classroom are available in both Spanish and English. Parent workshops also are available in both Spanish and English and can be exchanged for additional consultative support hours or special focus workshops for staff. All methods, materials, and procedures are fully aligned with the standards set forth by the California State Department of Education.

Everyone wants "the quick fix," but changing guidance practices on a school-wide basis takes time. Staff need repeated training opportunities, time to practice their new skills and procedures, observation, feedback, support, encouragement, reinforcement, and follow-up training. Some staff acquire new skills quickly. Others require more time, practice, observation, feedback and support. Some learn best by having others role model or demonstrate the guidance skills in actual classroom situations. We use a "coaching model" to accommodate all of these different learning styles, and we provide training for guidance providers outside the classroom--on the playground, in the cafeteria, in the library, and in the media center. As organizational trainers, we recognize that change can be stressful to some staff members. Helping staff work through their resistance is a normal and expected part of the skill-training process. Dr. MacKenzie and his staff are uniquely qualified to provide this important level of support.

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Testimonials:

What People Say About Developing a School-Wide Setting Limits Program:

"School-wide discipline use to be only a dream. Now, it's a reality! My job has never been easier or more rewarding."
Kathleen G. Nguyen, Elementary School Principal

"The effects of this guidance and discipline program could be measured immediately. Discipline referrals to my office have reduced by two-thirds."
Mollie Pitcher, Assistant Principal

"The Setting Limits Program is the most effective system of behavior management I've seen in my thirty-four years of experience as a teacher, counselor, and principal. It turned my school around in terms of climate and sense of purpose. Natural and logical consequences make so much sense. I consider the program elegantly simple. Teachers are so much more empowered using Setting Limits."
Virginia Green, Elementary School Principal

"The Setting Limits Program has been implemented school-wide in our elementary school for the past one and a half years. The climate of the school and relationships between staff and students has dramatically improved our school culture and character. My time as site principal is more appropriately spent supporting the instructional program."
Lauran Hawker, Elementary School Principal

"Working with the Setting Limits Program has brought our staff and community together for the sole purpose of helping our students become responsible citizens. Teachers feel confident, parents understand the purpose of our actions, and students benefit from much more focused instruction and less interruptions. This program has given me more time to actually support our staff as the instructional leader on site."
P.J. Foehr, Elementary School Principal.

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Syllabus:

Package Highlights: 

The core package includes: one full-day staff development training seminar, a minimum of six hours of focus workshops for staff, three workshops for parents, twenty hours of consultative support for staff, a full-day training for trainers workshop, a 30% discount on all books purchased for staff and parents, and a full array of forms, guidance posters for the classroom, and hand-outs for staff and parents in both Spanish and English. Workshops and consultative support services will be provided at your school site and arranged to fit your school’s schedule. All you need to do is schedule a minimum of one full day within a one-year time frame.

Three Phases of Implementation:

Phase 1.

• An initial full-day training workshop for staff: Setting Limits in the Classroom  
• A two-hour evening workshop for parents (Ending Battles over Homework)                       

Phase 2.

• Observations and confidential feedback for all staff
  
• Follow-up focus workshops, 
• Individual and small-group consultation,
  
• Problem-solving sessions
• Student focus meetings
  
• A two-hour evening workshop for parents (Ending Power Struggles at Home)

Phase 3.

• Follow-up focus workshops for staff
• Consultation
• A full-day training for trainers with training materials
• A two-hour workshop for parents (Solving Problems with Natural and Logical Consequences)

Focus Workshops: 

In addition to providing the core staff development in-service, Setting Limits in the Classroom, Dr. MacKenzie and his staff offer special focus workshops on a wide variety of topics. Popular topics include: Solving Problems with Homework, Teaching Organizational Skills and Good Work Habits, Structuring the Classroom for Students with ADHD, Understanding Temperament and Learning Styles, Accommodating Students with Special Needs, Conducting Effective Parent Conferences, Working with Difficult Parents, Bully-Proofing Your Students, Managing Aggressive or Defiant Behavior, Crisis Intervention, Assisting Students with Grief and Loss, Increasing Cooperation with Preferred Activity Time (PAT), Supporting Academically Discouraged Students, Handling Untrustworthy Behavior, and Developing Individual Behavior Management Plans.

Professional Consultative Support:

Dr. MacKenzie and his staff will provide 20 hours of consultative support for staff including classroom observations, confidential written feedback, individual and small-group consultation, role-playing, problem-solving sessions, training for yard-duty supervisors and cafeteria staff, student focus meetings, and assistance with developing individual behavior support plans for challenging students. Additional time will be billed at an hourly rate.

Guidance Materials:

Staff will receive copies of Setting Limits in the Classroom, Setting Limits, and Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child at a 30% discount, guidance posters for the classroom in both Spanish and English, sample workshop fliers, sample letters to parents, sample Friday folders, hand-outs for parents on solving problems with homework, materials for teachers on organizing the classroom for students with ADD, guides for developing Setting Limits Parent Workshops, and much more.

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