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Student Workshops
Standing Up and Stepping Out
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During this workshop students learn and practice leadership and life skills focusing on: self-esteem, values, decision making/goal setting, and conflict management/conflict resolution. An important part of this workshop is working with students to create their own Action Plans as leaders (1-3 Days).
Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
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This workshop taps into the very special skills of our associate, Darryl Ordell, who makes leadership, conflict resolution, and respect for diversity come alive for students using techniques he mastered as a professional actor and facilitator. Using improvisational activities, role plays, and guided visualizations, students are put in "real life" situations they may face in school, at home or the community. Participants are encouraged to understand and "command space" through use of voice and movement, thus building the confidence necessary to make good decisions and address internal and external issues of conflict (1-3 Days).
Raising the Bar: Life Skills for Success in the 21st Century
Students in current urban school communities often wrestle with setting and achieving goals, making good decisions, and confronting conflict with positive resolutions. In this workshop, students learn and practice 21st Century Skills to better prepare them for success in the classroom, in their personal lives, and in the world of work. Topics to be covered include: Identifying, Assessing and Controlling Our Anger; Resolving Our Conflicts Peacefully; and Making Proper Choices to Support the Goals We Set for Ourselves (2-5 Days).
Diversity in Action
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Today's students live and work in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world. This highly interactive workshop explores issues students need to understand, and have the ability to address, if they are to become productive members of our global community. Topics to be covered include: Diversity and Inclusion, Identity, Culture, Stereotyping, and Building Respect. Students work collaboratively to raise their awareness of diversity issues at their school, and learn and practice the skills necessary to lead in an inclusive environment (1-2 Days).
You Can Control Your Anger: Strategies for Dealing with Stressful Situations and People
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Anger is a universal and natural emotion. This workshop enables students to master the skills needed to manage this complex emotion and develop healthier ways of relating to others. Topics to be covered include, How Can We Deal with Angry Feelings Constructively and Learning to "Let Go" and Move On. Personal Action Plans are created to assist students in integrating these strategies into their daily lives (Aligns with the parent workshop:1-3 Days).
Teambuilding: Working and Learning Together
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To be successful in today's classroom and the global marketplace, students must master the art of working in teams. Successful teams are composed of individuals who recognize their own worth and acknowledge the value of others. Through interactive activities, students learn and practice how to create and work on teams which maximize every individual members' strengths (1/2-1 Day).
Creating Strong Peer Facilitators ©
Student leaders are often motivated to facilitate workshops on topics they have mastered in our student workshops. This highly interactive workshop builds on that motivation and provides young leaders with the skills necessary to conduct successful workshops for their peers. Topics to be covered include: Basic Facilitation Techniques and Skills, Setting a Positive Tone, Giving Directions, Maintaining Boundaries and Objectivity, Debriefing Activities, and Dealing with Difficult Participants. Students will create Action Plans which identify topics of interest to their peers, and develop timelines for the delivery of these workshops in the school (2 Days).
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