Dear Difference Maker,

In our society we do a lot of “coming at” each other verbally, physically and energetically with our attitudes, vibes and tone about what we think each other has done wrong.  We don’t hear ourselves most of the time.

In the middle of every single conversation is what we believe to be the truth about another person whether we’ve investigated or not.

We may not know it, but where there’s smoke there is fire when it comes to unconscious bias.  It’s real.  It’s happening. It’s felt.  It’s in the middle of every single conversation we are trying to have with another person.

Think of “9 Weeks to A Make A Difference Year” Curriculum as a primer to my soon to be released program, Teaching Energetics, in which we will be doing a deep dive into the Quantum Physics of Interconnectedness and how your students do in fact, pick up what you are putting down about what you believe they are capable of doing and being.

We will explore how, without learning as much as we can about ENERGETICS we are inadvertently participating in the results we’re getting from students, we are just spinning our wheels.

You can be using every effective teaching technique in the book, but if you have an unconscious bias; an attitude, vibe and tone you will have a difficult time of it.

When attitudinal energy is not addressed skillfully, things can get intense. This is not about telling someone that they’ve got a bad attitude or they just need to be more positive!  Never. Do. That.

Remember Behavioral Modifications #1 Rule:  Before you can change anyone else you must first change yourself.  And that means addressing your own vibes first by considering what unconscious biases may be getting in the way of building a solution generating, collaborative relationship.

With everything that’s been going on in the world, there truly is no better time than the present to experience the healing power of inclusion through community building.

The last 9-Weeks of any school year are pivotal in creating the excitement and expectancy of getting on with the next school year.

Learn more about how to make your classroom safe, all-inclusive and hum with academic productivity with my “9 Weeks to A Make A Difference Year” program.

Click the link for more information and be the one to set the tone!

Reaching out …

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Community Requires 2-Way Communication
Excerpt from 9 Weeks to a Make A Difference Year Curriculum

Just how well do we communicate?

I have loved doing Week 9’s activity with students and in my administrative team building trainings across the country because I find that people gain their own personal insights into just how well they are coming across without someone taking it upon themselves to point it out.

There’s visual proof at the end of the activity which illustrates just how well they did.  I encourage teachers to have their students do this exercise as many times as time allows.  Team them up with more than one partner to see what happens.  The more we practice, the better we become.

There’s a lot of team building activities for classrooms available on the Internet.

What makes my curriculum so much more than a set of simple team building exercises is that 1) every activity has been field-tested with 20,000 people in a 2-year period to help participants gain insights into themselves and others, 2) feel a part of something greater than themselves and 3) the movies have specific heart opening messages that unify and align students with each other.

Week 9 of my 9 Weeks teaches that the success of the Community depends upon good two-way Communication—a skill that benefits students in learning how to think about what they are saying and how they are saying it.

My husband loves it when I tell our Dairy Queen story.  It’s not as funny in writing as it  is when I tell it in front of a live audience, but I think you’ll get the point I’m making about communication and how we’re wired neurologically within our personality styles.

Dairy Queen Scenario 1

We’re traveling down the freeway and I notice a Dairy Queen just off the very next exit!  My husband is driving and I turn to him and exclaim, “Oh look, there’s Dairy Queen!”

He keeps driving right past the freeway exit for Dairy Queen.

Hurt and hangry, I asked, “Why didn’t you take the freeway exit?”

He replied, “You didn’t say you wanted me to!”

Dairy Queen Scenario 2

I am driving down the freeway with my best girlfriend in the Whole Wide World and she says to me, “Oh look, there’s Dairy Queen!”

Screeeeettttccccccccccch!

I speed up to get off the freeway as fast as I can and I drive straight into Dairy Queen! Not one more word was spoken.

It’s UNDERSTOOD!

Even though I’ve spent my adult life teaching empowering communication techniques, it baffles me that this still happens between us. The big difference between early in our marriage and now is that we laugh about it.  When I haven’t been as direct as I know how to be, my husband has learned to check-in with me saying, “Is this a Dairy Queen request?”

So much of our communication is coming “at” each other after someone does something that we don’t like.  This guarantees upset.  Whereas, learning how to check-in, investigate and ask “what” questions instead of “why” we get to the heart of the problem rather than more excuses.

There’s no time like the present!

The last 9 Weeks of any school year – and particularly this chaotic school year – are pivotal in creating comradery, so they can end the year with the excitement and expectancy of getting on with the next school year.

Learn more about how to make your classroom safe, all-inclusive and hum with academic productivity with my “9 Weeks to A Make A Difference Year” Curriculum.

Here’s your road map:

When you follow my 9-Week Make A Difference Year Curriculum you will …

• slow everything down and breathe a collective breath.
• ease your students into constructive and productive social emotional engagement with “done for you” activities and discussion questions.
• learn deeper levels about each student by listening to them discuss “what came up” for them about the movie or activity.
• start tuning-in to your students’ “hidden stressors” that each of them is struggling with daily, not just academically, but socially and emotionally to build a common bond.
• experience the transformational power of my WIW – “What, If, When” – technique, to shift the energy of the room in 30 seconds or less as intense situations come up (and they will come up)!
• see unskillful behaviors with new eyes of understanding, hear with healing ears.
• be thrilled at how a safe, inclusive and caring community will yield calm minds and accelerate learning.
• marvel at how quickly students – particularly those who are normally behind – are able to catch up and even pull ahead.

Click the link for more information and get started now!

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