Keep your cool when the heat is on! So much of our job success depends on the strength of our communication. This session will increase our skill set navigating the toughest conversations that are guaranteed to come our way. Together, we  will explore practical strategies to ensure you remain calm when things get heated, and help others catch that calm from you as you work towards resolution. We will apply communication strategies to de-escalate and diffuse potentially explosive situations, as well as discuss ways to avoid escalation in the first place. Additionally, we share a number of practical and immediately applicable strategies to build and repair connection in these increasingly divisive times. Learn strategies and tools today that you can use tomorrow!Item description

Connections with our students is so important, but couldn’t we all benefit from the playbook on how to do it? Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns provide this with practical and immediately applicable strategies to reinvigorate and improve systems by harnessing the power of connection. With a fast-paced and fun approach, this workshop or keynote is full of engaging content, model demonstrations, and back-pocket strategies you will be inspired to put into practice and share with the other educators in your building. Erika and Tiffany believe that at the very heart of education is connection. They are passionate about sharing the tools you need to build a culture of connection in your school where students and educators thrive.

Create a campus where students thrive. We provide practical and immediately applicable strategies to reinvigorate and improve systems, allowing educators to navigate behavioral conversations with both increased confidence and effectiveness. Together, we will do a deep dive into the danger of power struggles, and provide you with practical tools for how to avoid them without losing your cool. This presentation is fast-paced, fun, and full of engaging content, model demonstrations, and active participation to immediately apply the skills being taught. Infused with a good dose of humor, we cover the foundations of Connected Relationships for Learning and go into detail about how this behavioral approach overlays and improves your current discipline system.  Educators will leave with sentence stems, templates, and easy-to-implement strategies to transform student behavior and school culture through the art of connecting through conversation.

Ideal & Customizable for Office Managers, Secretaries, Registrars, and Office Staff

We all know that the educators who run the office are really the folks who run our schools! As the first point of contact for our school communities, these staff are critical in building Connected Relationships for our educators, students, and their caregivers. Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns provide the playbook for connecting with students and colleagues by sharing practical and immediately applicable strategies to reinvigorate and improve systems in the front office by harnessing the power of connection. With a fast-paced and humorous approach, this keynote is full of engaging content, model demonstrations, and back-pocket strategies you will be inspired to put into practice and share with the other educators in your building. Erika and Tiffany believe that at the very heart of education is connection. They are passionate about sharing the tools you need to build a culture of connection in your school where students and educators thrive.

We provide practical and immediately applicable strategies to reinvigorate and improve systems, allowing educators to navigate behavioral conversations with both increased confidence and effectiveness. Together, we will do a deep dive into how to leverage communication as a Universal Design to improve student behavior and outcomes. This session will explore how connected communication as UDL is beneficial for all students, and especially critical for those from historically marginalized groups. 

Ideal & Customizable for Educational Assistants, Transportation professional, Nutrition Services Professionals

Support professionals are essential when building a culture of connection in our schools. These amazing educators typically work most closely with students during the periods of the day when student behavior can be especially challenging. They are often the first and best educator able to respond. Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns provide a playbook full of practical and immediately applicable strategies to reinvigorate and improve systems on the playground, on the school bus, and in instructional groups by harnessing the power of connection. With a fast-paced and humorous approach, this keynote or workshop is full of engaging content, model demonstrations, and back-pocket strategies you will be inspired to put into practice and share with the other educators in your building. Erika and Tiffany believe that at the very heart of education is connection. They are passionate about sharing the tools you need to build a culture of connection in your school where students and educators thrive.

Everyone knows why building connections with all our students is important, but couldn’t we benefit from the playbook on how to do it? Join us for practical and immediately applicable tools to transform student behavior by building a culture of connection. Fostering a sense of belonging and treating everyone with dignity is vital for equity and achievement. Together, we’ll explore strategies for using communication as universal design to serve all students, with a specific focus on multilingual learners or students with exceptionalities. With a fast-paced and fun approach, this session is full of engaging content, model demonstrations, and back-pocket strategies you will be inspired to put into practice. Explore the tools you need to build a culture of connection in your school where all students and educators thrive!