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Connecting Through Conversation was built by leveraging over forty years of combined experience, stories from the field, and a good dose of humor to develop an approach to transform behavior.
Every educator - and everyone who talks with students is an educator - will benefit from their practical and easy-to-implement tools, strategies, and templates to create a culture of connection in schools.
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Interested in an Author-Led Book Study?
Virtual or in-person sessions with Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns, the authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students.
This book is designed for all educators: teachers, support staff, and administrators. Bring your whole staff together to explore practical and easy-to-implement strategies for transforming behavior.
All educators care about kids, they just don’t always have the knowledge and skills to effectively show it. Engaging in a fully customizable Book Study will give educators the tools they need to create a culture of connection.
Your staff will gain a common language, while collaboratively learning immediately applicable moves to strengthen relationships, avoid power struggles, de-escalate students, maintain calm, and improve communication with families.
Educators will learn high-leverage, evidence-based strategies to better navigate student behavior, increase engagement and achievement, and improve school culture.
The time to build your staff’s capacity is now! Reach out today to start your journey.
Is It Time to Transform Your School Culture With Personalized Coaching or Consulting?
Personalized coaching and consulting through virtual or in-person sessions with Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns, the authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students.
Build staff capacity and gain the tools needed to navigate challenging behaviors with students, staff, and caregivers with increased confidence and effectiveness. Inspire and equip your team to implement these strategies so your school community can dedicate more time and energy to better impact teaching and learning.
We provide ongoing tailored support as you apply high-leverage, evidence-based strategies for your entire school community. Together, we will reinvigorate your systems to build staff capacity so they can confidently navigate student behavior, avoid power struggles, de-escalate students, all while showing care and maintaining calm.
We work side-by-side with leaders and staff teams to identify areas of growth, collaboratively strategize, and determine clear next steps. We rely on our extensive experience and expertise to leverage your school’s strengths, improve culture, and support you all along the way. We’ll work hard, but we’ll laugh hard too.
If you are looking to decrease challenging behaviors, increase student engagement and achievement, strengthen staff communication, and have fun while doing it - reach out today!
Learn Powerful Strategies Today. See the Impact Tomorrow! Book a Speaking Engagement.
National availability for virtual or in-person events and speaking engagements with Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns, the authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students.
Are you looking for dynamic, engaging speakers who will inspire and equip your team with actionable strategies to transform student behavior and create a culture of connection? Erika and Tiffany have you covered!
With a fast-paced, humorous approach, their presentations are tailored to meet the needs of all educators—because everyone who talks with students is, in fact, an educator. Drawing on more than forty years of combined experience as current practitioners, Erika and Tiffany understand the unique challenges of serving today’s students and are ready to help you navigate student behavior with clarity and confidence.
Their sessions go beyond theory, providing clear, simple, and immediately applicable tools that any educator can use. Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, a bus driver, office staff, or other support staff, Erika and Tiffany address the challenges you face daily, breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-understand strategies. They emphasize the power of language, teaching you how small shifts in your words and mindset can lead to profound changes in behavior and culture. You'll leave with practical moves you can implement immediately, building a school community where both students and staff thrive.
What if we changed the way we think about students? Instead of seeing them as attention-seeking, what if we viewed them as connection-seeking? Erika and Tiffany’s approach encourages just that, showing how transforming our language can transform our mindset—and ultimately, our students’ behavior. Their interactive, relatable presentations speak directly to every role in your educational environment, offering strategies that are simple enough for anyone to implement, and powerful enough to create lasting impact.
Prepare to be inspired and energized as Erika and Tiffany equip you with the tools and passion to create connected, joyful learning environments. You’ll leave enthused and empowered, ready to foster a school community where every student feels seen, heard, and valued. Book Erika and Tiffany for your next event and start the journey toward making student interactions more meaningful, connected, and impactful—today!
Ignite Change and Transform Your Culture with Our Professional Development Sessions!
Virtual or in-person professional development sessions with Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns, the authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students.
Are you ready to inspire your team and transform student behavior in a meaningful way? Erika and Tiffany are here to help you do just that. Whether you're looking for a single powerful professional development session or a series of ongoing engagements, their dynamic and inspiring approach will provide your team with the strategies and confidence they need to create lasting change in your school community.
In their sessions, Erika and Tiffany offer a proven playbook for building strong, connected relationships with students and colleagues alike. They’ll guide your team in how to avoid power struggles, communicate more effectively, and use simple yet powerful back-pocket strategies that support every student, every day. Through engaging content, real-life examples, and interactive demonstrations, participants will leave with practical tools that can be applied immediately - empowering them to make a real difference in their classrooms and beyond.
Your team will feel more connected to one another, energized by new possibilities, and equipped with the mindset and tools to transform student behavior. Whether you're teaching, leading, or supporting, the strategies shared by Erika and Tiffany will empower you to build a school culture where every student feels seen, heard, and valued.
Book Erika and Tiffany for a one-time session or a series of professional development events and set your team on the path to creating a school environment where both students and educators thrive. It’s time to ignite passion, foster connection, and watch the transformation unfold. Start today. See the impact tomorrow!
Become a Connected Communicator Now
As a member, you gain access to a wealth of resources and exclusive content tailored to your interests.
Are you looking for effective ways to transform student behavior? We’re excited to offer a new and exclusive online course designed to help educators manage and navigate student behavior with confidence. Learn immediately applicable and practical strategies to de-escalate situations, avoid power struggles, improve communication, strengthen relationships and build a culture of connection in your school communities.
Connected Communicator Topics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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