Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• effective techniques for improving communication in the classroom.
• effective techniques for to improve how well we listen.
• effective techniques to improve teacher-parent communication.

Understand

• roadblocks to effective listening.
• how our body language communicates what we are thinking.
• the difference between a teacher owned problem vs. a student owned problem.

and Be Able To

• identify “difficult conversations” and turn them into learning conversations.
• use “active listening” as a tool to improve communications.
• use “constructive feedback” as a tool to improve communications.