Creating a positive learning environment

We can't learn effectively if we don't feel safe.

We can't teach effectively if we don't feel safe.

I believe that a sense of safety comes from creating a positive learning environment for all. This is the foundation, and through a teaching and learning with the heart in brain approach, we can ensure it is strong and sustainable.

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Courses and Conversations

Teaching is a absolute privilege and it is hard work.

With over 30 years teaching experience, learning about the brain and effective learning practices through personal inquiry, formal study and courses, I am here to help and support you to continue to hone your craft and create more positive learning environments for all.

Below are a few key areas that I can support you with- either through coaching or mentoring or short courses with your school or in your area.

If you would like to talk about any of these options, please get in touch.

Do you want a more harmonious classroom where you can focus more on teaching and learning than putting out metaphorical fires?

In Teaching and Learning with the Heart and Brain in Mind, you will learn:

Strategies to support students develop emotional literacy
Tools to support learners to manage big emotions and increase focus
Ways to build understanding of brain development and function
How to improve relationship building with students
Why the power of co-regulation is a important
Why neuroplasticity is a powerful thing to know about
and so much more...

Teaching and Learning with the Heart and Brain in Mind

Do you worry that there are too many learners that you just can't reach?

Bringing together the art and science of teaching and learning, you will learn:

How to structure a lesson, day and term with creating belonging at the base
The importance of routines, and how to embed these successfully
The power of listening for learning and creating harmonious learning environments
The art of questioning effectively
Assessment for learning practices
Professional reflective practices to continue to hone your craft

Increasing student engagement

Are you tired of being everyone's superhero in the classroom and coming to the rescue all the time?

Let's build independence through student agency!

You will learn:

About executive functioning skills and how to support learners develop them
Structures, tools and strategies to increase independence
Enhancing student collaboration and support systems
Effective goal setting approaches
Assessment practices that increase student ownership
About creating a climate that encourages collaboration and independence

Student Agency for Building Independence

Do big emotions take up a lot of time and energy in your classroom? Would you like that to change?

With Emotional Literacy 101, you will learn:

What emotions are and where they can come from?
About the brain-body connection and how sensation can impact behaviour
The power of empathy
The power of co-regulation
Ways to create calm in yourself
Tools and strategies to support learners learn the language of emotions
Tools and strategies to support learners learn ways to manage big emotions