“I wish I had taken this program five years ago when I was a first year school leader. It might have been the single greatest act I could have done to increase my effectiveness as a leader.”
Inspiring Educators (IE) provides world-class leadership development training that integrates experiential, cognitive, and emotional strategies to enable transformational behavioral change. Our workshops dramatically increase the ability of leaders to engage stakeholders in the community in the mission of their school or organization, while also fostering a thriving, positive culture in their school, organization and/or community.
Our standard programming (listed below) is appropriate for education agencies (schools, districts, networks), leadership pipeline programs, and nonprofit organizations. In each program, our facilitators work with participants through a different lens, selected based on each partner’s individual context and need.
In addition to the programs listed below, IE offers fully customized programming. Custom training is designed around the specific goals of the client, led by one of our expert content designers. Our designer will transform your overarching goal(s) into a dynamic and impactful training experience centered around clear learning objectives.
All programs are designed to provide ample time for individual coaching and transformational growth.
Leading with presence
Connect with the hearts and minds of your colleagues in order to strengthen the culture of your school community.
Leadership in Challenging Times
Come together with your team to discuss the compelling rationale for leadership presence during Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) times and learn a few of our top tips for harnessing your leadership presence to frame the current reality and the hopeful future.
Articulating Your Why
Exercise the power of sharing personal stories that communicate values and connection to your school or organization’s mission in order to inspire, motivate, and engage your community.
Presence & Leadership Roles
Practice navigating and embodying key roles in leadership— the Captain, the Conceiver, the Collaborator, and the Champion— to effectively lead and manage change in schools. Leverage the leadership roles to build and maintain strong relationships, to motivate and empower your staff to excel, to guide your community through times of transition or difficulty, and more.
Creating Your Inspiring Narrative
Through cultivating and sharing a story of “Who I am, who we are, and my vision for student success”, leaders will strengthen the skills needed to effectively enlist stakeholders to engage in their mission.
communicating with presence: managing up and across
Tap into two IE frameworks 1) the PRES Model for Leadership Presence and 2) the Empathic Assertiveness Model for Leadership Communication, to explore how to effectively manage up with supervisors and across with lateral colleagues.
Navigating difficult conversations
Explore IE's model for approaching difficult conversations and hone your leadership communication skills to effectively navigate sensitive topics with a variety of stakeholders.
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Individual Coaching
Each coaching engagement is tailored to the needs of the individual, enabling them to reach higher levels of effectiveness, while holding true to their own personal narrative, aligned with the mission of their organization.
Mindfulness and Wellbeing As Self-Care
Mindfulness helps us access our “best selves”- even in the most stressful of times. Mindfulness involves a set of skills that educators and admin can learn with the help of expert facilitators and practice. Leverage these skills and strategies to stay grounded and focused, especially during moments of chaos or crisis.
“I have experienced massive growth in my strategies and have come out of each Inspiring Educators session inspired and with specific tools.”
