Reconnect & recharge with engaging PD.
Crafted entirely by former educators, our coaching series empowers educators and staff with actionable skills and tools to strengthen their well-being, professional growth and the mental health of their students.
Burnout and retention need to be addressed.
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87
of principals report frequent job-related stress, compared with 35% of other working adults.
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40
of teachers feel burned out “always” or “very often”.
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44
of superintendents plan to leave their role within the next 2 to 3 years due to workplace challenges.
Robin Can Help.
Led by expert coaches, our highly interactive workshops empower educators with strategies to support their well-being and help them teach their students positive mental health skills.
For groups of administrators, teachers or non-instructional staff, sessions focus on connecting with colleagues to spark meaningful conversation and apply skills learned to current, real-life situations.
In-demand additional sessions can be added to the foundational series of 5 workshops. Workshops can be implemented during regularly scheduled PD or anytime during or after the school day.
5 Workshop Series.
Best Classroom Practices.
Participants will explore teaching positive mental health skills in school during dedicated class time or embedded in academic subject areas. This session will focus on using authentic teaching practices to stimulate critical thinking in the classroom for the development of positive mental health skills for students.
Daily Practices to Manage Stress & Anxiety.
A Robin coach explains how to recognize and address signs of stress and anxiety in a healthy way, and shares strategies to support the navigation of these significant challenges. Participants are guided through several techniques proven to decrease sensations of pain and anxiety and support stress management, improved sleep and enhanced well-being. The session also teaches participants how these practices can be integrated into current classroom routines in order to support the mental health of both teachers and students.
Compassionate and Restorative Classroom Practices.
A Robin coach shares school-wide trauma-informed community-building tools and activities to build and enhance a compassionate, connected and supportive culture in which each school community member feels valued, seen and heard. The coach also shares low-lift strategies that center around collective well-being, connection and joy that schools can utilize to develop and foster a connection in an uplifting culture.
Building Resilience and Self-Efficacy.
Participants are guided through a discussion of everyday challenges to their resilience by a Robin coach, who then shares steps they can take and concrete skills they can use to build up their resilience in the face of adversity, learning to weather and grow from hardships. Challenging and disrupting common negative self-talk patterns further supports self-efficacy and resiliency. Participants will engage in skill-building for themselves before learning about taking these positive mental health skills back to the students in their classrooms.
Managing Classroom Conflict and Behavior.
A Robin coach will explain the connection between trauma and conflict in order to help participants develop trauma-informed conflict communication skills to help respond to student behavior. Participants will be guided through soothing practices that will support them in responding with empathy to themselves and to others in order to foster co-regulation during times of conflict. This workshop also emphasizes self-advocacy and boundary-setting among the conflict communication skill set, helping teachers to shift from reacting from a place of stress to responding with intention and calm.
Additional Add-On Workshops.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
A Robin coach works with participants to develop a deeper understanding of DEIB and the ways it can impact a school community. The coach shares concrete strategies that can be used in order to build more inclusive school communities.
Suicide Awareness and Intervention.
Participants are guided through a discussion of the factors for increased suicide risk and actions participants can take to identify and support students who may be at risk with care and compassion.
Strategizing and Prioritizing Your Well-Being.
A Robin coach shares the research behind burnout, compassion fatigue and stress before equipping educators with a set of tools they can use to successfully combat these challenges. The coach presents specific tools and strategies that educators and administrators can strategically use themselves and share with others to help manage and reframe stress, build resilience, enhance well-being and strengthen the school community.