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Educator Training

Leadership and Self-Deception in Teaching and Education

Day 1: Core Training - Getting Out of The Box
Format: an 8-hour day. The Choice is how we begin all our work with individuals, families, organizations, corporations, schools, treatment programs, governmental agencies, humanitarian groups and helping professionals. Participants learn what the box of self-deception is, how we get in it and how to get out. They discover that self-deception is at the heart of most "people problems" in the organization, and learn the extent to which we participate in problems we believe are purely the problems of others.

The Choice gives participants the keys to: focusing on results, individual growth, relationships, effective leadership, communication, conflict resolution, team-building, alignment, accountability, trust, motivation, cooperation, vision creation and buy-in, decision-making.

The Choice covers:

Way of Being: The Source of Influence

• Our influence does not come from what we do, as most of us think. It comes from something deeper, which Arbinger calls a "Way of Being".
• There are two basic Ways of Being; The Responsive Way and The Resistant Way (aka "out-of-the-box" and "in-the-box").

The Choice That Determines Way Of Being

• How individuals move from one Way of Being to the other.
• Predictable consequences that result from each way.

When The Resistant Way Becomes Characteristic

• How the Resistant Way becomes habitual - and the inevitable negative consequences.
• How to recognize our own Resistant Ways and their impact on others.

The Effect Of The Resistant Way On Others

• A person who is being Resistant invites resistance in others, which spreads resistance throughout the organization, undercutting the achievement of every individual and organizational objective.
• We can become unwittingly devoted more to self-protection and justification than to achieving results.

Becoming Responsive: Getting Out Of The Box

• The logic and practical reality of how to get out of the box and stay out.
• How to apply the process in an area of where being in the box has caused problems. The impact is profound and lasting.

Day 2: The Choice in Teaching and Education

Day 2 is devoted to Arbinger's key implementation program for teachers and educators, The Choice in Teaching and Education. Participants learn and begin to practice the application of Arbinger principles to their teaching role. They see the many ways both teachers and students can be resistant. They see how this in-the-box behavior undermines any effort to collaborate in teaching and learning. And they see solutions.

The training covers topics including:

The Principles of Responsive Teaching. These turn traditional models upside down, and can transform every teaching and learning experience:

• I Am Not the Teacher
• My Obligation is to Learn
• I See Greatness
• I Build Community

A guiding structure for Responsive Teaching

• Helping things go right
• What to do when things go wrong

As a result of this training, teachers and administrators learn new ways to see themselves, their roles and their students. With these new ways of seeing come new ways of doing. These help teaching and learning become the enriching, fulfilling experiences they are meant to be.

Until recently, this course was offered only within client organizations. We now offer it to the public, and recommend it to representatives from any organization considering Arbinger training.