Workshops

The Color Code

A new way to see yourself, your relationships, and life. Based upon the book by Taylor Hartman, Barry will guide participants to discover ways to improve their relationships, including the most important relationship of all – their relationship with themselves.

Discipline with Dignity

The #1 concern of our public schools.  Barry combines his international certification with over twenty-five years of public school experience. The information will include planning for success and how to respond to a disruptive student.

Rhyme, Rhythm, and Song

Get off your seat and on your feet.  Gain ideas to make music a verb.  Participants will sing, dance, and play using the methods developed by German composer Carl Orff.

Multiple Intelligences

Tap into your broad range of abilities and talents while also learning how to move beyond the verbal emphasis so common in our schools.  Help your students learn through music, movement, imagery – and all their abilities.  Expand your way of teaching and your students’ ways of knowing.

Strategies to Increase Student Performance on Standardized Tests

Learn how Mozart, yellow paper, and peppermint candy can raise test scores!  Barry will share offbeat ideas that helped him turn around an inner city school notorious for poverty and low student performance.

Effective Conferencing: How Parent – Teacher Conferences Build Partnerships

When school districts were smaller, teachers lived and taught in the same community as their students. Today, many parents and teachers are strangers. Participants will explore active listening and feedback skills as they become more effective in planning, conducting and evaluating individual and group conferences.

Road Rage, Rolaids, and Relationships-Controlling anger before it controls you

You can't eliminate anger - nor should you. Learn anger management strategies to keep anger at bay. The workshop will help participants understand the role of anger and how anger can have positive aspects. Learn to express angry feelings in an appropriate way by engaging in active, small group learning experiences.

This Little Light of Mine, The Little Engine that Could, and Mrs. Jean Thompson

A motivational and inspirational session to help educators feel good about the important work they do. Learn why it is important to make friends with yourself in order to form relationships with others.