Empower Your School's Success with Engaging Professional Development
Transform your school's educational landscape with customized in-service and professional development days guided by a seasoned experiential facilitator. Elevate educator growth, stimulate collaborative teamwork, and generate enduring positive effects on student achievement with timely content and well established facilitation methods.
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Accountability ✳︎ Direct access ✳︎ Trusted online space ✳︎ Zoom sessions ✳︎
Choose An Experiential Professional Development Approach to address
Discover the transformative impact my experiential approach can have on your school community!
ROUTINE RUT
Unleash the full potential of your educators by breaking free from routine ruts. My approach empowers teachers to transcend familiar patterns in a dynamic learning environment.
COMMUNICATION CONSTRAINTS
Reduce the communication constraints that impede teacher-student and peer-to-peer interactions. My approach enhances connections inside and outside the classroom.
LEADERSHIP LIMITATIONS
Elevate your teachers to leadership excellence by enhancing their toolbox. My approach addresses individual leadership limitations, promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation, and teamwork.
The Consequences of Neglecting Teacher Development
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Administrators bear a heavier workload, taking on leadership responsibilities that should be carried by empowered teachers. This imbalance can lead to burnout and hinder the overall efficiency of the school.
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Administrators must redirect valuable time towards addressing individual issues, resolving conflicts, and managing team dynamics when teachers lack the skills to handle these challenges independently. This strategic setback can impede the school's progress.
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Administrators become the sole decision-makers and problem solvers, facing the pressure of resolving all campus-related issues. The emotional exhaustion resulting from this burden can affect leadership effectiveness and well-being.
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Administrators find themselves in a constant hiring cycle to replace teachers lacking essential skills for professional workplace relationships. This continuous turnover disrupts stability and consumes valuable time.
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Limited time for meaningful connections with educators leads to growing resentment. Teachers may feel disconnected from their Administrators, impacting morale and hindering the establishment of a positive and collaborative school culture.
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Micromanaging teachers due to a lack of personal leadership inhibits sustained success. A school's ability to thrive in the long term is compromised when Administrators are stretched thin and cannot focus on strategic growth.
Investing in your teachers' personal growth is not just about their development; it's a strategic imperative for the overall success and well-being of your school community.
HOW I WORK WITH SCHOOLS
As a Facilitator, I am
Trained in Facilitating Meaningful Work: I specialize in guiding groups through meaningful work, focusing on collaborative processes that drive positive outcomes.
An Expert in Tools and Processes: I am equipped with a wealth of expertise in experiential facilitation tools and processes.
Able to Provide Helpful Questions: Instead of delivering solutions, I offer thought-provoking questions that empower your people to explore and discover their own insights.
Actively Engaging Participants in the Process: Collaboration is at the heart of my approach. I actively engage participants in the process, ensuring a sense of ownership and commitment.
Committed to Serving as a Guide, Not a Hero: Rather than swooping in as a hero with all the answers, I act as a guide, empowering your people to unlock their full potential.
Professional development Themes for Educators
All of my work is customizable. I work with schools face-to-face and remotely. The topics listed below can be utilized as single workshops, a part of a series, or included in a full day event.
LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE
One fundamental truth that high-performers hold tightly to is the idea that leadership is influence! This is a concept that leaders at all levels must embrace. When educators leverage their influence for good, everyone wins!
What Else Could it Be
Too often, we think we know what an issue is, but when we employ the question, "What else could it be? " we may discover unnamed problems and underlying issues. When we solve the wrong problem, we actually create more problems! Asking this question insures we are solving the right problem.
Leading Change
Discover the six most common behaviors observed when leading change. Recognizing and naming these behaviors benefits the entire school community.
The Drama Triangle in Education
Discover the roles we each play in unhealthy and unproductive conflict. The framework we will use is called the Drama Triangle. These roles are alive in most industries, but seeing how they apply in education is a game-changer!
Managing Difficult People
Learn the five reasons why a person might not do what you are asking them to do. These five reasons will change how you respond to difficult people and difficult moments!
The Four Cultures Of Concern
Schools and educational organizations should avoid four distinct cultures. By identifying and understanding the behaviors associated with each of these cultures, your educators and leaders can make decisions that contribute to the cultivation of a high-performing culture.
Creating a Culture of Belonging
We all play a role in creating the culture we function in. Healthy groups are intentional about creating a culture of belonging by rediscovering their strengths and restoring their relationships.
CONFLICT, Let's talk about it
High-performing students, teachers, and school leaders are willing to discuss and address conflict. Understanding your default conflict style facilitates more productive relationships. Healthy teams shift from avoiding conflict to addressing conflict.
Customized topics
The topics above were first designed to meet the needs of a specific group. I am always willing to create new content to address the challenges your people are facing!
Meet Your Host
After a long career in Higher Education, Molly Grisham left that industry to start her own business. She now works as a Keynote Speaker and Experiential Facilitator. She helps groups with issues like team building, leadership development, and conflict resolution. With nearly two decades of experience as a College Soccer Coach and Communication Professor, Molly approaches her work as an educator. She meets people where they are and helps them move to where they want to be.
Molly holds degrees in Communication from Belmont University, the University of Illinois, and Missouri State University.
Molly is down-to-earth and compels her audience to participate in the learning process. She engages groups from the moment she steps in front of them and leaves them with tools and processes to use long after an event has ended.
When not facilitating, Molly can be found at her favorite used bookstore and at various international restaurants in St. Louis.
