Inquiry Institute; Great results begin with great questions.

The Inquiry Institute’s in-person workshops may offer the very best opportunity to understand collaborative question thinking techniques. If you’ve been introduced to question thinking or if you are looking for new techniques to solve old problems, consider attending an in-person workshop.

Teaching and Thriving in Difficult Times

In a time of escalating pressures and demands, many teachers are wondering, “How can I have a sense of control and even thriving—as a teacher and as a human being?” and “How can I reinforce the feeling of mission and excitement that made me want to be a teacher in the first place?” as well as “How can I stay successfully focused on what I need—as well as what my students need?”

An informal survey conducted by the Inquiry Institute revealed key attributes that teachers who considered themselves as “thriving” said were important or necessary:

• A sense of choice and control in their own lives
• Successful ways to get their “batteries recharged” and a sense of well-being
• Personal tools and skills for keeping a positive perspective while managing the inevitable stresses and pressures of teaching and life
• Reliable personal and professional problem-solving strategies
• Collaborative, satisfying, and mutually empowering relationships with colleagues
• A sense of dignity, feeling valued, and proud to call themselves a teacher
• Belief they’re making a positive difference in their students’ lives; that what they do matters

In this workshop, you will gain affirmation along with skills and tools for:

• Engaging in mutually satisfying and collaborative conversations with colleagues
• Asking yourself and others questions leading to more positive moods and communications
• Building personal resilience as well as immunity to stress and negativity
• Creating a positive action plan for experiencing thriving, well-being, and personal control

Friday March 2 (evening 6:30-9pm) and Saturday March 3 (9am-4pm)
Princeton NJ

For more information or registration for March 2 and 3 click here

Friday May 4 (evening 6:30-9pm) and Saturday May 5 (9am-4pm)
Princeton NJ

For more information or registration for May 4 and 5 click here

 

Leadership Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Teachers

This workshop is sponsored by the Foundation for Educational Administration (FEA)

• Date: Friday March 9
• Location: Monroe Township, NJ
• Marilee Adams, Ph.D., MSW

The biggest truth—and challenge—of leadership is that leaders can only achieve results through others. That’s why a leader’s success can depend on skills for coaching and empowering others to their potential. The tools and skills taught in Leadership Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Teachers are also the core of Dr. Adams’ highly rated course, Leadership Fundamentals in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University. In addition, they form the basis of her workshop for teachers and educational leaders, Advantages of the Inquiring Mindset in Education.

Participants in this FEA workshop will learn inquiry-based leadership and coaching tools including the Learner/Judger Mindset distinctions, Q-Storming®, Inquiring Mindset Meeting Map, and The Choice Map (click here to view the Choice Map) The workshop is dynamic, instructive, and very practical.

For registration or more information:
http://www.featraining.org/documents/pdf/leadershipstrategies.pdf

 

Inquiring Mindset™ Advantage:

Tools for Inquiry-Based Transformational Problem-Solving™

(ICF CCE approved)

Registration Fee: $495

The methods of Transformational Problem Solving™ help people do this predictably and successfully everywhere they are applied, both professionally and personally. Developing expertise in asking the best questions often yields a high ‘return on investment’; it empowers more successful communication, strategic thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and innovation. Great results really do begin with great questions.

• Princeton, NJ
  Date: April 26, 2012
• To register or for more information, click here

 

Inquiring Mindset™: The Foundation Course

(CCEUs from International Coaching Federation – application in process)

Registration Fee: $1,495

The Inquiring Mindset (IM) Foundation Course is a transformational professional and personal experience as well as the prerequisite for the IM Train the Trainer Certificate Program. The skills and tools taught in the Foundation Course include Learner and Judger mindsets, the Choice Map, self-coaching practices, Question Thinking (QT), and Q-Storming®, a QT practice that often produces breakthroughs in possibilities and results.

• Princeton, NJ
  Date: April 26 & 27, 2012
• To register or for more information, click here