HEIDI STEVENSON, PhD
Welcome
Are you seeking a greater sense of peace, empowerment and a life of value for yourself and your students? With so many demands from parents, students and administrators we can easily feel overwhelmed and drained by the very teaching work which used to bring us joy.
As caring teachers we all need someone who understands and supports us with tools that navigate our professional and personal challenges, because happy teachers make for a happier future! We offer professional development, individual coaching, and speaking engagements to support teachers in feeling empowered, peaceful and effective.
Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.
- Godfrey Reggio
Services
With over twenty years of experience in education as an elementary school teacher, educational researcher, teacher education professor and student teaching supervisor, we know that no matter if you are a beginning or an experienced teacher it is helpful to add to your tool box of strategies so you can better cope with the emotions of you demanding work, and ensure learning for all students.
Gain research-based skills to:
- Reconnect with the joy that made you want to become a teacher
- Positively navigate student behavior issues
- Find value in your “challenging” students
- Create empowering partnerships with parents
- Deal with frustrations as they arise
- Communicate in ways that effect change
- Appreciate your strengths AND challenges
- Experience the empowered presence of teaching from a state of less stress and more calm.
Professional Development
Interactive half, full, and multi-day professional development experiences are personalized to best meet the needs of your teaching staff. Research-based skills are practiced that empower teachers, and assist with developing the skills above to ensure learning for all.
Coaching
It takes time and support to develop the skills listed above and the best way to achieve that is with the personalized support of a knowledgeable coach. We will work collaboratively via video to create concrete, achievable goals and match them with research-based tools so you experience more calm and less stress.
Speaking Engagements
We tailor interactive-talks to the needs of the audience in order to inspire and empower educators to employ research-based skills to support themselves for the benefit of their students, school and our future.