Leadership Workshop:
Effective Meeting Facilitation for Educators
"Educators have a particularly tricky relationship with meetings. Teachers, school leaders, and district officials are famously short on time, but they’re also often desperate for collaboration and connection, knowing that those partnerships are key to professional growth and wellbeing, as well as to streamlining the services that help students learn and grow."
Usable Knowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2018
Service Overview
We know that time for collaboration is sacred, and that meeting facilitators hold an important role making the most of that time. We designed this workshop series to help you lead purposeful meetings that strengthen relationships and achieve collective goals.​
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Who This is For
This workshop series is designed for educators who regularly plan and lead meetings, and who are interested in strengthening their meeting skills and practices. We are responsive to enrollment in each workshop series, and are intentional about small groups to differentiate for participant needs and roles. Individuals or teams who hold or share responsibility for meeting facilitation are welcome:
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School leaders
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District or charter leaders
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Instructional coaches
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Departmental heads/teams
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School improvement coaches
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Central office administrators/teams
What You Will Learn
In this workshop series, you will assess, learn, practice, and hone your meeting facilitation skills. You will build your capacity and gain confidence to lead effective, engaging, purpose-driven, and people-focused meetings. Between workshops, you will have the opportunity to apply new skills and receive personalized Koru coach feedback. Session topics include:​​​
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Setting clear purpose
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Establishing strong relationships
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Agreeing on norms and structures
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Effective use of tools and technology
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Planning agendas aligned to objectives​
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Engaging and responding to participants
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Managing conflict and work avoidance
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Defining and taking action on next steps
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Collecting and responding to feedback
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Ensuring progress toward goals
What To Expect
Our leadership workshops are designed to combine foundational learning and job-embedded practice. Between the two workshops, you will prepare for and facilitate at least 1 meeting, applying new skills and receive personalized feedback from a Koru coach. Here’s what to expect from the learning experience and time commitment:
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PROGRAM DATES
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Workshop Day 1: February 4, 2025
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Workshop Day 2: March 4, 2025
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ENROLLMENT DATES
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Early Enrollment: December 18, 2024​
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Final Deadline: January 21, 2025
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PRICING
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Early Enrollment: $699 per person
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Regular: $749 per person
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Contact us for special pricing for teams of 3+ or for an invoice/PO
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