Overview

SCHOOL PROGRAMS: TEACHERS AS LEADERS

Creating a productive learning environment

Ramapo Training has worked extensively with New York City public and private schools to provide staff with practical techniques for handling students' disruptive, angry, or aggressive behavior. Through interactive, skill-building workshops and follow-up coaching, Ramapo provides new and veteran school professionals with a broader array of classroom management skills for establishing productive learning environments.

Workshops

Ramapo Training speaks directly to educators' experiences and provides tools and techniques for building teacher capacity. Our workshops are tailored to the specific needs of teachers, school support staff, and the specific population of students with whom they work. Ramapo's behavior management workshops help staff to develop a common language, increase consistency in behavior management policies, and significantly decrease discipline referrals.

On-going Coaching

Coaching is an integral part of the Ramapo Training behavior management program. Through coaching, our trainers provide teachers with on-going strategies, resources and practical solutions needed to improve their classroom management skills and create a productive learning environment. Ramapo Training's on-going coaching provides individuals and small groups of school staff:

    • Reflection on their current practice.
    • Specific problem-solving techniques.
    • Objective feedback.

Instructional Goals

Ramapo Training prepares educators to demonstrate the two most effective methods for handling discipline problems:

    1. Prevent avoidable behaviors from occurring.
    2. Deal with disruptions that do occur with a range of efficient and effective behavior management tools.

Outcomes

At the conclusion of a Ramapo Training program, members of the school community will be able to demonstrate the following essential skills:

    • Leading positively.
    • Building healthy teacher-student relationships.
    • Structuring difficult situations.
    • Coaching social skills acquisition.
    • Intervening actively and assertively when required.

*Ramapo Training is a New York City Department of Education vendor.