Feedback: absolutely applicable to the demands of a primary school
Dersingham primary school Nursery NurseOur instructor very knowledgeable and was happy to answer all questions and discuss any scenario that we brought up. Plus he had a good sense of humour and was very patient. Westlands community primary schoolSenco and assistant HeadteacherThe trainer was really good at assessing the needs of the group. All questions, […]
Protecting relationships when reopening schools
Hi its Gerard here from Dynamis with some great information I came across this week. I listened to an excellent webinar from our partners at Vistelar. Two of their most experienced trainers got together to talk about how we will welcome the children back to school. What caught my attention about the discussion was that […]
Outstanding Feedback from our 2019 courses
More than double, and yet the numbers all improved! Last year we collected more than double the number of learner surveys than in the previous year, to find out how we are doing. I watch these feedback surveys come in to the business every single day and watch for trends as part of our quality […]
Can you send a trainer to do an hour with the staff?
THE PROBLEM OF SHORT-DURATION COURSES AND THE ISSUE OF CREATING “MORE QUESTIONS” Can you send us a trainer, to do an hour of training? I recently spent a full day at one of the biggest Sixth-Form colleges in the UK, who have 3,700 students on their rolls! The assembled team – few in number – […]
How Incivility, rudeness and disrespect are damaging our workplaces and maybe our schools
The effects of incivility in our workplace “I studied the effects of incivility on people. What is incivility? It’s disrespect or rudeness. It includes a lot of different behaviors, from mocking or belittling someone to teasing people in ways that sting, to telling offensive jokes to texting in meetings.” Here is Christine Poarth’s TED talk […]
How to not escalate things in your first contact with the child
Hello. My name is Katie Dill, and I’m a trainer with Vistelar. I have also had many careers during my lifetime. One, college athletics. Another one, I’ve worked in treatment facilities, and I’ve worked with adolescents from the ages of 14 to 22 with mental health issues. Finally, I am currently a special education teacher […]
De-Escalation and Physical Intervention in a Secondary or Sixth-Form College
De-Escalation and Physical Intervention in a Secondary Environment When a member of education staff makes a decision about physically intervening in a ‘physical behaviour’ situation, it is possibly the most critical moment in their career. The forseeable results of a poorly managed physical intervention at your secondary school or college could be: – a child […]
Non-Escalation and De-escalation Training at Trainer-level for Schools
We are delighted to announce that Vistelar Conflict Management Train-the-Trainer will be coming to the UK in December this year! This five-day conflict management trainer course certifies individuals as instructors for Vistelar’s Conflict Management for Contact Professionals training programme, so they are authorised to teach this program within their organization. This conflict management trainer course covers important aspects […]
SEN Classroom Management – because you have a respectful language, the community is safer to work in
“Hi, my name is Katie Dill, and I am a special education teacher from Winnebago School District in Northern Illinois. I chose Vistelar as a teacher in the educational field because this is “how we do things”. In the professional field we know that we often get told we just have to respond. We have […]
Feedback from Secondary Senior Leadership Team SLT
Director of Training Gerard O’Dea recently delivered a series of sessions at a very large secondary school in Kent for over 160 staff in total. The comments below are from the senior leadership team who attended and reflect the customised information, specific to the needs and issues which modern secondary schools face. The school booked […]