Training

The Interactive Classroom
27 Siebrecht Place
New Rochelle, NY 10804
T: 914-636-0888
E: astix@optonline.net

Strategies and Techniques Offered

Dr. Stix will select from the list below to create a workshop that will suit your personal and educational needs.

» Coaching:

What is Coaching?
The Coach as Motivator

Teaming
Personality Typing
Teaming
Three Basic Goals of Teaming
Team Assessment

Listening and Questioning
Supportive Questions and Statements
Simple vs Exploratory Questions
The COACH Model
Contextual Listening Skills
The 3Ps + C Model
The GELVE Model of Contextual Listening
Levels of Listening
Guided Listening

Coached Assessment
Negotiable Contracting of Assessment Criteria
Determining Assessment Criteria during Negotiable Contracting
The Wave Formula
Problem Solving
SMART Goals
The GOPER Model: Five Stages
3-Step Reflective Process of Problem Solving

Individual Coaching
The Six Steps to Individual Coaching
GAIL (Gremlins, Assumptions, Interpretations, and Limiting Beliefs)

The Administrators' Role
Principal-Assistant Principal Coaching
Principal-Teacher Coaching
Classroom Observations and Discussion Clubs

» Project-Based and Inquiry-Based Learning Strategies:

Discussion Strategies
Accountable Talk
Flexible Jigsaw
Lobbyist Hearing
Stix Discussion
Creative Controversy
The Magnetic Debate
Four Corner Debate
Negotiations and Settlements

Deductive Reasoning Strategies
Hidden Clues
Deliberations
Making Decisions
Vote on It!
Identity Crisis
The Real Deal Game
Taking a Survey

Drama and Art Integration Strategies
Workshop Fair Festival
Amazing Fan Fold Designs
Mystery Boxes
Slide Show Alive
Site Plan Design
Playlets
Museum Scavenger Hunt
Cooperative Time Lines

The Nine Steps of Project-Based Learning
Examples of Topics for Project-Based Assignments