I'm delighted to share with you an exciting opportunity for leaders in the child care profession. It's called the Motivate Teachers Retreat. This two-day intensive retreat will help you:

• Retain a motivated staff
• Reduce turnover, absenteeism, and tardiness
• Motivate your team to exceed higher goals
• Eliminate destructive communication patterns (gossip) and build constructive ones
• Create a more positive, productive environment for working and learning

You will learn:

• 5 strategies that will help you motivate and retain staff
  
• One of the most powerful strategies for recruiting great staff
  
• A plan of action to eliminating gossip (yes - it can be done!)
  
• 1 thing you should never start your staff meetings without
  
• Solution-focused activities that you can conduct with your staff to generate solutions and reach new heights
  
• How to give and accept feedback (yes, you will overcome your feedback fears!)
  
• How to increase your team's confidence (as well as your own!)
  
• How to communicate more effectively with staff and parents
  
• How to create a less stressful environment (reduce tension and anxiety)
  
• How to follow through on your commitments and promises - while saving time
  
• How to inspire your team to make behavior changes (absenteeism, tardiness, desire to attend meetings, etc.)

You will leave with:

• A motivational plan of action for the next twelve months
  
• A plan of action to help you conduct staff meetings that sizzle (including an agenda for your next twelve staff meetings)
  
• The essential tools to manage, motivate, and retain great staff
  
• A new level of confidence and enthusiasm for the child care profession

Retreats will be held in Massachusetts and in areas across the nation. They are scheduled based on demand.

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Read what others are saying:

"Your programs are so valuable because in a relatively short period of time you pack in a great number of solutions. You help us to keep the focus positive and to concentrate on results."
   -- Sherry Ward, Director, Carlisle Extended Day

Excellent. Great ideas. Best workshop I have attended. My commitment to follow through will solve everything (from finding time to working with staff to finances)! I would absolutely recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals because it inspired me to go back and improve my center immediately. Motivate Teachers offers something unique to the child care profession including concrete ideas and inspiring stories from Julie's experiences.
   -- Robyn Bohnick, Owner/Director, Creative Clubhouse

Helpful with useful strategies that I can apply immediately. My commitment to follow through on the strategies presented will help my organization retain staff and improve quality of care… I would recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals. Motivate Teachers offers new ideas and suggestions, ways of coping with challenging personnel issues that are not usually taught in schools.
   -- Heidi Kaufman, Director, Child Development Center

I really enjoyed the material and can't wait to start implementing it at my center. I am really anxious to see the results! My commitment to follow though on the strategies presented will help my organization be a center that has happier staff, more motivated staff and more dedicated staff. I would recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals because it would greatly help their staff morale which is a main concern of child care professionals.
   -- Jackie Giuliano, Owner/Director, Precious Cargo

I thought today was great. There were so many different ideas and I honestly liked the majority of them. I hope to attend more workshops as helpful as this one! My commitment to follow through on the strategies presented will help my organization be a better quality program, a more positive place to work, with happier employees. I would absolutely recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals because there were numerous ideas that can be used in individual programs.
   -- Kelly Barbarotta, Assistant Director, Precious Cargo

I think it was great. You have a special way of helping us focus on the positive. I would recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals because it offers answers to a vast variety of child care issues that we all face.
   -- Sandi Hinton, Director, Chicopee Child Development Center

Very helpful - a wonderful help. My commitment to follow through on the strategies presented will help provide my team with strategies to work together. It will create a better work environment for everyone. I would recommend the Motivate Teachers Workshop to other child care professionals because it is very helpful especially for a center that does not have high morale.
   -- Assistant Director

I found the workshop to be insightful! Motivate Teachers teaches the leaders the process that is needed to motivate their staff.
   -- Phyllis Benedetto, Director, Babylon Child Care