“For the first time ever -
we’re functioning as a team!”

Julie Bartkus helps people who work together function as a dynamic team.

She has developed a comprehensive professional development program for child care professionals of all skill levels to participate in.  The program is most commonly referred to as:  Build Constructive Communication Patterns.

It's a program that extends beyond team building. 

It's a program that helps staff members develop the motivation to want to make change happen and then it provides them with skills so they can strive towards becoming top-notch child care professionals.

The main objective of this interactive program is to help child care professionals who work together function as a dynamic team.  This includes:  building constructive communication patterns and eliminating those destructive ones (like gossip) that seem to tear teams apart and cause much unwanted stress, frustration, and anxiety.  It also includes breaking down communication barriers between staff and leaders, and between co-workers.        

The program provides immediately applicable strategies and helps participants feel motivated to make change happen.  Yes, this program helps participants feel motivated to make change happen, a very important element in achieving long-lasting, positive results.  

The program is customized to meet your professional development objectives, anticipated number of participants, and time frame.  The most popular time frame for this program is 8 hours.

Here are a few of the most common objectives of this program.

Participants discover:

*How to break the gossip chain

*How to increase professionalism   

*How to manage their time more effectively

*How to deal with difficult parents and co-workers

*How to communicate constructively with staff, parents, children

*How to focus on solutions (instead of gossiping or taking   
  things personally)

*The impact of the work they do and how it extends   
 beyond their own classroom/workspace

*The essence of team work and the value gained   
  from  doing more than one’s fair share of the work

*How to resolve conflicts and other issues
  (including how to differentiate between problems they 
  should handle on their own and problems where they
  must involve their leader)

Additionally, teams participate in a communication activity to help break down communication barriers and establish specific guidelines for communicating constructively.  In the process, participants gain a clear understanding of what destructive communication  is and how their actions - destructive or constructive - play a major role in determining team morale.

Contact Julie at 1.800.211.5671 or julie@motivateteachers.com
to discover how you can
schedule a private, on-site,
customized program for your staff.