Teacher Topics
Dr. Kathy and some of our other speakers enjoy influencing teachers in public and Christian schools. We offer seminars of different lengths on a variety of topics for faculty of individual schools, for entire school districts, and for teachers gathered at conventions. Their upbeat style, relevant and timely instruction, and problem-solving approach is well-received wherever they speak. Dr. Kathy is an ACSI approved CEU provider.
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Dr. Kathy Koch’s Seminars for Teachers
Authentic Answers to Life-Changing Questions
Eaglelike Excellence
Fabulous Feedback: The Art of Complimenting and Correcting Students
Follow to Lead: Establishing a Personal Board of Directors
How Am I Smart? A Teacher’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences
The Master Method: Teaching Jesus’ Way
Motivating Students to Learn and Succeed
No Two Alike: A Learning Styles Overview
Overcoming the Challenges of Change
Strong-Willed? A Focus on Solutions
Teaching and Questioning to Facilitate Thinking, Involvement, and Participation
Where are Today’s Geniuses?
Associate Speaker - Dr. Linda Page's Seminars for Teachers
Inclusion Confusion: Dreams or Nightmares?
Dealing with the D’s (ADD, ODD, and LD)
Understanding Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome: What’s a Teacher to Do?
(Read about Dr. Linda Page)
Authentic Answers to Life-Changing Questions
Do you have challenges with students who bully others? Do you know some who use drugs or alcohol? Maybe you have general problems with discipline, motivation, and academic apathy among your students. Dr. Kathy Koch’s Authentic Answers Model provides a refreshing and practical problem-solving approach to these and other issues. When teachers understand the Model they’ll be able to determine why some students engage in unhealthy behaviors and how to help them change by teaching them how and why to meet their core needs of security, identity, belonging, purpose, and competence in healthy ways. In addition to learning why the order of these core needs is significant, we’ll learn the power of their interactive nature and some of the best answers to the life-changing questions: Who do I trust?, Who am I?, Who wants me?, Why am I alive?, and What do I do well?. Click on Authentic Answers for more information on this topic. [preschool-12, public school, Christian (with “Authentic Hope” as the title), 1-hour overview to a 2-day seminar with many details and small group applications included.]Do you have challenges with students who bully others?
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Eaglelike Excellence
Setting and maintaining high standards can be difficult as it’s easy to become satisfied with mediocrity. From the study of eagles, teachers will be reminded that they need eaglelike energy, strength, and vision in order to achieve excellence. We’ll discover who have been “eagles” for us and how we can be “eagles” for others – caring with eaglelike energy, strength, and vision. [preschool-12, public school, Christian, 1 hour]
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Fabulous Feedback: The Art of Complimenting and Correcting Students
Compliments and corrections have the power to increase or decrease students’ self-esteem, self-discipline, intrinsic motivation, and learning. Therefore, they’re very important! Specific information about why, when, and how to give helpful compliments and corrections will be shared. The value of specific and focused compliments and corrections vs. general statements such as “good” and “that’s unacceptable” will be emphasized. Differences between corrections and criticisms will be explained and modeled. Guidelines will be relevant for interactions between teachers and students, teachers and parents, and teachers and their colleagues. [preschool-12, public school, Christian, 1½-3 hours]
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Follow to Lead: Establishing a Personal Board of Directors
Although it’s easier to find books and classes on leadership, studying “followership” may be more important. Who is influencing you? Who are you listening to? What would you benefit from learning? Who has God given you who can help you learn this? You’ll learn a very practical, revealing, and enjoyable method of regularly asking and answering these key questions. Following equips us to lead. [preschool-12, Christian, 1 hour]
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How Am I Smart? A Teacher’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences
All students have eight different intelligences that can be can be awakened, strengthened, focused, and trained (e.g., word smart, nature smart, self smart). These intelligences will be defined and explained so teachers can determine which ones are strengths for their students and how to further develop the others. Specific ideas about how students think with each intelligence and how each is expressed will be shared. What students need in order to fully develop each intelligence and what they enjoy when they have it developed will be shared. How to use all intelligences when teaching, learning, and studying will also be included. We’ll also examine which negative behaviors might actually be rooted in intelligence strengths (e.g., logic-smart children may question authority more than others, body-smart children may move more inappropriately). Helping children be smart with their smarts will be an emphasis of this teaching. For more information see How Am I Smart? [preschool-12, 1½-3 hours]
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The Master Method: Teaching Jesus’ Way
What does it mean to share the career of Christ? What contributed to His teaching effectiveness? Can we really teach in the same ways? By examining Jesus’ teaching methods, we will learn much about effective teaching. When we teach like the Master Teacher our learners can be master learners. Come to learn something new about Jesus, teaching, and learning. [preschool-grade 12, Christian, 1½-3 hours]
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Motivating Students to Learn and Succeed
All students are motivated, but they might not be motivated to learn and succeed. Have you met some who are motivated to fail, motivated to remain apathetic, or motivated to get into trouble? Unfortunately, they’re present in all types of classes. In this seminar, practical, realistic, and helpful ideas to get and keep children motivated to learn and succeed will be explained and demonstrated. You will be encouraged! [preschool-12, public school, Christian,1½ hours, When enough time is allowed, ideas from the “Fabulous Feedback” seminar are included.]
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No Two Alike: A Learning Styles Overview
Key truths about three learning styles models will be highlighted. The models include environmental preferences (how students concentrate), modalities (how students remember), and cognitive style (how students understand). This practical information will help teachers present, teach, review, and test information in ways that allow all students to be more successful. When teachers understand their own style strengths and teach to all styles, students comprehend and remember more. Therefore, they more accurately apply the ideas. Understanding learning styles is also relevant to formal and informal communication, motivation, and conflict management. [preschool-12, public school, Christian, 1½ hours]
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Overcoming the Challenges of Change
Change is not only possible, it’s essential if we, our students, and our programs are to be excellent. But, change isn’t easy. What can help? We’ll look at the role of “power thinking,” the “application arrow,” and the “stop/learn” principle. We’ll also learn to apply a process and an analogy that involves identifying what to change out of and what to change into. The steps will be practical and the examples will guide you as you apply the ideas to yourself, individual students who need to change beliefs or behaviors, and entire programs in need of change. [preschool-12, public school, Christian, 1-1½ hours]
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Strong-Willed? A Focus on Solutions
No doubt you have noticed that many students are strong-willed. In this practical and encouraging session, we’ll examine why strong-willed students behave the way they do. Then several strategies that can immediately improve your relationships and increase the peace in your family/class will be clearly explained and demonstrated. More importantly, perhaps, strong-willed students will be more able to thrive when they learn first-time obedience through these strategies. [preschool-8, public school, Christian, 1½ hours]
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Teaching and Questioning to Facilitate Thinking, Involvement, and Participation
All students think all the time, but they don’t necessarily think about what you want them to think about. For example, rather than being able to answer your questions, were they thinking about what you were wearing, what they would have for lunch, or the places in the history lesson rather than the people you were going to emphasize? And, do you set out to have quality discussions, but find yourself having question-answer interrogations instead? Are only some students involved? Are you frustrated by the hand-raising “games” your students play? Students’ passivity and a lack of purposeful thinking should concern all of us. Therefore, practical, realistic, and fun methods that will increase thinking, involvement, and participation will be fully explained and demonstrated. They can make an immediate and positive impact on attitudes and abilities. [K-12, public school, Christian,1½ -3 hours]
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Where are Today’s Geniuses?
Are you one of those asking where today’s Edisons and Einsteins are? Have you been curious about what geniuses have in common and how we might recognize the geniuses in our classes? Tom Armstrong’s research resulted in an encouraging list of twelve basic qualities of genius (e.g., curiosity, playfulness, imagination). We’ll examine the list (you’ll probably be surprised), define the qualities, discuss what may shut down these qualities, and consider how we can encourage these qualities in ourselves and our students. [preschool-12, public school, Christian,1-1½ hours]
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Associate Speaker - Dr. Linda Page's Seminars for Teachers
Dr. Linda Page - Dealing with the D’s (ADD, ODD, and LD)
You perhaps have all kinds of D’s in the classroom – including children/teenagers labeled ADD, ODD, and LD. Do you want some new realistic ideas for positively meeting their needs? Who doesn’t? Linda will present specific and practical strategies to increase the likelihood these children/teenagers will be successful in the classroom. You will also come to understand how the world looks through an ADD, LD brain. [K-12, public school,Christian,1-1½ hours]
Dr. Linda Page - Inclusion Confusion: Dreams or Nightmares?
Many teachers and parents see inclusive education as a dream come true while others find it to be their worst nightmare. Inclusion is all about leveling the playing field, but how? This presentation draws upon Linda’s years of experience in successfully jumping through hoops and knocking down barriers to make inclusion work. Inclusion done well is a dream. Perhaps this presentation can help make yours come true. [K-12, public school, Christian, 1-1½ hours]
Dr. Linda Page - Understanding Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome: What’s a Teacher to Do?
Teachers are noticing more and more students arriving in their classrooms with either Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. What do these two terms really mean and what do you need to know as a classroom or special education teacher? This workshop will enable you to approach students with Autism or Asperger’s with confidence and understanding. Strategies and accommodations will be offered as well as encouraging words for addressing students with these special needs.
[K-12, public school, Christian, 1-2 hours]
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