Original Educator Program
Educator stress occurs when teachers and administrators experience a gap between the demands placed on them and their capacity to meet these demands. Coping and capacity can be improved through professional development. Original Educator provides a variety of consulting and training options to individuals and school communities to cultivate key skills that elevate educators and school teams.
The Learner’s Mind
In this online course, you will learn how to build a foundation of self-awareness and emotional agility. Educators are usually focused on their students as the learners. In this course, the educators themselves restore their ability to get curious about how their emotional lives can support their professional efficacy and well-being.
Original Educator Circle
Through individual or group coaching, educators experience growth through supportive questions, reflection and application of the principles of The Learner’s Mind. The group coaching model allows participants to connect with educators in other communities for support and camaraderie through the Original Educator Circle.
Original Educator Experience
Healthy teams are more effective teams. Educators with emotional agility, relationship skills, and communication skills comprise healthier teams. Providing training for a team, division or an entire staff will amplify your results. Original Educator offers both in-person and virtual consulting and trainings to align your team’s skills and language so that they can work more effectively together. The Original Educator Experience is the path to creating or resetting your team’s capacity for meaningful collaboration.
Speaking
Does your faculty need a dose of insight and inspiration? Dr. Sara Knickerbocker is an entertaining and experienced speaker who has presented at numerous conferences and meetings to offer inspiration to educators to encourage reflection and connection. With the current state of large group gatherings, her standard speaking offerings are on hold. Little known fact: She makes Zoom fun, so be in touch with Sara if you are looking for someone to enliven your next virtual faculty meeting!
Original Educator is a training and coaching company focused on cultivating four key skill areas among educators:
emotional agility
relationship
communication
spirited work
Every educator is a true original and deserves to have support in meeting the emotional demands of the ever evolving job. School teams often require support to navigate the interpersonal work of educational collaboration, and Original Educator delivers this essential support. Training offerings include online and in-person options along with custom coaching and consultation with Original Educator CEO (That's Chief Empowerment Officer), Dr. Sara Knickerbocker.