Training

Dr. Stein has developed a series of talks, workshops, extended trainings, and classes that address building a culture of learning.

This training is designed for:

  • Organizational leaders
  • Teachers
  • Parents

Examples of training and workshops include:

  • Community-based models of learning: Implications for Reform
  • Learning Dreams: Motivating People in the midst of chaos
  • Practical Mapping Tools for Understanding and Working in Communities
  • Master Community Builders: The Improvisational Spirit in Community Work
  • Community-building and the future of Democracy
  • The Significance of Social Capital for Educational Research
  • John Dewey's Philosophy of the Educative Community

The training can assist:

  • Schools trying to improve their parent involvement
  • Communities taking on the achievement gap
  • Supervisors inexperienced in supervising community-based work
  • Outreach organizations seeking state of the art skills (community workers, socials workers, home nutrition visitors, school home coordinators, youth diversion workers, community based youth workers)
  • Organizations needing new models for motivating participants and clients
  • Schools needing better relationships with their communities
  • Institutions needing to revision their work with the community: community educations centers, libraries, etc.
  • Planners and policy makers
  • Those interested in the vision and philosophy of community-based learning
  • Contact us for information about tailoring a training or workshop to fit your needs