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Teaching</span></i> Practitioner course<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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is a good idea to teach those who teach.
When those who are part of the teaching-learning process know where they
are going, what their beliefs and values are and how to find their mission, the
crisis becomes a path of opportunities.
The huge changes that we are experiencing in the world are an excellent
challenge and the better prepared we are and the greater our self-knowledge and
our personal and spiritual development, the more chances we have for continued
learning and growth in all aspects of our life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Six
modules online of one month each plus an optional 3 –day face-to-face workshop
(Modules 7, 8 and 9), which would allow you to get a <i><span style="color: #0070c0;">Resourceful Teaching</span></i> certificate.
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Basic teachers beliefs and self-talk. Communication with oneself. Facilitating beliefs (presuppositions
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after oneself (diet, relaxation, exercise, stimulus) to be an effective model.
Teacher’s role in classroom as a leader. (interaction between teacher and
students).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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students learn. VAK, Sorting Styles,
Other filters. Setting objectives. Power
vs influence. Mixed ability classes.
Students today and their integration.
Effect of technology. </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Archetypes.
Introduction to the brain and its functions <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and non verbal language. Internal
conversations (assessments vs facts). Effective questions. Rapport.
Perspectives. Resolution of conflicts.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Anchoring. Fixing learning. Flexibility. Rhythm and energy use in class. Use of space and time. Leading techniques. Abundance and facilitating tools to boost
self-esteem. Simple unblocking tools (or creation of more powerful attractors).
Our amazing brain, revisited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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images. Visualisation. Subliminal
communication (Milton model). Use of metaphors and stories. Role of intuition. Priming. Mindfulness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each
week has written material in pdf form which includes theory and tasks
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Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-15862203637704933122013-03-31T11:45:00.001-07:002013-03-31T11:45:26.040-07:00New Practitioner Certificate in NLP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-64361126104894972482013-02-14T07:08:00.003-08:002013-02-14T07:08:50.718-08:00RT News Nº 121<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jamie Duncan</td></tr>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5187" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Welcome back to another school year. We hope you have had relaxing and interesting holidays and are refreshed and ready for work.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5191" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Firstly, we will be holding a <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5213">new workshop</b> on <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5190"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5189" style="color: #9900cc;">Saturday 9 March</span></b> called <b><i>“Nourishing effective working teams”</i></b> in which we will explore some of the more subtle aspects which contribute to the good functioning of a group from an NLP perspective. Details below.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5194" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">As always we are offering our full-length <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1360853845025_5215">Practitioner course</b> which will begin on Saturday April 6 with groups in both English and Spanish. This course provides training in the many tools and strategies NLP has to make exciting changes to your classroom and to serve you in other aspects of your life.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #9933ff; font-size: 16pt;">Laura and Jamie</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #9933ff; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Team work has been one of the most researched and discussed topics in management in recent decades. Experts such as <b>Peter Senge</b> and <b>Stephen Covey</b> have pointed out the value of a good balanced team to get top results. A variety and balance of talents and abilities is the <b>optimum combination</b> for success because it means you have the resources to handle any aspect that may emerge. If the team members only share the same abilities and the same outlook and personality probably there are things they will miss or fail to identify, or simply will not have the flexibility and know-how to adapt to any contingency. Senge dedicated part of his research and application of such skills to <b>educational organisations</b>, knowing how important it is to create learning organisations in schools, colleges, universities as well as in business.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Those of us with an educational background have probably had little intensive work on operating in groups and yet this is an essential part of our day in the classroom or educational establishment.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Of course we give emphasis to group work but usually it is a case of asking students to work in pairs or groups simply because it makes a large group easier to manage and gives students more opportunity to participate. Our <b>focus is often on the mechanics</b> of managing the groups and perhaps on how we divide students (according to level, mixed ability, common interest, gender, age, etc).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">But how much <b>do we really consider how a group actually operates</b> and how we can help them to better their performance? One common complaint is that one or two students end up doing all the work and the rest just look on. How effective is this for learning? Getting a finished product might be helpful for us to be able to tick a box but have we really perceived the process each team member went through during the task?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Is this not also similar in many of our professional groups? Very often the instruction is “do it” but not how to and not how to manage the disparate talents and motivations in any team nor to register where each team member is at. As football coaches know, it is a <b>real art</b> to get a flowing functioning team and the secrets to achieving this is something that we teachers could study in order to borrow ideas for our classrooms. In fact, many sports coaches now use <b>NLP</b>as a <b>motivational </b>and <b>group-bonding tool</b> in their work.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">One of the most important features of understanding effective group work is to know what the<b>expectations</b> are of the members. <i>What do they want to get out of this activity? Is it just a good grade? To have fun with their friends? To keep the teacher/parent happy? To really learn something about the subject?</i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">What <b>role</b> do they perceive themselves as playing? Do they see themselves as leader of the pack, a hanger-on? Dispensable or indispensable? What role are they <b>being allowed to play by the others</b>?</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We tend to assume we see a task or project in the same way and seldom spend time exploring the many ways others may view it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Then there are the other factors that affect a group: <i>Are the members <b>proactive</b> people or<b>reactive</b>? Do they tend to focus on the past, the present or the future and how does this affect their performance? It may also be relevant if they tend to move <b>towards goals</b> or <b>away from problems</b>.</i> Some groups have enormous difficulties getting things done because they only work well at the last minute, but that is not always helpful for creating a good finished product. Some are so bound up in the present that future deadlines have no meaning for them. Often a group includes a mix of all of these and friction occurs because one part can’t understand the<b>priorities </b>of the other.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Another educator who has been instrumental in breaking down the operation of teams and groups into manageable chunks is <b>Spencer Kagan</b>. He has developed <b>cooperative learning tools </b>which give students specific roles and tasks that often take practice and training before they become second nature. Usually, we are comfortable with what we like or do well but in order to maximise our performance, we need to learn to do things that are not our first choice. The versatility we gain from this means we can adapt to many more situations in life and play more roles with ease. Once, this was called being a good “<b>all-rounder</b>”, a term we don’t hear so often these days. Today, everyone seems to need to be a specialist in something, but there is great value in having the skills of an all-rounder which allows you to grow and learn by doing a variety of things. And, as sports coaches know, an all-rounder is gold in most sports as they can play effectively in any position.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Working in groups is also a recognition of placing <b>community goals </b>over individual ones and this is surely one of the features of schooling; preparing students <b>to share</b> the work towards an objective thereby preparing them for the type of situation most of us face in life.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">For some, this skill is hard to incorporate and that may be because on one hand our education system often expects students to compete against each other and as a consequence we tend to grade them individually and yet on the other hand we expect them to work harmoniously in groups. It is not always clear to the student what role(s) they are being expected to play nor is it always clear which skills are most propitious for each role.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We know that few things are ever achieved in a totally individual fashion. We <b>need the help of others </b>to make our personal dreams come true and learning how to cooperate effectively with others and contribute to something bigger than just the construction of our individual life is going to be increasingly important in the future.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">In NLP, we look at what happens when people do something very well. One thing we can do then is to learn from those cultures which place a high priority on teams and groups. Perhaps the go it alone individualism of the American culture which has pervaded Western culture in the last few decades has led us to ignore that many other cultures have a long history in people working together towards a common goal. While the <b>“I” culture</b> of the North American civilisation has been good to <b>highlight the importance of developing individual talents</b> we must also remember that <b>everything we do is in a context</b> and <b>our actions affect others</b>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Many countries such as India are now giving increasing importance to soft skills or behavioural competencies. They regard them as being as important in many professions as the hard skill or technical qualification in the field. For example, nowadays a doctor without the ability to establish rapport and communicate effectively with his or her patients is likely to find it harder to progress or succeed as the communicative element in the doctor-patient relationship has become much more significant. <b>Teamwork skills</b> are among the foremost<b> soft skills</b> and it will be very beneficial for us to pay more attention to them so that we can both use them in the groups we belong to and model them in our work with our students.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">© Resourceful Teaching 2013 </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">Ó</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">, Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;">2. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;">NLP Workshop – Nourishing Effective Working Teams</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 24pt;">Nourishing Effective Working Teams</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Using <b><span style="color: blue;">powerful NLP tools</span></b> we will discover how to integrate different motivations, working styles and objectives into successful learning results with groups</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">With <b><span style="color: #cc66ff;">Jamie Duncan</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #cc66ff;">Laura Szmuch</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">What makes one group function effectively and another one struggle to achieve anything?</span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">These and other important questions will be explored in this workshop.</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;">We will be using practical NLP tools and technology to:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">find out how to identify the motivations and beliefs of group members,</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt;">and most importantly,</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">we will see simple, easily applicable techniques to help integrate group members with elegance, establish clear consensual objectives, turn ideas into action and distribute the workload fairly, taking advantage of the talents people bring to a group and what they can</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27px;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">learn from being part of one.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #20c8f7; font-size: 24pt;">A MUST for coordinators and teachers…</span></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 14pt;">Fee</span></b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 14pt;">: $200</span></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 14pt;">Profesorado students</span></b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 14pt;">: $120</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 14pt;">Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;">3. NLP Practitioner Courses start April 6</span></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #9933ff; font-size: 20pt;">Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our next <b>Practitioner</b> Certificate course starts on <b>April 6</b> and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2013 and 2014. </span><span lang="EN-US">This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of <b>practical activities</b> and <b>guided practice</b>. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Practitioner certificate with </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">Resourceful Teaching</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and<b>practise your English</b> at the same time!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To enrol or for further information: send a mail to <a href="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2862c5; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com">jamiearg@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2862c5; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<b>Venue:</b> Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Time:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Start Date:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Saturday April 6</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Investment:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> 500 pesos per module</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;">NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">4. Calendar of Activities 2013</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We are publishing below a list of the main events </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">for </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 11pt;">March 9 2013 NLP Workshop - </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">Nourishing Effective Working Teams, Versailles, City of Buenos Aires</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 11pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 11pt;">April 6 2013 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina</span></b></div>
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Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-82911533927861063212012-12-21T07:06:00.001-08:002012-12-21T07:07:15.537-08:00Very soon...Very soon we will be posting the information about the <b>2013 NLP Training for Teachers.</b><br />
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<br />Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-44162884697731770632012-03-19T12:03:00.002-07:002012-03-19T12:04:43.316-07:00RTNews 120<p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue; ">RT</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue; ">®</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: Albertus; color: blue; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; ">News</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US">A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US">No 120 March 15 2012</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Hello teachers,</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Today we chunk up and take a look at just what NLP has emerged for at this time in our evolution on Earth. It is one possible interpretation influenced by the changes and trends present in modern society.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">NLP is an investment for the future in that it gives us more than simply a few techniques to identify learning styles in class. It is actually a tool set for life to help us understand where we are and get to where we want to go in life. </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Our <b>new Practitioner course</b> begins on Saturday March 31 and it can be taken in<b>English</b> or in <b>Spanish</b>. We already have a steady flow of enrolments so be sure to contact us for more information or to ensure your place before enrolments close.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">More information is in <b>section 2</b> below.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Warm wishes,</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Laura and Jamie</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); "> </span></p><div class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">1.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Evolution and NLP/Customising/Pimp my Ride (Enchúlame la máquina)</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "></span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">2. NLP Practitioner courses</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">3. Calendar of activities for 2012</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">4. Workshops and coaching</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and an invitation to visit </span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span></p><div class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">1. Evolution and NLP/Customising/Pimp my Ride </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">This article has three titles, just to be different, so let’s deal with them in reverse order.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Pimp my Ride was an MTV show in which a participant’s car was transformed from a dull, often run-down vehicle into something bright and original, full of modern gadgets, décor and accessories to match the owner’s needs and tastes. This TV exercise was a glossy more expensive version of what young men who love cars have done for decades.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We know this as <b>customising</b>, or producing something that is custom built, i.e., produced or adapted to suit the customer.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">So, where does <b>NLP</b> (Neuro Linguistic Programming) come into this? Or perhaps the better question is <b><i>why did NLP emerge as a technology for growth and communication</i></b>, among other purposes? The key to the answer comes in the word “Programming”, a word that has had its share of detractors. Most people can accept that neuro and linguistic accurately describe areas in which <b>NLP</b> operates but surely the word programming is too mechanical a word to be applied to human beings? The word programming forms part of the name <b>NLP</b> precisely because co-founders <b>Richard Bandler</b> and <b>John Grinder</b> were able to appreciate the analogy between the computer and its hard and software and the brain with its physical dimension and all its processes, beliefs, habits, and capacity. These last things would be the programmes of the computer that we acquire, learn and adapt throughout our lifetimes. In other words, the software. The human brain is, of course, capable of infinitely more subtleties of action, thought and process than a machine at this moment of history but the <b>analogy</b> used by Bandler and Grinder is a very functional one.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">And now lets move on to <b>evolution</b>. We cannot deny that the last few decades have brought <b>enormous changes</b> in our technology and in our capacity to do things on this planet. Far more changes than in the whole of the previous tens of thousands of years. Among them are such innovations as the personal computer, the cellphone, genetic engineering and the like. <b>Why is this happening now?</b> Well, for one, we have the technology to do it, as the films would say. We can now build the bionic man or woman or at least most of him or her. But one suspects <b>there is more to it</b> than that. Internet is allowing us to be in touch with far more people than we would ever have imagined a few decades back and for all the negative aspects of this tool, there is no doubt that it allows us to cooperate and collaborate globally on projects like never before. It allows people from remote communities to keep up to date with the rest of the world and for city dwellers to know what is beyond the immediate horizon.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We now have <b>access to huge quantities of learning and information</b>. A very small part of this was once compressed into wall-long sets of encyclopedia. Now, the information we can find on internet seems infinite. If we want to locate an expert in a certain field, or simply like-minded enthusiasts, it is at the click of a mouse.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">So, <b>what is the point of having all this?</b> Or perhaps <b>what has NLP got to with it all?</b></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">What seems to be happening now is that we are being given <b>the tools and the choices to determine our own lives</b>. In the past, the vast majority of people were brought up following the traditions of the culture they lived in and mostly they accepted this with the exception of a few rebels (geniuses, madmen and women and people who seemed to be born before their time, etc). You did what you were told and carried on living life the way your parents and grandparents did. Sure, there were changes from time to time as new religions and new continents were discovered and new technology appeared, but for the most part, people lived in a very similar fashion to their parents.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Suddenly, in the 21<sup>st</sup> century, we are faced with a world in which a significant number of us <b>can now CHOOSE how we live our lives</b>. There is <b>no one agreed way of living life</b> and even tribes in the most far-off parts of the world are aware that there are other styles of life.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">And <b>what did NLP emerge for in the 1970’s </b>at a similar time to many other self-help methods? <b>Why do humans have this body of knowledge and techniques available in an ordered format now</b> and not 200 years ago? One suspects it is because now <b>we are ready</b> for it. The conditions are in place for it to be used effectively. Of course, much of what NLP offers us just as with other new philosophies and learning is nothing new. It has just been remembered, revamped, polished and put together so that we can use it in our 21<sup>st</sup> century world.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Because now, we are in a position as individuals to <b>customize our lives</b>, something that many conservative societies would not have permitted in the past. <b>Having NLP tools to help us find out HOW to change</b> what we don’t like in our lives (as long as they are things which depend on our actions). It gives us the freedom to find and do what we wish to do. The world is slowly waking up to the obvious – that <b>each and every one of us is unique</b> and that whatever similarities we may have, we can no longer be expected to do, think or act exactly the same as our neighbor. Each of us has a mission (or more) in life and it is ours alone to fulfil, we do not share it with our neighbour. Until now, if we have had a special talent, we have often had to look far and hard to find a teacher to help us discover and exploit it. Sometimes we haven’t even been allowed to develop it due to social pressures and while these are still influential today, many more people are finding that indeed it is possible to <b>be one’s unique self</b> and <b>live out one’s dreams</b>.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">This is one of the goals education is supposed to be preparing us for – <b>our own individual growth, maturity and plenitude</b> to be the unique person we are. Not to live another’s life or another’s dreams.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">At the moment, this quest to find out who we really are and to fulfill our potential is more likely to take place <b>outside the mainstream educational systems</b>. Which is possibly a good thing as until we have a real debate about what education is or should be and what function it should serve in a society, playing around too much with conventional schooling may lead to unforeseen consequences. Probably this learning we are doing outside traditional schools, which is often related to who we are, what we want and to really connecting to life on this planet, will eventually start to influence school programmes, but for now it is most likely to be found in the attitudes and approaches of individual teachers.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">There are <b>many paths</b> to <b>greater understanding of oneself</b> and <b>the world we live in</b>, many roads to greater enlightenment and awareness. In the West we are seeing a resurgence in Oriental philosophies and practices as one way of learning.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">NLP represents another <b>very practical</b> and <b>functional way of understanding the processes we use to navigate our way around life</b>. It focuses on the way we do things so once we discover a pattern of thought and behavior, we can decide if we want to keep it or change it. NLP has made it clear that what goes on inside each person’s brain is supremely unique because <b>each person’s experience of the world is uniquely subjective</b>. With 100 people doing the same task, what happens internally in the minds and bodies of those 100 people will be different for each and every one of them. And that is one of the few universal truths!</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">So, as we start to head towards more customized learning, which in the future will mean that each person, even within a state education system, will follow a path either subtly or vastly different from the student next to him, <b>NLP</b> is giving us a helping hand to see <b>how this can work in practice</b>. It helps us <b>identify the way we see and interpret the world</b>, our <b>preferences for communication</b>, how we <b>experience and store “external reality</b>”, how we <b>motivate or demotivate ourselves</b>, what <b>consciously and unconsciously are our priorities</b> and much much more.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">And it has <b>two really useful features</b>. One is the emphasis on <b>finding what works</b> in any given situation and the other is providing tools and methods to <b>model what processes work supremely well for others</b> so that we can acquire the excellence that we perceive in our neighbour (or indeed inside ourselves in another context!) This is the<b>foundation of NLP</b> and is called <b>MODELING</b>. It is based on the presupposition that if someone else can do something great, we all can. It is a question of discovering the programmes of that other person to discover what makes them perform so well. And this discovery can occur with very close and trained observation that is within the reach of us all.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We wouldn’t have these tools, techniques and insights if we weren’t meant to make use of them. As our world changes so quickly, it is precisely our abilities <b>to identify</b> and<b>manage processes</b> that will <b>make the difference</b>, not how much static information we know. So here they are, ready to be used to maximize our potential and to help our students fulfill their wishes and desires too. Ready for the day when each and every human being on this planet will <b>custom-build</b> his or her life in a <b>society co-created</b> by us all.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Are you ready to pimp your life?</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">© Resourceful Teaching 2012 </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">Ó</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">, Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></p><div align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; ">2. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; ">NLP Practitioner courses</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; "></span></b></p><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; "> </span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</span></u></b></p><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Our next <b>Practitioner</b> Certificate course starts on <b>March 31</b> and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2012 and 2013. </span><span lang="EN-US">This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of <b>practical activities</b> and <b>guided practice</b>. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The Practitioner certificate with </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; ">Resourceful Teaching</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US">offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and <b>practise your English</b> at the same time!</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">To enrol or for further information: send a mail to <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">jamiearg@gmail.com</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b>Venue:</b> Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires</p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Time:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Start Date:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Saturday March 31</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Investment:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> 380 pesos per module</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple; ">NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><div class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">3. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Calendar of Activities 2012</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We are publishing below a list of the main events </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">for </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); ">March 31 2011 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; ">Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">The courses in English and Spanish commence on this day.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "> </span></b></p><div class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; text-indent: 18pt; line-height: 14.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">4.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Workshops and Coaching</span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">If you would like a <b><span style="color: blue; ">workshop</span></b> or<b><span style="color: blue; "> training</span></b> in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We can offer you workshops as listed in the website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">jamiearg@gmail.com</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> if you are interested.</span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Laura is also available for <b><span style="color: blue; ">Coaching</span></b>. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">5.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">To subscribe simply send a mail to: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" href="mailto:rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. 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We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1332183678450105" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv1879251024MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; 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">Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.</span></p>Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-4636316364594650012012-03-05T05:52:00.000-08:002012-03-05T05:53:12.062-08:00RTNews 119<p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue; ">RT</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue; ">®</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: Albertus; color: blue; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 26pt; ">News</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US">A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-US">No 119 March 4 2012</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Hello teachers,</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">By now most of you will be back in the classroom settling into the academic year. New students, new challenges and possibly outstanding issues to deal with from past years.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Apart from managing the start to a new year’s teaching, one of the <b>exciting things</b> about this period is that we get to decide <b>what we are going to stu</b>dy this year. This is because a <b>thriving </b>teacher is <b>always learning</b> too, and to be able to give to our students, we need to receive somewhere along the line. Some of you already know what course or which activities you are going to take this year in order to grow and remain healthy, happy and inspired. Others will decide in the next few weeks or later in the year (though too much procrastination and the year is over before you know it </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; ">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">) <b>Investing in ou</b>rselves,<b>nourishing our bodies, minds and souls</b> help us to keep our centre no matter what the context in the ¨real¨ world is.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Remember, for those of you who want to deepen your communication, planning and understanding of the world that this year’s Practitioner course begins on Saturday March 31. We already have a steady flow of enrolments so be sure to contact us for more information or to ensure your place before enrolments close.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">More information is in <b>section 2</b> below.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Best wishes for the next week or two and happy classrooms!</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Laura and Jamie</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); "> </span></p><div class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">1.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Teachers as leading lights – 2012</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "></span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">2. NLP Practitioner courses</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">3. Calendar of activities for 2012</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">4. Workshops and coaching</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and an invitation to visit </span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span></p><div class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">1. Teachers as leading lights – 2012</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">A few years ago, Laura and I gave a workshop called <b>Teachers as Leading Lights</b>. We both felt that it was important that teachers acknowledge that part of their role in society and in their profession is that of a leader.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Being a leader today does not mean being a hero or a powerful saviour or dictator. A leader is quite simply someone who <b>shows the way</b> and <b>acts as a model</b> for others, something which is integral to a teacher’s work. We felt that sometimes this important function of a teacher was not receiving the attention that maybe it deserved. At that time, although the workshop was very well received, we sensed that openly identifying themselves as leaders did not come so easily or readily to educators. </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">This is understandable. The “leaders” many people have experienced in their lives have not always given the word a good name. Traditionally, the leader is seen as the boss, the politician, the person behind the closed door with his name printed in gold on it. This type of <b>old paradigm</b> of <b>leader</b> has been associated with distance, authoritarianism, arrogance, lack of a common touch and even such aspects as repression, corruption and disrespect. This type of leader was seen as being at a different level from the people they were supposed to be leading, so much so that they could be regarded as working against many of the people they were expected to lead. In this part of the world they have been linked with being more interested in their own benefits and their own friends than in the greater good. As a general tendency, of course.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Today a <b>new style of leadership </b>is gaining ground through necessity. That of a <b>“we” leader </b>who operates from a position alongside everyone else. Whose job is to facilitate the growth and development of others. It is early days, but the repeated failure of the old-style leader to provide the public with what they want or need is bringing on this long-needed change. An effective leader of today emerges from the ground up and<b>retains</b> an<b> understanding</b> of the other. This leader <b>shows by example</b>, espousing <b>values </b>that are<b>congruent</b> with the job or the task they have rather than values which contradict this. A new leader<b>respects everyone</b>, <b>promotes positive actions</b> and works toward <b>making the world a better place for everyone</b>, not simply a chosen few. And a new leader <b>looks after him or herself</b> so that she can give his or her best.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Thinking, feeling, conscientious teachers have been developing the skills that go with this profile for years now. As our <b>students change</b>, but not necessarily the programmes, materials, equipment or methodology, we have been obliged to <b>find solutions</b> in the classroom to the frictions that have arisen between the students of today and their needs, interests and way of being and the demands of curricula and the institutions we work for. This is not to say we always succeed but it is a task we are undertaking the world over because most of us cannot go into a classroom and just let things happen. If we did so today, probably nothing much would get done and chaos would reign. Instead, <b>we lead by influence, by persuasion, perceiving, noticing, attempting, reflecting, adapting, explaining</b> …whatever it takes to achieve our goal of helping our students to learn effectively. The autonomy many of us have carved out for ourselves in the classroom, is one based on the need to <b>take appropriate decisions in the moment so as to facilitate learning</b>. It is not something that can be dictated from above by the heads or programmed into a lesson plan. It happens in the act of teaching and we <b>practise and polish </b>our ability at it as we teach. And these precisely are the acts and skills of a leader. <b>The person who helps to find the way at each moment of the learning process.</b></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Recent tragic or controversial events in this country have highlighted to us that clear compassionate leadership is not automatically present in every sphere of society. We have all seen people left abandoned trying to defend their rights, unsure of what to do for the best or obliged to take matters into their own hands because of the failure of those designated to lead to do their job. We have seen people adopting leadership behaviour when it is not their job, but someone else’s to do so. Perhaps this latter group has been caught by surprise and has not expected that they would have to “show the way”. How lucky we are as teachers! We get to practice our skills of leading every single day!</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">And yet, it is not just a question of daily practice. There are many sides to being a good leader. </span><span lang="ES-AR">These include:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">the ability to <b>communicate with empathy</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">the ability to <b>identify, set and achieve goals</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">resourcefulness in <b>handling conflicts</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">being capable of <b>knowing and managing one’s own internal states</b> to give the best of oneself in any situation</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">the skill of <b>reading non-verbal language</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">being <b>conscious of the subtleties of language</b> in order to facilitate communication</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">an <b>awareness of what motivates people</b> such as their <b>beliefs, values</b> and the <b>filters which affect the way they relate to the world</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">- </span><span lang="EN-US">the ability to see the world from <b>different points of view</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">How many of these skills do we inherently possess? Well, in fact all of them!!!!</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">How many of these skills have we activated, polished and use every day?</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">How many of these skills do we get training in at Teacher’s College?</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">The answer to these last two questions will differ from individual to individual but it is only in recent years that we have become aware of their great importance in the classroom. </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Fortunately, <b>NLP</b> gives us <b>tools </b>to work on these areas and to develop as even more effective leaders. By studying NLP we can observe what we already do and increase our repertoire of skills, techniques and knowledge to be able to more effortlessly perform the role of leader that our profession has bestowed on us these days.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">Are we ready to <b>acknowledge </b>that the shoes we move around the classroom today are in fact <b>those of a leader</b> and that our eyes shine with the brightness of a leading light?</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">To conclude, we shall refer to some words that we used in the presentation that we gave those few years ago which reflect this new concept of leadership that we are already familiar with. A concept that we simply need to <b>embrace </b>and to develop as something that is an <b>integral part of being a teacher in 2012 and beyond</b>.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Trust in oneself and respect for others lie at the heart of authentic leadership; integrity and high moral standards sustain it. Leaders must constantly look within to take power and support from the essence of their self-worth and then turn outward and see others through the lens of equality and respect.</span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span lang="EN-US">It is no longer enough, if ever it were, for a leader to lead from the front. What we must learn to do now is to lead from within because effective leadership of any kind is built on inner strength:</span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">the strength of vision that sees and brings out the best in others,</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">the strength of example that inspires action in others, and</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">the strength of self-respect that enables one to serve and care for others.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Power no longer lies in the hands of others who make decisions for us, but within our own hearts. To lead then is simply to be visible and noticeable as one who is worthy of others’ attention, and a leader is someone who follows her or his own inner principles, conscience and truth.</span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; ">A BETTER QUALITY LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE</span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; ">From Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University for the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty 1996</span></i></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">© Resourceful Teaching 2012 </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">Ó</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">, Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></p><div align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; ">2. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; ">NLP Practitioner courses</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; "></span></b></p><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; "> </span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 255); ">Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</span></u></b></p><p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Our next <b>Practitioner</b> Certificate course starts on <b>March 31</b> and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2012 and 2013. </span><span lang="EN-US">This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of <b>practical activities</b> and <b>guided practice</b>. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The Practitioner certificate with </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; ">Resourceful Teaching</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; "> </span><span lang="EN-US">offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and<b>practise your English</b> at the same time!</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US">To enrol or for further information: send a mail to <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">jamiearg@gmail.com</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b>Venue:</b> Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires</p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Time:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Start Date:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Saturday March 31</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="EN-US">Investment:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> 380 pesos per module</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple; ">NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><div class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">3. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Calendar of Activities 2012</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We are publishing below a list of the main events </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">for </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); ">March 31 2011 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; ">Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">The courses in English and Spanish commence on this day.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "> </span></b></p><div class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; text-indent: 18pt; line-height: 14.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">4.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Workshops and Coaching</span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; "> </span></b></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">If you would like a <b><span style="color: blue; ">workshop</span></b> or<b><span style="color: blue; "> training</span></b> in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">We can offer you workshops as listed in the website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamiearg@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">jamiearg@gmail.com</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> if you are interested.</span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Laura is also available for <b><span style="color: blue; ">Coaching</span></b>. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-style: initial; border-left-color: initial; "></span></div><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">5.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 7pt; color: red; "> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; ">Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; "> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="yiv398068670MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1330955495853122" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 14.4pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">To subscribe simply send a mail to: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; "><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" href="mailto:rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; ">with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. 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We're back!!!!!!<span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">RT® News</span></span><br /><br />A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 118 February 12 2012<br /><br />Hello teachers,<br /><br />Welcome to 2012 as we restart for the year. We hope you have had enjoyable restful holidays and are refreshed and recharged for the year ahead. By now, many of you will either have begun the preparation for the new school year or be taking advantage of the February training courses. Any opportunity for ongoing training is worthwhile because it gives us the chance to reflect on what we do, to learn new skills and to polish old skills. This process of reflection and learning ensures that we are life-long learners and it sets a great example to our students. In a world that is changing with seemingly increasing speed, it is natural that we will be constantly adapting to change and acquiring new abilities. Think of what you know and can do now that you couldn’t ten years ago. Consider what technological aids are available now that ten or fifteen years ago were not nearly so present.<br /><br />We believe that one of the most valuable aspects of Neuro Linguistic Programming is that it helps us to learn HOW to Change. Very often people say such things as: “You must get in rapport with your students, show more of an interest in them.” “You should organize your time better.” “It would be a good idea to speak to him in a different way.” This is all very well but how can we do these things?<br /><br />Practitioner training in NLP gives us a huge array of tools to help us recognise the way we think and communicate with others and many choices as to how with small significant variations and awareness we can start to communicate quite differently, allowing us to reach other people more effectively. It also provides us with techniques and approaches to plan our lives better, manage conflict wisely, fix learning and in short enjoy life to the fullest.<br /><br />We will be commencing our new <b style="font-style: normal; ">Practitioner courses </b>on <b style="font-style: normal; ">March 31.</b> If you would like to know more, see section 2 below.<br /><b style="font-style: normal; "><br />We will also be giving a couple of workshops in February. Learning English with GANAS given by Laura will take place on February 22 and Jamie will be giving Congruency in the Classroom on February 23. See the calendar in Section 3 for a link to more information.</b><br /><br />Hoping you all have a very enjoyable and enriching month,<br /><br /><i>Laura and Jamie </i><div><i><br /></i><b>1. How long does it take to learn?<br />2. NLP Practitioner courses<br />3. Calendar of activities for 2012<br />4. Workshops and coaching<br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and an invitation to visit </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br />1. How long does it take to learn? (republished from 2006)</b><br /><br />Answer one: If you're ready you can learn very quickly.<br /><br />Answer two: As long as it takes.<br /><br />Many teachers would love to have students who are ready to learn, who absorb the new material quickly and are able to reproduce it perfectly in tests or exams. But is this a guarantee of learning? It may, in fact, just prove that the students can retain certain information in their short term memory for the purposes of recall. If that is what our assessment system requires, then we may have a perfect match. However, is this real learning and is it what we as teachers and learners ourselves and as parents in some cases want? Those of us with NLP training repeatedly refer to learning in the muscle which NLP expert Robert Dilts suggests we aspire to in order to really have the new learning fixed. Learning in the muscle is the feeling that you now carry the new knowledge skill or information in you in mind and in body and that in some way. That you are a different person from when you didn't know it. So, a useful question at this point is whether we really want to learn something or if it is just a temporary knowing that we seek. If we really want to learn we have to engage our full presence in the act: our mind, body and soul.<br /><br />We learn what we want to learn, what we perceive as useful to us. Helping our students to establish wants and needs is very important as otherwise they may be physically present in our classes passing time, picking up things which may be incidental and enjoying the social interaction, but not actually committed to achieving a tangible addition to their skills and abilities. Any activity that we do to set goals for the term, the year or the course will help students focus on that. It doesn't even matter if almost subconsciously they learn something different to what they say aloud – what is important is setting a purpose. Imposing our purpose or that of the school is usually less effective unless the students share the purpose. It is their commitment that matters.<br /><br />Whether our students are ready to learn what we have to teach can depend on factors way outside our control. They may have the academic preparation but whether they have the internal motivation, beliefs, desires and experience to make the most of our classes is unknown to us. Some will, others will fall short, be uninterested, start in a blaze of enthusiasm and then fade out. We are busy complex people living in a complex world and our energy and attention are often attracted in a dozen different directions, a fact which complicates our learning process.<br /><br />Answer two is perhaps an even honest response to the question and yet the one that may most frustrate teachers and school heads. This is because our education system has been largely structured into packages and syllabi that pretend that in one year XXX will be learnt and that after a certain number of these years a student will graduate as proficient in YYY subjects.<br /><br />What we can ensure as teachers and administrators is that the material is available as input. Can we guarantee that our students learn it? No. Even if we test it, we know that there can be a gulf between regurgitating information for a standardized exam and actually having the learning incorporated. It is a big challenge and dilemma for modern education. Teach to the exams or teach for lifetime learning. This is because we know deep down, however much different methods claim the contrary, that learning is individual and is not so easily programmed. We know that some people learn on the road to Damascus and have revelations in which everything falls into place. We also know there are people who take driving tests scores of times and still cannot handle the controls of a car despite hundreds of hours of classes. We know that some students pick a concept up with a simple explanation and others can pore over notes and diagrams for months and never show that they have grasped what we want them to. And we know of students who are whiz kids outside school in their own sphere of interest and seem to be brain dead when they sit in our subject. We know that there are learning blocks and moments of inspired flow.<br /><br /><b>What can we do then?</b><br /><br />The first thing is to know that we cannot learn anything for another person. If they can't or don't want to learn they won't. We do know that certain factors help to foster the learning process.<br /><br />1. Treating all our students as individuals and as unique and appreciating them for their uniqueness.<br /><br />2. Ensuring that the conditions for learning are favourable – that the students feel safe and comfortable and appreciated as members of the class.<br /><br />3. Creating an atmosphere of experimentation, play and discovery, which allows us to make mistakes and change our hypotheses. Neutralising the concept of failure is very important here. A concept that is regrettably widespread in many educational systems.<br /><br />4. Giving students repeated exposure to the material in a variety of forms – that allows intake through the senses (VAK) and for the varied multiple intelligences to be employed. Also important is to give them repeated opportunities to put their learning into practice or test it against what they already know.<br /><br />5. Helping students to become aware of the process of their learning and not just the content or the goals. This is a particular challenge as our students often focus more on the tests and the results of these than in what is happening to them as they learn. When they become aware of their own learning styles, they possess the tools to influence their learning in any subject and not be dependent on the type of teacher or method of learning they face. As part of this, our feedback and our planning of spaces for them to reflect on the feedback they get from others following their effort are two invaluable contributions for learning.<br /><br />6. Believing that all our students can learn. Our faith in their potential to learn is fundamental. If we regard them as no hopers, they will prove us right.<br /><br />7. Being patient. Everyone has their internal times. Some people take months or years to acquire a skill or knowledge that others pick up in hours or days. The difference is that the second group is ready to learn, has the appropriate preparation, motivation and mental programmes that facilitate fast acquisition. Others, for many reasons, need longer, need more practice and exposure, more chances to try out the material. They may progress relatively little in our class because they need the time to consolidate past learning or acquire other skills prior to those we are actually presenting. This is something that our education system often forgets.<br /><br />We know that as teachers we can be extremely influential in fostering learning. We may also tend to judge ourselves or be judged on external results. But how can we judge externally, the inner processes of mind, body and spirit? We can expect visible results but ultimately the richest reward for a teacher is knowing that a student has fully acquired some new skill or knowledge which will be with them forever.<br />And that we know seldom takes place from one day to another or in a steady predictable way.<br /><br /><b>© Resourceful Teaching 2012 Ó, Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan 2006</b><br /><br /><b>2. NLP Practitioner courses</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</b><br /><br /><br /><br />Our next Practitioner Certificate course starts on March 31 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2012 and 2013. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br />To enrol or for further information: send a mail to jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuchcapacitaciones@gmail.com<br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br />Start Date: Saturday March 31<br />Investment: 380 pesos per module<br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br /><span ><b>NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish</b></span><br /><br /><b>3. Calendar of Activities 2012</b><br /><br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.</div><div><br /><b>February 22 2012 </b>Workshop by Laura Learning English with GANAS 18.00 – 21.00, Versailles, CABA. contact lauraszmuch@gmail.com for info.</div><div><br /><b>February 23 2012</b> Workshop by Jamie Congruency in the Classroom: are you aligned? Time to team up Teacher Development Conference run by International House San Isidro and ITESL, San Isidro/Florida. Contact: http://timetoteamup.blogspot.com/view/classic</div><div><br /><b>March 31 2011 </b><span ><b>Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education,</b></span> Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />The courses in English and Spanish commence on this day.<br /><b><br />4. Workshops and Coaching</b><br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year.<br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br /><b>Laura is also available for Coaching.</b> If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com<br /><br />5. 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We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means.<br /><br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/<br />In Facebook you can visit our page by writing Resourceful Teaching<br /><span ><br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.</span></div>Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-28231737076103494262012-02-06T07:13:00.000-08:002012-02-06T07:15:54.167-08:00Introducing our friend...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYVCF7JDrl5YhIi0eG6MdS3PDfQ6UEdvdBYl9_ZWHNAVd0WYH3DluD4vVxJpq3dklqBuI6P4v7KZmJbLmARCoFjL2Qw90DX_xcuTv1SNTU-z0O94PEo_sPvQPpYMLtxuhY3uoxfB-WhwT/s1600/DSC00491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYVCF7JDrl5YhIi0eG6MdS3PDfQ6UEdvdBYl9_ZWHNAVd0WYH3DluD4vVxJpq3dklqBuI6P4v7KZmJbLmARCoFjL2Qw90DX_xcuTv1SNTU-z0O94PEo_sPvQPpYMLtxuhY3uoxfB-WhwT/s400/DSC00491.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706041567021279986" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Introducing our friend: NLP</span><br /> <br />This article is for those of you who are new to the wonderful three letters. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Let us introduce them to you:</span><br /><br />NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming.<br /><br />This acronym reminds us of the fact that our mind and body are interconnected and that we are responsible for the models of the world we create.<br />NLP training has two areas of application:<br /><br />1. How we communicate with others<br />2. How we communicate with ourselves<br /> <br /> It also aims at revealing the underlying structure of excellence. It offers answers to the question of "how" to do things effectively, or rather, how successful people in different fields do what they do wonderfully. It analyses subjective experience, taking into account patterns of behaviour, capability, values, beliefs, mission in life and internal representations of reality.<br /> <br /> It offers a learnable technology which can help us improve performance and communication, overcome limitations, achieve goals and confidence in different areas of our lives.<br /> <br /> With training in NLP we learn how to get rapport with virtually anybody, how to become flexible in our communication, how to use language effectively. We learn how to deal with conflict on a win-win basis, how to tap our resources (such as confidence, competence, inner peace, motivation, health, abundance, etc.), how to discover our strategies (of excellence, creativity, good memory, etc.), how to work with our beliefs and other levels of growth and learning and how our brains code our subjective experience.<br /> <br /> NLP is an eclectic body of thought which is a branch of the Cognitive Sciences and Cognitive Behavioural Psychology. It grew out of General Semantics (Korzybski), Transformational Grammar (Chomsky), Anthropology and Cybernetics (Bateson), Reframing (Watzlawick et al), Family Systems (Virginia Satir), GestaltTherapy(Perls), Medical Hypnosis (Erickson) and several related studies. Its founders were Richard Bandler (a mathematician) and John Grinder (a linguist) who, in the early 70s, set out to discover the "structure of excellence".<br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Who benefits from the practice of NLP?</span><br /> <br /><br /> Any person who wants to improve the way they live their lives and develop an understanding of how to maximize their potential. Any person who wants to explore new tools and models for communication and learning through high quality training and assessment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Why have we decided to give birth to a course specially<br />designed for teachers?<br /> <br /></span><br /> NLP has been successfully applied in different fields such as sales, business, medicine, mental health, law, sports and so on. We believe good teachers and good learning are the answer to many issues in the world we want to live in. Highly prepared teachers, skilful in communication techniques, with very clear beliefs and values, and who have very specific goals to make this world a better place to live in are at the most important leverage point in the quest for positive change.<br /> <br /> Our dream is to see professional teachers who know that their role in our society is even more important than what we have been led to believe.<br /> <br /> © Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan, 2001<br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />What is RT?</span><br /> <br /> The vision of Resourceful Teaching is to see teachers growing and developing with wisdom, maximising their skills as communicators and models of excellence in their field through the application of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). These teachers are committed to using their talents and strengths in helping the world recognise the supreme importance of meaningful education as a birthright of all human beings.<br /> <br /> The mission of RT is to provide a structure through which teachers have access to the skills and technology of NLP as applied to education. This includes high quality training and support, materials and information, contacts and networking. Our graduates are empowered with the awareness, choices, communication skills and facilitating beliefs and values to make a real difference in their teaching context.<br /> <br /> The strategy of RT has been to create a Practitioner's Certificate and Master Practitioner's Certificate course completely orientated towards practising teachers. It is also to run workshops, shorter courses and other training for teachers. We offer consultancy and information to teachers and to educational institutes. We develop materials and literature applying NLP to the teaching and learning processes.<br /> <br /> The structure of RT is to offer training and consultancy in Education in <br /> the following ways:<br /><br /> * General Educational workshops<br /> * Tailor-made on-site workshops responding to special needs of schools <br /> or other educational institutions<br /> * Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education courses<br /> * Master Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education courses<br /> * Consultancy upon request<br /> * Electronic mail newsletter<br /> * Free introductory talks<br /> * Participation in major ELT events<br /> * Ongoing access to instruction and trainers<br /> * Networking and a forum for contact both within Argentina and <br /> internationally.<br /> © Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan, 2001<br />Who are we?<br /><br /><br />Resourceful Teaching was founded by Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan. We are Master Practitioners and Trainers in NLP, teachers and have done several post graduate degrees. We have both written books about teaching.<br /><br /><br /> At one point in our careers we felt the need to go further in understanding the learning process. In particular, we paid attention to some important aspects in teaching which were not generally covered, like the delicate chemistry produced by the communication between teacher and student. We began to play with this intuitively and change things in our teaching and we started to read a lot about NLP. We wondered what would happen if we took all these marvellous ideas and technology and used them in education. We realised we had a lot to learn and that there was an amazing world to which we had only just gained entry, so we decided to take a course and learn about it properly.<br /><br /> As we were both very enthusiastic about applying what we had been learning to our classes, we began to try things out, take notes, read, and get books from the US, the UK and New Zealand that were not available here. Above all, we shared everything we were discovering. Individually, we started giving some workshops to friends and colleagues, until the day, when as we were about to finish the Master Practitioner, we organised a study group together. From this group, there were requests or almost 'demands' from our colleagues who wanted something deeper and more structured than just a workshop, to be given in English and dedicated to education and language teaching. At this point we were completing the Trainer training and we realised that we had all the material and ideas in our heads. What was needed was to put it in order and form a course. And our first Practitioner Certificate course in Education started.<br /><br /><br />The wonderful thing about working with teachers is that we see almost instant results. They tend to have a phenomenal drive and come to us interested in acquiring techniques to help their students learn more easily. Little by little, however, they realise that they are also helping themselves immensely. They become more open and more complete as people and discover that they have resources available to resolve conflicts and communicate more effectively. They see that they possess an enormous treasure in the form of their academic knowledge and training but that however rich this intellectual knowledge may be, it is still not quite enough. Therefore, they acquire tools to transmit learning, not just from the mental perspective. It is incredible to see the difference in their classes when they learn to use their bodies, their voices, aspects of non-verbal and unconscious communication and to value their intuition. They improve their communication with their students, parents of students, colleagues, heads and other staff in a remarkable fashion. And this is because their communication reveals a different point of view, one which has been nourished by NLP.<br /><br /><br />What most excites us is that they approach us as 'professionals', committed to their work and then they discover themselves as 'people'. They realise that they need to devote time and space to themselves and to the organisation and planning of their lives and careers in a wider perspective. Teachers normally live in a whirlwind of classes, preparation, marking, exams and different groups and undoubtedly this is a situation in which it is easy to lose oneself. The changes that we witness in teachers have to do with finding themselves again and reacquainting <br />themselves with their subject, their pupils and their lives. Apart from dramatic improvements in their classrooms, they tell us of important changes in their families and with their partners, of new jobs or growth in their institutes, of more useful free time which emerges from better organisation and clear objectives. They also tell of better physical <br />health and we insist a lot on this point as teachers need strong and flexible bodies, loads of energy and to eat well. Teachers need to set an example for students.<br /><br /><br /><br />Our mission to make NLP accessible to all teachers in the country, in Latin America and other parts of the world who are interested in improving their work situation and their lives with this powerful tool. <br /><br /><br />When people complain about the crisis in education, we consider that it is a good idea to teach those who teach. When those who are part of the teaching-learning process know where they are going, what their beliefs and values are and how to find their mission, the crisis becomes a path of opportunities. The huge changes that we are experiencing in the world are an excellent challenge and the better prepared we are and the greater our self-knowledge and our personal and spiritual development, the more chances we have for continued learning and growth in all aspects of our life.<br /><br /><br />© Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan, 2001<br /><br />Lauraszmuchcapacitaciones@gmail.com<br />jamiearg@gmail.comJamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-63459990816094959792012-02-06T06:57:00.000-08:002012-04-27T07:25:00.253-07:00Training in NLP – the Resourceful Teaching Way<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtf7ENQWz7-pMrtDSEAOXfG0L67f8nhyphenhyphenjmg2uCvgz5dkD034Zu1YvvSm7I8T1ZASolONRCuHzQvNYaFwIKeXGDYnN_3nqp8d6Jv-OUd6FaLis-d0yK4VHBGp-b8ihMrs_5Wj4cTfzcqT5/s1600/DSC00482.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706037598716061234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtf7ENQWz7-pMrtDSEAOXfG0L67f8nhyphenhyphenjmg2uCvgz5dkD034Zu1YvvSm7I8T1ZASolONRCuHzQvNYaFwIKeXGDYnN_3nqp8d6Jv-OUd6FaLis-d0yK4VHBGp-b8ihMrs_5Wj4cTfzcqT5/s320/DSC00482.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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For over 13 years, we (Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan) have been offering training in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to teachers of English.<br />
We have developed varied and interesting courses and workshops including the 130-hour Practitioner in NLP applied to Education. This course presents all the main topic areas of NLP together with the practical application of these to the classroom. Alongside this, we also cover such aspects of education as: motivation, setting and reaching objectives, discipline, the elements of effective learning, communication with students (and parents), conflict resolution, multisensory presentations and much, much more.<br />
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During this period, we have seen our students, who are also our friends and colleagues, grow and develop both in their personal and professional lives and pass on this knowledge in turn to their students and colleagues.<br />
It is with great pride and pleasure that we watch how NLP has become a part of many teacher training programmes and how it is now present in sessions at educational conferences, on training courses and in the Methodology and Didactics syllabi of Teachers’ Colleges.<br />
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As we continued to grow and become better known, we also began to give training in Spanish to teachers of different subjects and areas; as well as to a variety of professionals in other fields who were interested in learning more about the novel work we were doing. What started as our dedicated, loving and intensive work with small groups of teachers grew and spread throughout Argentina and to other countries. We have long lost count of the number of people we have given training to in Argentina or abroad, be it through full-length courses, workshops, seminars, conference presentations or online training.<br />
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We are deeply committed to quality in education with the professional development of the individual in both her mind and her practice. We are convinced that all of us together can bring about changes and improvements in our field. We believe that education at all its levels will not really change and improve by imposing modifications from above, determined by the Ministry of Education or similar authorities. Education will change as a result of the internal reflective processes of teachers combined with their training in their subject areas. This reflection responds to the teacher’s need to find ways to help the students to learn more effectively and efficiently. <br />
Quality of education and quality of life go hand in hand. Therefore, caring for the teacher at a physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual level is essential. A teacher who is centred and well-prepared internally is the basis for all educational change, whether it be at primary, secondary or university level or in training at the workplace. We know that the networks of support and encouragement we have been generating have assisted many people in the inevitable moments of crisis that today’s world presents us with.<br />
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Teachers, like many other professionals today, face constant challenges. Some manage to find strength in the practice of their profession, while others, unfortunately, succumb to a sense of resignation, apathy, frustration or impotence. The tools that NLP offer us together with all the other processes and techniques we have developed in Resourceful Teaching have empowered many people and it is our most sincere wish that this continue to happen.<br />
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We are pioneers and leaders in the training of NLP in the field of education and we say this with immense pleasure, satisfaction, humility, and with the conviction that this is part of our vocation. We are happy that all the time, energy and effort we have put into our project has seen it and the students we have taught blossom and thrive in their work and lives. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</span><br />
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Our next Practitioner Certificate course starts on March 31 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2012 and 2013. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br />
The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br />
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To enrol or for further information: send a mail to jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br />Start Date: Saturday March 31<br />Investment: 380 pesos per module</span></span><br />
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The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Practitioner's Certificate - Course Outline</span><br />
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Modules:<br />
1. Becoming aware of ourselves and the way we communicate<br />
What is NLP? The Presuppositions of NLP. The big picture and the resources we have inside. Mind and body. Nutrition and the brain. Hemispherology. Communication – verbal and non verbal. Process and content. Rapport. Calibrating. Pacing. Leading. Logical levels. <br />
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2. How to engage the subconscious mind<br />
V.A.K. and representational systems. Preferred learning channels. Eye Patterns. Remembered and Constucted experiences. Variety and difference in classes.<br />
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3. Precision Language<br />
Language as the generator of actions and results. Surface structure and Deep structure. Deletion. Distortion. Generalisation. The metamodel of language. Questions to obtain complete and high quality information. Filters. Precision language. Affirmations. <br />
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4. Anchors<br />
Anchors. Functional and dysfunctional anchors. Unconscious anchors. Spontaneous anchors. Spatial anchors. Contextualisation in the field of education. Installing anchors. How to call on resources when required. Group bonding. Magic moments. Introduction to submodalities. Programming motivation.<br />
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5. Discovering inner resources<br />
Submodalities and how to work with them in relation to feelings, moods and physiology. Visualisations. How to transform undesirable states into resources. Stress relief techniques. The physiology of success. The submodalities of achievement.<br />
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6. Being aware of our students’ inner worlds and responding to their mental programmes<br />
Association and dissociation. Sorting styles or metaprogrammes. Filters of choice and communication. People. Information. Place. Time. Things. Activity. Self-Others. <br />
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7. Perceptual Positions and Motivation<br />
1º,2º,3º, and 4º position. Goal setting and successful outcomes. Well-formed questionnaire. <br />
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8. Conflict resolution<br />
Techniques to detect and resolve symptoms, conflicts and obstacles which appear in people and organisations. Finding the Positive Intention. Internal and external conflict. Win-win model. Theory of constraints. Congruence.<br />
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9. Strategies<br />
Forms we use to organise thought and behaviour in order to achieve an objective. Disney strategy. Detecting individual strategies. Applying strategies. Use in learning. R.O.L.E. model<br />
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10. Achieving continued growth<br />
Generative technique to go from an unsatisfactory present state to a desirable future state. New Behaviour Generator. Theory of chaos. Theory of attractors. Resistance to change. Sorting Styles – the second layer: General-Specific. Internal-External. Towards Objectives-Away from Problems. Matcher-Mismatcher. Same-Different. Past/Present/Future Time orientation. Procedure-Options<br />
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11. Gaining deeper awareness and understanding<br />
The fine points of non-verbal pacing. The Wall. Making new meaning of a symptom, behaviour or conflict. Positive intention as an agent of change. <br />
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12. Verbal magic<br />
Reframing of content and context. Metaphors. The ontology of language. Introduction to beliefs<br />
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13. State Management<br />
Convincer Patterns. Stacking and Collapsing Anchors. Protection and boundaries. Being congruent and aligned as a teacher. <br />
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14. Integrating the changes <br />
Contextualisation of course material. Application to classroom practice. Feedback. The classroom as a system and as part of a system. Peak experiences and flow. Sponsorship. Future pacing.<br />
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15. and 16. Evaluation modules<br />
Lesson plan. Conflict resolution. Practical techniques.<br />
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Each module lasts 8 hours<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dates for 2012</span><br />
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Module 1 - March 31<br />
Module 2 - April 21<br />
Module 3 - May 26<br />
Module 4 - June 23 <br />
Module 5 - July 7 <br />
Module 6 - September 1<br />
Module 7 - October 6<br />
Module 8 - November 10Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-26438425113637895872011-05-18T18:43:00.001-07:002011-05-18T18:45:01.110-07:00RTNews 117- Labels and teachers...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEged09GAL_d78RNJ8rzhztdZXR7edgmQIlUXcBdQyZaiKFhqhZpYn39UDaTkbT-Kuy8P_K4cCbIBtbDJ52tdz41QUZwtPNACoPziF2bQ-FE-RPwCl1YJK0rGkSH6rymXZ-2NGBsnHPf18lO/s1600/DSC02544.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEged09GAL_d78RNJ8rzhztdZXR7edgmQIlUXcBdQyZaiKFhqhZpYn39UDaTkbT-Kuy8P_K4cCbIBtbDJ52tdz41QUZwtPNACoPziF2bQ-FE-RPwCl1YJK0rGkSH6rymXZ-2NGBsnHPf18lO/s200/DSC02544.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608237255459132610" /></a><br /><br />RT® News <br /> <br />A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 117 May 15 2011<br /> <br />Hello teachers,<br /><br /> <br /><br />Welcome to our latest issue of RT News. We are just back from a few days in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, where we were very proud to have been part of the 25th birthday celebrations of the IPI (Instituto Provincial de Idiomas). We gave three workshops in their<br />programme of teacher training, which was part of a week-long series of events and celebrations. It was a very rewarding experience to see how keen the teachers and teachers college students are in Ushuaia and Rio Grande and to have a chance to work with you all. Congratulations to everyone there for the excellent work and many, many thanks for the<br /><br />impeccable hospitality. A special hug to Adriana, Nildy, Silvita, Martha, Susana and Ivanna for their attention and warm welcome.<br /><br /><br />Although we started our 2011 courses last month there is still time to join the groups. We are offering the NLP Practitioner course in English. Module 2 will be held next Saturday, May 21. The NLP course in Spanish will next meet in Saturday June 4. For details of the courses and how to enrol, please contact us at either lauraszmuch@gmail.com or jamiearg@gmail.com We are also starting the Master Practitioner in NLP for Education in June for those who have completed or nearly completed the Practitioner level training and would like to expand their skills and knowledge of NLP. It will be held in Spanish.<br /><br /><br />Hoping you all have a very enjoyable and enriching month,<br /><br /> <br /><br />Laura and Jamie <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. Labels, positive reinforcement and teachers<br /><br />2. NLP Practitioner courses <br /><br />3. Calendar of activities for 2011<br /><br />4. Workshops and coaching<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. Labels, positive reinforcement and teachers<br /><br /> <br /><br />There is a children’s saying that goes “Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me”. This was taught by parents to children apparently in the hope of giving them a sort of protection against the taunts and cruel comments of bullies and other children. Some youngsters probably did benefit from repeating this phrase but others surely lacked the “teflon coating” or the “elephant hide” and were affected all the same. However much the jibe or criticism was flung in the heat of the moment and probably exaggerated for effect and however little it really applied to the receiver, chances are that that person did suffer something. After all, as we know in NLP, the words themselves are only a small part of the message and the tone and body language with which they are conveyed also contribute massively to the message. And still, there is no denying that words and the interpretation we put on them are also very potent.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Words and the thoughts themselves carry weight. They are not merely innocent combinations of letters and sounds and meaning. With words we not only describe but also create our world. Therefore, when someone is repeatedly told (or tells themselves) how beautiful they are, they will get to believe it. Someone who is labelled as useless will also be affected by this message and his or her behaviour will reflect this sooner or later. If I tell myself I am a loser, I attract “losses” and even if these would not be regarded by others as defeats or negative moments, I will probably find a way to interpret them as such or at least find the part in them that can be considered as “failure”. Obviously, there is a whole psychological history behind the way we choose to view ourselves and our performance in the world, which may benefit from reflection and internal work, if we find that we are not content with our lot in life.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Our role as teachers presents us with many situations in which we can reinforce the positive or negative images that a student has of him or herself. Indeed, it is arguable that as educators, one of our most important functions is to encourage our students to find the tools and beliefs with which they can learn and grow. It is a useful practice to find something positive in all of our students as learners and to promote and encourage this. But do we always do so? How frequently do we retire to the classroom after a challenging class and say things like: “Those slowcoaches in X grade never get a thing I teach!” or “What a knucklehead that Johnny is!” or a lot worse. Obviously, we would never dream of saying it to the students’ faces, but isn’t it true that we are probably thinking these things in our internal dialogue as we patiently work through the lesson with them. Our “hidden” thought is probably not so hidden after all and our intention and judgement will subconsciously find a way through. At a very deep level, the students in question will perceive that they lack our complete support. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Sometimes the message is not so hidden. There are people who use irony or other forms of humour to mask a criticism or a jibe and while everyone may be laughing, part of that person will have received the meaning of the subtext.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This is not to deny that some students have many more challenges to learn than others. Of course we will have groups that delight us with their ability to pick things up quickly and make fast improvement. But to be fair to all our students it is very functional to look for what we can praise in a student and reinforce what they show that helps them to learn. Focusing on the positive will also help us to feel less frustrated when progress seems slow and will allow us to notice the features of the learner that are overlooking.<br /><br /> <br /><br />How much nicer it is to be working with students who may seem like “diamonds in the rough” waiting to acquire their own polish and shine than “lead weights, empty vessels or a bunch of blobs”.<br /><br /> <br /><br />When our intention is to raise, encourage or elevate the other, consciously or unconsciously, the other will respond positively and in that way we all benefit.<br /><br /> <br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2011<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />2. NLP Practitioner courses<br /> <br /><br />Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education<br /><br /> <br /><br />The second module of the Practitioner Certificate course will be held on May 21. The course consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br /><br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br /> <br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br /><br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br /><br />Investment: 310 pesos per module<br /><br /> <br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br /> <br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. <br /> <br /><br />NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish (Módulo 2 – junio 4).<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />3. Calendar of Activities 2011<br /><br /> <br /><br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise. <br />May 21 2011 Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education Module 2, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br />June 4 2011 Curso en PNL Módulo 2, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br />June 2011 Master Practitioner in NLP applied to Education starts, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />4. Workshops and Coaching<br /><br /> <br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year. <br /><br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /> <br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means. <br /> <br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com <br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br /><br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-13524724636221260242011-03-28T07:14:00.000-07:002011-03-28T07:17:22.625-07:00NLP Practitioner Course, starting in AprilLearn skills and techniques to help you to …<br /><br /><br />… Be more effective in the classroom!<br /><br />…Understand your learners more completely<br /><br />… Set and achieve goals<br /><br />… Better manage the constant changes school life brings us<br /><br />… Communicate with others with elegance and effectiveness<br /><br />… Discover more talents<br /><br />… Live the life you want to lead<br /><br /><br /><br />All this and very much more can be experienced on the<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</strong><br /><br />Our next Practitioner Certificate course starts on April 16, 2011 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2011 and 2012. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br /><br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br /><br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuchcapacitaciones@gmail.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br /><br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br /><br />Start Date: Saturday April 16<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practiceJamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-27830649299981242172011-03-10T17:33:00.000-08:002011-03-10T17:36:21.770-08:00RTNews 115<strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">RT® News<br /><br /></span></strong>A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 115 March 10 2011<br /><br />Hello teachers,<br /><br />We trust the new academic year is going well with exciting new classes and good prospects for an enjoyable productive term.<br /><br />As we always say, this is also the time to choose <strong>something to study ourselves during the year.</strong> As <strong>models for our students</strong>, one of the best ways of encouraging life-long learning is for us as teachers to be seen to be learning as well. As you no doubt notice from our comments here and online, we are no exception and both of us always take up new courses of study each year to widen our skills and knowledge.<br /><br />We would like to offer our congratulations to the following students who recently successfully completed their evaluations for the Practitioner and Master Practitioner courses.<br />New Practitioners are: <em>Mariana Ini, Romina Lipari and Maria Cecilia Carattoli<br /></em>Master Practitioner: <em>Irene Pataccini<br /></em>Well done and a big hug to you all!<br /><br />See you soon,<br />Laura and Jamie<br />________________________________________<br />1. <strong>The resources are within you<br />2. NLP Practitioner course starts April<br />3. Calendar of activities for 2011<br />4. Workshops and coaching<br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br />________________________________________<br /></strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>1. The resources are within you<br /></strong></span><br />When we set up Resourceful Teaching in 1998, we chose the name to transmit the idea that teachers have a huge pool of resources to call on when teaching.<br /><br />Some people might respond to this, “But I work in a poor school with few books and no access to technology!” Nonetheless, we would reply that they have an almost infinite supply of resources. Other teachers may make a mental inventory of the teaching tools their school can provide them: libraries, computers, CD and MP3 players, video and DVD players, video cameras, toys, cardboard, paper and art supplies, internet connections, teachers’ books, interactive whiteboards, spaces for special purposes, etc, etc. Just fitting the use of these into the class timetable must be a job in itself!<br /><br />Our intention, when we set up RT (Resourceful Teaching) was not only to draw attention to the idea that we do have many physical resources at hand, but also and perhaps even more importantly, to focus on the INTERNAL RESOURCES that teachers and students bring into the classroom that can be harnessed for teaching and learning. Which means that whatever the state of our schools, wherever we give classes, obstacles can be overcome with our ability to use our minds to solve the problem and that the actual act of learning and teaching can be enhanced by knowing our brains and how to use them effectively. Some people have said that NLP, which forms the basis of our work at RT, is like incorporating an owner’s manual to the mind, with the proviso that each mind is unique and different. To learn about our mind and how to manage it better is a relatively simple process of observation, openness and the willingness to try new things that can produce enormous rewards in the very short term, both in our teaching and in our daily lives.<br /><br />It can often happen that we have what seems to be a perfect lesson planned on paper but when we get into the classroom things do not follow that plan and the lesson does not live up to expectations. This is completely understandable because we are none of us robots with automatic responses. Each day, each of us in class are different people and the dynamic interaction of these “different” people means that no two lessons, no two days are going to be the same, despite any general similarity in behaviour patterns. And that is just talking about what we see on the surface. What about what is going on inside us? Each day I am different in terms of my feelings, the activity of my brain, the chemicals that flow through my bloodstream. One day I may be restless and find it hard to concentrate, another day excited and focused and a third day, tired and irritable.<br /><br />So, as a teacher, what can we do with this? Well, if we know where to look, the information is all there. We can see very quickly, when students need a change of activity, when “the penny is dropping” and learning is taking place, when more help is needed, when it is enough on a given subject for today…. Strangely, we often ignore this and plough on with our plan, even though we have “lost” the class, because keeping to the timetable is more important or because we have not been consciously taught to give more importance to what is going on inside us or inside the students.<br /><br />And knowing about the internal states is not just a question of honing our performance or being better able to detect changes in the students. It is also necessary to better understand the student of today – a person who is usually surrounded by electronic gadgets and stimuli, whose attention span is shorter than in the past, who responds quicker to visual input, whose mind is bombarded with information.<br /><br />It is ironic that as we advance technologically as a society, and even in terms of knowing the electrical and chemical operations of the brain, we actually end up knowing less about ourselves than we think we do.<br /><br />What do we really want? What do we think about a particular issue? Why do we sometimes seem to be contradictory? What do we believe in because we have never stopped to think about it and our opinion is in fact it is something someone else has said to us and not our own idea? Why do I feel what I feel and not what my mind tells me I should feel? Why do some things affect me more than others? Why do some things attract me more than others?<br /><br />These questions are not meant for deep psychological analysis but rather are simple day-to-day questions to help us know ourselves better. There are neither right nor wrong answers. But by knowing myself more closely I can be aware of where I stand and what sort of message I am sending out to the world.<br /><br />In our courses for the Practitioner certificate applied to Education, we study from a very practical standpoint: the power of non verbal language, the different ways we access and process the outside world, how we store and retrieve memories and learned and acquired information, what our verbal language is really saying, how we fix emotions to experience and to our memories, how to discover what we really want in life, myriad ways of solving conflicts that are both with others and within ourselves, ways to adopt new functional behaviour, and how to read all of this in others (to the extent that we can) and many more rich tools and skills.<br /><br />If ever there was a “technology” that has the flexibility and applicability for the 21st century, it is NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). With it, we can act in any context and in any situation and be clearer about the behaviour and motivation of the other. NLP is based on the principle of “description” rather than “prescription”. There is no “correct form” to use, no dogma to follow, no theory to apply. We take each instance as unique, we develop our powers to observe, we act, we notice the reactions, we adjust our response and we refine our communication. From NLP we learn “HOW” to do things to get the results we desire. And we learn to value and respect ourselves and the other in each and every communication. We believe that these are the types of capabilities that will stand us in good stead in the classroom of today and tomorrow.<br /><br />We would love you to join us on one of our trainings this year and discover ways to become even more centred and resourceful teachers.<br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2011<br />________________________________________<br />2. NLP Practitioner course starts April<br /><br />Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education<br /><br />Our next Practitioner Certificate course starts on April 16 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com<br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br />Start Date: Saturday April 16<br />Investment: 310 pesos per module<br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.<br /><br />Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan<br /><br />NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish.<br /><br />________________________________________<br />3. Calendar of Activities 2011<br /><br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.<br />April 16 2011 Practitioner Certificate in NLP applied to Education starts, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />April 30 2011 Curso en PNL, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />May 14 2011 Master Practitioner in NLP applied to Education starts, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br />________________________________________<br />4. Workshops and Coaching<br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year.<br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br />Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com<br /><br />________________________________________<br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /><br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means.<br /><br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com<br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas.<br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-79614295216350312112010-12-29T11:51:00.000-08:002010-12-29T11:56:50.262-08:00RTNews 114<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">RT® News<br /><br /></span>A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 114 December 29 2010<br /></strong><br />Hello teachers,<br /><br />2010 is now all but over and we look forward to the New Year. As we always say, the summer holidays are an important space for us teachers to recharge our batteries, relax and pamper ourselves. This is even more essential in these days of change when we need all our energy and skills to face the challenges of the classroom and enjoy the journeys of learning and discovery that our students and we ourselves are embarked on.<br /><br />As a resolution for the New Year we want to project postive thoughts and outcomes. By being proactive in the way we view life and situations in our schools, homes and other places we inhabit, we can have a tremendous influence. Instead of buying someone else’s view of things, it is very functional to CHOOSE how we view each situation and to KNOW that this choice also extends to how we react to any given situation.<br /><br />We will be considering various functional ways of interpreting our work and the way we interact with others during the next few months.<br /><br />If you would like to JOIN us for our February trainings, be sure to check RT Week 2011 in part two below. We have some great new workshops, which will give you ideas and inspiration for the new academic year.<br /><br />We would also like to THANK everyone who has given their support to us this year, whether it be by attending our courses, or participating in our online spaces such as our Facebook page, or in our blogs.<br /><br />Finally we take this opportunity to wish you, our readers,<br /><br />A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL<br /><br />NEW YEAR!!!<br /><br /><br />Until next time,<br /><br />Laura and Jamie<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>1. A Focus on Solutions<br /></strong><br />One of the first things we learn with NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is that each of us perceives the world in different ways. A different way or different ways? Different ways. Each of us has more than one way to perceive the world. An obvious example is when we view the world as a parent, a teacher or as someone’s child. We can take these three positions at the same time but each one is subtly different and will influence what we notice and give importance to.<br /><br />In NLP talk, these are called “Frames”. It is as if we change the picture when we put a different frame around the basic painting. These frames mean that certain things get more emphasis, some features are given a special highlight and other things fall outside the frame. You already know that we use our sensory channels to give and receive information in the world. Some people use their visual channel most, other prefer their auditory channel and others their kinaesthetic channel. This is an example of a frame. If I am very visual I tend to give priority to what I see whereas what people say or what I feel may get less attention.<br /><br />Other examples of the same sort of limit we put on our processing of the world include: our use of mainly positive or negative language (imperatives, affirmatives, positive modals vs don’t, can’t, mustn’t, negative terms), the types of values and beliefs we follow in life (eg, abundance vs. scarcity), the metaphors we use (life is a struggle vs. life is a fairground), the stories we have constructed about the world and the role we play in them.<br /><br />Becoming aware of the frames that we or others use is just the same as noticing the news about our favourite film star, or in the case of language teachers, always perceiving the grammar mistake. It is something that we have programmed ourselves to become aware of. Before we were teachers or before our star became famous we never thought about these issues but as our interest grew our brain began to act like a sensor and started to “flash or beep” each time it came across something related to them.<br /><br />Once we start to identify the frames others use we can acknowledge them and thereby start to enter into rapport with that person and to understand what is happening to him or her. We can also identify our own favourite frames, keep those that are useful to us and change those that no longer serve us. And we can help others to notice that there we can always choose different options in the way we view the world.<br /><br />A useful practice is to notice what sort of frames work for other people in different contexts and if we like them, we can borrow them. In some societies, a focus on solutions takes a higher priority than in others and it is this approach that we would like to comment on today. A focus on solutions means that whenever we are confronted by a problem or something that does not entirely work or fit, we automatically programme ourselves to find a solution so that both we and others can resolve the problem happily and to our mutual satisfaction wherever possible.<br /><br />A solutions focus means that we are proactive and rather than waiting for someone to come along and find an answer, we start to work out that answer for ourselves.<br /><br />When we think about applying a solutions frame to our work in education, this has several implications. It means that we orientate ourselves to finding what will serve or work to overcome a problem. It does not mean that we focus on what doesn’t work but rather try to use models of what does work and apply them to our new situation. If our students are restless and need a stretch, why not give them some Brain Gym or a stretching session or a run outside even if it is not traditionally accepted in the school. If it helps them to concentrate and learn, then surely that is what teaching is about? Many people become stuck in a sort of blame game or a finding fault cycle when things go wrong and they heap example of failure upon example of failure, shortcoming upon shortcoming and reason upon reason. This is all very well as perhaps the problem does have causes that do not originate with us. But the point is that while we sit and gripe the problem remains…. unsolved.<br /><br />Often times we wait for the authorities, for the famous “they” to come to the rescue and solve the mess “they’ve got us in”. And sometimes we end up waiting a long time. It is far more rewarding to say, “This is the way things are, this is what we want …let’s find a way of bridging that gap”. We often see that teachers in poor schools or rural schools are tremendously resourceful in finding ways to give their students the best lessons possible even though they have very few tools and elements at their disposal. They are almost obliged to work with a solutions frame. If there is no power, how can we do an activity that requires light or electricity? If we have no books or paper, what can we use instead? In more established schools that sort of flexibility may not exist as we take for granted so much more. By training ourselves to find solutions, we start to think outside the box and enhance our creativity leading to answers that perhaps nobody considered or imagined. (This topic features in the last of the RT Week workshops “Outside the Box” on Thursday 10 February at 14.00 in which we look at applying this to the classroom). Developing this skill also means we get to become a good model for our students who learn that they too can solve problems effectively.<br /><br />A solutions focus is more than just having a plan B or being good at improvising.<br /><br /><br />It involves:<br /><br />a) Knowing where we are at the present<br /><br />b) Knowing where we want to go or what we want to achieve<br /><br />c) Ascertaining what tools and resources we have to help us<br /><br />d) Being open and creative so as to generate a variety of feasible alternatives<br /><br />e) Letting our creative mind flow uninterrupted<br /><br />f) Knowing who will be affected by our actions<br /><br />g) Keeping in mind the greater good<br /><br />h) Making sure that everyone wins and that nobody loses<br /><br />i) Being able to work out how to put our dream ideas into practice<br /><br />j) Doing it<br /><br />k) Being able to assess how our solution worked<br /><br />l) Trustiing ourselves, others and the universe!<br /><br />Most of this is a question of practice and being prepared to have a try and see how things work out. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.<br /><br />With the comments on many aspects of education becoming increasingly frustrated and pessimistic these days, surely it is time to apply a solutions focus even more to help make the transition from a conventional means of educating students to one that really serves each and every one of them.<br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2010<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />4. Calendar of Activities 2011<br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise.<br />Feb 7-10 2011 RT Week 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br />Feb 7-12 2011 Curso en PNL, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>5. Workshops and Coaching<br /></strong><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, <strong>please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year.<br /><br /></strong>We can offer you workshops as listed in the website <a href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/">www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact <a href="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or <a href="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> if you are interested.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com<br /><br /></strong><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />6. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /><br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means.<br /><br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, leave your details on <a href="http://www.encontactopnl.ning.com/">www.encontactopnl.ning.com</a><br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas.<br /><br /><br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br /><br /><a href="http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/">http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-45561909307847161672010-11-15T04:37:00.000-08:002010-11-15T04:50:10.970-08:00Resourceful Teaching Week 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04z9RVJFKrrI2KVO7ugOY-8Ixbnz0HqZwy9TTjXmNzdP7Yn_tZqWUzQw0wR_xzOAXrq8MoDlCQOPqtgm_wJVMjORIVuZESspU1TJ0aaghNmOW_aN31Akc_kmt9xbGOaVFI5-61jZsq2wm/s1600/DSC00491.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04z9RVJFKrrI2KVO7ugOY-8Ixbnz0HqZwy9TTjXmNzdP7Yn_tZqWUzQw0wR_xzOAXrq8MoDlCQOPqtgm_wJVMjORIVuZESspU1TJ0aaghNmOW_aN31Akc_kmt9xbGOaVFI5-61jZsq2wm/s200/DSC00491.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539755067127932978" /></a><br /><br /><strong><br />RT WEEK 2011<br />February 07 – 10</strong><br /><br /><em><strong>Resourceful Teaching workshops for teachers <br />Pioneers in training with NLP in Education</strong></em><em><br />For those who want much more than new teaching techniques...</em><br /><br />Giving you ideas and a space to reflect, develop, grow and thrive in the classroom!<br /><br /><strong>Workshop programme<br /><br />Workshop details</strong><br /><br /><strong>Monday 8 Feb am Teaching the students of today</strong> <br />The profile of students today, particularly teenagers and children has changed considerably from those of a few years back. What are their common characteristics and how do these affect their learning? What do we teachers need to bear in mind to help facilitate successful study<br /><strong>Monday 8 Feb pm Memory and learning</strong> <br />Learning depends mostly on a well trained memory. <br />How do you help your students encode, store, and later retrieve what you have taught them? <br />Drawing from the latest investigations in the fields of Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology, in this workshop we will work with some very effective techniques to enhance your students’ learning processes.<br /><br /><strong>Tuesday 9 Feb am Learning English with GANAS</strong> <br />NLP techniques to help your students come to class with GANAS, learn English, and enjoy the process.<br />In this workshop we will address some of the biggest challenges teachers face on a daily basis: how to reach all students, respect their learning styles, make learning memorable and set stimulating goals. There will be some theoretical input plus activities and reflection. <br /><br /><strong>Tuesday 9 Feb pm Irony or Coincidence?</strong> <br />In this session we will explore the fascinating world of synonyms, words that look alike or words that are often confused. Discover the subtleties of meaning and usage in these vocabulary items.<br /><br /><strong>Wednesday 10 Feb am A Passionfruit Smoothie</strong> <br />This practical workshop blends a variety of language activities and exercises with students’ own interests and passions to create new ways of learning and practising language. Fun and ideas for students to express their individuality and yet still be part of the group.<br /><strong><br />Wednesday 10 Feb pm Creative Writing for YOU</strong><br /> Is your own writing limited to the marking of students’ compositions?<br />Or maybe the projects for your academic training? <br />When was the last time you really enjoyed writing creatively for yourself, in English?<br />In this workshop you will have the chance to flow as a writer and you will learn wonderful techniques to help your students in their own creative writing. <br /> <br /><strong>Thursday 11 Feb am Is it all about LOVE after all?? Or isn’t it?</strong> <br />Why are you a teacher? What made you choose to pursue this profession? What makes you stay? Where do you derive satisfaction from? What are your rewards?<br />These questions and many more will be a part of this reflection session, in which we will try to determine how your motivation to teach can be developed, nurtured and, above all, cherished and treasured.<br /><strong>Thursday 11 Feb pm Outside the box!</strong><br /> How can we help stimulate students to reflect and develop their imagination? To stretch their thinking?<br /> In this session, we take different activities, texts and tools to practise cognitive skills and develop the student’s potential for creativity and insight.<br /><br /><br />Each workshop lasts three hours. AM: 9.00 - 12.00 PM: 14.00 - 17.00. <br />Venue: Gallardo 719, Versailles, Capital Federal.<br /> <br />Please enrol by by e-mail: rtcourses@resourcefulteaching.com.ar<br />jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com<br />or by phoning (005411) 4641-9068 <br /><br />There are limited vacancies per workshop. Enrolment is only guaranteed by payment of fee.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Special Discounts: </strong> <br />Five people enrolling together are eligible for a discount of 10% on the whole week<br />Students currently enrolled in Teacher Training College $30 per workshop<br /><br /><strong>Note:</strong> Fees are not refundable but can be transferred to another course or to another student where applicable.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-40277277455684666282010-08-31T08:03:00.000-07:002010-08-31T08:06:13.916-07:00Recommended article and web page<strong>Applying NLP to special education students<br />by Deborah Roundy </strong><br />Taken from: http://www.nlpiash.org/Articles/RecentArticles/tabid/250/EntryID/19/Default.aspx<br /><br />Many other excellent articles on this page...we recommend it!!!<br /> <br />IASH member Deborah Roundy is a special education school teacher who has incorporated NLP into her teaching style. Following is a series of short articles introducing NLP, primarily oriented for parents of special education students.<br /> <br /> <br />Why NeuroLinguistics?<br />In 2007 I saw an NLP coach for some health problems. As I was taught new ways of organizing my thought processes I was able to allow both diabetes and liver disease to leave my body. This was a fascinating process.<br /> <br />Although I had gone for my personal health I soon found, as any good teacher does, I was making direct application of my learning to my classroom. My students were gaining new tools for learning and were happier.<br /> <br />This is why teachers are encouraged to continue to take classes. Furthering our education is a part of renewing our teaching certificates. Good teachers charge up their batteries as they learn new things and then discharge those batteries by charging up the learning of their students.<br /> <br />I realized there was a wealth of knowledge in the study of NLP and I had just scratched the surface. I wanted to share that knowledge with my students.<br /> <br />The catalyst for this was the death of a student through natural causes. With administrator and parent permission, I helped the the students to work through the death of their classmate using the NLP well-formed grieving process. I watched them mourn their loss, support each other, then refresh pleasant memories and create a memorial to their friend. When they left my classroom they were grounded and secure. They knew whom they could contact for more help, and many parents reported to me that their child had gone home and asked for parents’ support.<br /> <br />This was a contrast compared to previous experiences around students who passed away. I had been able to give my students a wonderful gift of learning how to grieve, accept loss, create special memories and move on. The children were well grounded and secure in their acceptance of her death and, more importantly, of the value of her life to them. They were secure in the knowledge that their families were there to support them and knew how to request that support. I had a tool I had never been taught in school, a program for an incredible life skill.<br /> <br />I started researching and found that NLP was a fairly new field used primarily in business, management training, executive coaching, sports, health, and therapy to model and create excellence. I found NLP little used in the school setting. Some teachers are using it and are enthusiastic, however it takes a lot of modifying to use it in the classroom setting. The greatest use for most teachers is for their own personal growth and teaching skills. I started looking at NLP programs such as the Disney Model of Creativity, TOTE, and Circle of Excellence and realized that these programs could be broken down into skills to be taught to my students.<br /> <br /> <br />Creating Excellence<br />NLP Presupposition: Choice is Better Than No Choice<br /> <br />Ana has a problem. She has to ride the bus every day and it is a bit of torture. The ride seems very long for a special ed student with ADHD.<br /> <br />Ana came in one morning very upset. Another girl was teasing her and wouldn’t let up. I called the bus garage and the true story emerged. Actually Ana, with her incessant talking at a low cognitive level, is the instigator. Because she does not understand, she does not understand that she is the problem.<br /> <br />I had recently done a 3 Square time line with another student and asked myself, “How can I apply the same type of solution to a very different problem?” Instead of a past-present-future I did one with present-immediate future-farther future.<br /> <br />Ana and I discussed the problem from her perspective, using the presupposition that the “map is not the territory.” We then went to the third block and discussed several options. I told her to be creative and come up with all of the ideas she could. She did, and we then filtered them and wrote out which ones were safe to do. She could entertain the idea of bopping the girl on the head, but she couldn’t actually do it. I have written down such options for normal kids, but special ed kids often cannot filter fantasy from reality. I had to make an accommodation for her disability.<br /> <br />We then discussed the next step and she chose the one she felt best about and put it into her immediate future.<br /> <br />The most interesting thing was how this empowered her. She now felt like she had further options and had control of her life. She reported back several days later that things were much better. After almost a year, I haven’t had another complaint.<br /> <br />Our Maps<br />Presupposition: The map is not the territory<br /> <br />This week I took my Special Olympics athletes on a school field trip to a museum and a warm spring swimming pool. We were going with other students from the school and there were five buses going. In years past my group had caused a delay for the other groups. This year our district had purchased a couple of small buses that teachers can drive, and we took a small bus so we would not hold things up. I had downloaded several maps to guide me because I knew I would be on my own. I could not follow the other drivers. We had to wait for a late bus to arrive with my students on it, then get a wheel chair on and secured before we left.<br /> <br />When we arrived at the museum we found, to our surprise, that we were the first ones there. I was worried because we had left a half hour later than the rest of the group. We enjoyed our museum visit, and had the entire museum to ourselves to explore. The other buses arrived as we were leaving. They had not taken the time to download the maps and information, had driven to the wrong museum, found it closed and taken the disappointed students to the swimming hole.<br /> <br />The maps I had downloaded served me well in several functions.<br />They were created for a purpose. <br />They use codes, pictures, symbols and words to create a mental picture, giving it meaning. <br />Each map has a specific point of view: highway, topographical, and so on. <br />The map creates a world in map form. <br />The map highlights some things and hides others, making it easy to use. <br />Details unnecessary for the purpose of the map are left out. <br />The map gave me a tool to reach my destination <br /> <br />One of the fundamental presuppositions of NLP is that the map is not the territory. We mean by this that each person sees the world by a different map. The map describes the territory as he sees it, not as it really is. Each map is created by the experiences we have had previously and by our family, our culture and even our history. Many believe that our maps are even in our genes.<br /> <br />Dennis Wood, in “The Power of Maps,” wrote, “this, essentially is what maps give us, reality, a reality that exceeds our vision, our reach, the span of our days, a reality we achieve no other way. We are always mapping the invisible, or the unattainable or the erasable, the future or the past, whatever-is-not-here-presence-to-our-senses-now and, through the gift that the map gives us, transmuting it into everything it is not…into the real.”<br /> <br />My students also use maps of their world and each has his or her own map, distinctly different from any other. We can use the same functions of paper maps to compare and contrast with maps of reality belonging to each student.<br /> <br />Their reality map is created with a purpose. As my map helped me make sense of the roads to get to my destination, so their reality maps help them make sense of the experiences of life and travel to their destination.<br /> <br />The maps use pictures, symbols and words to give the reality map meaning. Reality maps have symbols, too. They may be a loving or angry teacher that begins to symbolize all teachers. Or they could be words. If the student has always had a good experience in art and the teacher says it is time for art, the reality map will say that this, too, will be good. But what of the student who has had others make fun of his art work? The teacher says “time for art” and wonders why the student rebels, not knowing that the student’s map of reality contains symbols she is not aware of.<br /> <br />Each student is the creator of his own reality map. But he has a lot of help along the way. His parents, teachers, friends and enemies all play a role advising the student on what to put on the map and where.<br /> <br />The reality map creates a world in map form, but the map is not the territory. Using the art experience from item 2 above, let’s say the student did not understand the assignment and the children in the class laughed at him, but in our reality, the student is a talented artist. Still the student’s reality map denies his talent as it has “I can’t do art” drawn on in indelible ink.<br /> <br />As I drove I looked out at the beautiful winter landscape and was aware that my map left out the incredible beauty that I was feasting on. Likewise student’s reality maps leave out the beauty of life. The student may know it is there but cannot get it on the map. The student may understand that for others art is a favorite class, but cannot seem to draw that onto his own personal map.<br /> <br />The student’s reality map does have a purpose. It is a tool to lead the student somewhere. It gives the student’s life order and certainty. I don’t have to worry about art. I know I don’t like it. I no longer have to worry whether I like art or not. <br />As teachers we realize that each student has his or her own reality map. That map serves a purpose. It gives structure, order and certainty to the world for the student. We also understand that the map may not be an accurate representation of the world for that student, but is merely a tool. One of our purposes of teaching is to give our students a more accurate and functional map of reality and help our students create the maps they will need to be successful in their future.<br /><br /> (The idea for this article was gleaned from a slide show by Charles Faulkner found at www.nlpco.com Charles is an author and developer of NLP books, seminars and programs.)<br /><br /> <br /> <br />Presupposition: If what you are doing isn’t working, do anything else<br />I have a darling little girl in my class named Ana May. I have worked a bit with Ana May. She comes in to school in the morning with no meds down her system and the worst case of ADHD one can imagine. Her brain is totally not in gear.<br /> <br />One day a boy came in sporting proudly his newly dyed blue hair. Ana May told him that it was ugly. He was hurt, and he is the type who blows up. I have chipped plaster in the walls to prove it.<br /> <br />Could I do it? Could I effect a change?<br /> <br />I escorted them back into our private room and let them talk. Talk they did. I could see and feel the anger. He had a right to his anger, she had attacked him personally.<br /> <br />My mentor had told me, if you remove something you will leave a void. I did not want to leave a void. These kids feel and react to voids or emptiness. They have no social restraints and no idea how to fill their voids so they hit out or cause problems trying to find a way to fill the void.<br /> <br />I got an idea. I had them imagine the anger they felt and give it a color. Hers was brown, his blue. I stood behind and had them place the color out in front of them with their imagination and asked if they wanted to get rid of it.<br /> <br />I then had them both imagine themselves as happy and in a positive state. We then together swished and superimposed the happy, positive image over the angry color, pushing the angry color away and replacing it, or filling the void it had left, with a positive image of self. We did this several times to make certain it would stick.<br /> <br />I then sent the blue-headed boy off to class. As he walked through the class room the aides overheard him say, “That was cool!” The anger was gone and he was calm. What was more important to me is that it seemed to hold. For the rest of the year this boy did not have another blow-up, though he had had them frequently before. I had provided an alternative way to behave and he then applied it himself to other situations.<br /> <br />I kept Ana May a bit longer and had her work on impulse control. She also is making progress and I am happy to say is doing better.<br /> <br />This program is a loosely applied NLP pattern called the SWISH. It accepts that there are things we no longer want, but leaving them will leave a vacuum in us somewhere. We therefore replace the thing we no longer want with a well-formed outcome. In this situation we replaced anger with a well-formed outcome of a happy, positive self image.<br /> <br /> <br />Presupposition: The Map is not the Territory<br />This story came to me off the Internet on a joke page. It is a story of “the map is not the territory.”<br /> <br />An elementary school got a new librarian. She prided herself in teaching the children responsibility. She decided that instead of checking out children's books by writing the names of borrowers on the book cards herself, she would have the youngsters sign their own names. She would then tell them they were signing a "Contract" for returning the books on time.<br /> <br />Her first little customer was a second grader. He looked surprised to see a new librarian. He brought his allotted four books to the desk and shoved them across to the librarian, giving her his name as he did so.<br /> <br />The librarian pushed the books back and told him that he was supposed to sign them out himself now. The boy laboriously printed his name on each book card in neat print, and then handed them to her with a look of utter disgust.<br /> <br />Before the librarian could even start her speech he said, scornfully, "That other librarian we had could write."<br /> <br />I laughed and thought how often we see the world from our adult eyes and forget that our students see the world in an entirely different and sometimes utterly delightful way.<br /> <br />This can lead to challenges. We expect the children to know the reason they are going to school. We expect them to know that they will need a job someday to support themselves and be contributing members of society.<br /> <br />We forget that the reason they go may be because they are “supposed to.” School may have no meaning to them. If we can create that meaning and let them have a bit of our map to enlarge their map with it will help them focus with greater depth and enthusiasm on the real reason they go to school. Part of the job is to create larger, more detailed maps for our students to carry into their future.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-64570878030874994622010-06-21T18:32:00.000-07:002010-06-21T18:36:20.390-07:00RTNews 112<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxXvXZiP6CbGoXpSGkwVlnCw60IH9UykBTNY8VGaSegMJ9G9kJZ1J_u6ke0YglCiZ393_5XJM7eJ-13hM3q7eOOBJJR4VLAi5pyHwA8rZqcu1cC0fhBDi85xzpo-b_Q4_zmhYlUR9gu7Z/s1600/IMGP1055.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxXvXZiP6CbGoXpSGkwVlnCw60IH9UykBTNY8VGaSegMJ9G9kJZ1J_u6ke0YglCiZ393_5XJM7eJ-13hM3q7eOOBJJR4VLAi5pyHwA8rZqcu1cC0fhBDi85xzpo-b_Q4_zmhYlUR9gu7Z/s200/IMGP1055.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485405749304050706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>RT® News <br /> <br />A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 112 June 20 2010</strong><br /> <br />Hello teachers,<br /><br /> <br /><br />We hope that you are enjoying the World Cup in whatever place you are reading this. Such a global event is inescapable as even if we are not great soccer fans, we surely have some students who are and bring the topic into our classrooms. It is also a great opportunity to learn and teach something about the different countries participating and the host country, in particular. So often Africa with all the nations there that have English as an official language is forgotten when it comes to our general knowledge and all-round education.<br /><br /> <br /><br />In this month’s number, we continue with the theme of changes in the education system looking at the question of grades, marks and, to a lesser extent, exams. The prevailing education systems seem to revolve around marks and this can prove to be both productive and counter-productive in the process of learning. At times, the importance of grades can almost seem overwhelming and keeping a perspective on the issue can be a challenge.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The last chance to join our Practitioner’s Certificate course in English for this year iis this month. Our next meeting is on Saturday 26 June. Details below.<br /><br /> <br /><br />All the best for the month,<br /><br />Laura and Jamie <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. The tyranny of marks?<br />2. Practitioner Course 2010 <br /><br />3. Calendar of activities for 2010<br /><br />4. Workshops and coaching<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. The tyranny of marks?<br /> <br /><br />It’s that time again where I (Jamie) teach. The first term marks are due to come out and most teachers have been dedicating at least one long Sunday afternoon, calculator in hand, to the deadly serious job of working out averages and totalling scores. You can guarantee that any slip in the adding up and the borderliners, the failures and any other student keen on statistics will hunt it out in their determination to raise their grade even if it is just .5 % <br /><br />With the marks out of the way, then it is time for the teacher to decide what comments to write. “Good work” or “Could do better” are not enough these days. One has to be comprehensively detailed and all within a Twitter-like 140 character limit! So, we squeeze in something nice, a plain truth, something to work at and a comment on the ability to mix with peers and hope it all hangs together in an intelligible way. In the end, despite our efforts we know that we could put anything as what really matters, what is brandished and argued over by students and parents alike – is the mark.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The energy and effort that goes into this whole marks business! Students start restlessly lobbying for their grades weeks ahead and repeat like broken records, “Have you worked out the marks yet, teacher?” Those expecting bad news try anything from doing completely unsolicited and irrelevant homework to bringing in a cake for the teacher or launching their charms of seduction on you. “But I’m always in a good mood in your class!” “If I promise to smile at you in English, will you raise my mark?”<br /><br /> <br /><br />Language and humanities teachers have an especially hard time. Maths and science teachers can usually reach a numerical total easily enough from correctly performed calculations or the inclusion or not of key information and this can be easily justified. Things are either right or wrong. But in the other subjects, so much is a matter of interpretation and how you choose to answer and there may well be no one right answer. Creating a good impression and backing up your answer with appropriate content and language is often the criteria for a top mark but getting everything possible to receive that top mark can be a challenge even for good students. This gives the grades an added air of subjectivity which doesn’t always lend itself to easy explanations to parents or students.<br /><br /> <br /><br />On the day marks are given out, stealthily hidden mobile phones are activated and grades are texted home in seconds. Within minutes, parents have clogged the school switchboard or beaten a path to the principal's office demanding to know why Juancito only got a 4 in Physical Education if he can breathe and stand up. No wonder the principal chose today to be away at a conference or insisted on previewing all the marks beforehand and on teachers raising the marks of those students whose parents came into the 'hard to handle' category! <br /><br /> <br /><br />All this energy and effort! Wouldn't it just be easier to channel it into schoolwork? It is tempting to say that students and parents alike are missing the point. They may nod in agreement when you say that the child's learning and overall progress in the process of acquiring the skill or knowledge is important or when you state that all a mark proves is that a student could satisfactorily perform the task required by a particular exam. But the marks given for a pass or fail in the subject seem to count for everything. We can spend months avoiding grades as much as possible, focusing our assessment on effort and participation, spotlighting the different intelligences students bring to a task and insisting to anyone who will listen that each individual's learning will go at a different pace. But sometimes the system in which we work gives relatively little weight to such matters to processes of internal assessment and to tools like portfolios to measure performance. How frustrating it can be in those cases when the term’s work all gets back to the one or two marks!<br /><br /> <br /><br />But maybe it is we educationalists who are missing the point. If all the energy is being put into lobbying for better grades it must be for a good reason.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Despite what we think as teachers in day to day contact with our students’ learning, we are just one source of opinion out there. Much of modern western society today seems to have an ambivalent attitude to formal education. While it is still regarded as essential for the transmission of knowledge and the educating of future citizens, it is also seen as a means to an end. That end is the piece of paper that acts as a calling card into the employment market. In short, the most valuable thing from education can turn out to be the certificate or exam result at the end and not all the other elements of learning that take place while we are at school. Consequently, for some students the years spent at school (particularly the last ones in secondary) may seem more like a nuisance which has to be borne in order to get the reward for lasting it out. The quicker and more easily it can be done the better. Armed with their school leaving certificate, first degree or whatever, students go out into the "real world", where important things happen like getting a pay packet and maybe a name in an influential field of work. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Of course this simplistic viewpoint does not represent that of many but it does seem to reflect the essence of motivation for a significant number. The measuring stick they use is the exam certificate or the grade. This is understandable when we see the same mechanism in action in much of the television we have these days. There is a plethora of shows judging people's talents at dancing, singing, cooking, designing etc, in a numerical way where often it is not who you are or how good you are at the talent but how well you play the game and accumulate points (or phone votes) that determines your survival. If you want to migrate to another country you frequently have to gather together 'points' which correspond to age, qualifications, language ability and various other features that in the past would never have been converted into a number. So, it is understandable that the game of life can seem to some like a question of chasing marks. In all this, the experience of learning, the intricacies and subtleties of the process and the creativity can get lost. After all, it's the winning that counts, not the taking part. Or as my dog might say, it is getting the bone that counts not how you contrive to get it.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This view may seem cynical and disappointing to us that believe that education is very much more than a piece of paper and who want to help our students develop their full potential as human beings. Fortunately, there are many people clamouring for other viewpoints these days and for a change in the way the functions of education are regarded. One of these is Sir Ken Robinson, an expert in creativity and education, whose very entertaining lectures in the TED series are highly recommended as giving food for thought as to where education should go now. http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html His belief is that today's schools have failed many students by precisely not providing them with tools for life, nor for developing their individual potential. This attitude presupposes that this is what education and schooling are all about, whereas there are other veins of thought which suggest that schools are more like babysitting establishments which teach students enough of the basics to get by but not too much so as to threaten the status quo. And, of course, to keep young people off the streets.<br /><br />Then there are others who assert that students want to learn and grow but that the methods used and information involved in present-day schools are largely out-of-date.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Many societies seem to be lacking any sort of far-reaching debate on education and what its purposes are. As a result, we have the frequent comments that the education system is stuck in the past, in a state of crisis or whatever other negative description you care to find. It doesn’t seem to be giving societies what they want. Or is it that as a society, we haven't actually stopped to ask ourselves what we really want. So, if we don't know what we want, then people tend to stick with the traditional marks and exams that have served us so well for so long. The conveyor-belt education system of the last 200 years modeled on the factory assembly line has been very easy to set up and maintain and let's face it, it has managed to get most societies from a stage where much of the population was illiterate to one in which literacy and numeracy skills are taught to everyone (or almost everyone). <br /><br /> <br /><br />Changing to a much more individual - based system where the holistic development of a person has the space and time to grow and ‘be nurtured’ implies more resources, lower teacher-student ratios and a much less predictable means of judging progress. Some students may learn what they study in a twelve year schooling cycle in two years and others may take twenty-four years or never learn it. Is that all right? Would this be acceptable in a future society to have these personalised and wildly varied learning programmes? <br /><br /> <br /><br />Before we even get to answer that question though it might be useful to ponder on what we want adults in the future to know and be able to do. Such conjecture is going to be approximate as we don't even know what society will be like in 30, 50 or 100 years time. But that shouldn't stop us from trying to do the task. Part of our skills for the future will be innovative and involve creative thinking just as Ken Robinson advocates. We also have to be prepared for a world in which the old professional categories may well mutate into different fusions. A doctor, lawyer or engineer may well become that and something else at the same time. Other careers will emerge or disappear and it would seem to be true that this uncertainty and flexibility contrast with much of the hard-set nature of our schooling. This is not to say that we no longer need to teach basic skills, but simply that our purposes for doing so are changing.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Perhaps, the tyranny of marks is slowly coming to an end. Almost certainly many people will want to keep a firm grasp on an education system based on traditional methods of testing and examination but it may prove harder and harder to sustain that support when we realise that our students need something more than the paper to thrive beyond school. What can we do as teachers inside a system in which marks still prevail in importance?<br /><br />We can make sure that we establish an individual relationship with each student, that they are not merely a number to us, that we notice and comment on details of their progress and that we encourage their awareness of their own learning and development. We can highlight for them all the different skills that are useful in operating successfully in life and not just those pertaining to academic prowess. Although we may be obliged and indeed wish to continue giving students marks it is worth we can also consistently give them or at least comments and feedback for skills not so commonly rewarded like creativity, imagination, sensitivity, ingenuity. Above all, we can be models for the fact that while grades or marks are important, there is so much else to value people for and so much else to learn that cannot be summed up neatly in a number and so be it!<br /> <br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2010<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />2. Practitioner Course 2010 <br /> <br /><br />The third module of our new Practitioner certificate course will be held on Saturday June 26. The course runs this year and next and involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice spread over 16 modules. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br /><br />It is still possible to join the course in this module and we have a couple of places available.<br /><br /> <br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br /><br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br /><br />Next Module: Saturday June 26 <br /><br />Investment: 260 pesos per module<br /><br /> <br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br /> <br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />3. Calendar of Activities 2010<br /> <br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise. <br />June 26 2010 Third module Practitioner course in English<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />4. Workshops and Coaching<br /><br /> <br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year. <br /><br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /> <br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means. <br /> <br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com <br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br /><br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-25495263610253527662010-05-10T09:08:00.001-07:002010-05-10T09:14:15.700-07:00RTNews 111<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSmXqoJ1z-gyLDk-dOb87XtJzX6escsykQ4SiwNhK3pPR6t7bI8ovPW4GCWMHCGCZyjl1ss3tDQlZNDO3DfIaBVIJ4N-mskzoqNQOr1s5t7lDtV5ixW92X0N7U_v3Pu9LBM604crP7BFd/s1600/frente+de+clase.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSmXqoJ1z-gyLDk-dOb87XtJzX6escsykQ4SiwNhK3pPR6t7bI8ovPW4GCWMHCGCZyjl1ss3tDQlZNDO3DfIaBVIJ4N-mskzoqNQOr1s5t7lDtV5ixW92X0N7U_v3Pu9LBM604crP7BFd/s400/frente+de+clase.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469674380248505890" /></a><br />RT® News <br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br /><br />No 111 May 10 2010</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />Hello Everyone,<br /><br /> <br /><br />There seems to be a great deal of discussion and research around at the moment on the topic of making changes to education. Maybe this has always been the case, but it seems that many people are seeking solutions to the problems and challenges that educating in today’s schools are bringing. A recent visitor to Buenos Aires was distinguished Chilean doctor and researcher Claudio Naranjo, who gave a free lecture at the University of Buenos Aires. He has focused his efforts in recent years on Education with the aim of finding ways to help it to serve the needs of human beings more than it currently does. The subject of his very interesting talk was the benefits of meditation in Education.<br /><br /> <br /><br />We remind you that there is still time to join our Practitioner Certificate course in English. See information at point 3. below.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Have a great week,<br /><br /><em><strong>Laura and Jamie </strong></em><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong><br />1. It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to! Influencing change.<br /><br />2. Dr Claudio Naranjo<br /><br />3. Practitioner Course 2010 <br /><br />4. Calendar of activities for 2010<br /><br />5. Workshops and coaching<br /><br />6. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit </strong><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. <strong>It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to! Influencing change.</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />In the 1960’s, a singer called Lesley Gore had a pop hit about how she felt when she saw her boyfriend coming into her party on the arm of another girl. It was her party and she’d cry if she wanted to. No amount of persuasion form her girlfriends would convince her otherwise.<br /><br /> <br /><br />And so it is with the world. As much as we might insist that someone ‘cheers up’, ‘looks on the bright side’, ‘makes an effort’, or ‘forgives and forgets’, if that person does not wish to do so, we can try until we are blue in the face but they probably won’t budge. Even if they do yield to our pressure, the smile they put on or the sorry they say is likely to be merely a token. And this is a perfectly valid choice. Likewise, if someone doesn’t want to resolve a conflict they won’t. (And that is a subject for a whole discussion in itself!)<br /><br /> <br /><br />In NLP, we have the presupposition that ‘Each person is unique’ and with this goes the freedom to choose uniquely, to act or not to act, to follow someone’s advice or to do the opposite. So, if Lesley wants to cry, let her cry. If she wants to ignore her boyfriend, she can. If she wants to slap his face she can do that too. If we try to oblige her to do what we think she should do, we may well find her meeting this with resistance and any effort by us to change her mind may be wasted energy. <br /><br /> <br /><br />And yet, this is a drama that is constantly played out every day all over the world. Trying to make others do what we want them to. Either we achieve our desire or the others dig their heels in and refuse to accede to our demand. In both cases resentment often builds up. This is the consequence of our use or abuse of power.<br /><br /> <br /><br />As NLP writer and trainer Michael Grinder has taught us over the last twenty years, we have another option if we really want to see people change their behaviour. We can use ‘influence’. To distinguish influence from power it is important to see it as coming from another angle and with another purpose. Influence is not obligation but rather showing that alternative behaviours are possible. The integrity of the person influencing is shown in the fact that she represents or models the desirable behaviour but does not oblige the other to adopt the same behaviour. Simply by acting the way she does, the other starts to realize the merit in the action. For example, someone who is speaking very loudly and aggressively can be influenced into a change of delivery by being in a place where people speak to him in quite, soothing and measured terms. It is a means of communication that they can see as being effective, at least in that context. Sometimes, this can be a revelation to someone who lives in a context where shouting and aggression are the currency of human communication. It is always useful to remind people that there are other ways of doing things. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Influence rather than power respects the other by offering choice, not by imposing. To seek to Influence implies modelling useful actions and then letting these actions speak for themselves. We say ‘imitation’ is the sincerest form of flattery’ and in this case it can be true. Influence, when it is used ethically, allows people the space to be themselves. It may not always solve the immediate problem and sometimes we need to employ other tools and set certain limits, but it is an elegant and desirable way to encouraging changes in the behaviour of others. Grinder reminds us that influence is a choice of management and that it is not the same as being accommodating, hoping the students will follow our lead and then eventually exploding because they fail to pick up the hint! On the other hand, an inappropriate or overuse of power can have unsatisfactory effects as well and many of us can testify to examples where the old style of ruling a classroom by means of power no longer has the same useful results.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Further reading: Grinder, Michael, A Healthy Classroom, Michael Grinder, 2000<br /><br />Website link: http://www.michaelgrinder.com/<br /><br /> <br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2010<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>2. Dr Claudio Naranjo</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />Background Claudio Narano is a Chilean who started his professional life as a doctor, specialising in medical anthropology and psychology. His interest in the whole person soon led him to the United States to Harvard and to Berkeley Universities and what has been a lifetime exploring different ways to help his fellow human beings. He became a close friend of Carlos Castaneda and one of the three successors of Fritz Perls in the field of Gestalt Therapy. He has been instrumental in introducing many different schools of learning and healing from the East into the US via his non-profit institute SAT. Among these are the Enneagram which he studied with spiritual teacher Oscar Ichazo. The Enneagram, which is a model of personality types, is derived from ancient Sufi wisdom.<br /><br />Since the 1980’s, he has been involved in different projects emanating from his SAT institute. One of these is SAT in Education which now operates in several countries and aims at bringing about a change in education. The SAT programmes are based on Gestalt therapy, the Enneagram, meditation and music and have now been accredited as a means of teacher training in Catalonia and in Italy.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Dr Naranjo visited Buenos Aires in April to give a talk entitled “Meditation and its influence in the field of science and education”. The two-hour seminar was a chance to be in the presence of a wise and learned teacher who admits that his interest in education came later in life but that now he is convinced that unless we make changes in the way we educate young people, our global society is going to continue in its current unhealthy and aggressive state. During his talk, Dr Naranjo referred to a wide variety of issues affecting modern life linking them in different ways with tremendous erudition and insight.<br /><br /> <br /><strong><br />Summary of talk</strong><br /><br />Dr Naranjo began by painting a fairly grim picture of the state of education in the world today saying that most education systems were only useful for passing exams and for learning how to sell oneself in the job market, etc. This had created a world where the ‘survival of the fittest’ ruled supreme. What we needed was a more benevolent and wise society where there was room for love, solidarity and compassion. This would allow us to recognise our natural or animal side and help us to integrate this back into who we are. He feels that the skills of integration, synthesis and harmony are lacking in today’s society and preventing us from being more complete individuals.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Naranjo went on to say that meditation could be the element that education needs to help people connect with their spiritual side. As meditation does not imply the favouring of any one religion, it could therefore be introduced into different systems and not be seen as contradictory to prevailing religious teaching.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><strong>The benefits of meditation</strong><br /><br />a) tranquility – the ability to stop and be at peace. <br /><br />It is much in need in the Western world today which has becoming a place where we feel to feel alive corresponds to a sense of feeling ‘agitated’. We forget to simply ‘be present’. This is a precondition to communicating with ourselves and discovering the answers to the question, “Who am I?” If we cannot be in touch with ourselves how can we establish a connection with another?<br /><br />b) letting the mind flow – accepting life as it comes without wanting to control everything.<br /><br />The quality of letting life flow through us is something we have as children but lose as adults. With it often goes the capacity for instant happiness, something especially lacking in the objectives of education. Modern technology is also distancing us from natural pleasures and affection. Naranjo suggests that we should take a leaf out of Dionysus’s book and give into spontaneity and joy in nature. One reason for this is our general need to develop our intuition and ability to follow hunches which it is often the deciding factor in achieving success.<br /><br />c) attention – to the here and now, to the outer and inner.<br /><br />On this point, Naranjo emphasized our lack of attention to what is going on inside us and what we really feel. As a result of these repressed feelings, there is much need for psychotherapy in the world. The repression of feelings has led to more criminal activity and phenomena like pornography. Our tendency is also not to stop and think about our feelings now but to fill the present with the past and the future. Being able to focus one’s attention inside is a fundamental part of the journey to self-knowledge.<br /><br />d) contact with the divine – to what we value<br /><br />Meditation is a means of having contact to what is sacred for us, to what is holy, to our creative imagination and to a greater force. Primitive societies understand the need to recognize this but again our secular societies have tended to repress this or channel it through religious codes. So how can we get in touch with our metaphysical and evolutionary self? Naranjo suggests it may be through music, which is intimately devotional. Great music is useful to get to the love of ‘God’, to access higher emotions and to reach a more transcendental emotional level than we do on a day-to-day basis. In the talk Naranjo played some intense Oriental devotional music and invited us to empathise and connect with it.<br /><br />e) detachment - an element of wisdom<br /><br />For him, wisdom is being able to see life from a certain distance, which is what meditation promotes. It helps us to develop an attitude of ‘nothing in excess’.<br /><br />f) love – the attitude we most need<br /><br /> <br /><br />Dr Naranjo concluded his talk by discussing what science had to learn from meditation. He said that he felt that science had not made us any happier and that in many cases we had simply replaced the dogma of religion with the dogma of science, however useful science had been for mankind. What we needed now was to explore the intuition and the non-rational side of our lives, the side that corresponded to the subconscious and thereby we could reclaim words like love and spirit into our existence and start moving towards a happier, more generous and better world.<br /><br /> <br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2010<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />3. Practitioner Course 2010 <br /><br /> <br /><br />The second module of our new Practitioner certificate course will be held on Saturday May 22. The course runs this year and next and involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice spread over 16 modules. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br /><br />It is still possible to join the course in this second module and we have a couple of places available.<br /><br /> <br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br /><br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br /><br />Next Module: Saturday May 22<br /><br />Investment: 260 pesos per module<br /><br /> <br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br /> <br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />4.<strong> Calendar of Activities 2010</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise. <br /><br />May 22 2010 Second module Practitioner course in English<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />5. <strong>Workshops and Coaching</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year. <br /><br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br />www.lauraszmuch.com.ar, www.encontactopnl.ning.com<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />6. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /><br /> <br /><br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means. <br /><br /> <br /><br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com <br /><br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br /><br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-27095320382928291142010-04-22T06:35:00.000-07:002010-04-22T06:37:59.628-07:00RTNews 110<strong> <br />RT® News <br /> <br />A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education<br />No 110 April 20 2010<br /> <br />Hello Everyone,</strong><br /> <br /><br />April is a busy month for us all as we are back fully in the swing of things. Once we find our rhythm, we can begin to reflect more on what is happening in our classes and conduct the sort of classroom research, however informal that it may be, which keeps us developing and growing as teachers. To complement this we may choose to pick up other courses related to education or not, courses which help us understand our work, courses for relaxation, for fun or simply to satisfy our curiosity. As teachers, being a model of life-long learning is so important as we have a huge impact on our students and unconsciously our model as teachers and as citizens lasts in their minds for a long time. If we show no interest in continuing to learn, what message are we giving our children and young people?<br /><br /><strong> <br /><br />Laura is running Viviendo en Gratitud, a second ‘season’ of the highly moving Proyecto Gratitud and you can visit the webpage and sign up for this free online community experience at http://viviendoengratitud.ning.com</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br />Our new Practitioner courses have begun or are out to begin. You can still join up or recommend them to someone (we have a version in Spanish). See item 2 below.<br /><br />More information is available about the course in Spanish at http://encontactopnl.ning.com<br /><br /> <br /><br />Keep smiling and healthy,<br /><br />Laura and Jamie <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />1. Denial – when you ignore the other in order to be right<br /><br />2. Practitioner Course 2010 – versions in English and in Spanish<br /><br />3. Calendar of activities for 2010<br /><br />4. Workshops and coaching<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>1. Denial – when you ignore the other in order to be right</strong><br /> <br /><br />Some weeks it seems that all roads lead to Rome. Or at least the signposts we see all seem to point in that direction.<br /><br />This has been my (Jamie’s) week for exploring and evidencing denial.<br /><br />I guess it all started with that terrible plane crash in Russia that killed the Polish President and so many other dignitaries. From what we know about the weather conditions, the option of flying off to another airport was denied sufficient consideration.<br /><br />At school, a student reacted to my giving her a failing mark on an essay (after her rewrite did not correct the original mistakes and added a slew of extra ones) by refusing to speak to me for the rest of the week. “I’ll pretend it never happened. I’ll pretend the teacher is not in the classroom.”<br /><br />At university, a student gave a fascinating talk on Armenia which included details of the genocide at the hands of the Turks in 1915. Just the week before I had been talking to an American living in Istanbul who referred to the continuing denial by Turks of their role in this tragedy or in the more recent genocide of Kurds in neighbouring Iraq in the 1980’s which affected parts of Turkey too as Kurds fled into the country. While they were supported by the sizeable Kurdish minorities living in the country they were also subject to severe persecution by some sectors of the Turkish population<br /><br />Finally, the rubbish collectors in my neighbourhood denied the existence of rubbish in my street for several days. After 5 days I rang the local council to report the fact. Result: everyone else in the street gets their rubbish collected but me! Next evening I stand outside when the rubbish man comes past and ignores my neatly tied bags. I point them out and he takes two of the five bags and walks off.<br /><br />“What about the rest?” He continues walking to the corner.<br /><br />“Stop, I’m talking to you!”<br /><br />“I didn’t hear you.”<br /><br />“What about the other bags?”<br /><br />“I haven’t got any more hands,” he replied stomping off.<br /><br />Now, it may be true that the rubbish company is denying him the help he needs as they no longer bring the truck down my street, nor have at least two collectors picking up the rubbish, so this guy reacts by removing only some of the garbage in the street, dumping it on the corner and moving on to the next block. The Council agree with me that the service is not what it should be but it remains to be seen how the company react to the complaint and whether I will be targeted for daring to make a complaint.<br /><br /> <br /><br />All of this got me thinking about denial. About how denial emerges when we become too attached to being right. To thinking that our point of view is the only valid one.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Of course, there are times when denial is used as a convenient excuse. “Where’s your homework?”<br /><br />“I never knew there was homework.”<br /><br />“Everyone else copied it from the board and has handed it in and you were in class that day. What happened to you?”<br /><br />In this type of situation, the person may be denying a fact publicly but is probably aware that an ‘alternative truth’ shared by everyone else exists.<br /><br /> <br /><br />What is perhaps of more concern is when denial occurs because: <br /><br />a) it is used to avoid being accountable for something, or, <br /><br />b) the person really cannot see beyond their own interpretation of reality (their own map as we say in NLP)<br /><br /> <br /><br />The first situation is typical of those being too attached to being right. In our fear of admitting a mistake we may end up attacking the other or his/her viewpoint.<br /><br />“You must have been dreaming.”<br /><br />“Who are you to tell me what to do?”<br /><br />“It’s not like that at all.”<br /><br /> <br /><br />And this is the most insidious feature of denial, that of not acknowledging the legitimate other, someone who has an equal right to their perspective and opinion. We think we are the only holders of the truth and so we deny the existence of the other. Another tactic is to cast the other in the role of ‘them’, the other, the enemy, the opposition. “If you’re with me, you can’t believe what ‘they’ say.” <br /><br />This binary approach ignores the fact that there is no ultimate difference between ‘us’ and ‘them’. It is all ‘we’. We are part of the same world and the same energy. We all have a right to be here and share in the universe. It could be us in the position of the ‘other’ person’ and in fact it is ‘us’ in a way. When we deny another his or her voice, we are in fact denying the voice of a part of ourselves. <br /><br /> <br /><br />One of the skills I am teaching my students is that of seeing the world from different perspectives. I am nudging them into widening their view of the world. In the activities I choose, they learn how to step into the shoes of the other, of seeing what it is like to contemplate the world from someone else’s position and of standing in the position of a neutral observer. They learn to widen their look so they can see things from above and below, from the front, the back and the sides, from the past, the present and the future. This helps them to incorporate the idea that we all have a valid point of view which sometimes we can’t see if we stay rooted to our own place. Using tools like Robert Dilts perceptual positions, students learn that others have equally valid points of view and that acknowledging this is not a sign of weakness on our part, in fact it is quite the reverse. If we are flexible enough to accept the perspective of another in our universe, it enriches us.<br /><br /> <br /><br />And in the end we don’t need denial at all. We accept the differences and the varied interpretations of ‘reality’ and focus on what is the most functional way of handling a situation to meet all our needs. When we deny something, we often expend a tremendous amount of energy sustaining this ‘truth’ which could be used for other purposes. Denial may work for some people in the short term very effectively but what happens in the long run? At the very least, it can be tiring to keep up the pretence about something.<br /><br /> <br /><br />So, let’s listen to the other as we would ourselves and respect the fact that that person will never see things exactly the same way as we do. And let’s remember that we don’t always have to be right. That no one is right and everyone is right at the same time! It all depends on our unique maps of the world.<br /><br /> <br /><br />© Resourceful Teaching 2010<br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />2. <strong>Practitioner Course 2010 – versions in English and in Spanish</strong><br /> <br /><br />We have just had the first module of our new Practitioner certificate course, which runs this year and next. This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice spread over 16 modules. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br /><br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br /> <br /><br />It is still possible to join the course in the second module and we have a couple of places available.<br /><br /> <br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or send a mail to jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br /><br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br /><br />Next Module: Saturday May 22<br /><br />Investment: 260 pesos per module<br /><br /> <br /><br />The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.<br /><br /> <br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.<br /><br /> <br /><br />In Spanish<br /><br /> <br /><br />This course will also be offered in Spanish on Friday evenings twice monthly from April 23. If you are interested, contact Laura at lauraszmuch@gmail.com for more details. <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />3. Calendar of Activities 2010<br /> <br />We are publishing below a list of the main events for Resourceful Teaching for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise. <br />Friday April 23 2010 New Practitioner course in Spanish begins<br /><br />May 22 2010 Second module Practitioner course in English<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /> 4. Workshops and Coaching<br /><br /> <br /><br />If you would like a workshop or training in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year. <br /><br />We can offer you workshops as listed in the website www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar or design something especially for your needs. In English and in Spanish. Please contact jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar or lauraszmuch@gmail.com if you are interested.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Laura is also available for Coaching. If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her. Contact: lauraszmuch@gmail.com <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />5. Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit<br /> <br />To subscribe simply send a mail to: rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. To unsubscribe, follow the same procedure but write the word 'unsubscribe'. We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means. <br /> <br />To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com <br />NB En contacto has different articles from those which appear in RT News and they are about NLP and other associated areas. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Visit our blog teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom<br /><br />http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br />RT® Resourceful Teaching is a registered trademark.Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-59127714266463077722010-04-03T16:55:00.000-07:002010-04-03T16:56:30.057-07:00New Issue of RT News!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">RT</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">®</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: Albertus; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">News</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><b><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US">A magazine on Neuro Linguistic Programming in Education</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><b><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US">No 109 April 3 2010</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">Hello Everyone,</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">We hope you are enjoying the Easter break whether you stayed at home or had the opportunity to travel. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Our academic year is now in full swing in this part of the world and this brings us the delights and challenges of our work on a day-to-day basis.<span> </span>In our people-based profession we are in a perfect position to observe, experiment, innovate and adapt as we discover ways to help our students or solve the situations that inevitably arise in our work. In our increasingly interconnected world, there are answers to whatever issue we have both out there and within ourselves.<span> </span>It is up to us to activate that knowledge or seek out the information that will get us the answer that can work for us.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">A reminder that we begin our <b>Practitioner course</b> for 2010-2011 this month.<span> </span>This course leads to the Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education.<span> </span>The course in English starts on April 10 and is held once monthly on Saturdays. Please see below for more details.<span> </span>We will also be running a version of the course in Spanish on Fridays, twice monthly in the evenings beginning on April 23.<span> </span>If you are interested please let us know at </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">Thank you for reading and sharing,</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">Laura and Jamie</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">1.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">Teaching, Learning and Gardening </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">2.<span> </span>Classroom Contracts - a further reflection</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">3.<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">Practitioner Course 2010</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB"></span></b></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB">4. <span> </span>Calendar of activities for 2010</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">5. <span> </span>Workshops and coaching</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">6. <span> </span>Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit </span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">1. Teaching, Learning and Gardening</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The word “to garden” is not very helpfully defined in many dictionaries.<span> </span>They tend to stick to broad descriptions like “to work in a garden” or to “look after” a garden, which don’t perhaps add that much.<span> </span>We do get “To weed and plant” in one dictionary which narrows things down more.<span> </span>An older work (pre corpus) suggests, “to cultivate or lay out a garden”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">What motivated this search was the curiosity of seeing how close the act of gardening is to that of teaching and learning.<span> </span>When the German Friedrich Fröbel coined ‘kindergarten’ for the pre-school place of learning, he obviously made the connection between the nurturing of plants and that of children, such that he wanted a place close to nature where children could develop through play and interaction.<span> </span>These days we have different metaphoric representations to describe schools, many of which are very distant from nature, so let’s see what the gardener can bring to our thinking about schools.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">In a garden, we can <b>sow</b> seeds, plant plants or just let things <b>sprout</b> by themselves.<span> </span>The first two methods are clearly better if you want some order and not a jungle.<span> </span>The third method may see some hardy species thrive but it is also likely to result in a survival of the fittest as a certain few plants <b>dominate</b> the land and air space.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">We can choose to grow plants from seed.<span> </span>This requires some <b>foresight</b> and <b>care</b> if we want the seeds to germinate.<span> </span>Too much or too little water, insufficient sun and heat, a frost or some other extreme weather and your seeds don’t even get past first base.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Once <b>germinated</b>, the young seedlings face more challenges.<span> </span>There are the same issues related to climate and weather, of the need to be protected from these excesses but also to have <b>nourishment</b> and <b>encouragement</b> to grow.<span> </span>Now, insects and other garden creatures may be attracted by the young shoots and need to be kept at bay.<span> </span>Sometimes, there are fundamental problems like insufficient space to grow, roots that are too shallow or too many seedlings together.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">The<b> sensitive</b> and <b>experienced gardener</b> anticipates all this and ensures that the young plants get the help, the fertilizer, the weeding and so forth that will assist their growth.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">As the plant reaches adulthood it may flower or bear fruit.<span> </span>Other actors enter the scene like bees to pollinate the flowers or other insects that keep predators away.<span> </span>Worms help maintain a healthy soil too and the gardener oversees all of this.<span> </span>The plant may have been transplanted to a bigger space or nearer to more compatible plants.<span> </span>Fertilizer, mulch or compost may be given, the plant may be sprayed or pruned when necessary.<span> </span>But mostly, the plant is left to get on with growing which is not just a passive action.<span> </span>Each plant will adapt to its habitat, try to best ensure its survival and well-being, reach for the sunlight (or occasionally the shade) and play its role in the habitat.<span> </span>Garlic, for example, repels certain insects.<span> </span>The gardener accompanies this process with the change of the seasons.<span> </span>Sometimes his/her job is to turn the soil, rake away leaves, prepare ground for new sowing and so forth.<span> </span>Sometimes it is to wait and be observant.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Similarities</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> can be found in the <b>teacher’s work</b>.<span> </span>Many of the duties and descriptions mentioned do remind us of teaching in kindergarten or primary school and many remain relevant throughout the entire education process.<span> </span>Sometimes, with a new course we have the task of helping the seeds to germinate; the skills and abilities that the student must develop.<span> </span>The job of tending and caring for the class is constant just as a garden is never static.<span> </span>It is a task that does get easier with experience and yet is also unpredictable, so we cannot remain complacent that we know all there is to know.<span> </span>No two years and no two groups are alike.<span> </span>New things emerge like a strange blight on the leaves or a sudden swarm of insects and the gardener has to find out how to handle these, asking other gardeners, consulting on internet or visiting the local nursery.<span> </span>A tree falls down leaving a space for a new project like a rockery or a fern walk.<span> </span>How do you transform the space?<span> </span>We go to get some advice on what to do.<span> </span>Then technology brings us new tools, new plants (hybrids), alternative methods and we decide to try these. And some years we have the joy of <b>bumper crops</b> or <b>glorious blooms</b> that gladden our hearts, just as the survival of a weak plant and transformation of it into a healthy adult can do.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">That is why people garden.<span> </span>It keeps us <b>in pace </b>with<b> nature</b>, it keeps us <b>alive</b> and <b>feeling vital</b>.<span> </span>It is also one of the reasons why we teach as well.<span> </span>To feel we are playing a part in the nurturing of something magical, to watch the blooming of students under our care, to help a person become a fulfilled human being.<span> </span>Let’s keep ourselves up-to-date, in touch with what is new and what is going on with our profession and constantly reflecting on what we do so that in each of our gardens we can take the right decisions to help our students blossom.<span> </span>And let’s give thanks that we are members of one of the most satisfying and noble professions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">© Resourceful Teaching 2010</span></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB"><span>2.<span style=""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB">Classroom Contracts – a further reflection</span></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Our article on classroom contracts produced some interesting comments from various readers, including those who enthusiastically implement such a system to those who find alternative ways to manage their classroom.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We agree that some <b>limits</b> have to be set by the school or the teacher.<span> </span>What is happening now however is, that in some schools, these limits are not being supported by many of ‘the players’, namely the students, their parents and even sometimes other staff.<span> </span>This reflects a general approach in many societies that such rules or codes of conduct are not necessarily to apply to everyone and that exceptions can and should be made.<span> </span>The result is often a conflict or misunderstanding as to the rights and responsibilities of those involved and a sense that individual priorities are overrunning the greater good of the school or the class. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US">While there are undoubtedly <b>some fixed elements</b> that cannot be negotiated like basic school rules or national laws, the idea of classroom contracts is to allow for some agreement by all parties on those areas which do leave <b>scope for flexibility</b>.<span> </span>This permits the students, for example, to feel that they have some <b>participation</b> in the decisions made in the class and it acknowledges the existence of the <b>psychological contracts</b> we mentioned last time, that are present whether we like it or not.<span> </span>One of the challenges these days is that on the one hand the power of one party to impose rules is lessened, while at the same time we cannot assume that the others will act according to ‘adult’ reasoning or fair play.<span> </span>In some cases, the value of education itself is now viewed differently by those involved and unless this is discussed openly, the clash of beliefs, values and behaviour can easily arise.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US">As one of our correspondents put it, it all boils down to a question of <b>common sense</b> and to <b>treating and valuing</b> our students as <b>individuals</b> and if we are guided by these factors we are surely on the right track.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">© Resourceful Teaching 2010</span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left; line-height: 12pt;" align="left"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB"><span>3.<span style=""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB">Practitioner Course 2010</span></b><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB"></span></b></p> <p style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">Learn skills and techniques to help you to …</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Be more effective in the classroom!</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">…Understand your learners more completely</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Set and achieve goals</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Better manage the constant changes school life brings us</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Communicate with others with elegance and effectiveness</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Discover more talents </span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">… Live the life you want to lead</span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US"> </span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><i><span style="color: purple;" lang="EN-US">All this and very much more can be experienced on the </span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">Practitioner</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"><span> </span>Certificate in NLP for Education</span></u></b></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Our next <b>Practitioner</b> Certificate course starts on <b>April 10</b> and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">This first </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of <b>practical activities</b> and <b>guided practice</b>.<span> </span>It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">The Practitioner certificate with </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">Resourceful Teaching</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and <b>practise your English</b> at the same time!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">For a <b>course syllabus</b> and further details see our website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/">www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or send a mail to <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Start Date:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> Saturday April 10</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Investment:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> 260 pesos per module</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments.<span> </span>As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form.<span> </span>Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">Laura Szmuch </span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">and</span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"> Jamie Duncan</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;" lang="EN-US">NB: This course will also be offered in Spanish on Friday evenings from April 23.<span> </span>If you are interested, contact Laura at <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> for more details. </span></b></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">4.<span> </span>Calendar of Activities 2010</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">We are publishing below a list of the main events </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-GB">for </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Resourceful Teaching</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-GB"> for the next few months. As each date gets closer we will give you more information and we will of course be updating the calendar with new dates as they arise. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">April 10 2010</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"> <span> </span>New Practitioner course in English begins </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">April 23 2010 </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">New Practitioner course in Spanish begins</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US">May 8 </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">Laura in Formosa</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">5.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">Workshops and Coaching</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">If you would like a <b><span style="color: blue;">workshop</span></b> or<b><span style="color: blue;"> training</span></b> in your city or town, please contact us soon as we have only a few dates available on weekends each year. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">We can offer you workshops as listed in the website <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/">www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or design something especially for your needs.<span> </span>In English and in Spanish.<span> </span><span> </span>Please contact <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> if you are interested.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Laura is also available for <b><span style="color: blue;">Coaching</span></b>.<span> </span>If you wish to advance in your career or personal life and wish to design a plan of action to do so, why not have a coaching conversation with her.<span> </span>Contact: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">6.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">Subscribing/Unsubscribing to our e-zines in English and Spanish and an invitation to visit</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">To subscribe simply send a mail to: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">rtnews@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">with your name and city stating 'subscribe' in the subject box. 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We only send this e-magazine to those who have expressed the desire to subscribe by the above means. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">To subscribe to the Spanish sister e-zine, send a mail to Laura at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com">en.contacto.pnl@gmail.com</a> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">NB</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"> En contacto</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> has different articles from those which appear in </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US">RT </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">News</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> and they are about NLP and other associated areas.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-GB">Visit our blog </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/">teaching resourcefully – nlp in the classroom</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/">http://teaching-resourcefully.blogspot.com/</a></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: 14.4pt;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p> </div> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span>Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-65977680070830349312010-03-17T10:11:00.000-07:002010-03-17T10:20:02.258-07:00Teaching today: what else do we need to work in the classrooms of 2010?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3ykX54S273bSXIrmtdHuCVf1_bSQ8z34P9uveaVs-zs8D_rs2ujsHabR9qtDA1U78P-QfIepby6e9OnxyF8uPKS2KjqT__Tboh87UtpJEFO8tORtGihhZC24Vcj-6pJOCI3dEpOWsGZP/s1600-h/nueva10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449653360685580162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3ykX54S273bSXIrmtdHuCVf1_bSQ8z34P9uveaVs-zs8D_rs2ujsHabR9qtDA1U78P-QfIepby6e9OnxyF8uPKS2KjqT__Tboh87UtpJEFO8tORtGihhZC24Vcj-6pJOCI3dEpOWsGZP/s320/nueva10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />A common perception these days is that the world is changing. <strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">FAST.</span></strong> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Students are not the same as they used to be, the technological advances in the last decade have altered the way we relate to the world and what we give priority to. It has led to the evolution of people who process information more visually, who are accustomed to doing several things at the same time, who are connected in some way constantly to others via cellphones, Blackberrys, Facebook, Twitter and other sites and devices. If you add to that the concerns common in today’s society with regard to the environment, law and order, inflation and the future, you have a potent mixture of sensations and emotions residing in all of us.</div><br /><div><br />This has an effect on the classroom. In major urban centres, the relaxed pace of life for learning and growing is no longer evident as people rush from one activity or commitment to another. Many students are mentally elsewhere in class time as they deal with matters happening in the rest of the world while they are also ‘present’ in our lessons. </div><br /><div><br />How do we cope with this as teachers? Are we able to maintain our balance in this whirlwind? Undeniably, our role as teachers is undergoing subtle and not so subtle adjustments as the years pass. In many cases, the previous role of the teacher has expanded to include that of a type of social worker, a psychologist, a babysitter and so on. This is not so say that teachers have not always had extra duties beyond actually teaching but as other support systems no longer perform the way they used to, teachers find that there are more demands on them from students or that in order to help the students make the most of a class, they have to deal with other issues first. Even if we have the assistance of other people like principals, coordinators or educational psychologists, the fact of being their teacher and having an ongoing relationship with the students means we are part of their lives and a natural person to resort to for support and assistance.</div><br /><div><br />The big question is: where do we train up for this? In general, the vast majority of our teacher training in teachers’ colleges is based around matters such as methodology, content and theory with the practical focus on how to deliver a lesson. Often a lesson that is idealistic in relation to most common classroom realities. This is not to deny the importance of theory and studying the subject matter to give us the necessary base for our work. But does it answer the many questions we have arising from non-academic issues in the classroom? </div><br /><div><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;">Who teaches us:<br />How to deal with a child in tears,<br />How to handle an interview with a distraught or difficult parent,<br />How to manage vast swings in energy and moods in the students,<br />How to motivate students who come to class with many demotivating influences from the outside world,<br />How to resolve quickly and elegantly conflicts or disputes that may or may not have something to do with the classroom,<br />How to work in contexts where communication between the different participants may be blocked or strained,<br />How to support students who are confused and scared by the news and events around them,<br />How to find the right way to get through to the ‘unreachable’ student,<br />How to help students take on responsibility for themselves and their own learning,<br />How to keep ourselves sane, happy and healthy,<br />How to continue to grow and develop as teachers and people when we have a full workload, hours of commuting and a salary that barely stretches to the end of the month,<br />How to maintain balance and to stay on an even keel? </span></em></strong></div><strong><em><span style="color:#339999;"><br /><div><br /></span></em></strong></div>Can we get these answers from books? Maybe. Sometimes. Particularly books that help us with relating to others and to ourselves. The point is that reading books is fine but what we need in the classroom is to put the reading into practice so as to be able to respond in a way that helps and that takes us and everyone else forward.<br /><div><br />This is why at <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Resourceful Teaching we teach Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).</strong> </span></div><br /><div><br />NLP is a body of practical techniques that we can apply in the moment, whether it be in class, in the school grounds, in the staffroom, in a meeting or in any life context. The skills NLP can offer us are skills we need in real situations and which should be on hand as challenging situations tend to arise unexpectedly and cannot always be planned for. Our specialty is the application of these highly useful NLP tools to the world of education and to all teaching contexts.<br /><br />We strongly believe that teachers today need these extra resources to be able to do their jobs effectively and to protect their wellbeing. On our Practitioner courses, teachers learn to develop their observation and communication skills, even if they are already skilled communicators. Our training helps teachers reach another level, where they can detect subtle information from the other people or the context that will help respond appropriately. Teachers learn to fine tune their work with objectives, not for lesson plans but to know what they want in any given situation. It is this uncertainty and confusion that often causes the sensations of frustration and being blocked in today’s world. Teachers learn how to manage their own internal states so that they are in the best condition to work efficiently with others. And they learn very much more about themselves, about people, communication, what motivates people and how to achieve what they want in a way that respects others and the environment around them.<br />In the Practitioner Certificate as applied to Education we do provide and discuss the theory behind what we do and provide material and bibliographies for further reading. Our emphasis however is in putting this into practice and helping you acquire the skills you need to deal with what matters to you in your lives and working contexts in today’s world. Therefore we give you many opportunities to practise in class and in the interval between classes so that these new talents become something automatic and effortless for you. We also provide constant support and communication for those who need it as you explore, discover, experiment and learn.<br /><br />So, if you are looking for that something extra that will help you handle the challenges of teaching in 2010, if you know that there must be something more to reaching all our students but are not sure what it is, if you believe that the many things you learnt at teachers college go a long way but not all the way, chances are you will find what you need on <span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>the Resourceful Teaching Practitioner Certificate as applied to Education.<br /></strong></span><br />The course starts on Saturday April 10 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011. This level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.<br />The Practitioner certificate with Resourceful Teaching offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: <a href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/</a> or send a mail to <a href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or <a href="mailto:hlauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a><br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br />Start Date: Saturday April 10<br /><br /><br />We teachers are arguably the most important professionals accompanying the growth of a person to become a complete and fulfilled individual. Let’s acknowledge our key role in the education of people and ensure that we have the best preparation possible for this glorious task. In the process, we too become a great model for learning and learn how to ensure our own fulfillment.</div>Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835369197476855491.post-7176014203556817092010-03-15T08:07:00.000-07:002010-03-15T08:12:37.549-07:00New NLP course starting soon!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMWCvfZ3xHtiS2P12Ztw2lU-9Rv6l6aKFbZTZV9Ixfk3eXOGN1O8r5m5PfguGEEb67Iss2TDWoJRkiSB4OEkq8QIXXqyLVAEu5iUayB7jtIAV3FdTLpzG82elxwv6yOG420ca_ugB2faR/s1600-h/RT_Feb_2010_005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448878449382023138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMWCvfZ3xHtiS2P12Ztw2lU-9Rv6l6aKFbZTZV9Ixfk3eXOGN1O8r5m5PfguGEEb67Iss2TDWoJRkiSB4OEkq8QIXXqyLVAEu5iUayB7jtIAV3FdTLpzG82elxwv6yOG420ca_ugB2faR/s320/RT_Feb_2010_005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Resourceful Teaching courses: The Difference that Makes the Difference...</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Celebrating Learning since 1998!!!</span></strong></div><br /><div><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Learn skills and techniques to help you to …<br />… Be more effective in the classroom!<br />…Understand your learners more completely<br />… Set and achieve goals<br />… Better manage the constant changes school life brings us<br />… Communicate with others with elegance and effectiveness<br />… Discover more talents<br />… Live the life you want to lead</strong></span><br /><br />All this and very much more can be experienced on the<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Practitioner Certificate in NLP for Education</strong></span><br /><br />Our next Practitioner Certificate course starts on April 10 and consists of 16 modules to be held on Saturdays on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This first level of training involves between 130 and 150 hours of direct training in the form of practical activities and guided practice. It gives students acquaintance with the methodology and many of the techniques comprising NLP and leads to an internationally recognised certificate as Practitioner of NLP in Education.</div><br /><div><br />The Practitioner certificate with <span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Resourceful Teaching</strong></span> offers you the chance to get an NLP certification and practise your English at the same time!<br /><br />For a course syllabus and further details see our website: <a href="http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.resourcefulteaching.com.ar/</a> or send a mail to <a href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> or <a href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lauraszmuch@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com">lauraszmuch@gmail.com</a><br /><br />Venue: Versailles, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires<br />Time: One Saturday per month 9.00 – 17.00<br />Start Date: Saturday April 10<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>The course includes written material and a full bibliography and morning and afternoon refreshments. As much as we encourage reading, the real value of NLP is the putting it into practice and our students have constant opportunities to employ what they learn in their daily work and lives.</em></strong><br /><br />To enroll, please contact us for an enrolment form. Your place is guaranteed upon payment of the first module.<br /><br />Laura Szmuch and Jamie Duncan<br /><br />NB: This course is also being offered in Spanish.<br /><br />Fechas Practitioner en Español 2010 </div><br /><div>Modulo 1: 23 de abril y 14 de mayo </div><br /><div>Modulo 2: 4 de junio y 25 de junio</div><br /><div>Modulo 3: 2 de julio y 30 de julio </div><br /><div>Modulo 4: 6 de agosto y 20 de agosto </div><br /><div>Modulo 5: 3 de septiembre y 17 de septiembre </div><br /><div>Modulo 6: 1 de octubre y 15 de octubre </div><br /><div>Modulo 7: 29 de octubre y 12 de noviembre </div><br /><div>Modulo 8: 26 de noviembre y 10 de diciembre </div><br /><div><br />El resto del curso se dictará durante 2011 </div><br /><div><br /><strong>Curso PNL orientado a crecimiento personal y educación</strong><br /><br />Contacto: <a href="http://ar.mc365.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar">jamie@resourcefulteaching.com.ar</a> o <a href="mailto:cursospnl.laura@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lauraszmuch@gmail.com">cursospnl.laura@gmail.com</a></div>Jamie and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425742535274359176noreply@blogger.com0