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Teacher Effectiveness Training Course by Dr. Thomas Gordon and Noel Burch
T.E.T. begins in Summer 2025!
T.E.T., Teacher Effectiveness Training, offers teachers the essential communication and conflict resolution skills they need to have high-quality relationships with their students so there will be less conflict and more teaching-learning time.
T.E.T. is a ten-week, 30-hour program designed to involve participants very actively in their own learning. Teachers will learn “operational definitions” — specific tools, things they can actually say and do — to create a climate of mutual respect in their classrooms.
In T.E.T., teachers learn methods that are substitutes for the use of power and authority — methods that give them more influence, not less, with students of all ages.
We use the following four-step instructional process in each session:
Structure
Instructor presentations, in-class reading,
audio-visual aids.
Role plays, workbook exercises,
one-on-one skill practice.
Involvement
Group discussions, one-on-one sharing and
reflection to explore new learnings and insights.
Process
Individual and group activities to consolidate learning and make specific action plans. Involves workbook and text reading and out-of-class skill practice assignments.
Application
T.E.T. is learner-centered! The situations, examples, and decisions about which parts of the course to focus on are strongly determined by the needs, concerns, and in-class experiences of the class participants.
These are tangible skills that build on one another from week to week, and participants will be encouraged to put them into practice to help clarify and resolve real classroom issues.
2025 Class Schedule
If you’d like to host a T.E.T. workshop within your school or organization, or if you’re an independent teacher of any subject or age group, I’d love to hear from you. You can contact me at
@posteo.com, by phone at 828-782-0856, or via WhatsApp.
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