Questions & Answers
If you have more questions, please reach out, we'd love to hear from you. And yes, we do much more than can be captured on our website. Just ask!
1) What is Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)?
The Instructional Skills Workshop is offered within a small group setting and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the 3-4 day workshop, participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written and video feedback from the other participants. Using an experiential learning approach, participants are provided with information on the theory and practice of teaching adult learners, the selection and writing of useful learning objectives with accompanying lesson plans, techniques for eliciting learner participation, and suggestions for evaluation of learning. A very successful professional development initiative for educators, and offered in colleges, institutes, universities, polytechnics, hospitals, government departments, non-profits, and training organizations around the world.
2) What does Coaching cover?
Coaching is not counselling.The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines Coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of Coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.
Coaches ask powerful, thought provoking questions, knowing that the clients are naturally creative, resourceful, capable and whole. This process creates a space for the client to unpack their own answers and direction.
3) What level of training do I have as a Coach?
I have successfully completed the First Nations Health Authority's Indigenous Coaching Training Program (ICTP). The program adopts the core competencies of the International Coaching Federation(ICF) into language, and approaches which align with Indigenous teachings. It's 88 hours in length.
4) What kind of Curriculum Development services do you have?
a) Book a package of 1:1 consultations.
b) Workshops on decolonizing and Indigenizing curriculum.
c) Anti-racism education, that's Indigenous specific:
- Facilitation of workshops
- Related curriculum with MOU
- Healthcare specific curriculum available, based on your needs.
5) What is the Experiential Blanket Workshop(EBW) about?
The Experiential Blanket Workshop is an experiential tool for learning about Canada's colonial history up until present day. Virtual and in person options are available.
Workshop themes:
- Healthcare
- General
6) How can a graphic facilitator do a studio piece if they aren't there?
Graphic Facilitation is a thinking tool to help groups talk, brainstorm, analyze, dialogue, resolve conflict, reach consensus and move forward. A graphic facilitator can use an audio, video and/or report to create a studio piece that captures your group's key points, and transforms them into a visual representation. It can then be used as an engagement and communication tool, for future group dialogue. I was trained and mentored by Drawing Change in 2018.
* Note: "Indigenization" is a place holder that signifies creating space for Indigenous voices and resources in your curriculum.*