1.  Name, picture, 3 positive adjectives for you (and your family members, if you would like to share about your family)
2.  Where you are from
3.  What you would like to do to serve when you are a certified Positive Discipline Trainer- any particular areas of interest or specific populations you hope to support?
4.  Any hobbies, interests or anything else you want the group to know about you!

Burak Alptekin - burak.alptekin@gmail.com

Carey Harris - charris@cacegypt.org

Eman Fathy Bondok - pdemanbondok@gmail.com

Nicolette Smith - nicolette_smith@soesd.k12.or.us, nicolettesmith143@gmail.com

Sarah Hu - sarahchina2009@163.com

Mark Powell - markingrampowell@gmail.com

Veronique Dion - veronique.g.dion@cssbe.gouv.qc.ca

Dorota Jakubowska Kurzec - context@post.pl

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9:00-9:05 Welcome

9:05-9:15 Warm-up & Introductions

9:15-9:35 Co-created guidelines & Jobs

9:35-10:00 Speed Sharing

10:00-10:20 Swan Activity & Facilitation skills check list

10:20-10:30 Break

10:30-10:45 Focusing on Strengths

10:45-11:10 Feedback: Fears and Gifts

11:10-11:30 Questions and Closure

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Warm-up

9:15-9:35 2 Lists (p. 357) Mark

935-9:50 Feedback

9:50-10:10 Curiosity Questions (p.113) Julie

10:10-10:25 Feedback

10:25-10:35 Break

10:35-11:05 PHP/THT- 2 break out rooms Carey & Sarah

11:05-11:15 PHP/THT feedback in break out rooms

11:15-11:30 Closure

9:15-9:35 Focus only on Kind or Firm (p. 237) Nicolette

9:35-9:50 Feedback

9:50-10:10 Brain in Palm & Positive Time Out (p. 99 & 293) Burak

10:10-10:25 Feedback

10:25-10:35 Break

10:35-11:05 PHP/THT in breakout rooms Veronique & Eman

11:05-11:15 PHP/THT Feedback in breakout rooms

11:15-11:30 Closure

9:15-9:45 Competent Giant & 4R’s (p.105&197) Eman

9:45-10:00 Feedback

10:00-10:20 Encouragement vs Praise (p.155) Dorota

10:20-10:35 Feedback

10:35-10:45 Break

10:45-11:05 PHP/THT in breakout rooms Gillian & Haneen

11:05-11:15 PHP/THT Feedback in breakout rooms

11:15-11:20 Closure

9:15-9:35 Mr. Punish. or Solutions vs Conseq (p.277 or 321) Gillian

9:35-9:50 Feedback

9:50-10:10 Empowering vs Discouraging (p. 160) Veronique

10:10-10:25 Feedback

10:25-10:35 Break

10:35-11:05 PHP/THT breakouts Nicolette & Julie

11:05-11: 30 PHP/THT feedback

11:15-11:30 Closure

9:05-9:50 Mistaken Goal Introduction and Mistaken Goal Short Role Plays (p. 255 and p. 261) Sarah

9:50-10:05 Feedback

10:05-10:30 Family Meetings (p. 177) Haneen

10:30-10:45 Feedback

10:45-10:55 Break

10:55-11:20 PHP/THT in breakout rooms Mark & Bec

11:20-11:30 Feedback

11:30 Closure

9:05-9:50 Top Card (p. 337) Carey

9:50-10:05 Feedback

10:05-10:25 Continuum of Change (p. 111) Bec

10:25-10:40 Feedback

10:40-10:50 Break

10:50-11:15 PHP/THT in breakout rooms Burak & Dorota

11:15-11:25

11:25-11:30 Closure

9:15-9:40 Kelly G: Co-Facilitation

9:40-9:55 Revisit the Facilitation Skills Check Sheet

9:55-10:20 Top Card Extension

10:20-10:30 Break

10:30-10:45 PHP/THT Sharing Tips

10:45-11:10 Compliments and Appreciations

11:10-11:15 Celebration

11:15-11:22 Poem/Picture

11:22-11:30 Closure

I was first trained in Positive Discipline in 2013, at 55 years old.  This immediately felt like what I was meant to do with my life. It has changed every relationship in my life for the better.  I love sharing it, and have been blessed to work with people from all over the world.  

Co-facilitating an ACT is one of my dreams, and getting to do this with Dina is amazing. Having Aisha as part of the team is also a real gift. I truly love mentoring, encouraging and learning with others. I'm delighted to be part of this group!

I hope to continue spreading Positive Discipline around the world. I have been facilitating TP since 2012 and would like to empower other parents in our community to do the same. They are so passionate about it and continue to want to learn more! I have been blessed in my role as school counselor to also guide teachers in PDC. I would like to make a larger impact on our entire faculty by being a trainer and offering the 2 day certification to them and other educators in Egypt. This is very important to me since we may move in a couple of years (after our kids graduate). I hope to empower our local school community so that Positive Discipline becomes apart of the ethos and culture here ( with or without me in it).

My son will be leaving home this June and then my two girls will be close behind. Doing this important work gives me a deeper sense of purpose, which will help me as I transition into the next phase of my life.

I am so excited for this next step in my journey!

Olga has described me as contemplative, playful and determined. I appreciate the ASD traits that help me get stuff done, and I am learning to modulate those too and have more fun in my life. I'm learning to surf and I also enjoy mountain biking and dancing at home with the lights out!

I work for Montessori Australia now and am using that peak body as cover to bring PD to parents and educators in this country. I am also developing Montessori training that better matches the needs of adult learners (ie. more online and self-paced) and would like to include PDC as part of this teacher education program. I also look forward to training my first cohort of TP facilitators in Australia so there are others doing this work here too!

I have done some initial PDC work with educators because there's a lot of interest here since I've been doing PDC intros at conferences and online as part of my work with Montessori Australia. I have found educators a more fickle audience to work with because they sometimes see it as a work obligation rather than a choice to be there.

I'm especially keen to learn how to navigate that switch between modelling the activities for educators while also showing them how to facilitate the activities with children. That's a level of complexity that is not there in parenting courses. Knowing which activities to choose for PDC is also something I'd like to become more comfortable with.

Three positive adjectives for me - gentle, perceptive, creative.

I grew up in Washington Tyne and Wear, the ancestral homeland of George Washington's family. Part of my story is that my grandfather arrived in the UK as a prisoner of war, conscripted into the German army age 18 from the Sudetenland - the disputed area that "started" WWII. Consequently I grew up with a German surname in an area with few non-English names and experienced decades of racism and bullying as a result. I have lived in the South West of the the UK for several years now via London and Tacoma, Washington USA.

I like Mark, am uncovering, appreciating and navigating my ASD traits putting my music education into a whole new light!

As a result, I thought I wanted to serve sports coaches because I grew up in Youth Sport. However I forgot about the 25+ years music and arts work I have done and am now feeling my more authentic acceptance within community music and artistic and nature expression. I'm trusting the process!

I am very much looking forward to learning and growing with you all.

We are from Québec Canada. Christian and I have been married for 6 years but have been together for 16 years. We have four wonderful children who are developing Positive Discipline social skills. Simone (14), Marius (13) and the twins Arnaud and Edmond (11). We love to travel and go on adventures.  We have lived in Shanghai, China for 1 year. We have traveled to Germany, Mexico, Hong Kong, USA and Spain, and we are hoping to be able to travel much more with our children. I enjoy hiking, being with friends and family and going to concerts. I love to learn and grow. We are passionate, empathetic and caring.

I came across Jane Nelsen’s Classic Guide to helping children develop self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation and problem solving skills while searching for tools to help me at home and at school in 2017. I was a teacher for 25 years and have recently been promoted to Pedagogical Consultant. I was able to experience positive discipline tools and principles in my classes as well as in other teachers’ classrooms. It was a revelation. I felt so empowered and positive about my classroom management that I could not stop there. I got certified as a PDC educator in 2018. I wanted to share my discoveries with my colleagues so they could also benefit from the concepts and principles. For 5 years I facilitated Positive Discipline in another teacher’s classroom.  My experience has helped me grow and understand in a deeper way the PD principles and experiential activities. I also did The Art of Facilitating Positive Discipline and Empowering People in the Workplace. Last year, I put together a group of young workers in my former school.  With the help of an educator, we gathered about 50 responsibilities throughout the school and we hired students for these jobs.  At one point we had close to 100 employees. I wanted to help students feel belonging and significance and thereby demonstrate the effectiveness of Positive Discipline principles to my school community.  It was a success.  Even though I am not teaching this year, the project is still going strong and students are still engaged. 

Being a pedagogical consultant, I want to continue to spread Positive Discipline throughout the school board.  I am working with teachers and school principals and administrators. I accompany collaborative teams who get together to rethink their educational practices and collaborate in order to innovate. It has been observed that children have been challenging classroom management but teachers’ lack in new methods and approaches. I want to use my new position to influence in changing our old ways and introduce new methods and new approaches. I would like to be able to hold workshops for teachers in my school board.

I am really excited about the next chapter in my PD journey.

I find it challenging to get teachers to buy in and engage in changing their old classroom management ways. Some want a quick fix for changing/helping their students but don’t feel the need nor the importance of changing themselves. 

I share Mark’s goal to learn how to navigate from modeling the activities for teachers while showing them how to facilitate the activities with students.

My name is Nicolette Smith and I’ll be Zooming in from Ashland, Oregon. I am a teacher, daughter, wife, parent to an 11-year-old son, auntie, cat mom, friend, and avid early morning walker :) I love to get outside and hike into the mountains, sometimes before the sun, and take it all in. If you’ve never traveled to Southern Oregon before, it’s not uncommon for me to see deer, wild turkeys, and foxes on my walks. One time I even saw a bear!

Three positive adjectives for me are: Thoughtful, Dedicated, and Kind

When I am a certified Positive Discipline Trainer, I hope to work with educators across the career continuum supporting them on their own Positive Discipline journeys in the classroom. I have taught at many grade levels, and have had the opportunity to teach graduate level courses at our local University. One of my big dreams is to be able to teach and infuse this work at the pre-service and University level, offering incoming and early career educators tools, mindsets, and resources to create equitable communities of belonging in their own schools and classrooms.

My goal is to complete ACT with new insights on facilitation skills and the confidence to train others.

1. 3 adjectives - caring, eager to learn, good listener.

Two teenagers (18 and 20) on board.

2. I am from Poland, living near Warsaw. Previously, as a teenager I was living in the western part of Poland. Hope to come back there one day:)

3. I love to work with parents of teenagers in particular but also with parents of preschoolers:) I also like working with preschool and primary school teachers. I believe that in any moment we can change ourselves as parents (and teachers to help children grow:)

4. I love gardening, long, healing walks in the woods and traveling, especially to Italy, which I consider my second best place to live:) I am also the book-eater, some of them are professional and some are criminals.

1. I'm Bec, and I am kind, warm, and thoughtful. I'm married to Caleb, who is in senior management in international schools, and we have 3 kids: Neriah (12), Levi (11), and Malachi (9).

2. Our passport country is New Zealand, but if you ask my kids where they are from they will answer 'China', and we currently live in Vietnam where we have been for almost 2 years. My husband and I have been international educators since 2010, having lived in Nigeria, Indonesia, China, and now here.

3. I have been facilitating parenting workshops since 2018, and have found it to be so rewarding. I love seeing parents have those AHA moments. I also love that I learn new things every time I facilitiate workshops - through the insights of parents, or by having new thoughts and new perspectives on my own. I also completed my ECE certification, so that I could learn new concepts to take into the classroom, and I have been asked to facilitate workshops with ECE teachers. I was often given 'tricky' kids in my class, and I discovered that these kids were not 'tricky' - but by increasing their connection and significance in the classroom, using PD, they were able to shine, gain confidence and leadership, and be a lot more cooperative (teachers always love this!). The teachers I worked with all agreed that the practical skills and concepts of PD that they learned was amongst the valuable professional development they have ever done. As a result of this, I have a newly found interest in supporting teachers. When I am certified, I would like to offer trainings to ECE teachers and kindergartens across Asia, as well as equipping parents to run their own workshops.

4.I love hiking, travelling, snowboarding, and connecting with people. I absolutely love reading and absorbing knowledge, and I love seeing the results of fostering respectful relationships in families.

I am a Lead Trainer for the Positive Discipline Association, and the co-creator or the EPW program with Jane Nelsen. I am also an author, certified leadership coach and speaker. I live in Illinois and have traveled to 4 continents to teach Positive Discipline for parents, teachers, and leaders (with EPW!) I love flower gardening, reading, coffee with friends, spending time with my granddaughters, and my work!!

I am so delighted to join you in this learning experience!

Adjectives that describe me are curious, hopeful and genuine.

I was a middle school and preschool teacher for over 20 years and after having my own children I was surprised about ALL the challenges and I needed a new way! I got certificated as an educator in 2017, which has changed our family's direction, and have been facilitating workshops, classes and anywhere people will listen to the word of PD. :-) I also do 1-1 coaching. I love seeing the transformation is families and parents feeling empowered and want to continue. I imagine also getting into schools and pediatric offices in the future.

I love anything outdoors--surfing, mountain biking, hiking, camping and exploring new places.

Doing the ACT has been on my list for a while. Looking forward to being with familiar faces and also meeting new ones.

My names is Aisha Pope and I'm a Positive Discipline Lead Trainer. I'm joining your cohort to assist your facilitators and help your ACT run smoothly. I'm so excited to learn with you all and maybe facilitate an ACT myself in the future.

I live in California USA with my husband of 23 years and my son Jayden, 18, and daughter Maya, 10.

I've been in the Positive Discipline world since 2008 when I took my first Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way training with Jody McVittie, and then a second one in 2009 with Jane Nelsen. I've been privileged to enjoy a mentoring relationship with some amazing Positive Discipline leaders for many years, including your two ACT facilitators! Dina Emser was one of the LTs who facilitated my own ACT in 2011.

Today I sit on the board of the PDA. I'm a Licensed Social Worker providing therapeutic services primarily to kids in foster care, and I enjoy facilitating TPs and PDCs primarily with agencies and schools. I'm also one of the authors of the Positive Discipline Tools for Kids with Jane Nelsen, Lois Ingber, and Mary Tamborski.

1. I am excited to learn how to present the material to future parent educators in a way that models positive discipline concepts.

2. to learn to use good questions to draw forth deep learning from participants.

3. I had an experience facilitating online where I got very stressed, and moved into my top card of 'control' which meant that I was unable to connect from the heart to my participants. I am looking forward to the opportunity to facilitate among peers, knowing that I may experience stress, and to use the awareness and skills that I have, in order to remain connected.

I’m originally from Northern China, and have been living in Beijing for 27 years. My husband is from the South, and he had 10 years of experience of studying and living in US. We met in Beijing and have been married for 16 years. We have two sons with 12 years of age difference.

This is the picture of my family. 14-year-old Chris and 3-year-old Leo. My husband Tony and me. The picture was taken in 2022 in a big snow day when Leo was literally a baby. He looks very much like a mascot of 2022’s Winter Olympic Games held in China.

The three positive adjectives I choose for myself is loyal, patient and hardworking. Recently, I have been re-thinking and working on my personal trait of “loyalty”. I wish in the future I can replace it with the word “flexibility”.

I have been in adult training and children education for more than 20 years. I used to run my own kindergarten for more than 10 years. But now I really enjoy my new role: a freelance educator, translator, and Parenting consultant for 3 organizations. I was certified in 2017, and have been regularly offering parenting lessons ever since. and I have done many online parenting workshops during the Pandemic. I somehow like this new online situation. I think to some degree, it made the impossible possible.

I am very grateful to have this chance to work and learn together with each and one of you in this ACT cohorts. I am excited about what I can learn from this journey.

Expect for that, my curiosity and expectations also lie in the following aspects:

- How would I perform as a future trainer under pressure?

- What would I be like when facilitating in a second language. Will it make me less confident? Or I can gradually gain confidence during the process?

- What I can learn from each Lead Trainers? As well as from each and every one of my fellow educator/trainer friends in this cohort?

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