Resources for Educators

The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools:
Over 100 Ways to Guide Clear Thinking and Promote Learning

The pressure upon educators to teach more to a wider range and number of students with decreasing resources and supports makes it urgent to find tools to answer the questions of "Why don’t kids learn?" Why can’t they seem to do higher order thinking?" "Why does it take so long to create good lesson plans?" "Why do we have endless meetings with few results?"

This new "how to" book from Jo Nelson of ICA Canada/ICA Associates Inc. demonstrates the many varied uses of the Focused Conversation Method in an educational setting. More than 40 educators contributed ideas and focused conversations for the book from their experiences.

The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools is similar in format to the highly successful The Art of Focused Conversation: 100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace.

Part I explains the theory and history of the Focused Conversation Method. Part II shares tips in designing and leading conversations in school settings. Part III provides more than 140 sample conversations that are specific to an educational environment. Each chapter deals with interactions with students, staff, parents and community.

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• Professional Skills

• The Network Interaction for Conflict Resolution

  Professional Resources

• The Learning Basket - Early Childhood package
• Invest in Kids - Healthy social, emotional and intellectual development of children from birth to age five
• David Lazear - Working with Multiple Intelligences