Masterclass

The courage to connect and resist creates powerful schoolteams. NVR in relation between colleagues and with parents. 

Conflicts between authority figures in and around schools can prevent them of being an anchor for the pupils they work with. These conflicts are the joint responsibility of each team member. The headmaster has a special responsibility in these cases. In escalating conflicts instead of strength and cooperation, we often see powerlessness, judging each other, polarisation, isolation… We believe conflicts are not only negative: they can create opportunities for joint growth to become stronger as a team, but this requires a conscious choice and a lot of courage.

In this masterclass we will show how NVR can be a key in this process. How can NVR help authority figures – teammembers including headmasters –  in difficult situations to (re)find their own influence and to (re)feel the power of cooperation in relation with each other and with parents? We will present you some case studies and we will do exercises we use in Flemish schools.

Biography

Hilde Leonard and Freya Stevens are trainers at NAGVopschool, a Flemish trainers-collective working with NA and NVR in schools since 2012 (www.NAGVopschool.be) 

Hilde is a schoolpedagogue and works for about 30 years as a trainer and coach with teachers and schoolteams on subjects as positive schoolclimate and coping with unacceptable behaviour. 

Freya is a coach and trainer with 20 years of experience in special youth care. over the past 5 years she has been working on NVR with teachers, parents and caregivers.