Institute for Problem Solving

ProjectTRUST for Middle School Students

This program breaks down the barriers that exist between clique groups in school communities. The core of this program is a two and one half day retreat. Opinion leaders from various clique groups are placed in family groups with students with whom they would never affiliate. Trained adult counselors are assigned to family groups. Team building, problem solving, and attention to the effects of "put downs" are all part of the experience.

• Watch videos of the ProjectTRUST fall retreat activities at youtube.com. Just search for ProjectTRUST.
• Discover how the Peace Resource Center can help your school with ProjectTRUST contact Sue Ellen Hodgson, Program Outreach Coordinator, e-mail at shodgson@wilmington.edu or call 937-382-6661 ext. 365.

Peer Mediation Training

Experienced Wilmington College peer mediation training teams work with high school and middle school students, training them to be peer mediators. Twenty four hours of training ensures the effectiveness of the training program.

In addition, our teams can provide problem solving peer mediation training to businesses, churches, governments and non-profits organizations.

• Discover how the Peace Resource Center can help your organization train in Peer Mediation contact Sue Ellen Hodgson, Program Outreach Coordinator, e-mail at shodgson@wilmington.edu or call 1-800-341-9318, ext. 365.
  

Positive Discipline Training for Classroom Teachers

This program provides teachers with the tools to create caring, non-coercive, non-punitive classroom environments. This type of problem solving approach has been shown to promote high academic achievement.

The Peace Resource Center has trained over 800 educators, principals, and support staff and 21 school systems in Positive Discipline.

• Learn more about Positive Discipline click here.
• To register for an upcoming workshop: https://www2.wilmington.edu/prc/register-pdworkshop.cfm.
  

• NEW! Creating A Classroom Environment that WORKS!
  
  
  
  
  

  The tone of a classroom created in the first weeks of school will carry through the entire school year.  Join us as we investigate strategies teachers use to create a classroom environment that is inviting, involves children in becoming active participants in the environment, and establish a democratic classroom. 

  In this workshop, you’ll discover how to:

• Use classroom contracting to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all learners
• Implement team building strategies that foster positive relationships, cooperation in the classroom, and a willingness to work together for a common good
• Establish routines and involve students in establishing classroom jobs that involve all students in the welfare of the classroom environment
• Explore strategies to problem solve as a community
• Learn to have fun with kids so they don’t have it at your expense
  
  To register for an upcoming workshop: https://www2.wilmington.edu/prc/register-pdworkshop.cfm
• For more information contact Sue Ellen Hodgson, Program Outreach Coordinator,
  e-mail at shodgson@wilmington.edu or call 1-800-341-9318, ext. 365.
  
  

New! Finding the Teacher Within

Grading papers, disciplining students, communicating with parents, following directives are all part of the teacher’s world.  But all of this is part of the teacher’s outer world.  What about your inner world?  Are you centered?  Do you notice other teachers who seem to have everything under control and stay calm?  Are you ready to go back? Do you remember why you began teaching in the first place?

In this workshop, you’ll discover how to:

• Learn to take care of yourself so you can take care of your students
• Use alternative modalities such as yoga to learn to relax, build strength and reconnect to yourself
• Count your blessings so that your focus is on what is right instead of what is wrong
• Understand the importance of emotions in problem solving

To register for an upcoming workshop: https://www2.wilmington.edu/prc/register-pdworkshop.cfm

• For more information contact Sue Ellen Hodgson, Program Outreach Coordinator,
  e-mail at shodgson@wilmington.edu or call 1-800-341-9318, ext. 365.
  
  

Worshops Trainers:

Jim Boland, Ed.D. Professor of Education, Director of the Peace Resource Center, Wilmington College is a board member of The Center for Effective Discipline.  Teaching pre-service teachers since 1985, he began his teaching career as a Learning Disabilities/Behavioral Disabilities tutor in the Cincinnati Public Schools and taught in the Southwest Local School District in Ohio.  Jim has led hundreds of workshops on problem solving, peer mediation and breaking down barriers between student clique groups at the middle school level.

Sonya Zumbiel, M.Ed., Instructor, Education Department, Wilmington College, taught in the Norwood City Schools and Sycamore Community Schools.  She is a Positive Discipline trainer, incorporating the philosophy into her classroom practice.  Sonya has led hundreds of workshops on Positive Discipline in the region.

Contact Us

To discover how the Peace Resource Center can help you and your organization solve problems with training workshops contact Sue Ellen Hodgson, Program Outreach Coordinator, e-mail at shodgson@wilmington.edu or call 1-800-341-9318, ext. 365.