Session Code: 8.INTEG
Program: New York State Teacher Centers
Activity Owner/Manager: NYSTC Registrar - info@nysteachercenters.org
Location: Asynchronous & Synchronous (Asynchronous & Synchronous, NY)
Audience: K12 Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Counselors
Dates: 1/13/2026 to 2/10/2026
Most of the problems and opportunities we encounter involve other people. Sometimes people disagree with us, sometimes they oppose us. Success is often all about shifting mindsets.
We will develop an understanding of why the most common methods we use to influence others don't really work, and will practice the techniques that do. The course covers how the mind makes sense of situations, alternative methods of problem solving, preparing to learn from results that might not be what we want, what happens when people disagree with us and what we can do, how to resolve conflicts and influence others, foundations of wellbeing, navigating the murky worlds of stress, trauma, cognitive bias, and collective illusions, applying Mindshifting to whole brain teaching.
This course covers habits of mind involved with
Listening
Exploration and curiosity
Empathy
Effective communication
Influence and persuasion
Conflict resolution
Individual and group goal setting
Changing antagonism to collaboration
Stress, Trauma, and ADHD
Constructive and destructive conflict
Differences between compromise and collaboration
Overcoming the negative influences of group and peer pressure
We can learn to be resourceful, and we can teach children to be resourceful, in a world with misinformation, divisiveness, competition, and adversity.
Each live session will be archived, so if a person misses a session, they can still watch the video archive. Although they will miss out on the interactive portions of the session, they will still receive credit for having attended the session. (25 CTLE hours)