The quality of our conversations and the quality of our school relationships is the energy that produces the quality of our organizational work.  And yet, is something we don’t pay much attention to. This introductory workshop will provide an overview of the skills necessary in developing and facilitating efficacious, thoughtful collaborative groups.  We will:

• Identify the structures necessary for challenging the isolating silos that exist in schools and departments
• Discuss the process necessary for organizations and meetings to be high functioning ones
• Name and practice the Seven Norms of Collaboration to create trusting collaborative groups
• Build collective identity and capacity within yourself, and back in your school.

Fran Prolman

The founder, president and senior consultant of The Learning Colalborative21, Fran Prolman is an internationally recognized teacher, administrator, author, consultant and keynote speaker.

The founder, president and senior consultant of The Learning Colalborative21, Fran Prolman is an internationally recognized teacher, administrator, author, consultant and keynote speaker. 

She is known for her depth of knowledge, dynamism, energy, practical application and proven track record of results. Fran earned her Doctorate in Teacher Training, International Education and Organizational Development from George Washington University and a Master’s degree in Educational Administration and Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Pennsylvania.  She has been a two-time Fulbright Scholar in both India and Israel, and has presented numerous papers, workshops and keynote speeches nationally and internationally.

Fran brings you 30 years of experience providing multifaceted work with organizations and school systems throughout the United States and the world.  She was the first Understanding by Design cadre trainer designing curriculum training throughout the United States, a faculty member for ASCD and the senior consultant at Research for Better Teaching training trainers and educating thousands of administrators and teachers in effective learning practice. Fran focuses on building human capacity through a variety of avenues. She facilitates leadership retreats for teachers, administrators and executives; delivers organization-wide keynote speeches and workshops, coaches to build highly functional teams; assists organizations and teams in the appropriate use of data, designs professional growth and evaluation systems and brings insight to the change process.  

She is a frequent presenter for the U.S. Department of State, European Council of International Schools, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Central and Eastern European Schools Association, Near East South Asia Association of International Schools, African Association of International Schools, the Tri-Association for the Caribbean and Central America and numerous client school systems in the United States.