Keynote Adress: Koen Van Landeghem Notes from: Coaching with Horses - Kathy Pike

Teaching Materials & Technology Evaluation & Testing Language & Teaching Knowledge Strategies & Techniques

People Relationships Personality Leadership Teaching Materials & Technology Evaluation & Testing Language & Teaching Knowledge Strategies & Techniques

Goal:  To Develop people and help them achieve academic, personal and professional goals.

 Teachers develop different teaching styles  Students develop different learning styles  Optimal Learning: Depends on the teacher’s capacity to select and adapt their teaching style to match and develop the student’s learning style.

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 Successful team building, interpersonal communication, and conflict resolution efforts are crucial  Sense and respond to a person’s intentions, emotions and thoughts that are conveyed subconsciously through body language

 Each person learns how to communicate more effectively, face their fears and manage their emotions, and become more consistent and congruent with their actions.

 Through participation in Coaching with Horses programs:  Make choices and take actions based on courage and awareness verses automatic, ‘learned’ responses.  Build trust in relationships and teams.  Develop skills to work through uncomfortable, emotionally charged situations.  Move from conflict into resolution and agreement more quickly.  Face fears and learn new behaviors to gain personal power and respect.  Experience breakthroughs that increase the depth of Emotional Intelligence.  Expand cohesiveness and productivity within teams and partnerships.

 Coaching with Horses programs brings together individuals and teams with a horse to learn how one approaches building relationships and gaining leadership.   Through processes that help you understand the nature of a horse, participants learn to pay attention to subtle body language, emotional messages, clarity in thought and confidence in achieving a goal while interacting with a horse. This integrative approach to learning gives the most immediate and lasting results to the individual and to teams.

 In general, learning can be conscious and unconscious depending on the environment, intention and activities presented.  There is value in experiencing play that focuses on the quality of interaction and the results produced.

 Horses will only respond to leaders they trust.  The importance of trust for any relationship and that without trust there are costs in the relationship.  The cost is time. Instead of time spent to create successful results it is spent repairing or supporting the relationship. With greater levels of trust there is a mutual confidence between individuals or parties.

 Coaching with Horses will change your bottom line as you will see more getting done in less time, and your teams will demonstrate cohesiveness and mutual support. This, matched with competency creates the potential for excellence.

 Increasing teachers’ access to resources, information and expertise in order to positively affect school change.  Teacher leaders who seeks opportunities to improve educational experiences, take responsibility for their own growth, and coordinate resources to advance student success

 Sara Armanda Piza H. Luz  Colegio La Salle Acapulco