texas educator resiliency

Serving Educators Who Serve Texas

Resiliency Education.

The Culture: We define resiliency as, "Resiliency is a solid rhythm of tactics designed to optimize your body & brain's ability to prepare for and recover from anything that stresses the system. " Thus, our education focuses on prevention by teaching strategies to individuals and organizations to combat chronic stressors in life. We also focus on in-the-moment strategies to power through times of crisis as well as educate on what to do in the aftermath of a critical incident in order to experience post-traumatic growth. The only way to create a culture is to educate everyone in your district so there is a common language and understanding of the tools and strategies for resiliency. Therefore, we have educational workshops for leaders, resiliency team specialists, and your entire staff.

Psychological Safety.

The Process: Psychological safety is foundational to the success of a healthy working environment. It is a way that companies function in order for their employees to be seen, be heard, feel felt, and get gotten. It is through understanding the resources of the district, honoring and utilizing the resources, and promoting mental health and wellness within your district that you will begin to create psychological safety. We teach and incorporate psychological safety into every one of our workshops. We emphasize the importance of knowing who to turn to and activating an individual's resources so they get the support they need. Psychological safety is the first pillar to success.

Peer Support.

The Engine: Externalization is the number one way of mitigating long term impacts of stress. Thus, a solid peer support team and plan is the backbone of a resilient culture. We teach a formal peer support process through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). We also teach an informal culture of peering to every organization we work with through the concept of "every person a peer." This allows every individual in your organization to understand signs and symptoms that someone may be overwhelmed, how to have a purposeful peering conversation, and how to refer to appropriate resources when necessary. When everyone is looking out for one another AND is equipped to help when needed, your district will see less turnover, less discipline problems and an overall happier environment.

We believe that resiliency resides within the strengths, stories, and camaraderie of the people in your organization, as well as the relationships they build within your local community. Our passion lies in helping your agency organize those resources into a program that puts resiliency at the ground level of your culture. Here’s how we help you do that:

The first echelon of care lies within the individual. Our goal is to help your personnel further their journey towards ongoing resiliency by building their Personal Resiliency Strategy. This includes recognizing the strengths, strategies and resources they already have, learning about the Science of Trauma, building a tribe that helps to counter the impact of critical and chronic stress, and adding a few key tactics rooted in positive psychology that have been proven to counter the physiological impact of stress. These workshops are offered in-person and on-demand.

Whether it’s at a staff meeting or in the teacher’s lounge, the second echelon of care lies within the natural tribe that exists within our organization - the people to the left and right of us. The connection and camaraderie within this tribe has the potential to be the greatest tool that you have for the resiliency and well-being of your people. We educate your people in the Every Person a Peer conversation and help your formal peer support team to encourage the culture of “walking it through early and often” at the ground level.

The third echelon of care resides within the education and approach of your formal peer support team. Far from caped crusaders who come in to save the day after a critical incident response, this team should be championing resiliency at the cultural level. Our 3-Day Organizational Resiliency Specialist Course helps your team to formulate their approach and build a roadmap to a self-sustaining culture of resiliency. From there, we provide additional trainings and consultations to equip your team to face any challenge that is thrown at your organization.

As part of the training and consultative process for your peer team, we focus heavily on building relationships with culturally-specific community resources that effectively address the needs of your organization. These resources include therapeutic and wellbeing resources, as well as additional educational opportunities that can keep the topic of resiliency and wellbeing fresh within your culture.

Additional Services that we provide for First Responder Organizations:

  • Landing Page Development

  • Leadership Training

  • Critical Incident Response

  • Red-to-Green Reset Experience

  • Family Workshops

  • Key Note & Breakout Conference Sessions

  • Resiliency Focus Sessions

  • RG Awe Experience