Proactive Classroom Management Tools by Julie Goodwin

http://www.afmte.org/ Instructors in bodywork education programs are subject matter experts, yet we often lack training to cope with the challenges of the adult-learner classroom. Proactive Classroom Management Tools empowers educators to anticipate issues by clarifying expectations for conduct and procedures. Participants will consider how to create a functional learning environment by demonstrating inherent authority, effectively utilizing accountability and feedback, and, when indicated, lead students in the creation of a proactive classroom conduct agreement. Lecture and interactive, break-out sessions focus on engaging the disengaged student, managing the oversharing student, and identifying the at-risk student, using sample case profiles and participants’ own classroom experiences.



Bio: Julie Goodwin, BA, LMT, is a graduate of Kent State University and Desert Institute of the Healing Arts. She has been a massage practitioner for thirty years, and a bodywork educator for more than twenty years. She is a national speaker, NCBTMB-Approved Provider, author of Touch & Movement: Palpation and Kinesiology for Massage Therapists, and creator of TxPlanner: Mobile Pathology for Bodyworkers. She was named AFMTE/Bon Vital 2016 Educator of the Year, and recently retired as an adjunct instructor in the Therapeutic Massage Program at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona.