Certification: Teach Like Their Lives Depend On It

because they do!

Imagine a classroom where you can’t wait to teach and they can’t wait to learn!

We partner with high performing educators to:

• empower them with cutting edge tools that allow for the creation of outstanding learning experiences
• support diverse learners
• provide SEL & trauma informed classroom management
• increase student performance
• decrease bullying, opportunity gaps, and the likelihood of violence.

Educators are assessed and, upon succesful performance, receive certification as a With Respect LLC Exceptional Educator.

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Educators – from those in the classroom, those in the lunchroom, offices, and buses to those in the office, playground, lunchroom, and board room – know that teaching and learning are some of the hardest things to do right now.

• Acts of violence are the extreme, yet they happen daily in many places. 

• The mental health crisis is real in our staff, students and families.

• For many, COVID left a learning gap, a mental health crisis, anxiety, and fear.

• Learners struggle to pay attention, negotiate crippling anxiety, show up with hidden and obvious disabilities, and engage in bullying and harassment.

The stress of these are added to the day to day stresses of classroom management, meeting learning goals, ensuring students are safe and engaged, and teacher/administrator evaluations.

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What is Teach Like Their Lives Depend On It?

Our International Certification Program for Teachers and Educational Leaders.

This is a unique learning experience for Extraordinary Educators. This signature program teaches and, more importantly, practices the application of

• the tools of trauma informed practice,
• resiliency skills and strategies taught before they are needed,
• the knowledge and skills for meeting the needs of diverse learners,
• integration of social emotional learning, Emotional Intelligence, and restorative practice into classroom management, every day teaching, and school culture,
• supports student led learning through brain-based design for instruction, and
• focuses on bringing agency and self-regulation into classrooms so teachers can teach, leaders can lead, and learners can learn, and
• when applied throughout an institution, ensures a school culture of respect and belonging.

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• Have experience teaching in the preschool through college and post graduate environments.
• Are a new teacher with less than 5 years experience.
• Are a pre-service teacher
• Recognize the increase in violence, special needs, trauma, and lack of social emotional skills in students and communities.
• Serve(d) as an administrator supporting teachers and systems in better ways to design lessons, measure learning, and improve student performance.
• Are looking for a research-based blueprint to design engaging learning adventures that increase student learning and performance.
• Looking for ways to meet the ever-growing diverse needs of students, families, and communities.
• Have wondered how to apply or expand learner-centered techniques like inquiry-based, student led learning.
• Understand A.C.E.s & P.A.C.E.s and wish to further include trauma informed and resiliency building practices into your classroom or school.
• Are looking for ways to expand and include emotional intelligence and non-violent communication as part of your classroom procedures and management.
• Love exploring and applying research related to brain development and the learning process.
• Wish to improve your experience with teacher and administrator evaluation.
• Know yourself to be a life-long learner, looking for advanced content to challenge your thinking, your practice, and your performance.
• Need to find a way to increase the “stick” of your content; ways that allow students to be able to retain, recall, integrate, synthesize, and expand what they are learning.
• Want more strategies and tools to design, deliver, and evaluate amazing learning adventures.

If you found yourself agreeing with any or all of the above statements, you’re EXACTLY who should be part of this unique opportunity.

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International Engagement

Our global community has responded with more and more participation. As a result, we are offering internationally based Intensives starting in 2024. Stay tuned for more information about the details of where and when.

It also means our domestic Intensives potentially offer each cohort a rich learning environment with international perspectives and experiences shared in our time together. This opportunity deepens our ability to practice and engage in respect and belonging as we learn together, something crucial to take back to our students and school environments.

For our international candidates we offer 1:1 services via email with our International Education Representatives (see below) who have the ability to answer questions about the program, support the process of securing your visa and travel arrangements, as well as supporting your success during the program.

We value our global community for the opportunity it provides for all of us to learn and grow in ways we may not have thought possible.

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International Education Representative, Sajjad Ahmed

Sajjad has a graduate degree from Pakistan’s Punjab University and a Diploma in Sales and Marketing at the Punjab Board of Technical Education. He has over 15 years of company development experience and has an outstanding skill for creating connections.

Additionally, he is the founder of the organization, Children’s Lifeline Trust, and serves as a social worker enhancing the health and education of youth.

Meet the Course Architect & Your Instructor, Leah Kyaio, M.Ed.

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The online course is available all year, allowing people to begin at any time their calendar allows. The course has concept assessments that require you pass with 85% or better before moving to the EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (face-to-face).

The EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY is offered three times a year; generally in March, June, and August, currently available in the Eastern and Great Lakes Regions of the USA. These real time, in person learning experiences happen in a cohort model of 12-18 individuals who spend approximately 48 hours over 6 days in practice, deepening, and applying the ideas, theories, and concepts that were learned in the online course. This is where the rubber hits the road. It’s where we move beyond theory and walk the talk.

This is also where the EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION is earned.

Over the course of the 6 consecutive days, our cohort of 12-18 educators engage in a classroom where everything discussed and explored in the online course is experienced, practiced, and processed. There are a minimum of three required performance sessions where each educator exemplifies their understanding of what is being learned, how they would apply it, and what it looks like as they understand it.

The performance is assessed through a rubric guide, provided at the beginning of the Experiential Learning Opportunity. There is always room for “do overs” and time for adjustments and amendments with second and third trials permitted to get it right. At the end of the week, the successful final performance is awarded with an official With Respect EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION. This includes a physical certificate and an electronic badge for use on documentation, email, and other computerized interactions.

We have worked with many states and organizations to provide continuing education credit. Please let us know at the time of registration if desired and we will work with your department of education to be sure it is ready for our session together. Additionally, we are seeking the ability to provide college credit. Stay tuned for those updates!

You can download a document here for this and additional information. Furthermore, if you have questions or need more support please use the email addresses below.

Within the United States, email info@teachliketheirlivesdependonit.com

Internationally, email sajjad@with-respect.com

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• ONLINE COURSE.
  • Per individual: $575
  • This tuition is deductible from the Experiential Learning Opportunity (face-to-face)
  • This tuition serves as a downpayment holding a space for you in an Experiential Learning Opportunity cohort.
• EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (face-to-face) Includes certification
  • Per individual: $4000
  • The Online Course tuition deduction reduces the above total.
  • Organizations interested in sending more than two (2+) educators for the same cohort should contact info@with-respect.com for potential bulk discounts

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How do I get started?

Step 1: Sign up for the ONLINE COURSE (This is for individuals only, not a group or organization.). Remember, you are required to successfully complete this course with +85% in order to continue to the following steps.

Step 2: Complete the EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY application:

Candidates within the U.S. click here.

International candidates click here.

Step 3: When your application is received and reviewed, you will be contacted for next steps.

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Can’t wait to learn and grow with you!

Any questions? Email info@with-respect.com

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Turn Around Schools Program

Teach Like Their Lives Depend On It is a component of our Turn Around Schools Program where we provide support for schools that experience systemic trauma:

• COVID challenges: Mental Health impact, increased absenteeism, decreased engagement, increased behavioral challenges.
• School violence
• Bullying
• Toxic learning environments
• Perpetual low academic performance
• Community trauma including violence, suicide, publicized leadership upheaval, etc.
• High leadership turn over (Superintendent, School Board, Principals, etc.)
• HR complaints or litigation
• Special Education complaints or litigation