Agency Consultation
The consultation model for staff development is one of the best ways to assure that the Bright Beginnings, Personal Best and CKCC are adapted and implemented in your agency with a high fidelity to the model. Using a relationship-based approach, our consultants support staff members through a variety of hands-on experiences:
Bright Beginnings and Personal Best Consultative-Coaching Services
- Co-leading Bright Beginning and Personal Best groups
- Preparing and debriefing with staff for Bright Beginnings and Personal Best groups
- Joining staff on home visits and implementing the home visiting tasks of their respective Bright Beginnings or Personal Best group
- Assisting with video review sessions and parent feedback
- leading reflective group supervision groups with staff to case plan for individual families
- Providing support to agency supervisory staff
- Logistical help in organizing the time, place, and structure for when groups should take place at the agency
Our consultants are here to help an agency achieve their goals for their staff and families. The consultation needs are established based on the collaborative relationship with the agency and its staff members. Through a series of interviews, small and large group meetings, and trainings, consultants engage agency staff in mutually agreeable and respectful dialogues to establish trust, rapport and future consultation activities.
On-site interaction is the foundation of our consultation model but some planning and weekly check-ins will take place over the phone.
Competent Kids, Caring Communities (CKCC) Consultative-Coaching Services
Following initial training to implement the CKCC curriculum, our CKCC team offers schools and other organizations implementing the curriculum opportunities to contract for consultation and coaching services on a fee-for-service basis. These services may include any combination of the following:
- Meeting with administrators to address potential barriers to implementation before they arise
- Meeting with site-based CKCC Facilitators to support program implementation and help increase staff buy-in
- Helping schools to think about ways to increase family engagement and involve families in social-emotional skill-building
- Helping to plan school-wide CKCC activities including “launch” activities, mid-year events, and year-end celebrations of learning
- Modeling or co-teaching CKCC lessons
- Helping schools insure seamless integration of CKCC into school culture and academic content areas
- Providing training for new staff each year and mid-year refresher trainings as needed
- Providing ongoing professional development to staff members on a variety of topics related to social-emotional development and/or family-school collaboration
Face-to-face collaboration is a wonderful way to help insure that CKCC is integrated seamlessly into your entire school community.
For more information, contact Brenda Nikelsberg, Center Administrator 212-879-4900 ext. 108 or bnikelsberg@ackerman.org.