The typical training in the U.S. carries a base invoice between $3,500.00 and $5,000 per training day This fee includes not only the training itself, but also our travel and lodging expenses, and corresponding PeaceWorks materials: one grade-specific Conflict Resolution teacher’s guide and poster (some with additional materials) for each participant, or one Peer Mediation teacher’s guide or student workbook.

The final invoice depends on locale, the number of participants, the specific materials provided, and the number of training days.

According to your budgeting and administrative requirements, we can adjust the invoice to reflect costs specifically for training or curriculum.

Please call (305) 576-5075 or (800) 749-8838 for details on costs tailored to your school’s needs and for information on additional consecutive training days, other agendas, or follow-up training contracted with the initial training.

Certainly. We can train any mix of grades. It’s most effective, of course, to have them as developmentally similar as possible.

One option we’ve found particularly helpful for a broad range of grades, especially with groups larger than 40-50 participants, is to begin the training day with everyone together for a core presentation on issues that apply across the board: goals and overview, the role of adult modeling, peaceful classroom dynamics, and buy-in as needed. Then we train one grade-range group for about two hours, while the other leaves to take care of other necessary issues such as grading, classroom preparation or clean-up, parent conferences, etc. After lunch, we switch the groups.

Given this arrangement, not only does everyone receive the same effective amount of training time, it’s also more clearly targeted for developmental issues. And it gives teachers time to handle other essential tasks.

Example (and this is only a suggestion): 
8:30 a.m. Full group community builder, goals, and general concepts
9:50 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Train grades PK-5
Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Train grades 6-12

The same structure, or something similar, can apply to any other grade combination.

No. Most of our standard workshops work better with at least 15 participants, and in order to let our trainers interact with all participants we prefer an upper group size of about 40. The minimum invoice price still applies for smaller groups. 

Please call us at (305) 576-5075 or (800) 749-8838 with any specific questions.

Definitely. Everyone can benefit from conflict resolution skills. The more adults you have modeling the skills and helping students apply them, the more effectively you’ll create a school culture that supports independent, responsible problem-solving.

We provide various appropriate guides and materials for non-instructional staff (administrative, teacher’s aides, paraprofessionals, clerical, cafeteria, etc.) when they participate alongside teachers in training. We can even provide a training geared specifically toward non-instructional staff. Our two-hour R.I.D.E. workshop includes materials and implementation tips designed exclusively for bus drivers.

We’re available in whatever capacity you need. Just tell us. 

What about when you’ve gone through your curricula? We can provide additional workshops focused on Advanced Mediation Skills, Bullying, Content Area Infusion, Linking PeaceWorks to State Academic Standards, Peer Mediation skills, Resiliency, Emotional Intelligence. Most of these go beyond the standard PeaceWorks curricula, emphasizing the day-to-day application of the concepts. These have costs similar to the standard initial trainings. Call for details, and let us know your particular concerns. We’ll see how we can bring PeaceWorks to the issue.

If you’d like to schedule a refresher or other follow-up training, we may be able to set that up at a lower flat fee if we build it into your initial training contract. 

Always, at no cost, we’re available by e-mail and phone to all training participants who need support on planning and implementation. And we always want to hear about how you adapt lessons to your setting.

Great question! That brings up our standard starting point for any curriculum training: To whatever extent we expect our children to learn better problem-solving and social skills, we, the adults, have to model them first. We don’t have to be perfect — and we can’t — but we need to set the example of working on our skills, all the same. That holds true not only at school, but also at home and in the community.

Given these concerns, we do offer a corporate Workplace Training, geared specifically toward team-building, collaboration, and social skills that make a safe and healthy work environment for adults. Starting from the primary role of the administration or management in any setting (school, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, service agency, civic group, religious institution), we explore conflict styles, problem-solving, anger management, verbal and nonverbal communication strategies, and simple mediation. This session may also include a brief introduction to crisis management.

Like our curriculum training, this workshop is very interactive and practical. These activities and concepts promote healthier professional and personal relationships through information, insights, and involvement. Whereas this is not a specific problem-solving event, nor a mediation session as such, we can tailor your training day to help you and your colleagues prepare to address your specific issues. We can offer strategies for applying these skills and concepts to any particular local concerns. 

Whereas we’ll be glad to offer follow-up, it’s up to the training group to keep working to improve and maintain the workplace in the long run after this. Our workshop provides a helpful, practical, and motivational starting

Certainly. Understand first that our standard PeaceWorks curriculum workshops give participants enough training and materials not only to teach the lessons themselves, but also to share basic issues with colleagues.

Beyond that, if you’d like to train a dedicated core group to provide your school, district, or agency with more in-depth and long-term implementation, consider our formal Training of Trainers. This comprehensive program begins with a single-day PeaceWorkscurriculum overview tailored to whatever grade level materials you need. Then, depending on your group size, we take one to three days for participants to present sample lessons, receive feedback, and get much more in-depth information on implementation. This addresses core presentation skills, room setup, program fidelity, evaluations and assessment, use of audiovisuals, and more that will enhance your trainers’ skills in any setting. Even seasoned presenters benefit from our Training of Trainers. 

This extensive Training of Trainers works best with 12-15 participants; we recommend a maximum of 20 in order to accommodate presentations by all participants. However, these are not rigid limits. We’ll adapt to whatever group size you need to train.

Each participant receives a multi-grade Training Institute Manual and a Staff Development Manual. It may also be arranged for each participant to receive one grade-specific teacher’s guide, or for your school, district, or agency to receive a designated quantity of PeaceWorks curricula to be shared by participants. These details will vary according to your needs. Depending on the numbers of participants and precisely what materials are provided, this program may cost between $3,500 and $5,000 per training day.

Ask about our Solving Family Conflicts program. We can present a 90-120 minute program for your parent group, usually in conjunction with an on-site curriculum training. If you’d like to prepare your local staff to present this, we can prepare them with a one or two-day Training of Trainers specifically for this component.

Call us at (305) 576-5075 or (800) 749-8838 and ask to speak with a trainer. We usually need four weeks’ lead time, though we may be able to accommodate you on shorter notice. As we schedule training on a first-come, first-served basis, we recommend calling well in advance if you want your workshop at the beginning or end of the school year.