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in the classroom
PARENTING BEYOND POWER
Jen leading a parent workshop at Broadmoor Preschool, a play-based parent cooperative in the California Bay Area
In Fall of 2023, I visited preschools in the Pacific Northwest for lively workshops to help teachers & parents implement ideas in Parenting Beyond Power.
It had such a profound impact on both the individual and community level that I'm hitting the road again in 2024.
It had such a profound impact on both the individual and community level that I'm hitting the road again in 2024.
"I have three children in co-op preschools so I've done a lot of parent training. This was by far and away the best!"
REBECCA
Parent
"I have three children in co-op preschools so I've done a lot of parent training. This was by far and away the best!"
REBECCA, Parent
Jen leading a parent workshop at Broadmoor Preschool, a play-based parent cooperative in the California Bay Area
What is a Parenting Beyond Power Interactive Workshop?
A Parenting Beyond Power workshop with me is an interactive story sharing experience that helps to connect the dots between our own experiences and how our culture impacts our relationship with ourselves, each other, & our children. These shared moments help us - as teachers, parents, classrooms, and a community - to better understand our true needs and those of others (including the realization that we have needs!).
We provide space and a safe-enough-to-be-brave container to get at the root of familiar scenarios - acting out in school, bedtime & morning routine struggles, and emotional dysregulation that seems to come out of nowhere.
From collaboration and competency in the classroom, to ease and connection at home, to joy and autonomy for our kids - as educators, parents, children & partners - with the right tools & strategies, we can all get our needs met while being true to ourselves. This is Parenting Beyond Power in the classroom.
We provide space and a safe-enough-to-be-brave container to get at the root of familiar scenarios - acting out in school, bedtime & morning routine struggles, and emotional dysregulation that seems to come out of nowhere.
From collaboration and competency in the classroom, to ease and connection at home, to joy and autonomy for our kids - as educators, parents, children & partners - with the right tools & strategies, we can all get our needs met while being true to ourselves. This is Parenting Beyond Power in the classroom.
What is a
Parenting Beyond Power Interactive Workshop?
Parenting Beyond Power Interactive Workshop?
A Parenting Beyond Power workshop with me is an interactive story sharing experience that helps to connect the dots between our own experiences and how our culture impacts our relationship with ourselves, each other, & our children. These shared moments help us - as teachers, parents, classrooms, and a community - to better understand our true needs and those of others (including the realization that we have needs!).
We provide space and a safe-enough-to-be-brave container to get at the root of familiar scenarios - acting out in school, bedtime & morning routine struggles, and emotional dysregulation that seems to come out of nowhere.
From collaboration and competency in the classroom, to ease and connection at home, to joy and autonomy for our kids - as educators, parents, children & partners - with the right tools & strategies, we can all get our needs met while being true to ourselves. This is Parenting Beyond Power in the classroom.
We provide space and a safe-enough-to-be-brave container to get at the root of familiar scenarios - acting out in school, bedtime & morning routine struggles, and emotional dysregulation that seems to come out of nowhere.
From collaboration and competency in the classroom, to ease and connection at home, to joy and autonomy for our kids - as educators, parents, children & partners - with the right tools & strategies, we can all get our needs met while being true to ourselves. This is Parenting Beyond Power in the classroom.
"Jen has an incredible ability to break BIG ideas down into small, step-by-step, practical strategies while simultaneously providing opportunity for reflection and learning.
I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the interplay between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the interplay between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
GRETCHEN
Director of Curriculum & Development,
ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
"Jen has an incredible ability to break BIG ideas down into small, step-by-step, practical strategies while simultaneously providing opportunity for reflection and learning.
I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the interplay between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
I left the workshop feeling strengthened in my ability to approach difficult situations, having a better understanding of the interplay between children's needs and my own, with a deeper awareness of the connections between White Supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism in my relationships and teaching practice."
GRETCHEN
Director of Curriculum & Development,
ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
ICRI & Hearts Leap Programs
Parenting Beyond Power
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP 101
A standard workshop is two hours long; the first hour spent in an immersive story sharing experience that looks into how culture has helped shape our world, including exploration into influences of White supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism. After a short break, we use the second hour to identify and work through real-world problem solving tools & strategies discussed in Parenting Beyond Power.
The most common participant comment after a two-hour workshop is: "We needed more time!" Additional time can be added in one-hour increments, up to two half-day sessions (with an evening between to process the first day's learning).
Sessions for teachers focus on classroom specific situations, while sessions for parents look at struggles at home
Workshops are interactive & collaborative in nature (not lecture / one-way communication), so participants will get as much out of it as they are willing to engage
Reading Parenting Beyond Power is not a pre-requisite to a productive workshop experience. All that is needed is curiosity, an open mind and willingness to hold space for ourselves and others
The most common participant comment after a two-hour workshop is: "We needed more time!" Additional time can be added in one-hour increments, up to two half-day sessions (with an evening between to process the first day's learning).
Sessions for teachers focus on classroom specific situations, while sessions for parents look at struggles at home
Workshops are interactive & collaborative in nature (not lecture / one-way communication), so participants will get as much out of it as they are willing to engage
Reading Parenting Beyond Power is not a pre-requisite to a productive workshop experience. All that is needed is curiosity, an open mind and willingness to hold space for ourselves and others
Day 1 of teacher workshops at Treehouse Learning, Boulder County Colorado
Friday night teacher workshop at Hutch Kids Seattle
Day 1 of teacher workshops at Treehouse Learning, Boulder County Colorado
Parenting Beyond Power
INTERACTIVE
WORKSHOP 101
WORKSHOP 101
A standard workshop is two hours long; the first hour spent in an immersive story sharing experience that looks into how culture has helped shape our world, including exploration into influences of White supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism. After a short break, we use the second hour to identify and work through real-world problem solving tools & strategies discussed in Parenting Beyond Power.
The most common participant comment after a two-hour workshop is: "We needed more time!" Additional time can be added in one-hour increments, up to two half-day sessions (with an evening between to process the first day's learning).
Sessions for teachers focus on classroom specific situations, while sessions for parents look at struggles at home
Workshops are interactive & collaborative in nature (not lecture / one-way communication), so participants will get as much out of it as they are willing to engage
Reading Parenting Beyond Power is not a pre-requisite to a productive workshop experience. All that is needed is curiosity, an open mind and willingness to hold space for ourselves and others
The most common participant comment after a two-hour workshop is: "We needed more time!" Additional time can be added in one-hour increments, up to two half-day sessions (with an evening between to process the first day's learning).
Sessions for teachers focus on classroom specific situations, while sessions for parents look at struggles at home
Workshops are interactive & collaborative in nature (not lecture / one-way communication), so participants will get as much out of it as they are willing to engage
Reading Parenting Beyond Power is not a pre-requisite to a productive workshop experience. All that is needed is curiosity, an open mind and willingness to hold space for ourselves and others
Parent community workshop with Beech Street Parenting in Portland, Oregon
TEACHER & PARENT BENEFITS
• A better understanding of how culture informs our interactions with children - and how concepts of White supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism play out in ways we might not have considered before
• Clarity on the difference between intrinsic human needs and the strategies we use to meet those needs. With the Problem Solving Approach, we can usually identify practical strategies that meet the needs of both teachers and children in the classroom, and parents & children at home - today!
• Better alignment of our teaching and parenting approach with the school/family's values
• A fresh sense of empathy & appreciation for your self, your children / students, partners, and colleagues - and concrete tools to meet both of your needs, even in the most challenging situations
• Clarity on the difference between intrinsic human needs and the strategies we use to meet those needs. With the Problem Solving Approach, we can usually identify practical strategies that meet the needs of both teachers and children in the classroom, and parents & children at home - today!
• Better alignment of our teaching and parenting approach with the school/family's values
• A fresh sense of empathy & appreciation for your self, your children / students, partners, and colleagues - and concrete tools to meet both of your needs, even in the most challenging situations
TEACHER &
PARENT BENEFITS
PARENT BENEFITS
• A better understanding of how culture informs our interactions with children - and how concepts of White supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism play out in ways we might not have considered before
• Clarity on the difference between intrinsic human needs and the strategies we use to meet those needs. With the Problem Solving Approach, we can usually identify practical strategies that meet the needs of both teachers and children in the classroom, and parents & children at home - today!
• Better alignment of our teaching and parenting approach with the school/family's values
• A fresh sense of empathy & appreciation for your self, your children / students, partners, and colleagues - and concrete tools to meet both of your needs, even in the most challenging situations
• Clarity on the difference between intrinsic human needs and the strategies we use to meet those needs. With the Problem Solving Approach, we can usually identify practical strategies that meet the needs of both teachers and children in the classroom, and parents & children at home - today!
• Better alignment of our teaching and parenting approach with the school/family's values
• A fresh sense of empathy & appreciation for your self, your children / students, partners, and colleagues - and concrete tools to meet both of your needs, even in the most challenging situations
2024 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP COST, AVAILABLITY & BOOKING
The cost for a workshop is $395/hour with a two-hour minimum (or the purchase of 40 copies of Parenting Beyond Power), in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area or elsewhere by special arrangement, or via Zoom.
I never want financial issues to be the only reason that someone can't work with me, so please reach out to discuss ways to meet both of our needs (including working with another program to split the cost).
To schedule a workshop, please email book@yourparentingmojo.com with a brief note about how the workshop fits with your program's goals, your location, and desired date(s) and session duration.
I never want financial issues to be the only reason that someone can't work with me, so please reach out to discuss ways to meet both of our needs (including working with another program to split the cost).
To schedule a workshop, please email book@yourparentingmojo.com with a brief note about how the workshop fits with your program's goals, your location, and desired date(s) and session duration.
Evening parent workshop with South Seattle College Cooperative Preschools
2024 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP COST, AVAILABLITY & BOOKING
The cost for a workshop is $395/hour with a two-hour minimum (or the purchase of 40 copies of Parenting Beyond Power), in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area or elsewhere by special arrangement, or via Zoom.
I never want financial issues to be the only reason that someone can't work with me, so please reach out to discuss ways to meet both of our needs (including working with another program to split the cost).
I never want financial issues to be the only reason that someone can't work with me, so please reach out to discuss ways to meet both of our needs (including working with another program to split the cost).
To schedule a workshop,
please email book@yourparentingmojo.com with a brief note about how the workshop fits with your program's goals, your location, and desired date(s) and session duration.
please email book@yourparentingmojo.com with a brief note about how the workshop fits with your program's goals, your location, and desired date(s) and session duration.
"Our preschool was honored to have Jen Lumanlan at our Parent Education night. Jen is a master teacher: approachable, knowledgeable, accepting, and FUN!
Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, and also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, and also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
KACIA
Director, Broadmoor Preschool
"Thank you for a great workshop last night. You have an amazing insight and empathy that helps get to the heart of difficulties and I saw you pivot and help shape people's responsiveness and shift perspectives.
You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
AMY
Parent
"Our preschool was honored to have Jen Lumanlan at our Parent Education night. Jen is a master teacher: approachable, knowledgeable, accepting, and FUN!
Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, and also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
Her message is clear and her parenting framework is a tool that can be used with children, and also with adults and parents at our school. We are excited to put it to use in our community. Thanks Jen!"
KACIA
Director, Broadmoor Preschool
"Thank you for a great workshop last night. You have an amazing insight and empathy that helps get to the heart of difficulties and I saw you pivot and help shape people's responsiveness and shift perspectives.
You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
You're doing important work, and I'm grateful."
AMY
Parent
What happens when the first day of school,
is more than just the first day of school?
is more than just the first day of school?
In this short documentary (19:29 total run time), we get behind the scenes & chat with Amy Benson May, 2nd generation owner and founding family member of Treehouse Learning Early Childhood Education in Boulder County, Colorado | Book Tour Kickoff - Fall 2023
Treehouse Learning + PARENTING BEYOND POWER in the Classroom
Through the lens of one educator, one preschool, one community & one family...
Treehouse Learning + PARENTING BEYOND POWER in the Classroom
What happens when the first day of school, is more than just the first day of school?
In this short documentary (19:29 total run time), we get behind the scenes & chat with Amy Benson May, 2nd generation owner and founding family member of Treehouse Learning Early Childhood Education in Boulder County, Colorado | Book Tour Kickoff - Fall 2023
Parenting Beyond Power in the Classroom... and Beyond!
"Treehouse Learning hosted a series of workshops for both teachers and parents with Jen Lumanlan on her Parenting Beyond Power book and framework so now we have a shared language to address problems together.
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
AMY
Owner, Treehouse Learning
Parenting Beyond Power in the Classroom... and Beyond!
"Treehouse Learning hosted a series of workshops for both teachers and parents with Jen Lumanlan on her Parenting Beyond Power book and framework so now we have a shared language to address problems together.
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
Within our first few weeks of school after the workshops, we applied this content across multiple dimensions of interpersonal relationships, and not just in the classrooms and via the parent/child or teacher/child relationships! A teacher left the program early in the school year, and we used what we'd learned in Jen's workshops to navigate an otherwise emotional and challenging situation by recognizing, communicating about and addressing everyone's needs through this abrupt transition - children, parents, teachers, and admin staff.
Parents shared with us that these same tools also helped them to improve communication in their families - both with their children and far beyond this as well! They can now understand interpersonal challenges in an entirely different way, and can navigate formerly intractable conflicts with spouses and their own parents with grace and compassion, as they work to meet everyone's needs."
AMY
Owner, Treehouse Learning
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HOSTED INTERACTIVE TEACHER & PARENT WORKSHOPS!
Treehouse Learning - Louisville, Colorado
International Child Resources Institute - Berkeley, California
Broadmoor Preschool - Oakland, California
Blue Skies for Children - Oakland, California
Moms Against Racism (MAR) Canada - Hornby Island, BC Canada
Vancouver Co-Housing - Vancouver, BC Canada
Westside Montessori Vancouver - Vancouver, BC Canada
South Vancouver Family Place - Vancouver, BC Canada
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference - Seattle, Washington
Kelly Hampton Coaching - Edmonds, Washington
Hutch Kids - Seattle, Washington
Edmonds College - Edmonds, Washington
Bellingham Technical College - Bellingham, Washington
North Seattle College - Seattle, Washington
Beech Street Parenting - Portland, Oregon
International Child Resources Institute - Berkeley, California
Broadmoor Preschool - Oakland, California
Blue Skies for Children - Oakland, California
Moms Against Racism (MAR) Canada - Hornby Island, BC Canada
Vancouver Co-Housing - Vancouver, BC Canada
Westside Montessori Vancouver - Vancouver, BC Canada
South Vancouver Family Place - Vancouver, BC Canada
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference - Seattle, Washington
Kelly Hampton Coaching - Edmonds, Washington
Hutch Kids - Seattle, Washington
Edmonds College - Edmonds, Washington
Bellingham Technical College - Bellingham, Washington
North Seattle College - Seattle, Washington
Beech Street Parenting - Portland, Oregon
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HOSTED INTERACTIVE TEACHER & PARENT WORKSHOPS!
Treehouse Learning
Louisville, Colorado
International Child Resources Institute
Berkeley, California
Broadmoor Preschool
Oakland, California
Blue Skies for Children
Oakland, California
Moms Against Racism (MAR) Canada
Hornby Island, BC Canada
Vancouver Co-Housing
Vancouver, BC Canada
Westside Montessori Vancouver
Vancouver, BC Canada
South Vancouver Family Place
Vancouver, BC Canada
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference
Seattle, Washington
Kelly Hampton Coaching
Edmonds, Washington
Hutch Kids
Seattle, Washington
Edmonds College
Edmonds, Washington
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, Washington
North Seattle College
Seattle, Washington
Beech Street Parenting
Portland, Oregon
Louisville, Colorado
International Child Resources Institute
Berkeley, California
Broadmoor Preschool
Oakland, California
Blue Skies for Children
Oakland, California
Moms Against Racism (MAR) Canada
Hornby Island, BC Canada
Vancouver Co-Housing
Vancouver, BC Canada
Westside Montessori Vancouver
Vancouver, BC Canada
South Vancouver Family Place
Vancouver, BC Canada
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference
Seattle, Washington
Kelly Hampton Coaching
Edmonds, Washington
Hutch Kids
Seattle, Washington
Edmonds College
Edmonds, Washington
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, Washington
North Seattle College
Seattle, Washington
Beech Street Parenting
Portland, Oregon
Teacher workshop at Hutch Kids Seattle
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2024 Parenting Beyond Power Workshops
In person & online workshops for teachers and parents now available
Teacher workshop with North Seattle College
Teacher workshop with North Seattle College
We're now planning
2024 Parenting Beyond Power Workshops
Online & in person options for parents and teachers available
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