OPA EDUCATIONAL & YOUTH TEAMS
EDUCATORS WORKSHOPS - STUDENT WORKSHOPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Tired of the same dry and boring teacher in-services that only cover the nuts & bolts of teaching?
For over a decade Optimal Performance Associates has been providing schools with fun, powerful, and dynamic workshops that are designed to improve teamwork and performance. Based on over 15 years of experience we have developed a broad range of programs that build camaraderie, spark positive energy, create insight, and build tangible skills.
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Customized Team-building Workshops, In-services, & Seminars
Building a high performing educational team requires a tremendous amount of motivation, commitment, confidence, concentration, and teamwork skills to achieve at the highest levels. You can choose an in-depth workshop that explores a specific topic or work on group fun, camaraderie, and rejuvenation through our innovative team initiatives and activities. Our customized team building and performance enhancement workshops will help your team: |
- Build a long lasting commitment towards your team mission
- Increase mutual support and strengthen group cohesion
- Strengthen relationships between staff members
- Develop the abilities that contribute to positive leadership
- Enhance team communication and problem solving skills
- Deepen trust in self and others
- Develop an appreciation of everyone’s role
- Ability to overcome conflict in a constructive manner
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Raising the Bar: Building a High Performing School Team
This hands-on team-building workshop explores the specific principles and building blocks of high performing school teams. Each participant attending this workshop will experience dynamic team building activities while learning the tangible skills that will enhance individual and team performance. This workshop will focus on the following principles: |
- Teamwork
- Competition & Collaboration
- Leadership
- Positive Communication
- Risk Taking
- Taking Accountability
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- Building Trust in Self & Others
- Acting with integrity
- Acknowledging others
- Commitment to a Common Team Mission
- Confident Mindset & Focus
- Supporting Each Other
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Program Length: 2 Hour, Half-day, Full day
Program Size: 6-500+ |
School Kickoffs & Orientation
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Our school kickoffs and orientation programs are a fast-paced, exciting, non-stop day or half day of fun and team building that will enhance the camaraderie among your staff. Your team will be engaged in a series of mental, physical, and creative activities that will capitalize on the advantages of collaboration and teamwork. Our Team Olympic and Team Challenge programs are customized and include a series of activities that will increase mutual support and trust; develop the abilities that contribute to group decision-making, problem solving, and positive leadership; and strengthen team communication. |
| Program Length: 1 Hour, 2, Hour, Half-day, Full-day |
The Ultimate Team Energizer
The OPA ultimate team ice-breaker and energizer workshops are highly innovative and will get your team mixing and mingling in a fun supportive atmosphere. This workshop is an excellent way to kickoff your year, a teacher in-service or to take a break from a teacher in-service with a traditional format. Our team energizers will immediately set a positive tone to let people know that this meeting will be nothing like past traditional meetings! Our Team Energizers give people a needed physiological boost and a mental break from the usual meeting format.
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Program Length: 15 minutes to 1 hour.
Program Size: 8 – 500+ |
Bringing Adventure Learning Into Physical Education
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This is one of OPA's most popular workshops for physical education teachers. In this workshop each PE teacher will learn how to incorporate adventure games and activities into the PE curriculum. PE teachers will experience, first hand, specific activities and initiatives that will promote: movement concepts and the use of motor skills, fitness, self-confidence and self-esteem, leadership skills, communication skills, the student's ability to formulate and achieve goals, mutual support and respect toward differences; develop the abilities that contribute to group decision-making and problem solving. All activities are aligned with State and National Physical Education Standards. This workshop can take place at your site or at the OPA Retreat Center.
Advanced and Introduction Tracks are offered. |
Program Length: 2 Hour, Half-day, Full Day, Multiple Days
Program Size: 6 – 200+ |
 Adventure Programming for Fitness
In this fun and dynamic workshop each PE teacher will learn how to incorporate adventure games and activities into your current PE curriculum. This workshop will focus on health, wellness, & fitness. Each participant will experience a cross section of adventure activities that will promote students achievement of health related fitness including cardiovascular, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and life skills. This workshop can take place at your site or at the OPA Retreat Center. |
Program Length: 1-2 Hour & Half-day
Program Size: 6 – 200+ |
Winning the Mental Game: Stress Busters for Educators
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Our Stress Management training programs are comprehensive, extremely interactive, and fun. Our proven stress management programs will:
- Help you learn how to stay cool, calm, and focused under pressure
- Incorporate the latest stress management techniques that will help you win the mental game of work and life.
- Use formats that include highly experiential activities that will fully engage your team.
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| Our corporate stress management training programs can be conducted on-site at your location, or at off-site meeting locations in formats that vary in length and depth, depending on your team's needs. |
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Program Length: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Program Size: 8 – 200+ |
Character Counts: Promoting a Positive Classroom Atmosphere
This hands-on workshop is designed for educators, counselors, and youth service staff committed to improving the learning environment. Participants attending this workshop will learn experiential learning techniques and activities that will enhance teamwork, character development, student life skills, as well as building a community in the classroom. |
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Our Approach:
Customizing our programs is what we do best. Whether you are a college, school, church, social service agency, or a youth organization OPA will design a program that is specific to your goals and objectives. Our programs can take place at your facility, a local park, gymnasium, conference center, or you can come to the OPA Retreat Center. |
| Optimal Performance Associates is an Approved Professional Development Provider for the New Jersey Department of Education. |
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OPA Character Education Programs are approved by the State of New Jersey Character Education Initiative and are eligible to receive the character education grant. |