The document summarizes a workshop that teaches the Person Centered Approach (PCA) to classroom management and student engagement. The PCA, developed by psychologist Carl Rogers, encourages personal responsibility, eliminates judgment, fosters self-awareness, and inspires exploration in students. It also helps address behaviors like disruptions and bullying. The workshop models PCA skills to improve teacher-student interactions and create an open, empathetic classroom environment where students feel safe to grow academically and socially. Teachers who use PCA report reduced disruptions and improved participation and outcomes.

1. The Person Centered
Approach helps
teachers to:
Encourage and
develop personal
responsibility in
their students;
Eliminate judgment
and blame in the
classroom;
Foster student self-
awareness and
social/emotional
intelligence;
Inspire students to
discover & explore
new ideas.
Using PCA, teachers
learn how to better
address concerns
they are dealing with
in their school lives,
such as:
Disruptive
Classroom Behaviors
Differentiating
Instruction
Involving Parents
Effectively
Bullying and School
Violence
In this workshop we model and teach the Person Centered Approach
(PCA) to effective classroom management and student involvement, a
proven method of communication and relationship building developed by
world-renowned psychologist Dr. Carl R. Rogers. We introduce you to
skills that increase the quality of your interactions – with students, parents,
colleagues and administrators – which then lead to improvements in your
classroom’s academic effectiveness & your job satisfaction!
A teacher who learns to use the Person Centered Approach fosters an
environment of openness, empathy and respect in the classroom, which
makes it safe for students to work through their challenges, both
academically, as well as socially and emotionally. PCA is also an effective
method in leading classroom and Restorative Circles. As students feel
safer in the classroom and become more engaged, there is a reduction in
disruptions, absenteeism and suspensions, and an increase in participation,
creative and critical thinking, and academic outcomes.
“Words can't express how much I
learned by the time I left your
workshop. … The valuable skills
and transformational methods of
thinking are exactly what I and so
many teachers need today.”
Serena Pariser, Gompers 8th grade teacher
(former Teacher of the Year)
Join us for this introduction to PCA workshop and experience how
to transform your classroom too!
Next Scheduled Workshops:
Typically meets over 2 days
See our ‘Calendar’ webpage for our next Scheduled Workshops.
Graduate Level Semester Extension Credits available (SEM)
Space is limited. Go to our website, email us, or call to register now.
www.EdTrans.org or Carla@EdTrans.org or 619-227-2307
Education
Transformations
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Education
Transformations
is
an
Enterprise
of:
Carl
R.
Rogers’
Center
for
Studies
of
the
Person
(CSP)
1150
Silverado
Street
#207,
San
Diego,
CA
92037
www.EdTrans.org
619-­‐227-­‐2307
Cultivating a Person Centered Approach (PCA) in the Classroom
- a Person Centered Communications Model for Student Engagement
12-hour Professional Development Workshop
(Formerly called “A Taste of Transformation!”)