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Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, universities and non-profits, focusing on new teacher support, hard conversations, collaboration and being one's best adult self at work. She spent more than two decades in the Palo Alto Unified School District as a high school English teacher, new teacher coach and professional development facilitator before starting her consultancy in 2012. Her books include Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace, Hard Conversations Unpacked, Swimming in the Deep End and Stretching Your Learning Edges.
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Jennifer Abrams explores how empathy, awareness, and constructive dialogue help educators overcome bias and work more effectively with colleagues.
In this edition of The Deep End, Jennifer shares what to do when you feel stuck and how taking ownership and embracing new ideas can help you move forward.
In this first video edition of The Deep End, Jennifer explores how becoming more allocentric—more empathic and other-focused—can transform relationships.
Teacher leadership affects student achievement and school culture. The Teacher Development Trust (TDT) facilitating Continuous Professional Development
Jennifer reflects on how claiming agency—even when it means leaving the wrong story—can reshape your career and the choices you make moving forward.
Influence without authority is possible in a school. See what teacher leadership research shows and practical steps for teachers and principals.
As multiple generations come together in one workplace with various expectations, communication and collaboration can be tricky.
Chapters International is hosting workshops in January and February led by Jennifer Abrams, a world-renowned education thought leader.
Teacher advocacy: Jennifer Abrams’s 2017 column, followed by the Teacher Leader Model Standards and research on barriers.
Jennifer Abrams will be speaking at the NESA Fall Leadership Conference on October 20th and 21st, 2017 at the InterContinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Giving feedback to peers is hard for new teacher leaders. Research on the trust paradox and a four-step structure for holding colleagues accountable.
In this edition of The Deep End, Jennifer reflects on how different perspectives strengthens teamwork and keeps collaboration focused on students.
Jennifer Abrams visits Western Australia to keynote major education events, leading workshops on hard conversations, leadership, and empowering educator voice.
Difficult conversations among educators go better when leaders are allocentric, or other-focused, considering how colleagues think and feel in hard moments.