Our Services
A Range of Services to Support Your School and Organization
As you review our services, know that our specialty is custom training and consulting based on your specific and unique needs. If you do not see something here that meets your needs, contact us! Let us know your questions or if you'd like to be connected to another school or organization leader we’ve worked with for a recommendation. Starling Collaborative offers free consultation calls to help get to know you, your school or organization, and your specific needs.
Holistic Whole School or Organizational Change
Holistic Change Package
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Our approach to change blends Implementation Science with Fractal Change Theory (large change is a replication of the “small”). Beginning with a comprehensive assessment of assets and needs based on quantitative data and “Street” data, Starling Collaborative supports leaders and teams through a full or multi-year implementation.
Activities involved can include:
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Meetings with building and/or district leaders
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Assets and Needs Assessment (ANA) process
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Full staff in-person professional development
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Communities of Practice (CoP)
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CoP Facilitators Training
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Youth-Adult Teaming
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Response to Harm
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Leveling Up Educator Skills
Trauma Informed Restorative Supports and Interventions (TIRSI)
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This year-long experiential learning series focuses on the practical application of trauma-informed and restorative principles in educational spaces. (12 – 18 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“This was awesome! More people need this!”
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​Brain-Aligned Learning & Relating
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This is the first part of the TIRSI series offered separately. This training focuses on how educators can prepare themselves, their educational spaces, and their students to support ALL brains to function well under challenging or stressful conditions. (3 – 6 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“It changed the way I think about and respond to the behaviors I see in my classroom.​”
​Restorative Communication 2.0
Leverage the P.A.I.R. Up! communication model through fun activities, real-life scenarios, and collaborative problem solving. (3 – 6 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“By far the most well-received training we have had in my five years!”
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Build Capacity, Skill & Motivation through Circling Up
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Students learn better and avoid adverse behaviors when they feel connected, respected, seen, and heard. Our Circle Up protocol is an effective and efficient way to create connectedness, assess student readiness to learn, and build empathy, listening, and speaking skills. (2 – 6 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“I was amazed at the power of Circles. I am excited to try them out with students.”
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Introduction to Holistic Restorative Practices (HRP)
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This training kicks off a full year of HRA professional learning as a whole school and in Communities of Practice. Contact us for more information about this work as it is crafted to your needs and assets.
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“The trainers did a great job, and it was fun and informative. Restorative Practices finally make sense to me! Thank you!”
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Effective and Whole-Hearted Teams
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People are what make schools work. When teams and departments work collaboratively, communicate effectively, have fun, and create high-quality work together, schools and districts run better. We have worked with teams who are struggling and those who are working well and want to up their game. Contact us to talk about your needs.
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“I love this group - each time we meet, I feel more connected. The conversations are real and truthful.”
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Restorative Responses to Harm
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Designed for anyone who facilitates restorative circles and conferences to process and repair harm, this training leverages best practices in the field and our own deep personal experience in supporting youth and adults to mend relationships and change behaviors. We recommend that this training be followed up by ongoing support for a cohort of learners. (3 - 9 hours over varying length sessions)
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“Thank you for all of your time, ideas, and resources you created. Your team is a wealth of knowledge and I so appreciate all that you share with us.”
​Educator Wellbeing
Caring without Crashing​
Increased incidents of challenging behaviors and student mental health issues combine to make educator burnout more and more common. Educators leave this training with practical skills and practices to prevent burnout. (1 – 3 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“Learning about the difference between empathy and compassion was a game-changer.”
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Building Collective Wellbeing through Circles and Play
Creating brave and safe spaces for staff to connect and laugh is essential for maintaining collective wellbeing and building a healthy climate. In this training, we offer low-risk ways for both! (1 – 6 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“Thank you! You ​h​elped us ​to play, learn, ​and laugh ​t​ogether. We needed that!”
Mindfulness for Educators
Drawing from her M.Ed. in Mindfulness for Educators, co-founder Annie O’Shaughnessy offers highly effective practices for increasing resilience, compassion, curiosity, and decreasing reactivity, bias, and burnout. (1 – 12 hrs over varying session lengths)
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“Annie’s knowledge and enthusiasm are incredible, stimulating, and inspiring! I can personally feel how these practices have positively shifted my approach to life and work.”
Coaching, Consulting, and Support
Leadership and Performance Coaching
Jessica Villeneuve is a skilled and intuitive trainer, facilitator, and Brown University-trained coach who uses many skills and powerful questions to help clients access their creativity and make values-based decisions.
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“I feel prepared for this new role in ways I couldn't have anticipated because of what I learned from you.”
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Transformative Enneagram and Mindfulness Coaching
Annie O’Shaughnessy uses the Enneagram personality profile system to uncover blind spots; increase healthy relating and communicating; shift default reactions; and bring insight and self-compassion to the complicated work of being human in a challenging world.
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"Annie is a wonderful, passionate, supportive teacher."
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Conflict Resolution and Support
Sometimes a thought partner or facilitator from outside your organization is needed as you facilitate conflict or repairing harm with families, between staff, students, and staff, and within whole groups or schools. We are fortunate to have several people on our team who have extensive experience in conflict prevention and resolution. Contact us to talk about your needs.
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“I have seen Lisa Bedinger navigate very challenging and intense situations with calmness and aplomb, helping those she works with move on with care or acceptance.”