c.A.R.E.S WORKSHOP

NEUROSCIENCE-BASED LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS, COACHES AND LEADERS

June 23, 2026 | Schreiner University | 9AM — 6PM | $299

The C.A.R.E.S. Framework

MotivAction Academy is neuroscience-based professional development and leadership training organization focused on restoring human connection, strengthening resilience, and enhancing leadership capacity for individuals and organizations — especially those in high-stress and high-impact roles.

Core Philosophy

  • Training blends neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and strategic frameworks to create lasting behavioral change, not just conceptual knowledge.
  • Emphasis is on developing the whole person — improving how professionals lead, communicate, and respond under pressure in both personal and professional environments.
Communication

How you communicate clearly, effectively, and with intention

Awareness

Understanding your own patterns, stress triggers, and behaviors

Resilience

Your ability to reset, recover, and stay steady under pressure

emotional Literacy

Recognizing, naming, and working through emotions (yours and others)

self-Leadership

Leading yourself first so you can lead others with clarity and control

Micro Learning Courses | $299

Micro Learning courses are self-paced online courses that take less than 2 hours to complete.

Conversation code

Most communication problems aren’t about what you say, they’re about how you say t. This course gives educators a practical framework for understanding why conversations go sideways, interrupting the patterns keeping them there, and showing up differently with the students, colleagues, and families who need you most.

What you’ll walk away with:

  1. How your own filters and history are shaping what you hear before anyone finishes talking.
  2. Language that moves conversations from tension to trust .
  3. What’s actually underneath an upset; in your staff, your students, your families, and yourself
  4. A simple way to set up any conversation so both people

Drama Stops Here

Most workplace conflict isn’t just about the situation — it’s about the role you unconsciously stepped into before you knew what was happening. This course gives educators a practical framework for recognizing the patterns driving their stress, interrupting them in real time, and choosing a different response with the students, colleagues, and families in front of them.

What you’ll walk away with:

  1. Why you default to certain behaviors under pressure
  2. How to recognize the three stress roles playing out in your classroom, your building, and even at home
  3. The empowered alternative and what it actually sounds like in a real conversation
  4. What’s happening in your brain and body in the seconds before you react and how to use that window
  5. A simple, repeatable tool for the moments that matter most, before the conversation goes somewhere you can’t take back

Full-Day C.A.R.E.S. Workshop

The C.A.R.E.S.™ Approach: Communication, Awareness, Resilience, Emotional Literacy, and Self-Mastery Course

Audience: Educators, Staff, Athletic Coaches, and School Leaders

Instructors: Irina Alexander, CEO | Jen Hardy, COO

Where: SU Junkin Campus Ministry Center

When: Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM (CT) to Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM (CT)

Price: $299

Educators are trained to teach and manage classrooms, but are rarely equipped with tools to process the emotional demands of their work. The C.A.R.E.S.™ Approach helps educators lead themselves first, developing the self-awareness, emotional literacy, and resilience needed to lead students, teams, and communities from a place of clarity, not exhaustion.

This interactive, neuroscience-based program combines practical communication strategies, reflective exercises, and scenario-based learning to help educators strengthen relationships, improve classroom culture, and sustain their own well-being.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize how repeated emotional responses become conditioned patterns and describe how these patterns influence behavior using the Six Human Needs and Drama Triangle frameworks.
  2. Apply tools to build nervous system awareness and self-regulation for grounded presence and clearer decision-making.
  3. Demonstrate communication strategies, including listening without fixing and utilizing tools such as the Agreement Frame and representational awareness.
  4. Identify barriers to psychological safety and apply relational techniques that foster connection, vulnerability, and trust.
  5. Integrate C.A.R.E.S. principles into daily professional interactions through reflection, journaling, and peer-led practice.

Bring MotivAction to You

MotivAction is available for In-Person and Virtual Workshops

  • All-day
  • Half-Day
  • Keynote
  • Train the Trainer (T3)
  • 12 Week Leadership Program
  • Many More

Email us at Workforce@Schreiner.edu for more information