Decision Quality
for Teachers
Tailored workshops support bringing Decision Skills to life for students and building Decision Quality capacities in teams.
You will:
Learn the fundamental concepts and language of Decision Quality
Participate in Decision Skills activities similar to DEF's student curriculum
Utilize tools, including decision trees, weight & rate tables, and worksheets
Learn how to incorporate Decision Skills activities into your current curriculum
Apply DQ to help your team make difficult decisions
C4C example, directions, and worksheet
Teachers buy in to the value of Decision Quality
Cindy and Cameron are the kind of teachers we’d all like to have for ourselves or for our children. They have invested their lives in their students, in the high school, and in their community. They are also strong individuals with strong opinions. If what DEF was doing wasn’t working, they’d have let everyone know.
Instead, they bought in as they experienced the value. Then they provided meaningful feedback in time to help improve the 9th Grade Success class with more student case studies. They also developed curriculum for the 10th Grade Seminar and incorporated decision making skills further into career exploration (Cameron) and civil discourse (Cindy).
Check out this short video to get a sense of who they are and how they feel about Decision Education.
Cindy and Cameron share their experiences with DEF and teaching their students Decision Skills.
Better decision-making is learned
Making choices seems natural, but knowing how to make good choices is a consciously learned skill. Our brains are actually not wired to make good decisions naturally.
The ideas, methods, and tools presented this workshop are drawn from an extensive body of theory and practice across multiple disciplines including decision theory, psychology, group dynamics, mathematics, economics, and probability. They apply to any decision, simple or complex, and educators learn to recognize areas for improving existing personal and group processes and, consequently, improving decision outcomes for themselves and their teams.
When students learn these decision skills, they are better prepared to navigate and succeed in the high school experience and beyond.
Teachers, counselors, and students share experiences and ideas.
Decision Skills matter
This video talks about how DEF's Decision Skills framework improves self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and how to make better decisions, all of which are included in CASEL's SEL model.
Imagine those around you making better decisions. Students learning solid decision tools, rather than relying on instinct or trial and error, can help students have transformational experiences. Parents share stories of students at home using Decision Skills to resolve conflict and demonstrate they were thinking clearly.
Make the most of decision opportunities. Decision Skills can help improve grades, help avoid being manipulated, help friends in trouble, and more.
Make a decision using sound reasoning
A weight and rate table helps you identify the best decision based on what's most important to you.
