𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 (𝗖𝗺𝗥) 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨

Good education stands or falls with good relationships. Ultimately, a learning environment arises through contact, between teachers and students, within classrooms, but also in collaboration among colleagues and between teachers and education managers. All these relationships together shape the climate in which learning takes place.

Communicating with Respect (CmR) is a method for learning together about how we relate to one another. Its core idea: what we want to convey, whether it’s knowledge, values, empathy, or simply being seen, truly comes across.

We assume that in the busyness of everyday life, we are often not really in contact. Stress, workload, judgments, insecurity, hierarchical positions, or fixed ideas can disconnect us from ourselves and from others. We fall back on old communication patterns and, as a result, lose genuine connection and with it, the space for learning.

CmR offers insight into how we move in and out of contact with ourselves and with others, in a respectful and appreciative way. The method also provides practical tools to restore connection. It draws on well-established theories such as Transactional Analysis and the Leary’s Rose, and is strongly inspired by the systemic perspective.

The mini-training is not only something to read, but also to experience. You can follow it individually to gain insight into your own communication patterns, or together with colleagues or fellow students. It is not heavy or academic, but it does offer depth.

During the training, you learn to navigate two dimensions that play a role in every relationship:

The first concerns power and dependency dynamics; the sense of being above or below another person.

The second concerns the movement between holding back and stepping forward with your energy, turning inward or outward.

We constantly move across both dimensions at once. At the extremes, we can find ourselves in fields such as victimhood, dominance, cynicism, or overhelping. Each of these fields also has constructive sides, such as determination, care, and engagement, as long as we remain in contact, with ourselves and with the other.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴?

You can explore that in this freely accessible mini-training: https://www.compass-ion.online/academy