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K/Val aims to support its clients with various aspects of organizational functioning through training, coaching, and through capacity building. By doing so, K/Val lives out its own values of Empower, Connect, Grow, and Lead.  Each contract that K/Val develops with an organization is specifically designed to meet its needs. Any of the following services may be included in our work together. 

OUR WORK

 

 

COACHING PROGRAMS, TRAININGS, & WORKSHOPS

For dates and times of upcoming workshops and trainings, click here. 

 

  • EFFECTIVENESS TRAININGS (Conflict resolution and problem solving)

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     Kim Garrison is a certified trainer with Gordon Training International, LLC. The Gordon model is an evidenced-based international model for coaching personal and interpersonal effectiveness. The model rests on building the capacity of teams, leaders, and individuals to use active listening, I-messages, no-lose conflict resolution, problem ownership and other techniques for managing complex problems and work cultures. Kim can bring a suite of Gordon model trainings to your organization. She also hosts public trainings as well. The suite of trainings Kim offers under the Gordon Training International, LLC. brand are as follows.

  • Leadership Effectiveness Training (L.E.T.);

  • Teacher Effectiveness Training (T.E.T);

  • Youth Effectiveness Training (Y.E.T.); and

  • Be Your Best

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Want to find out more about these workshops, visit the Gordon Training International website. 

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  • MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (National Council of Mental Wellbeing)​

    • Youth Mental Health First Aid;

    • Adult Mental Health First Aid; and

    • teen Mental Health First Aid

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  • HEART (Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools)

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  • TEAM BUILDING (Five Behaviors of Effective Teams)

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  • EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING

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     Kim holds an advanced certificate in program evaluation from University of Rochester. She has worked on evaluations for large-scale NSF grants as well as supporting program evaluation and strategic planning in schools and organizations for improved school climate, trauma-responsiveness, and social-emotional learning. In her own work at MVYPS, she has led trauma-informed teams and 

 

Kim aims to help schools and organizations conduct rigorous evaluation while also working to develop internal evaluation capacity in organizations and teams.

 

Some approaches that she uses in her evaluation work are:

  • Continuous Improvement Cycles (Plan- Do -Study - Act);

  • Logic Models;

  • Strategic Planning;

  • Values-Driven and Developmental Evaluation; and

  • Social Network Analysis.

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​RESEARCH, FUNDING, & PROGRAM EVALUATION

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  • SURVEY DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION & ASSESSMENT

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  • STRATEGIC PLANNING

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  • GRANT WRITING & CONSULTATION FOR FUNDING

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