We Are Here To Help
Depending on the needs of your district BridgeBuilders can provide training, mediation or strategic planning that can help you make the peace and work constructively with various parent groups.
Our presentations and mediation have helped...
- School Boards
- Administrators
- Site Principals
- Teachers
- Parents
- Clergy
- Education Associations
- Students
- State officials
...find common ground in issues as diverse as,
- religious expression on campus
- family-life education
- school reform
- curriculum selection
- library books
- holiday celebrations
- HIV/AIDS curriculum
- science curriculum
- school-to-work
You helped us to understand--
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"You helped us to understand better the perspective of parents and community members who question much of what we believe to be appropriate and necessary for students. You suggested strategies to help us find common ground from which to build trust and begin dialogue. You gave us confidence in our ability to speak with both sensitivity and information.
Judy Maurice, Assistant Superintendent, Imperial County Department of Education
Presentation topics include:
- How Common Ground Thinking is Changing the Face of Public Education
- Turning Dissent into Dialogue
- Getting it Right—Worldview Conflicts in Policy and Culture
- Staking Out the Common Ground: Resolving Religious Tensions in Public Education
- The Do's and Don'ts of Religious Expression
- Community Forum: The Religious Parent in the Public School System
- Engaging Parents as Partners in Education
"Mr. Jacobsen's presentation clarifies misperceptions about the opportunities for religious children in the public schools. It carries details of misrepresentations that are sometimes stated or acted out by school personnel or a religious community, and it seeks to clarify consensus building strategies that dignify people's beliefs, however varied. I commend Mr. Jacobsen for his excellence. And, I recommend him to any public school official that may be considering opportunities to build bridges."
Dr. Marty Butt, Former Superintendent, Standard School District
Get in touch with us if we can help your district---
7228 University Dr. • Moorpark, CA 93021 - (805) 529-1728
Fax: (805) 529-5709 E-mail: waynej@bridge-builders.org