Learn The Communication Method That's  Giving Teachers Like You Fewer Conflicts, More Respect, and The Ability to Create Harmonious Classrooms

Sorry this course is now FULL. We'll be running it again soon.

Magic Conversations for Teachers 

Live-Via Zoom Program

 25th November
2nd December
9th December


7-9pm UK Time
(All sessions recorded for lifetime access)

Join Now at the Early Bird Rate

How To Connect Deeply and Quickly with Hard-to-Reach Students

(And Anyone Else in Your Life)

Where You Are Now:

  • Constantly battling disruptions and misbehavior?
  • Struggling to connect with challenging students?
  • Continually experiencing students ignoring you, talking over you and arguing with you?
  • Feeling intimidated or belittled by senior staff and managers?
  • Dreading difficult conversations with parents or colleagues?
  • Unable to set boundaries to protect yourself emotionally?
  • Lacking in confidence and the ability to express your needs?
  • Feeling unheard, undervalued, disrespected & misunderstood?
  • Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and disillusioned?

All of this can be quickly improved across ALL your relationships in this exclusive 3-session program!

How Communication Holds the Secret to a Total Transformation in Your Classroom (and your life)


There's a powerful shift just waiting to happen in your classroom. And the results of this shift are so far-reaching that they have the potential to dramatically improve every area of your life. But it's not about what you might think.

Forget stricter rules, clever reward systems, or battling for more parental involvement. Put aside thoughts of consequences or new behaviour plans. And it's not about learning how to stand up for yourself or become more assertive. This is about something far more fundamental and transformative.

It's about improving human interaction.

The depth of connection, value, and respect we experience in our relationships affects us profoundly. It shapes our wellbeing, stress levels, happiness, confidence and self-image. For teachers, managers - anyone whose profession revolves around human interaction - mastering this language isn't just beneficial. It's absolutely crucial.

Now, here's the exciting part. There's a little-known aspect of human psychology that can enhance and deepen communication faster than any method I've encountered. It's so powerful, yet so simple, I can sum it up in one word:

Needs.

Every exchange in your classroom – from the morning greeting to the final bell – is fueled by our innate needs. Needs for belonging, autonomy, competence, and more.  This communication method will equip you to recognise and use them to communicate more effectively and more deeply than ever before.

When our psychological and emotional needs are acknowledged and met through compassionate, clear dialogue and skillful interaction, something extraordinary happens. Magical transformations occur, reshaping every relationship you encounter.

In your classroom and your school, learning to identify needs and address them will enable you to create a classroom environment where:

  • You and your students feel truly seen and understood 
  • Empathy and compassion flourish naturally 
  • Learning becomes a joyful, collaborative process 
  • Conflicts transform into opportunities for growth and connection
  • A culture of mutual respect and trust begins to grow
  • Your teaching practice is infused with renewed purpose and energy 

I'm not exaggerating when I say this shift in communication has the power to transform entire school communities.

Don't let another day of missed connections and unnecessary conflicts drain your passion for teaching.

Join Magic Conversations for Teachers now - before we increase the price - and start your journey to learning this transformational means of communication. Click below to secure your place at the early bird rate: 

 

Secure your place at the early bird rate

The main benefits of Magic Conversations for Teachers include:

  1. Improved classroom management: Magic Conversations help create a more respectful and cooperative atmosphere.
  2. Better conflict resolution: Teachers can address disagreements more effectively without escalating tensions.
  3. Enhanced emotional intelligence: Magic Conversations encourage empathy and understanding of others' feelings and needs.
  4. Clearer communication: They promote expressing oneself clearly and listening actively to others.
  5. Reduced stress: By fostering better relationships, Magic Conversations can lower stress levels for both teachers and students.
  6. Increased student engagement: When students feel heard and respected, they're more likely to participate actively in class.
  7. Stronger teacher-student relationships: Magic Conversations help build trust and rapport between educators and learners.
  8. More effective feedback: Teachers can provide constructive criticism in a way that's less likely to trigger defensiveness.
  9. Enhanced wellbeing: The program enables teachers and students to feel heard, seen and valued - essential factors for emotional resilience. 

Discover the Transformative Tools of Magic Conversations

As you progress through the course, you'll master powerful techniques that will revolutionize your teaching and personal life:

  1. The "Power Pause": Learn to harness the space between stimulus and response, as Victor Frankl famously noted. This simple yet profound technique allows you to choose your reactions consciously, transforming potential conflicts into opportunities for connection.
  2. Needs-Based Self-Understanding: For many, this will be the first time truly understanding themselves from the perspective of needs. Gain clarity on your own motivations and behaviors, leading to increased self-compassion and effectiveness.
  3. Deep Connection: Master the art of bonding deeply with others in a totally new way. This skill extends beyond the classroom, enriching all your relationships.
  4. Fast Friends Rapid Connection: Learn how to quickly establish rapport and trust with new students, colleagues, or parents using this evidence-based approach.
  5. Constructive Responses and Win-Win Solutions: Discover techniques for navigating disagreements that leave everyone feeling heard and respected, while finding solutions that meet everyone's needs.
  6. Total Presence for Complete Understanding: Develop the ability to fully understand others through deep, active listening and empathetic engagement.
  7. The Direct Route to Respect: Unlock the secret to gaining genuine respect from students, colleagues, and parents through authentic, needs-based communication.
  8. Argument Prevention Protocol: Learn a foolproof method for  transforming potential conflicts into collaborative, connecting dialogues.
  9. Digging for Empathy: Master the art of uncovering hidden emotions and needs, even when they're not explicitly expressed.
  10. The Compassionate No: Discover how to set firm boundaries while maintaining connection and respect.
  11. Needs Translation: Learn to "translate" any statement or behaviour into the language of universal human needs, opening up new avenues for understanding and resolution.
  12. Self-Empathy Emergency Kit: Develop strategies for maintaining your composure and connection to your own needs in challenging situations.

And much more! In these 3 sessions you'll be creating a comprehensive toolkit for transforming your communication and relationships - in your classroom and day to day life.

Join Magic Conversations for Teachers now and start your journey towards mastering this life-changing skill!

Join Now

PLUS attendees will receive the following bonuses:

Micro Scripts

Empathy-based scripts, phrases and handy reminders for increasing engagement and de-escalating confrontation. (Value £17)

Classroom Culture Builders

Activities and ideas for cultivating peer relationships and building class community. (Value £27)

The Relationship Process

One of our most popular Needs-Focused recorded trainings on building trusting bonds with hard-to-reach students (Value £47)

The Boundary Blueprint

Bonus training session explaining how to navigate difficult conversations and communicate boundaries to prevent burnout. (Value £37)

The Peace Process

Learn how to process emotional blocks that affect our relationships and actions so you can overcome personal triggers, barriers and create a more positive classroom environment (Normally charged at £100 for 1:1 clients)

How it works

The Magic Conversations program consists of 3 x Live-Via-Zoom sessions plus associated downloadable tools and transcripts.

Recordings will be provided for all sessions but live attendance will be preferred to get the most from the sessions.  You'll gain lifetime access to all materials ensuring that you can visit the training whenever you need a refresher.

The program will take place on the following dates (UK times):

Mon 25th Nove 7-9pm
Mon 2nd Dec 7-9pm
Mon 9th Dec 7-9pm

The live sessions will be recorded for those who can't make the calls and stored in your own private online member area. 

Bonuses will be provided at the end of session 3 to those who have attended at least 2 live sessions.

About Your Trainer

Rob Plevin is an ex Special Ed teacher and deputy Headteacher with 35 years experience in a variety of teaching, training and coaching roles. He created the Needs Focused Teaching Method as a way of addressing classroom management and student engagement issues and has trained thousands of teachers in needs-based teaching methods. He is a certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher having qualified with Zenways (accredited by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association) in 2011. He is a Level 2 Youth Mindfulness Soma Programme Teacher,  a Yoga Teachers College® Certified Yoga Breath Coach® and underwent training in Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication methodology from 2019-2021.

"Rob explains what can be quite difficult concepts very simply. He has a wonderful style of delivery which is very relaxing and well paced. I have really enjoyed and benefited greatly from the Zendo sessions & I would encourage anybody to enrol on a course with Rob at the Life Raft."
Caroline Livingstone

Join Now at the Early Bird Rate 

If you wish to book more than one member of staff please contact us via our helpdesk: www.needsfocusedteaching.com/contact 

NOTE: You are fully covered by our 7-day refund option. If, after starting this program, you decide it isn't what you hoped for you can cancel and receive a full refund (minus £10 processing fee). 

When you click to purchase you will be taken to our sister site, Theliferaft.org. The course will be delivered from that site but it is owned by us and you can buy with confidence. 

Bonuses will be provided at the end of the three days to those who have attended at least 2 of the live sessions. 

Attend Live

£97

One payment of £97

  • Video recordings of all 3 Zoom sessions (lifetime access, study in your own time)
  • Gain full understanding by taking part in all the exercises (and ask questions to deepen knowledge)
  • BONUS #1: Micro Scripts Pack Quick, powerful phrases and prompts you can use in the classroom to increase student engagement and de-escalate confrontation. (Value £17)
  • BONUS #2: Classroom Culture Builders - 30 activities for building class community
  • BONUS #3: Relationship Process How to stay calm and process emotional triggers when your buttons are pressed. (Value £47)
  • BONUS #4: The Boundary Blueprint: Navigating Difficult Conversations and Communicating Boundaries to Prevent Burnout (Value £37)

  • Bonus #5: The Peace Process How to process emotional blocks that affect our relationships and actions to help overcome personal triggers and barriers. (Value £100)

Attend Live Multi-Pay

2 x £57

2 x monthly payments of £57

  • Video recordings of all 3 Zoom sessions (lifetime access, study in your own time)
  • Gain full understanding by taking part in all the exercises (and ask questions to deepen knowledge)
  • BONUS #1: Micro Scripts Pack Quick, powerful phrases and prompts you can use in the classroom to increase student engagement and de-escalate confrontation. (Value £17)
  • BONUS #2: Classroom Culture Builders - 30 activities for building class community
  • BONUS #3: Relationship Process How to stay calm and process emotional triggers when your buttons are pressed. (Value £47)
  • BONUS #4: The Boundary Blueprint: Navigating Difficult Conversations and Communicating Boundaries to Prevent Burnout (Value £37)

  • Bonus #5: The Peace Process How to process emotional blocks that affect our relationships and actions to help overcome personal triggers and barriers. (Value £100)
  •  
Reconnected Parenting | The Life Raft

You Swore You’d Never Be That Parent. So Why Are You Yelling Every Day?

When every day feels like a battle with your child—and guilt hits you harder than your words—you need more than parenting advice. You need a lifeline.

You’ll also get access to our Parent Calm Toolkit and early bird pricing for the Reconnected Parenting course.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The 3 words that turn conflict into calm—used by thousands of struggling parents.
  • How to stop your child from shutting down emotionally after being shouted at.
  • Simple, powerful shifts that rebuild connection (even if it’s been broken for years).

Upgrade: The Parent Calm Toolkit (£7)

Get printable scripts, a shouting recovery checklist, and 10 emotional reset tools that stop the guilt spiral. Only available on checkout.