There are numerous contexts in which negotiations occur inside of educational institutions and between educators and various stakeholders including students, parents, union leaders, elected officials, philanthropic organizations and advocates for educational reform. The Teaching Negotiation Resource Center (TNRC) offers teaching materials that explore all of these negotiating contexts as well as peer mediation – the training of students to mediate school disputes between other students.
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Education Negotiation Role-Play:
Boston Busing Role PlayWorkable Peace: Civil Rights and Integration in the United States
Melissa Manwaring, under the direction of David Fairman and Stacie Nicole Smith
Six-party, multi-issue negotiation among governmental, organizational, and family stakeholders regarding the implementation of court-ordered racial integration measures in Boston public schools and possible improvements in education and community relationsLabor Relations Negotiation Role-Play:
Brachton Collective Bargaining Exercise
Two-team, multi-issue employment contract negotiation between three teachers' union representatives and three school committee representatives; includes internal team meetings before external negotiations
Education Negotiation Role-Play:
Conference with a Professor
Bruce Patton
Two-party short awareness-building exercise in which student and professor meeting regarding problems arising from a borrowed manuscript and the student's research aspirationsEducation Negotiation Role-Play:
Death in the Family
Bruce Patton
Two-party, short awareness-building negotiation between a professor and a student over an assignment submitted late due to a death in the student's familyEducation Negotiation Role-Play:
Franklin Family Foundation and Westbrook Regional School District
Catherine Preston and Lawrence Susskind
Twelve-person, two-round negotiation between six foundation board members and six school board and community leaders over efforts to address racial disparities in academic performance; internal negotiations precede externalEducation Negotiation Role-Play:
Phoenix, The
Sheila Heen and Michael Moffitt, based on a case by Doug Stone
Two-party negotiation between the director of a county tutoring program and a tutor regarding pay, work conditions, and job performance; ethnic differences are an issueEducation Negotiation Role-Play:
Student Paper
Bruce Patton
Simple two-party awareness-building negotiation between a student and a professor regarding an assignment submitted after the deadlineValues-based / Identity-based Dispute Negotiation Role-Play:
Williams v. Northville
Kate Harvey and David Kovick, under the supervision of Lawrence Susskind and Jennifer Brown
5-person, non-scorable mediation between a school principal and a parent (with attorneys) regarding a values-based dispute over classroom discussions and materials addressing same-sex couples and their familiesBooks
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This book provides a hands-on interdisciplinary approach to designing and implement a process or system that will work to resolve and prevent disputes where traditional processes fail.
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