How many staff can participate?

Typically 25 - 40 staff per location, depending on the space and your goals. Enough to create an impact, not so many that people never get to practice. If you're looking to include more people, let us know and we'll customize the experience for you.

Do we have to do all 5 days in a row for the main training?

No, you don’t have to complete all 5 training days consecutively, though it is recommended for the best results. You can schedule them in a consecutive week or split the days (e.g., 3 days and then 2 days later) to fit your calendar. We ask that the training be completed within 2 months.

Is this therapy training? (copy)

No. It is grounded in MI research and ethics, but it’s tailored to school roles such as teachers, advisors, counselors, and deans, not clinical providers. This is something that helping professionals of all kinds in various industries use to help evoke real change.

Can we start with training 1 location first?

Yes. You will end up saving money by booking multiple campuses upfront however, sometimes organizations like to see how their staff adapts to learning MI and using it real-time. We'll keep communication open all throughout any training experience in the event you'd like to include another campus in the training down the road.

Multi-Campus Training | Evoking Change Institute

The Change Conversation Systemwide Partnership

Give every campus a common language for student change.

When one school sees success with Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change, the next question is, “How do we spread this without losing the heart of it?” The Change Conversation Systemwide Partnership is a year‑long engagement for districts, multicampus colleges, and school networks that want consistent, MI‑aligned conversations across sites.

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What is the
Systemwide Partnership?

Over 12 months, we guide your system in building a core group of MI-skilled staff, extending training to additional campuses, creating shared workflows, scripts, and tools, and establishing clear indicators so leadership can track progress, ensuring consistent, sustainable, and measurable improvements across all sites.

Your staff is already having the conversations that matter most, about missed classes, late work, academic probation, behavior, mental health, and staying enrolled. Most of them were never given a concrete, evidence‑based way to handle those conversations, so they rely on reminders, warnings, and advice that don’t always work.

Each location of a school or institution has its own character, community, and challenges. When you multiply the number of conversations with students and colleagues by multiple campuses, it can be a lot to manage when trying to put your best foot forward. The Change Conversation Systemwide Partnership helps with that.

What's Included

Lead-site training program

One full 5-day Change Conversation training program with pre-work and 3 months of follow-up for a primary campus (your “hub”), based on your Plus package.

Leadership partnership

Quarterly leadership strategy calls to review attendance, probation, stop-out, and persistence indicators, and plan scale-up.

Spread to additional sites

2 additional on-site training days or 4 virtual half-days to support 1–2 more campuses or departments.

Custom playbook

A co-created MI + Stages of Change implementation playbook including workflows, scripts, readiness screener, and fidelity checklist.

Ongoing coaching

Monthly group coaching for 2–3 staff cohorts (advisors, counselors, instruction).

Optional resource vault

Limited access to an online resource vault with cheat sheets, recorded demos, and microlessons for participating staff.

For a more in-depth look at each facet of this training program please review the program syllabus by clicking the link below.

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Who this is for

This program is designed for schools/organizations that:

Oversee multiple campuses, departments, or offices.

Want a shared approach to student conversations across advising, counseling, instruction, and student services.

Are tired of one-off trainings that don’t translate into daily practice.

Ideal decision‑makers include principals, deans, directors of advising, student affairs leaders, and anyone responsible for retention, student success, or school climate.

You do not need previous MI experience. You do need a willingness to look honestly at how key conversations are happening now and to support staff in trying something different.

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The Process

How we get started

Every partnership is customized, but most follow a simple, four-step arc.

01

Discover

Short discovery call to clarify your campuses, priorities, and timelines.

02

Design

We propose a tailored 12‑month map anchored in the elements above.

03

Prepare

We choose a lead site, discuss training dates, and plan how to extend support to additional campuses.

04

Sustain

We support you with follow-up coaching, simple tools (playbooks, checklists, stage-check scripts), and a system-wide playbook for larger partnerships so the work continues after the training ends.

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Ready to change the conversations on
your campuses?

Whether you’re a principal, dean, director of advising, or student support lead, you don’t have to tackle this alone. We’ll use the call to understand your goals, share options and price points, and help you decide whether

The Change Conversation is a good fit for your school.