THE EDUCATOR TOOLKIT

Discover how understanding student personality changes the way you manage behavior, communicate, and lead your classroom.

This simple guide helps educators understand personality-driven behavior so classrooms feel calmer, more connected, and easier to lead.

Meredith Kennedy

Dublin, Ohio

I learned so much about my own personality features as well as my daughters. This program will work for any parent and child combination. Parenting By Design, with the coaching of Karen Wagnon, will get you and your child to a better,
more meaningful relationship that will last beyond childhood!

Inside This Simple, Powerful Guide, You'll Learn:

  • Classroom Management

    • Reduce power struggles by understanding what motivates different students

    • Prevent escalation before it starts by adapting your response, not just correcting behavior

  • Communication

    • Adjust how you give directions, feedback, and redirection so students actually hear you

    • Build trust and cooperation through language that meets students’ emotional needs

  • Engagement

    • Recognize why some students withdraw, push back, or dominate the room

    • Increase participation by honoring how students process and respond

  • Behavior Support

    • Identify the personality patterns behind challenging behavior

    • Replace constant correction with clarity, consistency, and connection

This isn’t about lowering expectations or excusing behavior.

It’s about understanding students well enough to respond in effective ways.

When educators understand personality dynamics, classrooms feel calmer, relationships strengthen,

and teaching becomes more effective and less exhausting.

Hi, I'm Karen Wagnon

Hi, I’m Karen Wagnon, a human behavior specialist, master trainer, and educator at heart. I’ve spent decades working alongside school leaders, educators, and parents to help them better understand student behavior and build stronger relationships.

If we were sitting together over coffee, here’s what I’d tell you.

Teaching gets easier when you understand the motive and drive behind a student’s behavior. So much classroom stress comes from not knowing why one student shuts down while another pushes back, or why the same strategy works for some students and completely misses the mark for others.

Students aren’t trying to make the classroom harder. They’re trying to get their emotional needs met, and personality shapes how they communicate, react, and respond in their learning environment.

Understanding this helps educators recognize personality-driven behavior so they can adapt their approach, reduce power struggles, and respond with clarity instead of constant correction.

When educators see students through this lens, classrooms feel calmer, relationships strengthen, and teaching becomes far less exhausting.

Personality Matters.