EURECA-PRO

Teaching with Personality:
Applying Your DISC Personality Profile to Enhance Your Lectures and Seminars

EURECA-PRO Lifelong Learning Academy - Online Course
University involved: University of Applied Sciences Mittweida
18 Sep, 2025

Course Type:
Online workshop

Number of places:
Limited to 20

Starting date:
18/09/2025

Ending date:
18/09/2025

Targeted audience:  academic staff, students, administrative staff and general public – no previous knowledge required!

Place of delivery: Online | Via designated Moodle course link (and the recording):  www.moodle.eurecapro.tuc.gr/enrol/index.php?id=116

Objectives:      

  • To help educators develop greater self-awareness of their personal communication and teaching style through the DISC personality framework.
  • To improve teaching effectiveness by aligning personality traits with didactic strategies.
  • To foster adaptive teaching skills by recognising and responding to the diverse personality profiles of students.
  • To support confident, authentic, and engaging teaching through reflection and practical exercises.

Competencies:
Participants will strengthen the following competencies:

  • Self-Awareness and Personal Insight: Understanding their own DISC profile and how it influences communication and teaching behaviour.
  • Adaptive Communication: Tailoring messages and methods to resonate with students of different personality types.
  • Interpersonal Sensitivity: Recognising and valuing personality diversity in student interactions.
  • Didactic Flexibility: Choosing suitable methods, formats, or classroom climates that align with one’s teaching style and student needs.
  • Reflective Practice: Evaluating and evolving one’s teaching identity based on personal strengths and student feedback.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, teachers will be able to:

  • Explain the core dimensions of the DISC personality model and identify their own profile.
  • Recognise how different personality types tend to communicate, learn, and respond in educational settings.
  • Apply DISC insights to improve communication and engagement in lectures, seminars, or group discussions.
  • Develop teaching strategies that leverage their own personality strengths while accommodating diverse learner needs.
  • Reflect critically on their teaching style and identify opportunities for further growth using the DISC framework.

Agenda of Interactive Workshop:     

  1. Warm-up
  2. Introduction to personality
  3. The DISG model
  4. Communication styles
  5. Recognising other types
  6. Implementation
  7. Using the DISC model in lectures
  8. Exercise: Connecting Traits to Teaching
  9. Reflection

Evaluation criteria

At the end of the workshops, participants will complete a self-evaluation checklist to reflect on their understanding of DISC personality types, their communication and interaction skills, teaching practices, and personal growth. 

Duration

Course duration2 hours
Workshops2 hours
Lectures
Student preparation
Student homework

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 18/09/2025

Directors:
Jill Deschner-Warner, lecturer in Global Communication, HSMW
Monja Steinigke, lecturer in Communication Psychology, HSMW
Collaborator:
Lippmann, Susan, team member EURECA-PRO, HSMW, lippman2@hs-mittweida.de
Schedule:
18/09/2025 - 3pm-5pm CET
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