teaching for impact
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Mrs. Thomson
My Father is a Liar
Schools are not just there to feed the economy; they are there to sustain and nurture the culture, the political system, the entire society.
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Promotes core ethical and performance values
1.1: Stakeholders select core values
1.2: Core values guide everything
1.3: Core values are visible
Principle 1
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Defines “character”comprehensively to include thinking, feeling, and doing.
2.1: Thinking (understanding)
2.2: Feeling (reflection, appreciation)
2.3: Doing (behavior, students practice)
Principle 2
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Uses a comprehensive, intentional, and proactive approach
3.1: Intentional at all grade levels
3.2: Integrated into academic content
3.3: Integrated into classroom routines
3.4: Integrated throughout total program
Principle 3
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Creates a caring community.
4.1: Student – staff relationships
4.2: Student – student relationships
4.3: Peer cruelty prevention
4.4: Adult relationships
Principle 4
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Provides students with opportunities for moral action.
5.1: Clear expectations5.2: Moral action within school; tied to the curriculum5.3: Moral action in community; tied to the curriculum
Principle 5
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Offers a meaningful and challenging academic curriculum that respects all learners
6.1: Challenging curriculum
6.2: Meeting diverse student needs
6.3: Addresses performance character
Principle 6
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Fosters students’self-motivation
7.1: Students intrinsically NOT extrinsicallymotivated.
7.2: Behavior management and discipline tied to core values; academic integrity stressed.
Principle 7
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Staff is an ethical learning community that shares responsibility for character education and adheres to core values
8.1: Staff modeling
8.2: Staff development for ALL; staff is ethical
learning community
8.3: Staff planning and reflection;
enough time for character education.
Principle 8
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Fosters shared leadership and long-range support of the character initiative.
9.1: Leaders champion effort
9.2: Leadership group plans
9.3: Student leadership
Principle 9
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Engages families and
community members as
partners in the character-
building effort10.1: Engages families
10.2: Communicates with families
10:3: Involves community
Principle 10
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Assesses school
culture/climate, staff’s
functioning, and
students‘ character11.1: Assesses culture/climate
11.2: Staff report on progress
11.3: Assesses student progress /behavior
Principle 11
Mother’s Love = Life
Character Formation works best when it is incorporated into the curriculum, not injected as an artificial add-on.
The 4 Purposes of Education:• Academic Learning• Civic Character, Knowledge &
Skills• Moral Character & Knowledge• Performance Character & Skills
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless;
Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful”
- Samuel Johnson
The Road that leads to two paths…
Perspective for Moms
Character Formation, in whatever form, can only be effective if the teachers model the program, not just parrot it or give lip service to it.
Research:“Children learn more from what we do than from what we say.”
Research:“Children learn best when there is consistency between what we say and do.”
Even Dogs Know How to Pray
“Practice what you preach…
But don’t forget to preach what you practice!”
- Tom Lickona
Model the virtues! This is the only effective way for any Character Formation Program to work.
Remember: Posters and tarpaulins are “not” Programs. They are just decorations.
Everything that happens inside the Classroom IS Character Building.
Stop anything that makes it look like an ARTIFICIAL ADDITIVE.Posters only. Individual Certificates. Bookmarks. Pins. Buttons.
High GlitzLow ImpactStrategies
2 Active Ingredients Essential to
Formation of Character
Loving Relationships
Setting Good Example
The Child and His Faithful Dog
I have come to a frightening
conclusion
I am the decisive element
in the classroom
It is my personal approach
that creates the climate
It is my daily mood
that makes the weather..
As a teacher
I possess a tremendous power
To make a child’s life……
Miserable or joyous
I can bea tool of torture
or an instrument
of inspiration
I can humiliate or humor
Hurt or
heal.
In all situations,
it is my response that decides
whether a crisis
will be escalated
or de-escalated
And a child
humanized
Or dehumanized.- Haim Ginott
The Power of
the Teacher to
Impact the Lives
of the Students
Kohlberg’sSix Levels
ofMoral
Development
Level I
I don’t wantto get into trouble.
Level 2
I want a reward.
Level 3
I wantto please somebody.
Level 4
I follow the rules.
Level 5
I am considerateof other people.
Level 6
I have a personalcode of behavior and
I follow it.
Level 1: I don’t want to get in trouble.
Level 2: I want a reward.
Level 3: I want to please somebody.
Level 4: I follow the rules.
Level 5: I am considerate of other people.
Level 6: I have a personal code of behavior and I follow
it.
REFLECT ON THIS:
All Teachers leave their marks on
children everyday.
REFLECT ON THIS:
Some of those marks are temporary. But some are indelible.
4 Exercises to Make Teachers Realize Their
Power
1Recall a teacher who
inspired you or wounded you.
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Read Haim Ginott’sQuote Everyday
3Have a Staff Discussion
of the ways teachers have impacted their lives positively and negatively.
4Meditate on the former
students who have come back to thank you well after they have left the
classroom.
Teaching is Like Fatherhood
18Simple Ways
to Make a Lasting Impact
1Make them
curious.
Curiosity = fuel for
discovery
2Model Macro-
Thinking
3Tell Stories
4Know what to overlook
5 Set them up to
surprise themselves
Do your best to place them in situations
where they can see not only their growth
academically, but personally as well.
6Make them feel on even ground when
you speak.
From “speaking to students”
to “talking with
students”
7Acknowledge &
Honor Emotions
8Show Trust
9Compliment
them (authentically)
10 Recognize
nuance
11Go out of your way to speak to them outside of class.
12 Model the
challenging of convention.
13Be honest
14See through their
behavior & Academic
Performance
FOCUS on the
HUMAN BEING!
15Convince
them they can
16Take Extra
Time
17Be Human
18Establish a
Relationship
Educators exist to produce
GOOD PEOPLE,not just
good test results
1. Successful teachers have
clear objectives
2. Successful teachers have a
sense of purpose
3. Successful teachers are able to
live without immediate feedback
4. Successful teachers know
when to listen to students and when
to ignore them
If only people listened to this Dancer
5. Successful teachers have a positive attitude
6. Successful teachers expect their students to
succeed
7. Successful teachers have a sense of humor
8. Successful teachers use praise
authentically
9. Successful teachers know how
to take risks
10. Successful teachers are consistent
11. Successful teachers are
reflective
12. Successful teachers seek out mentors of their
own
13. Successful teachers
communicate with parents
Garbage Man
14. Successful teachers enjoy their
work
15. Successful teachers adapt to
student needs
16. Successful teachers welcome
change in the classroom
17. Successful teachers take time
to explore new tools
18. Successful teachers give their students emotional
support
Pineapple Sample
19. Successful teachers are
comfortable with the unknown
20. Successful teachers are not threatened by
parent advocacy
21. Successful teachers bring fun into the classroom
22. Successful teachers
teach holistically
23. Successful teachers never stop
learning
24. Successful teachers break out
of the box
25. Successful teachers are
masters of their subject
Teachers Impact
