Name ___________Partner_____________ Class__________________ School__________ Week of _______ On the items listed below please rate yourself as well have your Respect partner rate you on being a respectful person. 3. means you consitently do it. 2 means you sometimes do it.1. means you never do it. Before you rate yourself remember your learning partner and your… Read more »
“Service is the rent we pay for our lives on earth In recent years service has come to have a negative connotation — often used as punishment. At the same time service is one of the major avenues in developing positive attitudes and healthy self-esteem. I would like to propose that all students be strongly… Read more »
1. Accept Change as the Norm. Concentrate on becoming a lifelong learner not one who sees education as the completion of a formal education. 2. Success is fly in the eye of a frog. Success is more in what you give to others rather than a big bank account. Focus on the right priorities and… Read more »
An educational administrator’s professional behavior must conform to an ethical code. The code must be idealistic and at the same time practical, so that it can apply reasonably to all educational administrators. The administrator acknowledges that the schools belong to the public they serve for the purpose of providing educational opportunities to all. However, the… Read more »
Character Chart Our Mission is to become a Respectful listener, Cooperative team member, Compassionate friend, Controlled Self Manager, and a Polite and Courteous person . By assigning responsibility Partners You can invite children in your class to circle the X”s as they demonstrate courtesy! Courtesy Challenge Respectful listener X X X X X X X… Read more »
An 8th-grade project turns into new rules Catcalls will get your parents called. So will dirty notes and lewd staring. Groping, or one too many crude comments, means in-school suspension. These are the new rules of sexual harassment for students at Avondale Middle School, as developed by Maria Kopicki’s eighth-grade class. Come fall, what started… Read more »
This month: An introduction to “Journeys” through Crow and Weasel by Barry Lopez with an emphasis on themes of self-esteem, cultural diversity, respect, friendship, goals, creativity, learning and expressing in multiple ways. I love to start the year with this book because in essence it is a story of why we’re here with each other…. Read more »
Give kids a head start to learn right from wrong … most Americans believe there is a place to begin whatever repair is needed to make sure our values in the next generation are braced and knit. That place is in the very early years of the child’s education, beginning in preschool, continuing through kindergarten… Read more »
The word responsibility is as pervasive a word as one can find. There isn’t a magazine, newspaper or TV program that doesn’t include the word – from fiscal responsibility to legal responsibility – from personal responsibility to social responsibility. It’s either parents’ responsibility or a child’s responsibility, your responsibility or my responsibility. People take full… Read more »
How to Include Every Ones Voice in the Room! I’ll support that idea ! You’ve got my support ! What is your idea ? Help me understand ! May I make a suggestion ? Where would you start ? Where do you think you’ll start ? What will work for the both of us ?… Read more »
