A professional educator is value driven, guided by principles, passion and a purpose bigger than themselves. A professional educator is a need analyst who s competent to diagnose and prescribe options for educational success and significance. A professional educator believes their work is a vocation and calling rather than an occupation where one merely occupies… Read more »
Schedule Gene Bedley’s Seminars 2006-2007 School Year Bureau of Education and Research Discipline and the Difficult young Child NOVEMBER 13 OTTAWA, ON CANADA NOVEMBER14 TORONTO, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 15 WINNIPEG, ME CANADA NOVEMBER 16 REGINA, SK CANADA NOVEMBER17 CALGARY, AB CANADA DECEMBER 04 BUFFALO, NY DECEMBER 05 ROCHESTER, NY DECEMBER 06 SYRACUSE, NY DECEMBER 07… Read more »
* TO BE MODELS OF EVERYTHING WE ASK CHILDREN TO DEMONSTRATE AND BECOME? * TO TRUST THEM IN SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT THEM? * TO CREATE ISLANDS OF PEACE, FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND ABUSE? * TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT STRENGTHEN, INSPIRE AND CHALLENGE THEIR MINDS? * TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT, NOURISH, AND COMFORT… Read more »
When you win you hear from everyone. When you lose you hear from your friends! – Richard Nixon
Nolan loves dirt. He loves to smear his little fingers in whatever gooey muck he can get his little fingers into. If there is a puddle he will splash in it, if there’s a chunk of thick brown soil he will attempt to insert his limbs as far as they will go. And up till… Read more »
It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. – Author Unknown
“True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.” – Henry Miller
Dave Brendsel February 6, 2008 A University of Denver study shows curriculum-based bullying prevention programs reduce incidents of bullying by 20 percent, twice as much as in the study control group. Jeffrey Jenson and William Dieterich of DU s Graduate School of Social Work studied more than 1,100 students in 28 elementary schools in Denver… Read more »
The pilot program, designed by WVUSD psychologist Dr. Diana Ketterman, includes five animal leaders from Character Island who teach children and remind adults about the importance of character development in kids. At the kick-off assembly, “Gold Ant” demonstrated to students the importance of taking “responsibility” by acting in a safe, lawful, and dependable manner while… Read more »
