* Identify a group of interested Staff Members / Site Council Members who will serve as the driving force to present different ideas to the greater staff presented through a Monthly or weekly Memo. Typically 4 ideas per month. Selected activities are in the Values in Action! Guide for teachers and the Bureau of Essential… Read more »
They Really Do Go Together One of the questions I hear frequently goes something like this: “Don’t those teenagers and their bad manners ever get you down?” The answer is NO on two counts. First, teenagers never get me down. I’ve made my living teaching them for thirty-three years, and it seems to get more… Read more »
10 Needs for Teens 1. TEENS NEED TO BE LOVED 2. TEENS NEED TO BE HEARD 3. TEENS NEED POSITIVE MESSAGES 4. TEENS NEED POSITIVE CHILD MANAGEMENT METHODS 5. TEENS NEED AUTONOMY 6. TEENS NEED TO INTERACT WITH PEERS VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY (SOClALlZE) 7. TEENS ARE AWARE OF AND INFLUENCED BY THEIR OWNSEXUALITY ACCURATE OR… Read more »
While the original curriculum was developed for Pre-K through middle school our writers and myself have spent the last 5 years writing and implementing curriculum for Secondary schools.The Bureau of Essential Ethics Education currently offers a Secondary Respect Seminar for students and teachers, a comprehensive teachers seminar title Essential Ethics Education, Ethic Forum Issues, Monday… Read more »
Student Responsibility Drop out of high school and 18 states, 12 of them in the South, will revoke a license. Many of those states will also take it away for poor grades or poor behavior. The laws have proved immensely popular with voters and politicians, who are convinced that they have found the trigger mechanism,… Read more »
The Bureau of Essential Ethics Education is currently working on a Value Based Mentoring program where 9th graders mentor 6th graders throughout their schooling experience. Some of the 20 minute mentoring sessions are listed below For more information you can write or email us of how you can start a program in your school. 1…. Read more »
(Published Oct. 1, 1997) It’s never been easy being a teenager, but two studies released today found that up to half of America’s teens face risks — poverty, welfare, the absence of one or both parents, or sexual abuse — that could lead to dropping out of school, joblessness and — for girls — pregnancy…. Read more »
Why is it that when people ask me what age group I teach, they always seem to cringe when I respond? Besides the bewildered facial expressions, I getcomments like, “You are a saint”, “How do you deal with all of those raging hormones?”, “You must be crazy”. You see, I am currently teaching 9th and10th… Read more »
