What’s On Your Plate? Building Character: Lesson 4
Servant Leadership: What’s On Your Plate? When we begin with the end in mind, we can’t help but think about the servant leaders that will come out of our school, value-able citizens who’ll work with intention to make our world a better place. But that won’t happen by chance. How do we feed and nurture […]
What’s On Your Plate? Building Character: Lesson 3
Late author Stephen Covey asked us years ago to begin with the end in mind; once you’ve assessed your needs and you know where you need to go, how are you going to get there? An important way to make your character-education efforts sustainable is to weave them in to the very DNA of your […]
What’s On Your Plate? Building Character: Lesson 2
In our last email, we addressed building relationships, because how we relate to one another matters. But how will we know if our efforts need an upgrade? Are the culture (how we behave at school) and the climate (how your school feels) of our character building in line with our vision and our mission? This […]
What’s On Your Plate? Building Character: Lesson 1
For generations, schools have worked with intention to advance their students’ skills in the 3 Rs {Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic}, commonly revered as the core essentials of a child’s education. We relied heavily on children coming to school with the 3 Rs of the character kind, things like Respect, Responsibility, Relationships, already in place. […]
A Character Diet: What’s On Your Plate? – Intro
Just as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that we maintain a balanced diet which includes nourishment every day from all five food groups to keep our bodies at maximum health, so is it critical to nourish hearts and minds in our character building by modeling and teaching core values while we feed […]
