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CHARACTER COUNTS! Everywhere, All the Time… DAY 3 - Good Morning! 1 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Good Morning! Please read this slide as we start our day . . . At your table you will find a sentence strip and a black marker. Please write on the sentence strip a “slogan,” “phrase,” or “thought” that has been significant for you during the previous two days. Think of what might go on a “bumper sticker” for someone’s car. These will be shared with the group shortly after we begin this morning. 2 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Dialogue Move into the groups that were formed for the homework presentation, and deliver your presentations. Turn to the Presentation Rubric in the workbook (page 65) to self-assess the presentation. •What did you learn as the one doing the presentation? As a listener? •Are their ideas you can use in your school? •How can you use a presentation with others in your school or organization? 3 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Implementation Stories 4 ©2012 Josephson Institute. What’s Happening? 5 ©2012 Josephson Institute. What’s Happening? 6 ©2012 Josephson Institute. How to Build Classrooms that promote academics, social/emotional learning and Character Strive to build relationships with students and model character Create awareness of the academic, social and emotional and character beliefs by using visual displays, integration of the common language and being intentional in the implementation of instructional strategies Intentionally teach academics and character at the same time Practice character-based discipline in managing your classroom Provide opportunities to help students make effective and ethical decisions Connect with colleagues to promote a positive learning environment where CHARACTER COUNTS! becomes part of the DNA of the school Communicate with parents 7 ©2012 Josephson Institute. FAIL FORWARD! Failing is not fatal unless you stop trying. Every time you fail you can learn something and become stronger. Successful people usually fail more that others. They just didn’t let their failures stop them. 8 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Don’t ask: “What’s broken, and how do we fix it?” Ask: “What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” 9 ©2012 Josephson Institute. How is change achieved? Our actions can be determined by reason (the rider) or emotion (the elephant) How is change achieved? 10 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Motivating the Elephant • Telling: Explanation, descriptions • Observing: Stories told, read or seen (video or movie) • Vicarious experience: Testimonials (others describing personal experience) • Doing: Experiential activity generating selfdiscovery and an emotional commitment 11 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Insights About Change • Knowledge does not change behavior; it must reach the emotions • Narrow the choices • Simplify • Set specific behavioral goals • Be specific and concrete • Go for easy and early successes • Use stories, images, simulations, and handson experience 12 ©2012 Josephson Institute. “If you want to change the world, you eventually have to change how people behave.” “And if you want to change how they behave, you have to first change how they think.” Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, et.al. (2010) 13 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Change In almost all successful change efforts, the sequence of change is not ANALYZETHINK-CHANGE: Rather SEE-FEEL-CHANGE. -- Kotter and Cohen - The Heart of Change (2002) 14 ©2012 Josephson Institute. People will not change entrenched attitudes or behaviors unless they believe two things: It’s worth it. • It’s worth the effort. • What I will get is more valuable than what I give up. I can do it. 15 ©2012 Josephson Institute. As you consider your action plan, keep in mind the need to … 1. Articulate and advocate the Vision • Identify ideal outcomes; what will success will look like (must be specific in terms of specific beliefs, attitudes and conduct) 2. Analyze evidence of Growth Mindset of organization • Has your school or organization replaced “I can’t” belief with an “I can’t yet” belief? 3. Activate Emotions • Knowledge does not produce change; emotion does; instill and promote vision 4. Establish Incremental Objectives • Identify achievable steps and acknowledge them when achieved 5. Identify Success Models • Identify people and programs doing it right; ; lack of initial success is certain and natural on the road to better 6. Celebrate Success • Acknowledge; /celebrate good models and good behavior 16 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Sphere of Influence Three areas of impact: • personal (their own lives) • professional (within the sphere of their work) • some influence (areas that they don’t control, but can influence those who do) On post-it notes, write an impact you can make in each of the three areas. Use this as a tool for getting ideas from others in their constituencies. Stick your post-its in the appropriate area on the appropriate sheet. Refer to WORKBOOK PAGE 224 and write the ideas on the page. 17 ©2012 Josephson Institute. • What are the positive things that your school is already doing related to teaching and modeling the key beliefs in the 3 domains? TEACH ENFORCE ADVOCATE MODEL • Considering all that we already do effectively, what specific strategies should we consider doing that will enhance our school’s character development efforts in the 3 domains? TEACH ENFORCE ADVOCATE MODEL Star those that all teachers can do 18 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Using the Matrix of Critical Educational Outcomes, Key Beliefs and Instructional Strategies Turn to the Matrix, Social/Emotio nal Domain, pages 9-18. There you will find 52 instructional strategies designed to instill the key beliefs. 19 ©2012 Josephson Institute. How You Can Promote CHARACTER COUNTS! In Your School Part 1: As an individual: • Circle at least 5 instructional strategies associated with key beliefs in the Social/Emotional Domain that you already do. • Underline at least 5 instructional strategies you’d like to try. • Star three instructional strategies that if successfully implemented would make a measurable difference in your class or school. Part 2: As a group: • Each share two strategies circled, 2 strategies underlined and one strategy starred. • For each idea shared, determine if this reflects T – teaching E – enforcing A – advocating M- modeling. Part 3: Reporting out: • What conclusions can we draw from this activity? • Share from your group one strategy someone is already doing; one strategy someone would like to try; one strategy that would make a measurable difference. 20 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Stakeholders Putting a Team Together 21 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Purpose of CHARACTER COUNTS!® Team Lead Sustain Plan … your initiatives Evaluate *TRRFCC Team *Making a Difference Team *Yes, we can Team *Character does not count without your Team *CC! Team *School Improvement Team Implement Monitor 22 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Data Conduct a Needs (Climate) Assessment and Gather Baseline Data. Evaluate Program and Adjust Accordingly 23 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Collect Information Survey what your school, organization, or community is doing to encourage good character. Assess the needs of the school, organization, or community, using surveys, focus groups, and other tools. 24 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Prepare for Assessment WHO WHAT WHEN HOW should be surveyed questions to ask time of year online, focus group, or paper and pencil 25 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Develop Baseline Statistics Collect other statistics from: • Police: graffiti, drug and alcohol use, vandalism, petty thefts • School discipline records: referrals, detentions, tardies, absences, suspensions • Academic Records: standardized test scores, overall grade-point averages by grade and subject, rates of late and incomplete homework 26 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Create a Vision and Action Plan 27 ©2012 Josephson Institute. Moving From Words To Action Goal: Making Sure CHARACTER COUNTS!® 1. What would you like to happen? 2. Describe the current situation in comparison to the goal. 3. What will CC! look like in our program? 6. How will we measure effectiveness of CC! 28 4. At the end of this year, we will have done these 3 things: 5. The first steps we will take: ©2012 Josephson Institute. Outreach Resources CHARACTER COUNTS!® Week – During the third week in October, there are major media opportunities. Sports Newsletter – More than 70,000 people subscribe to a free monthly newsletter called Pursuing Victory With Honor. Bi-Annual Report Card on American Youth – Every two years, the JI publishes the nation’s most comprehensive survey of American youth. Coalition Membership – Nearly 1000 member organizations, more than 3,500 schools, and more than 7 million children and their families belong to the CHARACTER COUNTS!® Coalition. Audio Commentaries – Michael Josephson’s CHARACTER COUNTS!® podcast at WhatWillMatter.com, and on radio stations throughout the U.S., and worldwide on the American Forces Network. CHARACTER COUNTS!® Newsletters – Nearly 100,000 people subscribe to a free weekly CHARACTER COUNTS!® Newsletter featuring quotations and commentaries. 29 ©2012 Josephson Institute. CHARACTER COUNTS! Everywhere, All the Time… Thank You! 30 ©2012 Josephson Institute.