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I know this blog has been long neglected, and I do have a "summer catch up" post that I will be writing shortly, but now I would just like to focus on what I've spent the last three days doing ....
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me
The school that I work at has been looking to re-theme for the past couple of years. Our reality is that we are a "magnet" school but because of the bad reputation, we struggle getting students, parents, and families. I'm not exactly sure where or why the "bad" reputation started, and that is not important, but the staff has been working hard to find a theme that would best fit us, our students, and our community.
The Leader in Me seemed to be the perfect fit. It is based off of the 7 Habits by Covey, and the end goal is to find the leadership in every child and to help each child to find the leadership in themselves. This is very powerful stuff, and I encourage you to look up more if your are interested!
"Leadership is a choice, not a position." ~Stephen R. Covey
These last three days have been spent collaborating, watching videos, reflecting, and completing exercises to help deepen the knowledge of the 7 Habits. We, as a staff, must first own the Habits ourselves before we can expect our students to. It's so powerful as you learn this Habits and see how they can make such a positive impact on your life. I've spent these days reflecting on recent events and trying to determine what Habit I could use to make better choices.
"We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals." ~Stephen R. Covey
I know to some of you this may sound boring and maybe worthless, but to me, this is stuff that can change the world both children and adults. I look forward to bringing this change (little by little) to my school and seeing the change in the students and the staff. It makes me feel excited and empowered!
Bring it on 2014-2015!!
"We must first make our Habits, then our Habits make us."
