The Leader in Me is an innovative, schoolwide model that emphasizes a culture of student empowerment and helps unleash each child’s full potential. -Leader in me Website!
Today I met up with some of my coworkers to get the ball rolling on transforming our school into a Leader In Me School!! It was so great hanging out with everyone since we have not seen each other since the last day of May! We had a meeting at the end of the year where we brainstormed ideas and typed out all the quotes we loved about being a leader. The leader in me program/organization focuses on 7 habits of healthy, happy kids. Some things include: Being proactive, putting first things first, beginning with the end in mind, synergizing, sharpening the saw, think win-win and begin with the end in mind. My Kinder Team and I started to paint inspirational quotes and pictures in our common area where the students wait for us to pick them up in the morning. We were hesitant to start but as my friend Lindsey said" Anything on these walls is better than nothing!"So True! These beige walls look WAY better with some color on them!
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| We are going to try and find some "shatter less" round mirror to put in the faces so that students can see themselves. We have no mirrors in the bathrooms or in the classrooms in our area so we thought they would enjoy that! |
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| Each Kinder Teacher (there are 4 of us) is going to nominate a student each week who exhibits positive leadership in the classroom. We want to put their picture along with a little questionnaire about who they think is a leader and what being a leader means to them. |
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| I LOVE this quote. We used to hate this area by the restrooms and now we love it! |
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| It is important to all of us that these inspirational quotes are everywhere to serve not only as visual reminders to the students but also to the teachers as well. |
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| Who would have thought that a projector would still come in handy these days?! |
We still have a large amount of work ahead of us but it all starts with a small group of people and change can and will come. I cannot wait to see the look on the students' faces when they return for school in August. More pictures to come as we get more done!
I'm reminded of Margaret Mead's quotation, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that quote by Margaret mead!
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