Good reminder - from Ms. Houser's email 5/7/14
Seven Keys for Implementing ... ANYTHING.... in Your School
Seven Keys for Implementing ... ANYTHING.... in Your School
1. Believe It and Model It: Breathe life into the James Baldwin quote: “The children are ours. Every single one of them… children have never been very good at listening to their elders but have never failed to imitate them.”
2. Name It: Give the intangible and often-unnamed a name. Only by labelling and talking about the character strengths that Martin Seligman and Chris Peterson identified can we embark on the journey to develop them.
3. Find It: Introduce kids to real-world and fictional examples that display the various character strengths.
4. Feel It: Help kids and adults feel the positive effects of focusing on, and developing, their own character strengths.
5. Integrate It: Create dual-purpose experiences and lessons that involve the character strengths. Learn more about how character is integrated into the KIPP Framework for Excellent Teaching.
6. Encourage It: Provide people with growth mindset praise (i.e. precise, descriptive praise) around character.
7. Track It: Record and discuss progress toward character goals regularly.
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