Using the Lifelong Guidelines
and LIFESKILLS in the
Classroom & Schoolwide
As every employer knows, a sense of community results in higher quality and
quantity of output in less time and with greater satisfaction. The same is true for
academic learning in the classroom.
Learn how to use the Lifelong Guidelines and LIFESKILLS to:
- Create a strong sense of inclusion that embraces everyone as an equal member of the class family—a family dedicated to academic learning as well as social and personal growth
- Transform classroom management to classroom leadership and the Lifelong
Guidelines and LIFESKILLS to what makes life work in the classroom and
beyond
- Take students through the three stages of group development to give them
the social and collaborative skills needed to thrive in the classroom and in
future settings such as family and at work
- Teach civic skills—knowledge of how our democratic system works andpractice using the skills to participate in making our system work, including
civic discourse to resolve differences and move the country forward
- Give needed tools—for both teacher and students —for dealing with
misbehavior at its root causes
- Speed and deepen learning
The Lifelong Guidelines include: Active Listening, No Put-Downs, Truthfulness, Trustworthiness, and Personal Best.
Personal Best is defined by the 19 LIFESKILLS organized by the three stages of group development:
- Stage 1: Developing a Sense of Belonging using the LIFESKILLS of Friendship, Caring, Sense of Humor, Cooperation, and Patience
- Stage 2: Developing Common Ground using the LIFESKILLS of Common Sense, Courage, Curiosity, Flexibility, and Integrity
- Stage 3: Taking Action using the LIFESKILLS of Responsibility, Initiative, Problem Solving, Organization, Resourcefulness, Creativity, Effort, Perseverance, and Pride
Participants will leave with dozens of strategies for dealing with misbehavior and for teaching new behaviors that support academic learning as well as personal and social growth.
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