Developing Leaders I Emphasis: Get to know your child

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Developing Leaders IEmphasis Get to know your
child

• Monday, October 6, 6-9 p.m., Forest Hills Media
  Center

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Contact Information

• Jeff Thelen
• AddressForest Hills Elementary School13708
  Holly RdEden Prairie, MN 55346
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail jthelen_at_edenpr.org
• Website http//teachers.edenpr.org/jthelen/

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Organizational tip

• Notebook
• Table of Contents
• Topic (on left)
• Page (on right)
• Leave a few pages blank for adding topics
• Number remaining pages

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Information Age

• We live in an information agefads, advice,
  books, experts, travel, change, distance
• Principle I follow if the concept helps me in
  all of life, hold onto itif it doesnt, let it
  go.
• People know a lot, but knowledge doesnt always
  help what truly counts
• Biggest complaint of businesses to schools
  Smart kids dont know how to work well with
  others.

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Myth of Environment

• Explicit instruction
• Assume nothing teach everything
• Myth of Environment teaching is an art form
• "Teaching should not be an art it is a
  practice. Suggesting it is an art allows
  teachers their 'own personal touch and
  creativity' which results in further
  inconsistencies for students. National Urban
  Alliance, July, 2008
• Medical field mostly aligns with this

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The Five Love Languages

• Gary Chapman
• http//fivelovelanguages.com/

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Words of Affirmation

• reinforcing a difficult decision
• calling attention to progress made on a current
  project
• acknowledging a persons unique perspective on an
  important topic

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Quality Time

• Involves sharing experiences, thoughts, feelings
  and desires in a friendly, uninterrupted context

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Receiving Gifts

• any visible sign of your love will leave them
  feeling happy and secure in your relationship

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Acts of Service

• It is important to do these acts of service out
  of love and not obligation

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Physical Touch

• They can be big acts, such as back massages
• They can be little acts such as touches on the
  cheek or a hand on the shoulder

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Making It Right
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The Five Languages of Apology

• Gary Chapman
• http//fivelovelanguages.com/

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Expressing Regret

• Im SO sorry.

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Accept Responsibility

• I was wrong.

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Make Restitution

• Do something nice
• Broke it? Fix it

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Genuinely Repent

• I will change.

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Request Forgiveness

• Will you forgive me?

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Personality Traits
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Proverb

• Train up a child in the way he should go, and
  when he is older he will not depart from it.
• Train up a child in the way he should go
• Train up a child in the way he should go
• Focus on the natural bent(s)honors uniqueness

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4 Personality Traits

• Lion
• Otter
• Golden Retriever
• Beaver
• From The Treasure Tree (Tommy Nelson, Inc. 1992)

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Lion

• When balanced (strengths)
• Leader
• Good ideas
• Focused
• Determined
• Articulate

• When out of balance (weaknesses)
• Too demanding
• May forget the feelings of others
• Need to more softly communicate wants/needs
  (think of Drive-Thru)
• Can learn much from all others but especially
  golden retrievers

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Otter

• When balanced (strengths)
• Energetic
• Fun to be around
• Life of the party
• Positive.Anythings possible!
• Many friends
• Verbal

• When out of balance (weaknesses)
• Failure to see potential consequences of actions
• Prioritization
• Need to concisely communicate wants/needs (think
  of Drive-Thru)
• Good is the enemy of the best
• Shallow relationships
• Can learn much from all others but especially
  beavers.

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Golden Retriever

• When balanced (strengths)
• Sensitive
• Caring
• Gets along with others

• When out of balance (weaknesses)
• Often a doormatthis may lead to outbursts of
  anger
• Remember 24-3-7 (Angeles Arrien)
• Need to become more assertive
• Need to more clearly communicate wants/needs
  (think of Drive-Thru)
• Can learn much from all others but especially
  lions

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Beaver

• When balanced (strengths)
• Does quality work
• Organized
• Efficient
• Pays attention to detail
• Pursues whats best

• When out of balance (weaknesses)
• Critical of other peoples imperfections
• Majors on the minors
• Can learn much from all others but especially
  otters
• If I had My Life To Live Over Again

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Bottom line

• We need each other
• Do We Have As Much Sense As A Goose?

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Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
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Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)

• Linguistic Gifted in the language areas of
  reading, writing, listening, speaking
• Logical-mathematical An unusual ability for
  problem solving and mathematical concepts
• Spatial An ability to see mental images or
  pictures
• Bodily-Kinesthetic A keen sense of body movement
  and activity
• Musical Gifted at processing rhythmically
• Intrapersonal An extraordinary sense of one's
  own affect
• Interpersonal An extraordinary sense of others'
  affects
• Naturalist A keen sense of the natural world of
  plants and animals

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Multiple Intelligences

• Translation is the key to MI

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Learning Styles

• Learning Styles
• Auditorylearn through hearing
• Visuallearn through seeing
• Kinestheticlearn through touch, movement,
  and/or doing

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Developing Leaders IIEmphasis Get to know
how to motivate your child.

• Monday, November 3, 6-9 p.m., Forest Hills Media
  Center