Creating a
VALUES-INFUSED
Campus Culture
Presented by Clayton Koh & Linda Tambunan
from Loma Linda Academy
School Culture
C
CULTURE
The underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of a school.
What type of culture does your school have? What are you known for?
As a result of today's presentations, we hope that you will:
Objectives
- Identify which values you'd like to emphasize in your classroom/school
- Learn about a variety ways to infuse your classroom/school with values
- Leave with practical tools/ideas that you can use next year (starting next week!)
Development of Core Values
- Brainstorming
- Narrowing
- Naming
- Defining
Development
Pair Share
If you were to choose 4 core values that you think are the most important, what would they be?
Pair
Share
Implementation
Implementation
- Visibility
- Logo
- Hand motions
- Assemblies
- Parent communication
- School matrix
- Positive Reinforcement
Visibility
Without using the company name, help your partner guess the company by describing what you see in the picture!
Programs & Communication
Assemblies
- Grounded Kids Assemblies
- Kindness Ambassadors
- Wednesday Word
Fill in the blank:
School Matrix
You're Grounded!
Positive
Reinforcement
+ Discipline
D
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
“If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we…punish?”
Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as
we do the others?
Tom Herner, 1998.
What do you do to teach
kids social skills?
Grounded Toolkit
Changing your story
1. Think about the most challenging student you worked with last year.
2. Remember the worst thing they did.
3. Choose to draw or write out the story from before the "bad behavior", the behavior, and what happend afterward.
Look through the Toolkit activities
Which of these activities do you think would benefit kids at your school the most?
Pair Share
Using value vocabulary helps to remind students about what they value and how they should embody it.
Core Value Vocab
Lacey Walker, Non-Stop Talker
Literature Emphasis
Prayer reminds us of who we are, who God wants us to be, and that we can get there.
Prayer
2nd grade
case study
1. Create goals
2. Review them in the morning.
3. Visualize those goals being implemented
4. Pray
5. At the end of the day, reflect on how successful they were.
6. Reward positive growth and correct mistakes.
Check in/Check out
Friendship Workshop
1. What makes a good friend?
2. Wounded Heart activity with Chrysanthamum story by Kevin Henkes
3. How full is your bucket activity
Workshops
Social Education
S
- Grounded Kids Assemblies
- Kindness Ambassadors
SOCIAL EDUCATION
Core Value: Respect
Speaking Respectfully to Adults
Values P.D.
P
- Core Value Application in different relationships
- Grounded notes for teachers
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Reflection
- What could you do to model positive values for your students this year?
Keep it real
Write a grounded note for someone here or from your area.
Grounded Notes for Teachers
Reflection
R
REFLECTION
- Informal
- Faculty discussions
- Student observations
- Formal
- Still needed