THE FORGOTTEN STANDARD: TEACHING TO THE HEART OF A CHILD

INSTRUCTOR(S): Carol Bahrke, Howard-Suamico School District
GRADE LEVEL: Pre K-College
 

This course is designed to provide educators Pre K-College with powerful tools for developing a classroom and school environment that fosters resilient, respectful, asset building students.  The participants will leave this class with teaching tools that teach content while creating a climate in your classroom in which students will thrive.  Participants will reflect on their personal and district practices as they explore current research on healthy youth and resiliency.  The seven blocks of the Standards of the Heart, which are found in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Characteristics of Successful Schools, will serve as a basic framework for the class.  The goals of the workshop are for educators to utilize the powerful tools for developing classroom and school environments that foster caring, responsible, and academically successful learners and explore current research that proves that building positive relationships improves academic performance and school climate.