We Are What We Repeatedly Do......

Are you a Stephen Covey fan?  His son, Sean Covey, builds on the original 7 Habits and shares ideas for youth on his website, Inspiring Greatness in Youth, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.  Like the writings of Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale before them, these ideas are guiding principles for a fulfilling and successful life.

Do you or your school have guidelines that are shared with students?   Our incoming freshman students at FCHS take a one semester course, Career and College Readiness, and the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the text for the course.  I challenge you to come up with your own guiding principles for you and your students this year. 

Here are my 7 Mind/Heart Habits of Highly Effective Teachers:

1. Sees the whole child, both as a learner and a human being
2. Has belief in every child’s future
3. Always a learner, embraces failure as much as success
4. Fearless of: poverty, naysayers, technology, petty tyrants, and ‘you name it’
5. Remains idealistic in the face of political and economic reality
6. Champions public education for all, not just the few, or the majority
7. Gratefully celebrates being “just a teacher” 

Stephen Abram, librarian and consultant with Lighthouse Partners and Dysart & Jones, has come up with his, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology.

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