"We only get one chance to prepare our students for the future. What are we going to do with that one chance?" Dr. Stephen R. Covey, world-famous author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
This April, I was thrilled to be a part of a Greater Richmond Chamber Inner City Visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. While there, the business leaders on the trip were blown away by one of our stops at a local elementary school. It was the highlight of our visit and everyone came back to Richmond ready to try to duplicate what we had seen. Because of this experience, I knew we had to not only prepare our children academically for their future educational endeavors, we needed to give our children the opportunity to develop essential life skills and characteristics needed for success in the 21st century. As a result, we are actively seeking to enhance our Rainbow Station curriculum based on this serendipitous visit. Our administrative team received leadership training in July with the idea that all of our faculty and staff will receive this same training starting in August and continuing throughout the fall semester. This training based on Stephen Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Sean Covey's work, The 7 Habits of Happy Children will enable our teachers to begin to develop leadership skills in our preschool and Village programs by integrating these skills into our core curriculum and everyday language. This is not “one more thing” teachers will have to do. This training will become a part of our culture, gaining momentum and producing improved results year after year, benefiting our preschool, our Village and our children by
Developing self esteem
Developing self confidence
Decreasing discipline referrals.
Developing character and leadership through existing core curriculum.
Improving academic achievement.
Providing leadership training and professional growth for our faculty and staff.
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