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The “Leader In Me” program currently being implemented at Crossroads School in Devlin received recognition from the Rainy River District School Board at its regular meeting here last night.
The program integrates the teaching of Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly-Effective People” into the culture of the school.
The “7 Habits” are be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand rather than to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw.
Crossroads staff members Donna Kowalski and Cristol Bailey became certified “7 Habits” trainers last October, and offered up their knowledge of the program to teachers and support staff during a P.A. Day held Nov. 28.
“This training has continued into 2012 and is ongoing with the idea that the entire school community shall become familiar with the ‘7 Habits,’” the report noted, citing the launch of the program took place during an assembly Dec. 1.
The teachers spent the month of December introducing the “7 Habits” to the students and now are focusing on each habit in more detail.
On the P.A. Day scheduled in June, Mike Fritz, principal of Joseph Welsh Elementary School in Red Deer, Alta., will visit Crossroads to focus on the “Leader In Me” training with staff and parents.
Then that weekend, the school’s “Lighthouse Team” will continue their training with Fritz.
“We hope this will be the first of future visits,” the report stressed.
Joseph Welsh is the most widely-recognized “Leader In Me” school in Canada while more than 600 schools worldwide are now involved with the program.
Full implementation of the program will begin in September.
“We are currently tracking and compiling data to measure how our school will benefit from this program,” the report added.
“If our results mirror that of other schools, we expect to see some exciting results.”
Also last night, the public board heard a presentation regarding the “Junior Math Intervention Initiative” (JMII), a research project sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
It has provided small and northern district school boards with a Northern Board Coach facilitator to work with junior teachers in the area of mathematics.
The collaborative project sees teachers investigate intervention strategies for students in Grades 3-6 who are achieving Level 2 or lower in mathematics.
