#spring seminar

 how do you enter your day standing in the doorway of hope

toxic stress

 making a conscious choice to be positive

 identify small shifts that allow you to show up positive

 the dust on the gold quote

 7% interaction = words

the rest is body language, 55% and tone/voice 38%

 if you are all on the bus heading in the right direction, how many does it take to stop the bus?

 One – or, more realistically, one and a friend.

  Can’t afford energy vampires on your bus (book:  the energy bus)

  What keeps you positive? Resilient?

  It’s not the disequilibrium, it’s how we react/respond to it.

  It took me two hours to get here

Well I walked

Well I walked with a huge bag

  (We meet are trying to beat each other on the race to downward spiral)

  10 positive/amazing things but how fast would’ve you been able to fill out 10 struggles

  you have to be present to positivity

  it’s a conscious shift…  shining the light on the child’s strengths

  "don't ask what the word needs, ask what makes you come alive, then go do that because the world needs more people who have come alive."  (quote on her screensaver)

    how do you move from languishing to flourishing?

  Positivity…

Feels good

Changes how your mind works (broaden and build, expand)

Transforms your future

Puts breaks on negativity

Obeys a tipping point (small changes = big differences)

Can be increased under your own power!

  The ultimate payoff of that 47 cent stamp…

  Positive emotions open our hearts and minds making us more creative and receptive. Opening hearts and minds, positive emotions allow us to build new skills, new ties, new knowledge, new ways of being

  Ten forms of positivity:

Joy

Gratitude

Serenity

Interest

Hope

Pride

Amusement

Inspiration

Awe

Love

  How are you creating spaces/environments that move you forward?

  “Joy is not a constant – it comes in moments, often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss them because we are too busy chasing down extraordinary moments.”   -Brené Brown

    COVEY

Urgent and Important

Crisis

Pressing problems

Deadlines

  Not Urgent and Important

Relationship building

Values/vision work

Personal development

  Not Important and Urgent

Interruptions

Phone calls

Meetings

  Not Important and Not Urgent

TV

Internet

Time wasters

Busy work

    “urgency addiction” Stephen Covey – first things first

  Where are you rushing off to? Don’t be the dead body on the fast train.

    Better to be on a difficult path than a path that doesn’t lead to where I want to go

-Steve Seidel

  deficit based

identify what’s wrong

analysis of causes

possible solutions

plans of actions

  drains energy

negativity

discouragement

weakens teamwork and creativity

focuses on the past – not positive images for the future

  strength based

focus on what’s right

what gives life?

what enhances life?

Honoring

  Increases engagement

Collaboration/teams

Improves student learning

Increases productivity

Restores hope

    Cultivate positive relationships

Trust

Confidence

Shift conversations

Reveal silver linings

Get people into flow

  Celebrate what’s right

Dewitt Hones

  By celebrating what’s right we find the energy to fix what’s wrong.  –Dewitt Jones

  Underlying assumptions

Vitality is always there to be discovered

The first question is fateful

Our question influence those who answer

People increase confidence for change when they build on what they know

    The person centered approach rests on a basic trust in human beings to flow towards the constructive fulfillment of their own potential

-Carl Rogers

    listening

acknowledge and validate

ask empowering questions

inspire

raise consciousness

    when you act like you have all day it takes 10 minutes

when you act like you have 10 minutes it takes all day….

    Avoid fix-it mode! Avoid savior mentality!

  Tell me about one of your best experiences in the classroom lately?

What is one of the most important lessons you have learned in your role as an ece?

What led you to go into their field?

What do you value most in your work?

Tell me about a challenging situation you handled well

Tell me about what assist you in being your best?

3 wishes to transform your work in the classroom – what would they be?

If they were granted – what would be the first thing I noticed?

If we had crystal ball…

What else?

    Wait and See:

SEE – stop explaining everything

WAIT - why am I talking

  Appreciative inquiry – how are we tapping into what people know?

Positive attention in the present is the only thing that leads to positive change

  Back map??

  2000 days between birth and Kinder

  what would happen if we stopped juggling all the balls and instead aligned them?

  The VISION influences our goals

  Observe related to their goals… can’t do this if we haven’t identified goals!

  How are we using time and money to service our goals?

  Come talk to us – the teachers like you.  What are your goals?

  Professional Development Goals:

IPDP with clear goals

Observation & feedback (based on goals)

Reflecting on and incorporating assessment data

Specific PD activities based

Check-in’s (2-3 times a year)

  VISION is grounding all of these together. All of the GOALS need to lead back to the VISION!

  Stay true to your vision and link everything back to it.  Find a way to live it.

  Observe vitalitites.

    Learning is a result of our resourcefulness and their playfulness

  Vision Statements

Provide pictures of what could be

Are a catalyst for change

Unleash energy and facilitate goal setting

Give clear compelling picture of where an organization is headed

    Make sure your VISION is not a drone of negativity.

      And that’s a wrap!

Lisa Murphy