Moral Focus Spotlight

 

It’s important as educators to model our expectations to our students. As we look at the Classroom Framework in the competency of Classroom Culture and the indicator of Student Behavior to be exemplary it states, “Teacher models Moral Focus virtues in their words and actions.”

Every month on the blog, I will provide you with a resource that pertains to ways that you can model our Moral Focus virtues. During the month of January, Perseverance is the Moral Focus virtue and the 3-5 wing focuses on “Endurance.” I read an article that identifies steps that teachers can take to help students build persistence. In the article, Teaching Persistence: How to Build Student Stamina, one of the steps was Model Persistence. J

“Most learners love to hear personal stories from their teachers. Telling your learners about your weekend plumbing project that didn’t go as planned – and how you got through it and completed it – is a great way to help learners see that everyone feels like giving up sometimes. It also models for them how to overcome those feelings and reach a goal – without coming off as preachy.”

You might not talk about your plumbing project, but any way that you can demonstrate endurance (learning new curriculum, planning a lesson or activity, etc.) could be powerful to your students! Please click on the link to read the full article and the remaining steps. Thank you for being a team that leads by example! 

http://www.scilearn.com/blog/teaching-persistence-how-to-build-student-stamina