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Best Practices
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Broadcast Daily -
Our data indicates that schools that broadcast the Project Wisdom messages
daily experience greater increases in student social awareness and a greater
positive impact on the morale of teachers. Boosting teacher moral can have a
positive impact on your entire campus.
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Get Parents and the Community Involved - Announce upcoming themes in
newsletters and on homework hotlines so parents can reinforce at home these
same themes, character words, and expectations. Invite parents, business
leaders, elected officials, local celebrities, and faith leaders to be guest
narrators.
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Seize Teachable Moments - Encourage teachers, staff, and service workers
to seize teachable moments by referring to the themes or messages in
conversations with students. (Remember our theme this week? Success is
all about doing your personal best, or Did you hear the message this
morning? Could you have made a better choice?)
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Use in Counseling - When appropriate, counselors can use the messages,
themes, and character words in counseling sessions. ("Self-Worth: Dealing
with Our Anger" - Remember our theme this week? There are better
ways to deal with anger. Would you like for me to help you with that?)
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Help with Discipline - Teachers and administrators can use the themes,
messages, and character words to help students examine the choices they are
making. ("Kindness and Courtesy: Weakness or Strength" - Tell me what
our theme is for this week. Could you have made a more courteous choice?)
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Encourage Reflection - Set aside time each Friday for students to write
in their journals in advisor/advisee, in homeroom, or perhaps during their
language arts class. If you are using the Weekly or Monthly Themes, this will
help students reflect on the specific content of the messages they heard all
week.
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> Learn more about Secondary
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Create Classroom Discussion - Once the students have had an opportunity
to reflect and write, use the journals as a discussion starter by asking
volunteers to:
1. Read aloud the section called "Something to Think About."
2. Explain why they do or do not agree with those statements.
3. Answer the "Question of the Week" and explain their responses.
4. Share segments of what they wrote that might benefit others in the class.
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Post the Themes - Post the Weekly or Monthly Theme on marquees in the
school, on main bulletin boards, and in classrooms. Post the themes on marquees
outside the school and get the community on board. Inform your local
newspapers, publications, and radio or television stations of the themes you
will be using.
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