What do you think is the most important thing that we have learned about private victory for teens in the last year? What are two things that you remember from Hawk Habits 2007?
Private victory is a lot of work, dedication, and self determination. What I remember most was the speech Ken gave to the students about his personal private victory and the skits that the faculty did with bling bling man as the MC. I felt there was more of a connection when students were actively involved in the rallies.
In order to make this program work, we need to continue working on the skills described in the program and practice them on a daily basis. We must keep repeating everything - a one time shot doesn't meet the needs of everybody. The activities that involve student participation seem to be the ones received by the students in a positive way.
I learned that the majority of the upper class students knew more about private victory then I thought they did, but that only a minority of the older students seemed to have actually internalized it and have regularly experienced it. In general when looking back to the rallies I'm still impressed by the general energy level and the ways students and faculty fed off of each other in the large group activities. This includes the freshman retreat, the 7 project, Ken B's speech, the Responsibility Rap,the Simon Says activity, Erin Moeller's speech, and the victory celebration in the auditorium. The biggest thing I remember in the small group AA was how engaged and serious the kids were when they wrote their "Letter's to Me".
Two things that I remember was the writing of the "letter to me" and the rocks and sand demo. The letter to me was something that I had done in high school and had gotten back from my HS english teacher 5 years after graduation. The rocks and sand demo was a neat little AHA moment that tied in very nicely with Erin's talk. And I remember baking many cookies...feeding leads to compliance...
Most importantly what I think that I have learned is how amazing it is that a group of educators can take an idea and some energy and roll it into a very interesting and informational package that could have life long positive ramifications for many students and at the very least teach students how to be good people. That synergy has been pretty cool to see happen.
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Private victory is a lot of work, dedication, and self determination. What I remember most was the speech Ken gave to the students about his personal private victory and the skits that the faculty did with bling bling man as the MC. I felt there was more of a connection when students were actively involved in the rallies.
In order to make this program work, we need to continue working on the skills described in the program and practice them on a daily basis. We must keep repeating everything - a one time shot doesn't meet the needs of everybody. The activities that involve student participation seem to be the ones received by the students in a positive way.
I learned that the majority of the upper class students knew more about private victory then I thought they did, but that only a minority of the older students seemed to have actually internalized it and have regularly experienced it. In general when looking back to the rallies I'm still impressed by the general energy level and the ways students and faculty fed off of each other in the large group activities. This includes the freshman retreat, the 7 project, Ken B's speech, the Responsibility Rap,the Simon Says activity, Erin Moeller's speech, and the victory celebration in the auditorium. The biggest thing I remember in the small group AA was how engaged and serious the kids were when they wrote their "Letter's to Me".
Two things that I remember was the writing of the "letter to me" and the rocks and sand demo. The letter to me was something that I had done in high school and had gotten back from my HS english teacher 5 years after graduation. The rocks and sand demo was a neat little AHA moment that tied in very nicely with Erin's talk.
And I remember baking many cookies...feeding leads to compliance...
Most importantly what I think that I have learned is how amazing it is that a group of educators can take an idea and some energy and roll it into a very interesting and informational package that could have life long positive ramifications for many students and at the very least teach students how to be good people. That synergy has been pretty cool to see happen.
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