Mature Fruit
“The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.” –Jean Paul Richter
A true loving perspective on people is not a part of your character until it is evidenced in your thoughts, words, and actions toward those who don’t deserve it. Most like Christ is “rewarding” good for evil, putting judgmental thoughts aside, and reaching outside of self to ones people consider “unworthy.”
Look Back to Launch Ahead
“Remembering our past is the way we move out of a present that seems to have no exit into a more open and hopeful future.” Sam Keen
I believe most of us have been conditioned by our family of origin, by our religious upbringing or lack of it, by our habits, and it’s very possible that very little of that reflects our true self. We go through life in ruts that we don’t even like, and without evaluating where we’ve come from and those inauthentic patterns, we cripple our futures (potentially hurting the ones we love most and not living in abundance). Get nostalgic, go back to the beginning, and pick out the good blessings to cherish/continue living by your key values, and discard the junk that holds you back from launching ahead with vigor! You CAN get unstuck!
Warm Up Your Students’ Brains
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This seminar deals with 5-minute activities to use as transitions from one subject to the next, across the curriculum.
Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
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This seminars uses Bloom’s Taxonomy as a guide for scores of practical classroom methods to tackle the 6 levels of critical thinking.
The Worth of Word Walls
This seminar gives a bunch of practical ideas/games/activities to make bulletin boards come alive as active teaching tools.
Envisioning and Living Your Best Future
“It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.” –Charles Caleb Colton
Who Do You Admire
“Tell me who you admire, and I will tell you what kind of person you aspire to become.” –Sam Keen
A good exercise to take is your own personal Hall of Fame of people you admire and why. My categories have been Great Leaders (people I don’t know personally, but admire from afar); Enriching Teachers/Mentors; Lovers/Guardians of Authentic Me; Virtuous Men (male role models); Other Grace-Filled People. Or simply list your good friends and list their qualities that attract you to them–then tell them!
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Paul Casey enjoys giving practical tips to grow people to the next level of their leadership. You can contact him at paul.casey@bethel-church.org or at 509-392-1895.
What Parents Want from Teachers
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This seminar looks through the lens of the parent back at their expectations for their children’s teacher.
The Gifted Among Us
This seminar talks about what labels a child as “gifted” and how to best challenge these students in the regular classroom.