In my 8/23 post, I discussed goals and thought that I would update what is happening with mine. Here they are:
1. Use kinder words
2. Choose a positive attitude all day, every day.
3. Greet people at school 90% of the time
4. Praise the positive at least 10 times in a day; ignore or quickly deal with the negative
5. Better manage my time to take care of my priorities
Well, the first three are going well. I find that the day flies when I choose to have a good attitude. The students are also better behaved and we get a lot more done. Praise is hard to do without it sounding cheesy (as my students would say). I am reading some Boy'sTown materials that I found in my closet and am trying to incorporate some of those ideas into the praise project. Marzano's ideas also seem to help. Time management is hard. I spend more time with my family and try to get everything done at school, but it is impossible to finish everything here. I have to take some of it home, which cuts into family time. That will be the one to really work on.
This week's goal is to blog more often and clean up my wikispace.
Anyone else wish to share their goals and how they are doing on them?
