Leader in Me - Oak Grove School

The purpose of this blog is to share ideas, thoughts and feelings on the journey to provide 21st Century Learning through The Leader in Me. It is hoped that this blog will serve a central location to post ideas and stimulate thought and discussion.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Beaumont School Leadership Day

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Beaumont School in Waterford, Michigan held a great Leadership Day in November.  They are the first Lighthouse School in Michigan and have a...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Global Summit

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Every summer a "Leader in Me Global Summit" has been held on the beautiful California University campus in Pennsylvania.   Click  ...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Oak Grove 4th Graders Set Nutrition Goals

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Our Health Teacher, Ms. Kurtz read The 7 Habits of Happy Kids book to her 4th Grade Health Class. They learned about, Habit 2, "Begin ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Carey School - Indiana "Our school is a different place because of the 7 Habits"

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http://www.theleaderinme.org/blog?blog_id=177   See video and comments from the staff and students.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Readers are Leaders at Oak Grove

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I am inspired by our journey into The Leader in Me. I have been contemplating ways to integrate it into my little office!  I have no extra w...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Mr. Nee's Childhood School on Long Island

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Hi, I am Tim Nee, PE Teacher at Oak Grove.  As we have been learning about the 7 Habits, I have been surprised to find connections with peop...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Door Decorating at 14th Street School

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"We settle our differences by____" Door Decorations at 14th Street School This is a clever idea from Pennsylvania. "We ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Missouri Buddy Assembly: Sharpen the Saw

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SchoolTube - Buddy Assembly: Sharpen the Saw   Click above to see their video. Stanton Elementary in Fenton, Missouri held a "Sharp...

Beaumont School's Leader in Me Web Site

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Beaumont School, in Waterford, Michigan, just published a new web site to share their journey to become a Leader in Me School.  A teacher at...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Oak Grove Plan

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Many of our Oak Grove School teachers are reading  The Leader in Me . The book describes a elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina wher...

Learning from other Schools

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In my journey to learn about The Leader in Me, I have been anxious to talk with people at other schools to find out if this is "real...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Reading the 7 Habits at Home

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I am Jenny Pittam and I teach 5th and 7th Grade Spanish at Oak Grove. I am also a parent at our school. My daughter Olivia is in 2nd grade...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

5th Grade Reactions to the 7 Habits

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My fifth graders have been writing about their reactions to the 7 habits.   Here are some quotes from my students. I think the 7 Habits ca...

5th Grade 7 Habit Discussions

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My fifth graders each wrote about how the 7 Habits could impact a family, a school or a community. We then made a little movie of the discu...

2nd Grade 7 Habits Journals

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After my 2nd graders learn a habit, they write about how they use it.  Their stories are recorded in their 7 Habits Journals.  One child wro...
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The 7 Habits of Happy Kids Book

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We have been reading The 7 Habits of Happy Kids in some of our classrooms Kindergarten through 4th grade. The book has cartoon characters...
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2nd Grade Leadership Jobs

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After I read the Leader in Me, I decided to give my students some leadership roles that I had done in the past. One job is the bus leader...

Hamburger Rubric

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AB Combs School used this rubric to help students think about quality work. It's called the Hamburger Rubric and goes like this: Imagin...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Environment

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Leader in Me Schools use signage and bulletin boards to emphasize the 7 Habits and character quotes. The evidence on the walls provides for ...

Goal Setting and Data Notebooks

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Classroom goal. Student data notebooks. Schools use the habit of “Begin With the End in Mind” to think about what the st...
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The 7 Habits of Happy Pilgrims

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After schools are trained in the Leader in Me, they begin to share and have access to lessons designed by other teachers from around the wor...

Middle Schools Using the 7 Habits

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Sean Covey, Dr. Covey's son wrote The 7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens .  This book is amazing in how it speaks to young people in a ...
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Welcome to A.B. Combs Video

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Leader in Me Web Site

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A lot of information and interesting video can be found on www.theleaderinme.org. The Teachers Lounge login is available only to schools ...

Social Greeting in the Morning Meeting

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Amy Flores, Bonnie Taylor and Beth Friedman visiting with Lincoln Principal Kathleen Miller. While visiting Lincoln School in Mundelein,...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Visit to Lincoln School in Mundelein

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I still needed to find a school to take our teachers to visit.  The St. Stanislaus Principal felt their school was not yet ready for teach...
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Learning From Other Schools

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While reading The Leader in Me , I found that the educators from other schools visited AB Combs School and then came back and implemented it...

The Leader in Me Finds Oak Grove

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In August of 2010, I was sitting at home with my laptop reading about schools when the author said "and we are implementing The Leader ...
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Janice Matthews, Superintendent of Oak Grove School District 68 maintains this blog for the Board of Education in Green Oaks. Illinois.
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