Schools with Character is a course for teachers based on the work of Hettie Brittz. Evergreen believes that parents and teachers share the responsibility of educating children. The course focuses on our principles for raising children and discuss how the role of parent and teacher differs.
What is the end-result of good schooling – a person with a matric certificate or a citizen with good character? How do we create a culture in which school children and teachers can thrive?
Part 1: Understanding healthy authority
We believe that healthy authority is more than being in charge or using the latest discipline techniques. Healthy authority in the classroom creates an environment where teachers are respected by the learners and everyone respects each other. In this session we will look at twelve building blocks of healthy authority and each teacher will identify their own strengths and weaknesses in order to grow in healthy authority. We will help identify everyone’s own preferred authority style and to understand the strengths and weaknesses embedded in each style. We will then spend some time looking at the different developmental phases of the primary school learner to understand what they are able to grasp and what they need at the different developmental stages.
Part 2: Understanding temperament types of educators and learners
This module is designed to be a fun team building session where teachers will gain some understanding of who they are and who their co-workers are. Relationship growth starts with self-knowledge and by learning how to value yourself and others. The TTLP questionnaire is completed online in less than 20 minutes and the TTLP profile report will then provide each teacher with a work profile, social profile, life view profile and Tall Trees Leadership Profile (TTLP). Then we will apply what teachers have learned about temperament in the previous session, to the children in their class. Teachers will understand how to best discipline, motivate, love, teach, appreciate and understand each child. It is possible to have a relationship with each learner.
Part 3: Discipline with Compassion
During this module we will simplify misbehaviour by categorising it into eight different types of behaviour. We will look at what it is the learner does not yet understand or what skill the learner needs with regards to each type of misbehaviour. Then we will link the misbehaviour with meaningful consequences that will help them grow in character. The consequence of misbehaviour becomes objective and the tools we provide will help teachers to be consistent in the handling of misbehaviour.
Follow-up workshop: The Xtreme Makeover for schools
This optional workshop is for a school that decides to challenge the status quo. Evergreen shared in the previous modules our suggestions and principles to create an environment where the development of character is vital. If a school is convinced that it shares our goal and decides to make a few changes, while maintaining their individuality, we undertake this journey with them. The workshop focus on identifying the gaps in the current Code of Conduct and/or discipline plan and to suggest practical and legal improvements. Training in the use of our discipline administration system is also included. This is when the theory becomes practice. Grow schools with character!
We are in the process of developing more follow-up workshops.
The Schools with Character course is a two day course and educators can earn 20 or 25 CPD points from SACE.
Skole met Karakter is 'n kursus vir onderwysers gebasseer op die werk van Hettie Brittz. Immergroen glo dat ouers en onderwysers die taak van kinderopvoeding deel. Hierdie kursus deel ons opvattings oor kinderopvoeding met onderwysers en ook hoe die rol van ouers en onderwysers verskil. Ons vat hande met ouers en onderwysers in elke stad en dorp in die poging om 'n gesonde skoolkultuur te bewerkstelling.
Die Skole met Karakter kursus word landswyd aangebied deur geakkrediteerde konsultante opgelei deur die Immergroen Opleidingspan.
Wat is die eind-doel van ŉ goeie skoolloopbaan – iemand met 'n matriek-sertifikaat of ŉ individu met goeie karakter wat ŉ bydrae tot die samelewing gaan maak? Hoe skep ons ŉ skoolkultuur waarin kinders en onderwysers kan floreer?
Deel 1: Verstaan gesonde gesag
Ons glo dat gesonde gesag meer is as om in beheer te wees van klas of die nuutste dissipline tegnieke toe te pas. Gesonde gesag in die klaskamer skep ŉ omgewing waar onderwysers deur leerders respekteer word en almal mekaar respekteer. In hierdie sessie kyk ons na 12 boustene van gesonde gesag en identifiseer elkeen sy eie sterkpunte en tekortkominge met die doel om te groei in gesag. Leer ook hoe om jou gesagstyl by die leerder se normale ontwikkelingsfase aan te pas.
Deel 2: Kweek kinders en onderwysers met karakter
Hierdie sessie is ontwerp om ŉ lekker interaktiewe spanbousessie te wees waar elke onderwyser meer insig in hul eie temperament asook hul kollegas s’n kry. Verhoudingbou begin met self-kennis en deur jouself en ander se waarde te besef. Die Tall Trees Leierskapprofiel® word aanlyn in 20minute voltooi en die verslag gee meer insig oor elke onderwyser se werksprofiel, sosiale profiel en lewensuitkyk. Daarna kan die onderwysers dan die kennis wat hul opgedoen het rondom temperament op die leerders in hul klas toepas. Ons ontdek dat elke leerder verskillende behoeftes het; reageer op dissipline, gemotiveer word en leer. Dit is moontlik om ŉ verhouding met elke leerder in die klas te hê.
Deel 3: Dissiplineer met Deernis
Onderwysers leer vyf goue sleutels vir dissipline. Ons ontdek agt tipes wangedrag en hoe om elkeen sinvol te hanteer sodat die leerders tot volwassenheid kan groei. Ons het idees om wangedrag objektief en konsekwent te hanteer deur te fokus op wat die leerder nog nie verstaan nie of watter vaardighede hy/sy kortkom. Langtermyn resultate en goeie karakter is die gevolg.
Opvolg werkswinkel: Die 'Xtreme Makeover' vir skole
Hierdie opsionele werkswinkel is vir 'n skool wat besluit om die status quo uit te daag. Immergroen het in die vorige sessies ons voorstelle en beginsels gedeel wat 'n skoolgemeenskap in 'n omgewing kan omskep waar karakterbou kan plaasvind. Indien 'n skool daarvan oortuig is dat hul ons visie deel en daarom 'n paar veranderinge wil maak, maar tog jul uniekheid en tradisie wil behou, stap ons graag die pad saam. Hierdie werkswinkel fokus op die indentifisering van leemtes in die huidige gedragskode en/of dissiplineplan en ons maak aanbevelings om die verbetering prakties en wettig te maak. Opleiding in die gebruik van ons dissipline-administrasiesisteem vind ook plaas. Hier raak die teoretiese kennis nou prakties en help ons om skole met karakter te kweek!
Ons is in die proses om nog Opvolg-werkswinkels te ontwikkel
Die Skole met Karakter kursus is ŉ tweedagkursus en opvoeders kan 20 of 25 CPD punte by