All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 1. Share everything. 2. Play fair. 3. Don't hit people. 4. Put things back where you found them. 5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS. 6. Don't take things that aren't yours. 7. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody. 8. Wash your hands before you eat. 9. Flush. 10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. 11. Live a balanced life - learn some and drink some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some. 12. Take a nap every afternoon. 13. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. 14. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. 15. Goldfish and hamster and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we. 16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - “LOOK.”  Robert Fulghum Presented by: Cynthia Mathews, Time Change Coach January 2018

THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Be Proactive – As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behaviour is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.   Begin With The End in Mind – To start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. Put First Things First – This is the principles of personal management. It’s the exercise of independent will toward becoming principle-centered. It’s the day-in, day-out, moment-by-moment doing it. Think Win/Win – This is the habit of interpersonal leadership. It involves the exercise of each of the unique human endowments-self-awareness, imagination, conscience, and independent will-in our relationships with others. It involves mutual learning, mutual influence, mutual benefits. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood – This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication. Communication is the most important skill in life. This principle involves empathic listening. Synergize – It means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It means that the relationship which the parts have to each other is a part in and of itself. It is not only a part, but the most catalytic. The most empowering, the most unifying. And the most exciting part. Sharpen The Saw – Balanced Self-Renewal. It’s preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have-you. It’s renewing the four dimensions of your nature-physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People written by Steven R. Covey is recommended reading.

Characteristics of a Successful Leadership Style (Self Evaluation) How do you show leadership in your school community? Why should others choose to follow you? How do you deliver your vision to your school community. How do you inspire your followers? “The Principal’s Handbook” by Cynthia Mathews What do you do to make other people feel important and appreciated? How do you live your values for others to see? How do you set the pace, set expectations and show examples in you school community?