FISH! Tracy Geglein Kathy Watkins Ivy Tech Community College Madison/Lawrenceburg FISH! Tracy Geglein Kathy Watkins Ivy Tech Community College Madison/Lawrenceburg

What Is Your Favorite Chocolate?

1. Mr. Goodbar 2. Krackel 3. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate 4. Hershey’s Extra Dark 5. Snickers

Mr. Goodbar LogicalAnalytical Play devil’s advocate See all possibilities What if? Hate deadlines Rule oriented Structure and order Hate surprises ProcrastinatorLogicalAnalytical Play devil’s advocate See all possibilities What if? Hate deadlines Rule oriented Structure and order Hate surprises Procrastinator

KrackelKrackel CreativeOptimistic Messy, but organized Off-beat Friendly and outgoing Willling to help Like surprises Like flexibility and change CreativeOptimistic Messy, but organized Off-beat Friendly and outgoing Willling to help Like surprises Like flexibility and change

Hersheys Milk Chocolate All American Love baseball, Mom and apple pie Cheerleader Good PR person Kind and thoughtful Remember birthdays Others turn to you for help playful All American Love baseball, Mom and apple pie Cheerleader Good PR person Kind and thoughtful Remember birthdays Others turn to you for help playful

Hershey’s Extra Dark PatientThoughtfulIndividualist Problem solver Finisher Works well with difficult people DependableLoyalResourceful Good grant writer PatientThoughtfulIndividualist Problem solver Finisher Works well with difficult people DependableLoyalResourceful Good grant writer

SnickersSnickers HumorousFun-loving Practical joker Everyone loves you! SassyOutgoing You love party games HumorousFun-loving Practical joker Everyone loves you! SassyOutgoing You love party games

The Name Game

What barriers have you faced in the classroom?

Choose your attitude There is always a choice about the way you do your work, even if there not a choice about the work itself Need courage to choose Act “World Famous” When you are doing what you are doing, who are you being?

“Choose your attitude” means: 1. Decide you hate your class from day My way or the highway! 3. I am in control of my attitude. 4. Can I go home now?

Play Have a good time in a respectful manner Create shared experiences.

“PLAY” Means: 1. Your turn to deal! 2. RECESS! 3. Mess with their minds. 4. Have a good time.

Make Their Day Engage your customers/students Welcome them to join in the fun Create a constant flow of positive feelings Create an atmosphere of inclusion

“Make their day” means: 1. Everyone in the pool! 2. Engage students! 3. We are going home early tonight. 4. Just by you showing up.

Be Present Act as if you are long lost friends People must find their own way to discover the Fish! Philosophy Through the learning process-they have time to internalize the experience

“Be Present” means: 1. Dress in ribbons and bows. 2. I’m here…we can start now. 3. Are we getting out early tonight? 4. I’m engaged and attentive.

Fish Thoughts Our responsibility to build a better workplace-a place we love to be in Things won’t get better-until we choose to make them better We have power over the kind of place we create

Personal Application Evaluate you own Toxic Energy Dump- physical, emotional, social, professional Create Personal Confidence Audit-What have you chosen in past 6 months ?

How To Change Your Attitude Towards students? Co workers? Stay? Leave? Don’t let them bother you? Change your style to match theirs? Assess your own work/play ratio Are you part of the problem or solution?

QUESTIONS

Let’s Fish!

This presentation was: 1. Awesome 2. Fun 3. Smelled like FISH ! 4. Exciting