1. Capturing Kids Hearts Selma Elementary
"If you have a child's heart...you have a child's mind.”

2. What makes CKH different?
Is a process not a program.
Goals:
High performing team - staff and students
Group self-management
Great for all relationships, not just school-related

3. How does it Work?
Teachers use the EXCEL model to communicate with students. Students create their own rules via a social contract. Students hold each other accountable using "checks" and "fouls". An environment is created that emphasizes positivity though "good things" and "affirmations"

4. The EXCEL Model
Engage: Students are greeted at the door with a handshake, eye contact and a sincere welcome.
X-plore: Teachers listen and attend to the personal, emotional and academic needs of our students.
Communicate: Teachers communicate care as well as content.

5. The EXCEL Model
Empower: Teachers empower students to gain the ability to "use and do" the things they have been taught.
Launch: Deals with how we "end and send" our students into the world. The purpose is to start our students on a course of action by ending our classes on a powerful note.

6. Good Things Shows interest in the students
★ Set a positive tone for the class
★ Teaches and models the leadership skill of positive thinking
★ minutes to share

7. Social Contract One of the key pieces of CKH
Becomes the centerpiece of the classroom culture
★ Built on 4 basic questions
○ How do you want to be treated by me (leader)?
○ How do you want to be treated by each other?
○ How do you think I (leader) want to be treated by you?
○ How do you want to treat each other when there is conflict?

8. Social Contract
★ Every contract includes 3 ideas: effort, listening, no
put-downs
★ Respect is also a key element
★ Questioning helps process the specifics of what that looks like (playground, lunch, etc.)

9. Social Contracts

10. Handshake Positive start to the day
★ Lets teachers and students check-in
★ Teaches students a professional greeting
★ Promotes confidence and connections

11. Hand Signals
★ Reinforces the goal of becoming a high performing, self-managing group nonverbally
★ Holds personal and group accountability to the social contract

12. Give Me Five Non-verbal signal to gain attention
★ Students mimic signal to let other know it’s time to come back together
★ Uses both hands to limit hand-held distractions

13. Check/Help a Friend ★ Encouragement to do the right thing
★ Reminder to make better choices
★ One and done
★ Adult will handle after one attempt is made

14. Foul ★ Used sparingly when feelings are hurt
★ Can be called by an “upstander”
★ Two put ups are a start to rebuilding the relationship
★ Can be given after a break if needed

15. The 4 Questions:
★ Goal is to avoid power struggles and increase on task
behaviors
★ Tone and body language are critical to success of questions
★ Disrespect is handled separately from misbehavior
★ Know what answer you are expecting to the questions. If the child answers correctly, move to the next question

16. The 4 Questions What are you doing? What are you supposed to be doing?
Are you doing it?
What are you going to do about it?

17. The 4 Questions/Disrespect
How are you talking to me?
How are you supposed to be talking to me?
Are you doing it?
What are you going to do about it?

18. Behave Out/In ★ Goal: To maintain the boundaries, while preserving the
relationship.
★ Students own the decisions that lead to “Behaving Out/In”
★ Behaving out could be out of your group to a cool down area to finish your work and then you behave in. It could be to another classroom or to “Recharge or the office.
★ Cuts down on referrals

19. Capturing Kids Hearts is a Process
Take Aways:
★ Mistakes will happen as with any new skill
★ Reteaching is critical to the process
★ Open communication will be important
★ The process teaches skills applicable today and beyond.

20. Questions? Contact us: Principal: Maritzarosado@johnston.k12.nc.us
Assistant Principals:
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Capturing Kids Hearts Leader: