1. How full is your bucket? The heart that gives ……….gathers. Rhonda B. Horton, Rhonda Eckenroth, Tracy Elmore, Beverly Anderson, Lugoff-Elgin Middle School

2. My Personal Thoughts

3. Everyone has an invisible bucket. We are at our best when our buckets are overflowing and at our worst when they are empty. Everyone also has an invisible dipper. In each interaction, we can use our dipper either to fill or to dip from others’ buckets. Whenever we choose to fill others’ buckets, we in turn fill our own. Life ’ s not about waiting for the storms to pass. It ’ s about learning to dance in the rain. 1. 2. 3.

4. Keeping the Buckets Full Teachers Students Parents Community Achievement

5. Filling Teachers’ Buckets Grow Yourself 1. Growth is the great separator of those who succeed and those who do not. 2.Growth takes time, and only time can teach us some things. 3.Growth inside fuels growth outside. 4.Take responsibility for your own growth. 5.Determine the areas of your life in which you need to grow. Grow Your Team Five Dysfunctions of a Team * TRUST *

6. How full is your bucket? Name___________________ The heart that gives…..gathers.

7. Everyone has an invisible bucket. We are at our best when our buckets are overflowing and at our worst when they are empty. Everyone also has an invisible dipper. In each interaction, we can use our dipper either to fill or to dip from others’ buckets. Whenever we choose to fill others’ buckets, we in turn fill our own. Life ’ s not about waiting for the storms to pass. It ’ s about learning to dance in the rain. 1. 2. 3.

8. Filling Students’ Buckets Brain Research 1.Survival Mode 2.Learning Mode Brains are inherited. Minds are developed. *90% of our discipline problems come from 10% of our students. *80% of discipline referrals come from 11% of our staff. Provide a warm, loving, learning environment. Give compliments. Post-it notes are a good resource.

9. How full is your bucket? ? Literature for Students

14. Fridays- Day of Gratitude

16. Filling Parents’ Buckets What is the #1 complaint of parents? Homework! 1. Classroom time plus homework should NEVER equal more than 40 hours a week. 2.Children should have the right to homework they can complete without help. 3.Children’s academic grade should not be in jeopardy because of homework. 4.Children have the right to playtime, down time, and adequate sleep. 5.Parents should be entitled to excuse children from homework they don’t understand. 6.Families should be entitled to weekends and holidays. First, I must love their children!!

17. How full is your bucket? Lugoff Elgin Middle School Dear _________________, _______________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Love, _______________

18. Filling the Community’s Buckets Service Learning Projects

19. Happy Teachers Happy Students Happy Parents Achievement + Results of Full Buckets?

20. Life will bring us pain all by itself. It is our responsibility to create joy, not only for ourselves, but for others!

21. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. So …… Create some joy and “ unwrap ” your gratitude TODAY!!!! And then, start dancing!

22. Who was Walter Payton? Team? Position? Nickname? Walter Payton ran for 16,726 yards in his career. Every 4.4 yards, somebody knocked him down. But….. He got up each time, and he ran again and became a Super Bowl Champion.

23. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

24. Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. Conrad Hilton

25. Progress involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick Wilcox

26. Hope takes focus. Be the focus. Fill the buckets!