A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
RM Class Week 10 PPT
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2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Personalize the Personal
Identity Lesson Plan for your
community
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Practice the activities you will
use with your residents
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3. PURPOSE OF LESSON PLAN
Understand one’s own
identity and values
Create a personal
mission statement to
assist with self-
direction
Share mission
statement with others
to help form supportive
community
4. “AS INDIVIDUALS LEAVE A FAMILIAR HOME AND MAKE A NEW HOME AT
COLLEGE, THERE ARE NEW PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO THEM. WHO WILL
GUIDE STUDENTS IN RESHAPING THE ETHICAL FRAMEWORK WITH
WHICH THEY HAVE COME TO COLLEGE? WHO CAN ASK THE BIG
QUESTIONS THAT WILL EITHER START A DIALOGUE OR HELP STUDENTS
THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE VALUES THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND
THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD?”
Molly McElroy (2003), “Educating for Character: Teaching Values in the College Environment”
6. DEBRIEFING
•THE DEBRIEFING IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ACTIVITY ITSELF
•THROUGH DEBRIEFING, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
MEANING FOR THEMSELVES AND LEARN FROM OTHERS
•DEBRIEFING SUGGESTIONS
8. •A MISSION STATEMENT IS A COMPASS TO GUIDE WHAT YOU
SEE, DO, AND GET. IT’S A BLUEPRINT SAYING WHAT YOU’RE
ALL ABOUT AND WHAT PRINCIPLES YOU VALUE.
•IT SHOULD BE SHORT AND GET RIGHT TO THE POINT. IT TELLS
YOU AND OTHERS WHAT YOU ARE ALL ABOUT IN ONE TO
THREE SENTENCES AT MOST.
9. MISSION STATEMENT QUESTIONS
• WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
• WHERE DO I WANT TO GO?
• WHAT DOES “THE BEST” LOOK LIKE FOR ME?
• HOW DO I WANT TO ACT?
• WHAT KIND OF LEGACY DO I WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND?
10. SHARING YOUR MISSION
•I AM PASSING OUT A DOOR DECORATION THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE
ON AND DISPLAY TO THE COMMUNITY. KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE MANY,
MANY PEOPLE WALK THROUGH OUR HALLS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, SO BE
HONEST IN YOUR MISSION, BUT ALSO THINK TO YOURSELF “IF THE DEAN OF
MY COLLEGE WALKED THROUGH, IS THIS SOMETHING I WOULD WANT
THEM TO KNOW ABOUT ME?”
11. REFLECT
• HOW WILL YOU PERSONALIZE
THIS LESSON PLAN TO YOUR
COMMUNITY?
• HOW DO YOU THINK
RESIDENTS WILL RESPOND TO
THE MATERIAL?
• HOW WILL YOU PREPARE FOR
THIS EVENT?
An understanding of one’s own personal identity is important in progressing toward personal goals and understand those around them.
Residents will be able to create their own personal mission statements and display to others as a reminder of what they are working toward in life.
These mission statements will be encouraged to be displayed to the community outside of rooms so that others can see the goals, values, and aspirations of others.
ASK: Initial thoughts/reactions?
Thinking back to your pre-college days, who or what influenced your values?
Over the course of your college career, who or what has influenced your values?
How has the university itself influenced your values?
For most students, their values and attitudes have been shaped by what they have experienced pre-college (at home). Parents, family, and school systems likely have shaped much of their perspective to this point. Entering this new college environment, students are faced with greater independence and a diverse population of people in close proximity. The college environment can provide an opportunity to expand and further develop students’ values (and expand their capacity for self-authorship).
Going Deeper: Can reference the W-Curve Adjustment Theory (Zeller & Mosier), Schlossberg’s Transition Theory (Moving In, Moving Through, Moving Out)
https://www.uwsuper.edu/fye/parents/upload/The-W-Curve-for-Parents.pdf
Guided Lesson Plan Activity
Part of the lesson plan is to conduct a think-pair-share exercise. I am going to ask a question, have you think about the answer for one minute (you can write it down, think to yourself, draw – whatever helps you formulate the answer in your mind. You will pair with someone (I’ll tell you who) to talk about the answer. We’ll then share our answers (at our comfort level) with the class.
Lesson Plan Prompts
What are two of your dreams in life? (Someone who is wearing the same color item of clothing as you)
What kind of career would you like to have and why? (Someone with similar shoes to you)
What skills do I need to develop to achieve my dreams and career? (Someone who shares a birth month with you)
What kind of education or experience do I need to achieve these goals? (Someone who is not from the same state as you)
What are some intangible things I value (relationships, success, honesty, etc)? (Someone you haven’t talked to yet)
In each class, you’ve seen the instructors debrief activities.
How will you debrief this activity? What questions will you ask your community?
The debriefing is critical to the exercise, so be sure to spend time preparing/thinking about setting the stage for students to open up.
Now, you have the opportunity to write one of the very first drafts of your personal mission statement.
Mission Statement – answering these five questions as part of the activity can help you write a personal mission statement
What is important - What/whom do you value? How is your life connected to those things?
Where do I want to go - You can answer this many different ways. Your answer may involve a spiritual, mental, or physical destination. It might describe your career arc.
What does the best look like for me - Describe your best possible result. This isn’t the time to be realistic. This is the time to dream.
How do I want to act - How do you want people to describe you? Think of a few words you would want to come to mind when people think about you.
What kind of legacy do I want leave behind - Imagine you’re 100 years in the future. What does the impact you’ve left look like?
Door decorations will be provided by Foundations Committee