PART 1
of the Presentation of Mann Rentoy on
TRIED-AND-TESTED STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP Resilience, Empathy and Grit
Given on March 9, 2019
at the Immaculate conception Academy (ICA), Greenhills, San Juan City
www.mannrentoy.com
Email Mann Rentoy at info@mannrentoy.com
13. Children are like wet cement,
whatever falls on them makes
an impression.
- Haim Ginott
14. Teaching kids to count is
fine, but teaching them
what counts is best.
-Bob Talbert
15. The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher
demonstrates. The great
teacher inspires.
16. Education is not the filling
of a pail, but the lighting of
a fire.
17. As a general rule, teachers
teach more by what they
are than by what they say.
18.
19.
20. LOGO
Now more than ever,
this work of formation is
urgent and important.
21. CCFA Principles
•Every Teacher is a Character
Formator
•Not just another subject
•Education is not just covering
curriculum
22. CCFA Principles
•No other better way to teach
character than through the
power of our example
•The teacher is the most
important teaching tool
•The school is only as good as
its teachers.
23. Through history, 3 great
social institutions have
shared the work of shaping
character:
Home
School
Religion
24. The Primacy of Parents
The family is the first
school of virtue.
25. WHY IS PARENTING HARDER
THAN EVER?
1. Society has changed.
2. Families have changed.
3. The peer group has
changed.
26. BIG IDEA
A societal environment that
does not encourage good
character means parents
and teachers have to be
more vigilant and more
intentional than in past
generations.
27. BIG IDEA
To develop good character
in today’s world, families
and schools must be
countercultural.
67. z
Who was the hero in this story? Why?
What challenge or dilemma did the hero
overcome?
What personal strengths did the hero
possess? What choices did he or she
have to make?
How did other people support the hero?
What did the hero learn?
How do we use the same personal
strengths when we overcome obstacles in
our own lives? Can you share some
examples?
68. z
Who was the hero in this story? Why?
What challenge or dilemma did the hero
overcome?
What personal strengths did the hero
possess? What choices did he or she
have to make?
How did other people support the hero?
What did the hero learn?
How do we use the same personal
strengths when we overcome obstacles in
our own lives? Can you share some
examples?
69. z
Who was the hero in this story? Why?
What challenge or dilemma did the hero
overcome?
What personal strengths did the hero
possess? What choices did he or she
have to make?
How did other people support the hero?
What did the hero learn?
How do we use the same personal
strengths when we overcome obstacles in
our own lives? Can you share some
examples?
70. z
Who was the hero in this story? Why?
What challenge or dilemma did the hero
overcome?
What personal strengths did the hero
possess? What choices did he or she
have to make?
How did other people support the hero?
What did the hero learn?
How do we use the same personal
strengths when we overcome obstacles in
our own lives? Can you share some
examples?
71. z
Who was the hero in this story? Why?
What challenge or dilemma did the hero
overcome?
What personal strengths did the hero
possess? What choices did he or she
have to make?
How did other people support the hero?
What did the hero learn?
How do we use the same personal
strengths when we overcome obstacles in
our own lives? Can you share some
examples?
82. z
Create a classroom culture where failure, setbacks,
and disappointment are an expected and honored
part of learning.
Establish and reinforce an atmosphere where
students are praised for their hard work,
perseverance, and grit, not just for grades and easy
successes.
Hold students accountable for producing their own
work, efforts from which they feel ownership and
internal reward.
Educate and assure parents that supporting kids
through failure builds resilience -- one of the best
developmental outcomes that they can give their
children.
83. z
Create a classroom culture where failure, setbacks,
and disappointment are an expected and honored
part of learning.
Establish and reinforce an atmosphere where
students are praised for their hard work,
perseverance, and grit, not just for grades and easy
successes.
Hold students accountable for producing their own
work, efforts from which they feel ownership and
internal reward.
Educate and assure parents that supporting kids
through failure builds resilience -- one of the best
developmental outcomes that they can give their
children.
84. z
Create a classroom culture where failure, setbacks,
and disappointment are an expected and honored
part of learning.
Establish and reinforce an atmosphere where
students are praised for their hard work,
perseverance, and grit, not just for grades and easy
successes.
Hold students accountable for producing their own
work, efforts from which they feel ownership and
internal reward.
Educate and assure parents that supporting kids
through failure builds resilience -- one of the best
developmental outcomes that they can give their
children.
85. z
Create a classroom culture where failure, setbacks,
and disappointment are an expected and honored
part of learning.
Establish and reinforce an atmosphere where
students are praised for their hard work,
perseverance, and grit, not just for grades and easy
successes.
Hold students accountable for producing their own
work, efforts from which they feel ownership and
internal reward.
Educate and assure parents that supporting kids
through failure builds resilience -- one of the best
developmental outcomes that they can give their
children.
86. z
Create a classroom culture where failure, setbacks,
and disappointment are an expected and honored
part of learning.
Establish and reinforce an atmosphere where
students are praised for their hard work,
perseverance, and grit, not just for grades and easy
successes.
Hold students accountable for producing their own
work, efforts from which they feel ownership and
internal reward.
Educate and assure parents that supporting kids
through failure builds resilience -- one of the best
developmental outcomes that they can give their
children.
92. •Empathy is the ability to
understand and share another
person’s feelings and emotions. It
is essential to building good
relationships, both at work and in
personal life.
96. Step 1: Foster awareness
and build an Emotional
Vocabulary
Step 2: Enhance Sensitivity
to the Feelings of Others
Step 3: Develop Empathy for
Another Person’s Point of
View
98. How to Listen with Empathy
Tune in to your child’s feelings
and listen with empathy
Acknowledge what is causing
the emotion
Label how the child is feeling
Kindle a resolution for the child’s
Need
108. 1. Praise sensitive, kind
actions
2. Show the effect of
sensitivity
3. Draw attention to
nonverbal feeling
cues
109. 4. Ask often, “How does
he feel?”
5. Use the formula
“feels + needs”
6. Share why you feel
the way you do.
110. Five Fun Ways to Help Kids
Read Nonverbal Emotions
1. Play “Feeling Charades”
2. Make Comic Mood
Characters
3. Read with Feeling
4. Watch Silent TV
5. Hold a Feeling Lookout
111. Step 1: Foster awareness
and build an Emotional
Vocabulary
Step 2: Enhance Sensitivity
to the Feelings of Others
Step 3: Develop Empathy for
Another Person’s Point of
View
113. Three Simple Ways to
Increase Children’s Ability to
Take Different Perspectives
1. Switch Roles to Feel the
Other Side
2. Walk in My Shoes
3. Imagine How the Person
Feels