Create Custom Core Values For Your Science Classroom

Deep Roots =＞ Flowers + Fruit

Deep Roots =＞ Flowers + Fruit

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By defining core values for our classrooms that reflect our unique personalities, we can adopt instructional strategies in our middle school or high school classroom and create lesson plans for science that are easier to prepare, implement, and stick with because they reflect who we are – our strengths and ideals.

Sharing core values in our classrooms increases our authenticity which could enhance relationships with our students and have far-reaching effects on things like behavior, engagement, and even achievement.

I've even created a free resource for you to take action on what you learn in these videos and clearly define your own set of science classroom core values!

00:00 Take a quiz!
07:20 The Enneagram for Educators
11:11 Science Teacher Type 1-3
17:21 Science Teacher Type 4-6
26:33 Science Teacher Type 7-9
35:21 Why being UNIQUELY YOU is so important!

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💻 I'm sharing my go-to resources for understanding my own personality and crafting classroom core values to complement it!

Download the planner, "Purposeful Plans, Powerful Results: A Guide To Crafting Core Values That Can Totally Transform Your Science Classroom", here: https://labineverylesson.com/corevalues

Create Custom Core Values For Your Science Classroom

published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

I've even created a free resource for you to take action on what you learn in these videos and clearly define your own set of science classroom core values!

00:00 Take a quiz!
07:20 The Enneagram for Educators
11:11 Science Teacher Type 1-3
17:21 Science Teacher Type 4-6
26:33 Science Teacher Type 7-9
35:21 Why being UNIQUELY YOU is so important!

________________________________________________________

💻 I'm sharing my go-to resources for understanding my own personality and crafting classroom core values to complement it!

Download the planner, "Purposeful Plans, Powerful Results: A Guide To Crafting Core Values That Can Totally Transform Your Science Classroom", here: https://labineverylesson.com/corevalues

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