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🔥 How can we promote values like courage, commitment, and sacrifice in our learning communities?

🔥 What is the Medal of Honor Character Development Program, and how can it impact your school?

Join me for this conversation with California middle school teacher and trainer MARILYNN ALFORD-WALSH as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions.

About This Guest: Marilynn has been in education for over 30 years, teaching all grade levels from preschool through middle school. Today, she teaches middle school science, college and career, technology, and education courses. She’s also been a national curriculum trainer for the Medal of Honor Character Development Program for the past 13 years, and uses the program regularly with her middle school students.

You can find out more about the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:28 - Who is Marilynn Alford-Walsh?

1:28 - Marilynn's story: Building connections with middle schoolers

4:31 - Six Core Values: Courage, Commitment, Integrity, Sacrifice, Citizenship, Patriotism

5:21 - What is courage?

6:09 - What is integrity?

6:51 - What is citizenship?

7:31 - What is sacrifice?

10:11 - How the Character Development Program has impacted Marilynn's students

12:43 - How the CDP supports writing and thinking skills

14:35 - How Marilynn plans to use the CMOHS Path to Honor this year

16:02 - How schools can connect with Medal of Honor recipients

18:55 - A tour of FREE teacher resources at cmohs.org

32:54 - A recommended teaching resource: EduProtocols

34:33 - WeWillWrite.com

35:34 - A book recommendation: The Shark and the Goldfish by Jon Gordon

38:14 - How teachers can connect with the FREE Character Development Program

Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey:

On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)

On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

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Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

GO! by Neffex

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

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🔥 How can we promote values like courage, commitment, and sacrifice in our learning communities?

🔥 What is the Medal of Honor Character Development Program, and how can it impact your school?

Join me for this conversation with California middle school teacher and trainer MARILYNN ALFORD-WALSH as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions.

About This Guest: Marilynn has been in education for over 30 years, teaching all grade levels from preschool through middle school. Today, she teaches middle school science, college and career, technology, and education courses. She’s also been a national curriculum trainer for the Medal of Honor Character Development Program for the past 13 years, and uses the program regularly with her middle school students.

You can find out more about the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:28 - Who is Marilynn Alford-Walsh?

1:28 - Marilynn's story: Building connections with middle schoolers

4:31 - Six Core Values: Courage, Commitment, Integrity, Sacrifice, Citizenship, Patriotism

5:21 - What is courage?

6:09 - What is integrity?

6:51 - What is citizenship?

7:31 - What is sacrifice?

10:11 - How the Character Development Program has impacted Marilynn's students

12:43 - How the CDP supports writing and thinking skills

14:35 - How Marilynn plans to use the CMOHS Path to Honor this year

16:02 - How schools can connect with Medal of Honor recipients

18:55 - A tour of FREE teacher resources at cmohs.org

32:54 - A recommended teaching resource: EduProtocols

34:33 - WeWillWrite.com

35:34 - A book recommendation: The Shark and the Goldfish by Jon Gordon

38:14 - How teachers can connect with the FREE Character Development Program

Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey:

On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)

On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

Song Track Credit

Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

GO! by Neffex

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

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