Schools: Kinder Kids, Safer Schools, & Academic Excellence
My experience as a student in The Virtues Project workshop was one of the most powerful and transformative experiences of my life. - Linda Myrick, Teacher, Bellevue, WA
An inspiring, educational, and motivational Social and Emotional Learning program that helps you and your students create a respectful, peaceful, and joyful school environment. This material fits into any curriculum.
What you will learn:
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Tukwila Community Schools Staff, Tukwila, WA
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The program includes:
Teachers doing a Virtues Pick
- The Virtues Project™ Educator's Guide (246 pages of lessons, activities, strategies, and ideas from teachers around the world for K-12 students.) www.virtuesshop.com
- Other support materials, such as posters, virtues cards, virtues vouchers
- One and two day workshops, or half-days series
- In-service training is designed to fit school calendar
- Clock hours; CEU's offered
Upcoming Workshops:
Awakening the Gifts of Character: Introduction to The Virtues Project™
Dates: Monday & Tuesday, July 30 & 31
Time: 9 AM to 5 PM daily
Location: Renton, WA (near Seattle) at PSESD Conference Center, 800 Oakesdale Ave.
Master Facilitators: Betsy Lydle Smith & Natasha Nimmo
Tuition: $350 per person; 10% discount for 3 or more who register together
12 Clock Hours
To register go to www.virtuestraining.com/calendar-of-events.html
Awakening the Gifts of Character: Introduction to The Virtues Project™
Dates: Monday & Tuesday, July 30 & 31
Time: 9 AM to 5 PM daily
Location: Renton, WA (near Seattle) at PSESD Conference Center, 800 Oakesdale Ave.
Master Facilitators: Betsy Lydle Smith & Natasha Nimmo
Tuition: $350 per person; 10% discount for 3 or more who register together
12 Clock Hours
To register go to www.virtuestraining.com/calendar-of-events.html
Natasha Nimmo is a Master Facilitator for The Virtues Project, an elementary teacher in Bellevue School District, former Roots of Empathy instructor and parent educator. She has facilitated Virtues Project workshops since 2009. |
Master Facilitator Betsy Lydle Smith is a certificated K-12 teacher who has taught middle and high school and has directed after-school and summer programs for elementary age children. She's facilitated workshops and webinars in the U.S., Canada, and Japan since 2002. |
Current Workshop Listings, Go To The Calendar
What Educators Are Saying
Betsy has a way of choosing the right experiences for the group and facilitating reflective discussions, practice in new strategies, and planning needed change. The Virtues Project language and strategies are very powerful in and of themselves, but Betsy's workshops are the needed bridge to bring them to life in ways that make sense for our students and our environment. I recommend Betsy Lydle Smith without reservation as a truly excellent Master Facilitator of the Virtues Project.
- Linda E. Myrick, Teacher, Bellevue School District, WA |
Source - BBC News / BBC Sport / bbc.co.uk - © [2015] BBC
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School Principal and Teachers Talk about the Benefits of Virtues Training
Several years ago, the administration of the small Montessori school I worked for was looking for "something" to reinforce the spirit of peace it was trying to instill in it's young students. Two of my dearest friends (and coworkers) and I learned about The Virtues Project™ and took the Introductory course. Inspired by the "program", we returned to our school and immediately integrated the language of virtues into our school culture. We were uncertain the 3- to 12- year olds we worked with would understand, but we knew the impact it had on us and were determined it would do the same for our community of learners.
What happened in the first year was astonishing. Discipline issues were reduced to zero! It was not that problems ceased to exist, rather the approach to managing the problems had changed. Children as young as three began mindfully articulating their needs and their peers began demonstrating an aptitude for consideration, understanding, and peacefulness.
The effect of The Virtues Project™ was evident and the following year was more of the same. By then, parents of the children had begun commenting that their children were using the language of virtues in their homes and around other groups of family and friends. Motivated by the effect it was having on our small community, we took the facilitator training and began training others to use the language of virtues. Seven years later, I continue my journey teaching the children I work with this life-changing approach to peace with the same results time and time again.
-Lulu Camacho, Phoenix, AZ
What happened in the first year was astonishing. Discipline issues were reduced to zero! It was not that problems ceased to exist, rather the approach to managing the problems had changed. Children as young as three began mindfully articulating their needs and their peers began demonstrating an aptitude for consideration, understanding, and peacefulness.
The effect of The Virtues Project™ was evident and the following year was more of the same. By then, parents of the children had begun commenting that their children were using the language of virtues in their homes and around other groups of family and friends. Motivated by the effect it was having on our small community, we took the facilitator training and began training others to use the language of virtues. Seven years later, I continue my journey teaching the children I work with this life-changing approach to peace with the same results time and time again.
-Lulu Camacho, Phoenix, AZ
This was the most useful in-service I have attended in my 15 years of teaching.
-Lisa Blackwell, Darby Public Schools, Darby, MT
Discipline referrals at Woodridge decreased by 25% this year. When students were referred to the office, Virtues language and reflection practices were used to help students learn from the experience and make changes for the future.
-Liz Ritz, Principal, Woodridge Elem., Bellevue, WA
-Liz Ritz, Principal, Woodridge Elem., Bellevue, WA