motivating youth to reach their potential
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Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential. Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project. Who is on your team?. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ---Dalia Lama. The Three Keys. Notice them Be a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Motivating Youth to Reach Their Potential
Presented by Chris Matheson of The Nile Project
Who is on your team?
Be kind wheneverpossible. It is alwayspossible.---Dalia Lama
The Three Keys
Notice themBe a prophet, gardener, and treasure hunter
Establish and maintain high standards
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, and compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.---Lao Zi
Notice them!
Notice them!
What are they good at doing?What makes them laugh?When are they happiest?What makes them sad?
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.---Mark Twain
Why is it important to notice them?
This is your “in”Opens doors
Builds connectionsThe wisdom of 9th graders
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.---Robert Brault
Be a Prophet
Belief
BehaviorResult
Be a Gardener
Plant ideasWater them
Get rid of the weedsPlants need pruning
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.---Henry Ford
Be a Treasure Hunter
“X” may not mark the spotWhen you find it, share it
Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it.---Oscar Wilde
The Golem Effect
Kids knowNon-verbals
Classroom observations
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.---Ralph Waldo Emerson
Set and Maintain High Standards
This is where WE failTwo things all kids want
Study on religious affiliationChris Collins and Miss Sally
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.---Jim Rohn
Who is dreaming for our youth?
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.---James Allen
Thank you!
The young do not know enough to be prudent,and therefore they attempt the impossible
and achieve it, generation after generation.---Pearl S. Buck