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K-12 Teachers
Teachers at all levels can encourage the spirit of caring and giving.
Role modeling is the key and more important than the actual content of
what is being taught. Fortunately, there is help from one of the leading
teacher and corporate training companies, M.B. Flippen and Associates.
The organizing principle is "If you have a child's heart, you have
his head." They provide a range of training for teachers that will
create a safe environment for learning. They also have a Teen Leadership
Training program that has been proven effective. Take a look at their web site
www.leadershipsolutions.com.
High school teachers in particular should organize academic activities
so that learning is connected to making society better. I have
developed an
instructor manual for these teachers that is connected to
my book. If you need some advice or have some good ideas you want to
mention, send me an email
with
your questions and suggestions.
Two valuable sources on how to get K-12 students
involved are Barbara Lewis' book, The Kid's Guide to Social Action,
and Wendy Schaetzel Lesko's Youth: The 26% Solution.
No do-gooder who cares or works in K-12 education,
not even professors in schools of education, should miss reading Wendy
Kopp's story of how she started Teach for America in her One Day All
Children book.
Chapter 15 in
How You Can
Help describes some student do-gooders and more sources you can
consult.
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