Continuing
to build upon our Community with Character is important work and focusing on
relationships is foundational to who we are at Livonia Public Schools. Our Purpose,
Passion and Pride are our students. One of our District Priority areas focuses
on the climate and culture of Livonia Public Schools.
We
are honored to have Jimmy Casas, author of Culturize
join us for an opportunity to learn
and be inspired by his message on August 27th.
“I've
seen Jimmy speak twice and both times I left feeling inspired and energized. On
a personal note, I have found him to be personable and someone who "walks
the walk". He truly wants people to succeed and is willing to help out
when called upon. I appreciate that he encourages leaders not to apologize for
expecting excellence from ourselves and our team. Celebrate our Success and
learn from our mistakes. He sends out daily wisdom with this "Thoughts of
the Day" on Twitter.”
Looking forward to his
visit to LPS!!
-Jon Wennstrom
“Casas
was so inspiring the morning I saw him speak. The best part of his
presentations are that he focuses on inspiring educators and reminding them of
their “passion and love for teaching” instead of beating educators down. I
follow his Thoughts of the Day on twitter and he motivates through positivity
and assuming best intentions. Our staff will leave this day feeling motivated, encouraged and
built up! He won't use guilt, blaming or any negative energy to get his message
across!”
-Danielle
Daniels
“Jimmy uses humor and
storytelling to create opportunities of reflection. For example, "Why
does every month not look or feel like September or June in our building?” He reminds us that we might not ever know the
difference we made in a child's life. The little moments to us can be
huge to them but they don't realize it until later in their life.
My favorite reminder was
to "STOP AWFULIZING". This is when you talk about a negative
experience over and over to too many people. This results in the negative
experience growing bigger and bigger while you remain more negative and nothing
gets solved.
After hearing Jimmy speak I
was motivated to go back to my building and lead with excellence. Treat
every day like the first day of school with positive energy, celebrating
moments with students and looking at mistakes as life lessons for our entire community
including staff, parents
and students. He reminds us why we went into education and that we cannot
let the little things bring us down. NO AWFULIZING!”
-Julie
Linn
In an average sized secondary school of 1,200
students and 150 staff, there are a possible 1,822,000
relationships. -Graham Moore. What can we do to make sure we don’t miss
these opportunities? “Behind
every student success story is a staff member who championed for that
student.”- Every student. Every day. Whatever it takes. -Jimmy Casas
Additional
Resources on Leadership, Relationships and Culture and Climate
What a great way to start the school year!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this!
ReplyDeleteI love starting out with inspiration!
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