Get Em While Theyre Hot

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Get ‘Em While They’re Get ‘Em While They’re Hot Hot Partnering with Parents to Raise Kids Who Want to Go to School

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Workshop for Michigan Head Start Association annual conference March 11-13, 2009 in Kalamazoo, Mi, at the Radisson.

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Get ‘Em While They’re HotGet ‘Em While They’re Hot

Partnering with Parents to Raise Kids Who Want to Go to School

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Your PresentersYour Presenters

• Erika Jackson, Turnaround Coaching– [email protected]– www.turnaroundcoaching.com

• Victoria Key– [email protected]– www.turnaroundcoaching.com

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Views About SchoolViews About School

South African School Boy Speaks Out on Education

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Views About SchoolViews About School

• “Get up! It’s time for school!”• “Come on! I gotta go to work!”• “Hurry up!”

• Silence…

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Views About SchoolViews About School

• What was it like in your home?• What did your friends say?• What did you keep telling yourself?• Educators feel differently about school.

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Fatherhood AdFatherhood Ad

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Throw Out the OldThrow Out the Old

• What you currently believe:– Repressed area– Kids have no freedom– Too many strikes– Acceptance– Not smart enough

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Throw Out the OldThrow Out the Old

• Evidence of What You Believe – What You Say– They may not get this– This may be too hard for them– We can’t afford this– I don’t know how

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Throw Out the OldThrow Out the Old

• Why You Believe It– Someone told you– You saw it on the news– Statistics prove it

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Bring In the NewBring In the New

Start with the original belief.

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Bring In the NewBring In the New

Ask yourself where the belief came from.

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Bring In the NewBring In the New

QUESTION YOUR THOUGHTS!Is this belief worth keeping?

What happens if you keep the belief?What happens if you get rid of it?

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Bring In the NewBring In the New

• Creating New Self-Talk– What would you rather believe?

My child can do everything a child his age is supposed to.My children will not be statistics.

– Affirmative Statement“My children read very well for their age.”

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Communication StylesCommunication Styles

• What Your Kids Hear

– Brainwashed

– Negative about school

– Nothing at all

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Communication StylesCommunication Styles

• What Your Kids Need to Hear

– Value

– Pride

– Attitude

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ReWrite the FutureReWrite the Future

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ReWrite the FutureReWrite the Future

• What happens after today?

– 24-Hour Programming

– Storyboarding

– Say It Don’t Spray It

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Follow UpFollow Up

• Erika Jackson, Turnaround Coaching– [email protected]– www.turnaroundcoaching.com

• Victoria Key– [email protected]– www.turnaroundcoaching.com