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Character Strengths in a Montessori School
Under the leadership of Jeff Groh, Director of The New School Montessori, an independent Montessori educational center in Cincinnati, the science of character strengths were brought to students and staff through the Thriving Learning Communities […]
How Will You Celebrate Character Day? … Each and Every Day!
by Karen Graves
This year, Character Day falls on September 22nd. There will be over 70,000 Character Day screening events in 96 countries and all 50 states. When you compare that with several thousand events last year, it’s […]
Bravely Engaging With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
by Joe Moorman
In her Ted Talk “Color Blind or Color Brave,” financial executive Mellody Hobson makes a case for individuals and organizations to exercise bravery in taking race head on in the workplace. She encourages people who […]
Learning for a Change: Our Most Recent Case Study
In our most recent case study, “Learning for a Change,” educators from College Hill Fundamental Academy, Hyde Park School and Rees E. Price Academy reflect on the change professional development opportunities can bring to the […]
Celebrate. Elevate. Participate.
At Mayerson Academy we choose to focus on what is strong versus what is wrong. We believe it is culturally important that we reflect our core values and celebrate our individual and collective character strengths. […]
Two Tools to Build Community at Work
Personal relationships and a strong sense of community in the workplace have been repeatedly shown to help create high performing work places. However, you only need to look at the recent explosion of books about […]
Embracing Bravery
In the fall of 2013 our staff was first introduced to the VIA Character Strengths work. Karen Graves joined our staff and trained us. We took the VIA survey and discovered what our strengths […]
Using a Common Language of Character in the Classroom
In “Common Language, Uncommon Community,” students and educators from John P. Parker School, Hyde Park School and College Hill Fundamental Academy in the Cincinnati Public School District share their stories of transformation through Thriving Learning […]
Strong Cincinnati Named an Ashoka Children’s Wellbeing Pioneer
In July we asked our readers to support the Strong Cincinnati entry to the Ashoka Changemakers Children’s Wellbeing Challenge. The challenge received 284 entries from innovators across the United States who are committed to helping build a […]
It All Begins Here: Amplify Your Students’ Strengths This School Year
by Lynn Ochs
Educators who believe in the importance of social and emotional learning know the place to begin each new school year is by raising students’ self-awareness. This means helping all students identify early on what is […]
Thriving Learning Communities Case Study: Amplifying Student Strengths
by mayersonacad
Educators at two Cincinnati Public School District elementary schools describe how they have woven character strengths language into the fabric of their school community through the Thriving Learning Communities program. This comprehensive integration at both […]
Not Just First Impressions, But Lasting Impressions
by Joe Moorman
It’s no secret that first impressions are important. For teachers gearing up for the school year, a critical step in the start-of-the-school-year planning process is meticulously planning out the first day – and maybe even […]
Thriving Learning Communities Case Study: Leading with Character
Visit our Impact page to download this Case Study. Our first Case Study from the Thriving Learning Community work, Leading with Character, has published on our Impact page. In this Case Study, three Cincinnati Public Schools […]
Use All 24, Share, Make the World a Better Place
Before October of last year, I would have never considered writing about my personal life in a public space. However, doing so now fits right in with the way this year has gone, as it […]
Character Day Webinar August 2 with Jillian Darwish
On Tuesday August 2nd at noon PDT (3:00 pm EDT) Jillian Darwish, EdD, President of Mayerson Academy, will participate in the monthly webinar speaker series leading up to Character Day along with Makenzie Darling from Let It Ripple. […]
Doing Less to Do More
by Joe Moorman
Moving from Chaos to Focus Without Starting from Scratch In some of his wildest moments, my Labradoodle, George, will remove each of his toys from his toy bin, gallop around the house with them, leap […]
Festival of Positive Education: Promoting Character Virtue Development
Next week, July 18-20, the Festival of Positive Education takes place in Dallas. This three day event is hosted by IPEN, the International Positive Education Network, and is intended for anyone interested in education who […]
Ashoka Changemakers: Sharing the Vision
This week visitors to the Ashoka Changemakers website have the opportunity to help amplify the voices of leadership in the area of Children’s Well-being. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ashoka Changemakers will award […]
Champions Institute: Three Days of Engaging Our Strengths
Picture a room full of educators, fully engaged in a thriving learning community. Networking, exchanging ideas, learning the language of strengths and experiencing an engaging curriculum. Over the course of three days, educators from nine […]
Champion Institute: Grantees Gather in Cincinnati
by Guest
Guest blogger: Sherry Harsch-Porter, PhD, is an executive coach and President of PorterBay Insight, a leadership development consulting firm. She teaches graduate-level courses at Washington University in St. Louis and is author of the book, […]
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