The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers

Delivered by: Razwan Faraz

Adopted from: Book by Stephen R Covey

Discussion
1. If you could be anything, what would you be?
What is stopping you?

2. If you could do anything, what would you do?

What is stopping you?

3. If you could have any strength/quality in your character, which ones would you have?
What is stopping you?

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William Glasser

When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail
Abraham Maslow
I say:

When you see everything as a nail, you beat yourself for not owning a hammer!

Discussion
What is neotony?

The state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species (Dictionary.com)

The 7 Habits
7 Sharpen saw

Interdependence
Understand Synergize 5 6 PUBLIC VICTORY Think win-win 4

Independence
1st 3 things 1st

PRIVATE VICTORY 1 2 Be Proactive End in mind

Dependence

Discussion
What significance does our paradigm have on our behaviour? How does the prior knowledge we have of a child effect the way we behave with that child and the way they behave with us?

Thoughts become actions

A man found an eagles egg and put it in the nest of a barnyard hen. The eagle hatched with the brute of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects, he clucked and cackled and thrashed his wings and would fly a few feet into the air. Years passed by and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among the powerful wind currents. The old eagle looked up in awe who is that? he asked. Thats the eagle, the king of the birds said his neighbour, he belongs to the sky we belong to the earth, because we are chickens. So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for thats what he thought he was.

Every great breakthrough is a break WITH.

If you want to make minor improvements, work on behavior and attitudes. If you want to make quantum improvements, work on paradigms. A paradigm is like a mental model, an assumption, or a map. All people see the world, not as it is, but as they are - Covey

What is the profession of these people?

Circle of Influence

Circle of Concern

What do we not see?

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit

Aristotle

Knowledge (what to, why to)

Habits

Skills (how to)

Desire (want to)

Habits
Internalized principles & patterns of behavior

Anonymous
Be careful of your thoughts For your thoughts become your words

Be careful of your words For your words become your actions

Be careful of your actions For your actions become your habits Be careful of your habits For your habits become your character Be careful of your character For your character becomes your destiny.

Habit 1

Habit 1 Be proactive

Raise your hand if you have said 3 or more of the following:

I cant I have to go I dont know how He makes me so mad! There is nothing I can do She thinks I am not good at. I cant control that class! I hate Mondays

Food for thought

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Viktor E. Frankl

Responsibility

Response

Ability

Stimulus and Response

Stimulus

Proactive
Freedom to Choose

Response

Self-Awareness..Heart Imagination.Mind Conscience..Spirit Independent Will.Body

Reactive
Stimulus Response

Internal frame of reference / selfreferential person:

Uses themselves as the context or reference frame. Considers their model of the world as the standard by which others are judged. Compares progress made to their own standards and works to improve against their own past results as opposed to that of others

Discussion
List 3 areas where you react negatively on a regular basis to a stimulus outside of you What proactive actions will you now take to ensure you are in control of the response to these actions What mental attitude must you adopt in order to fulfil these actions?

habit 2 begin with the end in mind

Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I dont much care where," said Alice.

"Then it doesnt matter which way you go," said the Cat.

Mission Statement

Example "My mission is to champion others to grow personally, professionally, emotionally and spiritually by using my compassion, my unique perspective, and my belief in others' inherent goodness, integrity, and enormous potential."

Discussion End in Mind

What vision do you have for yourself? What vision do you have for the children you teach? List 5 actions you have taken that have brought you closer to these visions.

habit 3 put first things first

Habit 3 ... a demonstration.

What is the lesson?

The Time Management Matrix

Urgent
Important Exam tomorrow Friend gets injured Late for work/class Project due today Unimportant phone calls Interruptions Other peoples small problems Peer pressure

Not Urgent
Planning, goal setting Paper due in a week Exercise Relationships/relaxation Too much TV Endless phone calls Excessive computer games Retail therapy Other time wasters

Not Important

The Time Management Matrix

Urgent
I The Procrastinator Important
Stress Burnout Crisis management Always putting out fires

Not Urgent
II The Visionary
Vision, perspective Balance Discipline Control Few crises

III The Yes-man Not Important

Short-term focus Crisis management Reputation-chameleon type character See goals and plans as worthless Feel victimized, out of control Shallow or broken relationships

IV The Slacker
Total irresponsibility Fired from jobs Dependent on others or institutions for basics

Short term & Long term goals

What is the most productive thing that you can be doing with your time right now? What can you do in the next 10 minutes? What can you do today? What can you do this week? What can you do this month? What can you do this term? What can you do this year? What can you do in the next 10 years?

Private Victory
H1. Be proactive you are the programmer

H3. First things first You run the program

H2. End in mind write the program

habit 4, 5 and 6 Public Victory

Public Victory The art of influencing

H4. Win/Win
H5. Seek 1st to Understand and then to be understood

H6. Synergy

Role Play H4, 5 & 6

Groups of 3: Parent, teacher and observer. Parent teacher confrontation. Refer to notes.

habit 7 Sharpen the saw

Physical
Exercise, Nutrition Stress Management

Habit 7

Mental
Reading, Visualizing Planning, Writing

To Live Social/Emotional
Service, Empathy Synergy, Intrinsic Security

PQ

To Learn

IQ

EQ
Spiritual
Value Clarification & Commitment, Study & Meditation

To Love

SQ

To Leave a Legacy

Activities to develop intelligence

Mental
Action planning Time management Strategy games-chess/bridge Reading (non fiction) Reviewing Gathering information

Physical
Competitive sport Working out-Gym

Martial arts- Karate

Physical tasks/ targets Extreme sports Archery/shooting Hunting/fishing Mountaineering Studying body language

Clearing clutter
Ordering/tidying up Organising wardrobe/desk

Activities to develop intelligence

Spiritual
Dhikr / Reading Quran Relaxation / Meditation Walk in nature Being in or near water

Social/Emotional
Artistic: Painting Poetry Pottery

Amateur dramatics
Playing/ self expression Spontaneity Doing the unfamiliar Brainstorming

Slow hot both

Proper diet Gardening Massage- Aromatherapy Tai Chi/ Meditation Quiet time with family

Dependence

7 habits - overview
Habits 1, 2 and 3

Independence

Habits 4, 5 and 6

Interdependent

Habit 7

The pathway of the 7habits