EIS Where
Everyone Belongs
Everyone Belongs
What are the 3 expectations of EIS students?
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Safe
_______ are the skills we use to deal with the stress and challenges in our lives.
Coping Strategies
_____ is the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Gratitude
_______ is the desire or willingness to keep moving forward in order to achieve a goal.
Motivation
________ is knowing how to cope in spite of setbacks, barriers, or limited resources. Also:
Bouncing back after difficult times or dealing with challenges and still holding your head up.
Resilience
Awareness + Action = ???
Name 3 emotions we discussed.
Any of the following:
Anger, Worry, Uncertainty, Disappointment, Sadness, nervousness and happiness.
A form of gratitude is appreciating a smell or a beautiful view...
True of false?
TRUE.
_________ is when you are motivated to do something completely on your own. For example, you may be motivated to study for a test because you want to feel good about yourself.
Intrinsic Motivation
(words like inside or internal are acceptable)
_______ is being able to keep working toward a goal and overcoming obstacles, even when it's hard.
Grit
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is ???
SUCCESS
True or False?
A coping strategy that works for you will work for everyone else.
FALSE. Some strategies may work well for one person, but may not for the other
When you are able to understand that you are worthy of love, connection, growth, and ambition this is ________ gratitude.
Inward or self-aware gratitude
________ is when you are motivated to something mainly by an outside force. For example, you try to get good grades to receive money or a special reward.
Extrinsic Motivation
(words like outside or external are acceptable)
How Do We Practice Resilience & Grit?
Vision boards/ visual aids, setting time for yourself, reflection, mindfulness, taking a walk, journaling, having a supportive team, surrounding yourself with positive people.
What were the 5 topics discussed in the presentation? Clue: Behaviors we have been seeing at school.
Rumors
Fighting
Name calling/inappropriate language
Vandalism
Social Isolation
Name 3 coping skills that were discussed in the presentation.
Any of the following:
Journaling, Hiking, Playing outside, Drawing, Painting, Meditation, Exercise, Timers, Planners for daily schedule, Taking a break, Talking it out with someone and Establishing healthy boundaries.
This type of gratitude is when we feel amazed, happy, and/or thankful for all things outside of ourselves. Connects us to all people and nature.
What are 2 ways to get/keep yourself motivated?
Any of the following:
Set S.M.A.R.T. goals
Stay Organized
Stay Focused
Minimize Distractions
Have a Growth Mindset
Communicate with your teacher
Make up missed assignments
Share an example of grit.
Anything from the following or similar to:
You set a goal to learn all your multiplication tables and had to study hard for a month to learn them.
Your mom asked you to clean up the garage and it looked really hard and took you a couple weekends to get it done, but you kept at it and cleaned the whole garage.
You wanted to learn a new dance routine and you had to practice every day for six months but you finally danced it beautifully.
Name 3 characteristics of a safe school.
Any of the following:
Where disruptions are minimized
Where violence, drugs, bullying and fear are not present
Where students are not discriminated against
Where expectations for behavior are clearly communicated; and
Where consequences for infractions are consistently and fairly applied
Share the activity that helps you calm down and relax when you are stressed.
Hint: You need to use one hand.
Stretch your hand out like a star
Get your pointer finger ready to trace your fingers up and down
Slide up each finger slowly~ slide down the other side
Breathe in through your nose ~ out through your mouth
Put it together and breathe in as you slide up and breathe out as you slide down. Keep going until you have finished tracing your hand.
Why is gratitude important?
Hint: Think of the effects it has on people.
Any of the following:
Gratitude improves our physical and psychological health (improves our breathing and relieves stress)
Gratitude reduces aggression (actions out of anger)
Gratitude increases our ability to be empathetic
Gratitude helps our self-esteem
Motivation + Action =
SUCCESS
To develop grit, we must first set what type of goal?
S.M.A.R.T. Goal or Long term goal