The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers

Delivered by: Razwan FarazAdopted 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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We Learn. . .

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 Habits7

Sharpen saw

Independence

Interdependence

PUBLICVICTORY

Think win-win4

Understand5

Synergize6

Dependence

1Be Proactive

PRIVATEVICTORY 2

End in mind

31st things 1st

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. ‘That’s 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 that’s what he thought he was.

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.

Every great breakthrough is a break WITH.

“All people see the world, not as it is, but as they are” - Covey

What is the profession of these people?

Circle of Circle of ConcernConcern

Circle of Circle of InfluenceInfluence

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)

HabitsHabitsInternalized principles Internalized principles & patterns of behavior& patterns of behavior

Desire(want to)

Skills(how to)

Habits

Anonymous

Be careful of your thoughtsFor your thoughts become your words

Be careful of your wordsFor your words become your actions

Be careful of your actionsFor your actions become your habits

Be careful of your habitsFor your habits become your character

Be careful of your characterFor 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 don’t 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

ResponsibilityResponsibility

ResponseResponse AbilityAbility

Freedomto Choose

Self-Awareness……..HeartImagination………….MindConscience…………..SpiritIndependent Will…….Body

ProactiveStimulusStimulus ResponseResponse

ReactiveStimulus ResponseStimulus Response

Stimulus and Response

Internal frame of reference / self-referential 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

““Would you tell me, please, Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go which way I ought to go from here?”from here?”

"That depends a good "That depends a good deal on where you want to deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.get to," said the Cat.

"I don’t much care "I don’t much care where,"where," said Alice. said Alice.

"Then it doesn’t matter "Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the which way you go," said the Cat.Cat.

Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind

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

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•Friend gets injured•Late for work/class•Project due today

•Exam tomorrow•Friend gets injured•Late for work/class•Project due today

Planning, goal setting •Paper due in a week•Exercise•Relationships/relaxation

Planning, goal setting •Paper due in a week•Exercise•Relationships/relaxation

•Unimportant phone calls•Interruptions•Other people’s small problems•Peer pressure

•Unimportant phone calls•Interruptions•Other people’s small problems•Peer pressure

•Too much TV•Endless phone calls•Excessive computer games•Retail therapy•Other time wasters

•Too much TV•Endless phone calls•Excessive computer games•Retail therapy•Other time wasters

The Time Management MatrixUrgentUrgent

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I The ProcrastinatorI The ProcrastinatorStressBurnoutCrisis managementAlways putting out fires

I The ProcrastinatorI The ProcrastinatorStressBurnoutCrisis managementAlways putting out fires

III The Yes-manIII The Yes-manShort-term focusCrisis managementReputation-chameleon type characterSee goals and plans as worthlessFeel victimized, out of controlShallow or broken relationships

III The Yes-manIII The Yes-manShort-term focusCrisis managementReputation-chameleon type characterSee goals and plans as worthlessFeel victimized, out of controlShallow or broken relationships

IV The SlackerIV The SlackerTotal irresponsibilityFired from jobsDependent on others or institutions for basics

IV The SlackerIV The SlackerTotal irresponsibilityFired from jobsDependent on others or institutions for basics

II The VisionaryII The VisionaryVision, perspectiveBalanceDisciplineControlFew crises

II The VisionaryII The VisionaryVision, perspectiveBalanceDisciplineControlFew crises

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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?

H3. First things first You run the program

H2. End in mind write the program

H1. Be proactive – you are the programmer

Private Victory

habit 4, 5 and 6 – Public Victory

Public Victory – The art of influencing

H5. Seek 1st to Understand and

then to be understood

H5. Seek 1st to Understand and

then to be understoodH4. Win/WinH4. Win/Win

H6. SynergyH6. Synergy

Role Play H4, 5 & 6

• Groups of 3: Parent, teacher and observer.

• Parent teacher confrontation. Refer to notes.

habit 7 – Sharpen the saw

PhysicalExercise, NutritionStress Management

Social/EmotionalService, Empathy

Synergy, Intrinsic Security

MentalReading, Visualizing

Planning, Writing

SpiritualValue Clarification

& Commitment, Study & Meditation

IQ EQ

PQ

SQ

To Learn To Love

To Live

To Leave a Legacy

Habit 7

Activities to develop intelligence

Mental

Action planning

Time management

Strategy games-chess/bridge

Reading (non fiction)

Reviewing

Gathering information

Clearing clutter

Ordering/tidying up

Organising wardrobe/desk

Physical

Competitive sport

Working out-Gym

Martial arts- Karate

Physical tasks/ targets

Extreme sports

Archery/shooting

Hunting/fishing

Mountaineering

Studying body language

Activities to develop intelligence

Spiritual

Dhikr / Reading Quran

Relaxation / Meditation

Walk in nature

Being in or near water

Slow hot both

Proper diet

Gardening

Massage- Aromatherapy

Tai Chi/ Meditation

Quiet time with family

Social/Emotional

Artistic: Painting

Poetry

Pottery

Amateur dramatics

Playing/ self expression

Spontaneity

Doing the unfamiliar

Brainstorming

Interdependent

Independence

Dependence

The pathway of the 7habits

7 habits - overview

Habits 1, 2 and 3

Habits 4, 5 and 6

Habit 7