In Alberta, Canada we poll our students, parents, and staff every year. In May, Alberta Education released its May Accountability Pillar Survey results. Our results were the highest we have ever had!For example:

• Students are taught the attitudes and behaviors that will make them successful at work when they leave school—100% agreement.
• Students treat each other well at school—100% agreement.
• Stude...

We used this activity with our faculty, who in turn used it with the students, who took the recipe home to share with their parents. We filtered the 7 Habits from teachers to students to parents!Each of the scoops below represents a day of the week. Please take 7 scoops of each item and place them in a Ziplock sandwich bag. Using the 7 Habits all seven days of the week helps us be a successful ...

Over 30 years ago, Dr. Lezotte and his colleagues Ron Edmonds, Wilbur Brookover, and other Effective Schools researchers identified the common characteristics of successful schools--schools where all children learn. The research of these dedicated individuals refuted the notion that schools had no impact on learning and, in doing so, identified the Correlates of Effective Schools—Instructional ...

At Stuard Elementary, each of our hallways is labeled to reflect the 7 Habits . Labeling our hallways is one of the ways we use our environment to show what is important to the members of the school.Operating our internal post office is one of our LEAD roles. Letters can be “mailed” using the student’s name, hallway name, and classroom number. Students learn to compose a letter and address an e...

The children in our school love our 7 Habits songs so thought I would share them.Paige Terry, PrincipalMoulton Elementary, ALSynergize   Synergize, Synergize, where do we start?Working together, instead of apart.Listen, learn, and follow your heart,Habit 6 is where you start!Think Win- Win   Think Win-Win,Think Win-Win,That is what I do.I plan ahead,I follow through,And friends so should you!Th...

Our fifth graders participate annually in an inter school basketball league. Part of the way through the season, the girls’ team came to my office en mass to talk. They told me that a team they played did not follow the 7 Habits and it really upset them. Apparently there was name calling, pushing, and cheering when our team missed shots. I asked them how they handled it. They said they continue...