Unexpected Outcomes: Empowering Those Who Need It Most

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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beachsnbeach@cox.nethttp://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/

Communication Technologies are so Important in Our Mission….

You should be using and creating ways for those you serve to be empowered through such 21st Century tools as:

Blogs

Wikis

RSS

Podcasts

You Tube Videos

We will look at specific ways this is being done- and how you can too--in my next workshop!

A Wise Man Once Said…

That what you are in life has not so That what you are in life has not so much to do with what you have much to do with what you have accomplished, but the obstacles you accomplished, but the obstacles you overcame in doing so.overcame in doing so.

Not your typical…

Teacher of the Year

My Childhood

You may very well be the ONLY significant adult relationship that child ever experiences.

Make it count!

What children need is for someone to tell them it doesn’t matter what their circumstance is or who their parents are—

what matters most is where they are going now and the specifics of how to succeed.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy-

Our words and expectations

are more powerful than

we realize. Choose them

carefully.

Use them to Empower!

They need to know…

It is possible to breakout of generational poverty

It is possible to break the abusive parent cycle

It is possible to reinvent yourself and never look back.

Turning Point in My Life-

• Enrolled in College

• Moral Compass

• Significant Relationship with Specific Praise

Educators need to view the classroom through the eyes of a child or youth who is hungry, tired, crying out for love, support and stability.

Quit worrying about what they can’t do– and concentrate on what they can do!

Let them fly where they can fly and walk where they need to walk. They do know how to fly.

Let them learn through their strength and they will gain the self-confidence to achieve.

“If you came to Cooke to make a difference, I want to welcome you. But with these kids, you won’t make a difference; you’ll be the difference.”

Whether you realize it or not…someone has chosen you as a role model and there is nothing you can do about it. Everyday, you are imparting more of who you are than what you know. You are a living textbook.

Become the example you want your clients to emulate.

Key Concepts for Homeless Children and Their Parents

• Moral Warehouse

• Othermindedness and Self-government

• Build/Repair self-esteem

- Blossoming

Examine

Expose

Expect

Emotion

Endear

How to Blossom

Homeless parents are often at-risk kids grown-up.

It is much easier to build children– than to repair adults.

But it can be done.

The real problem is how we treat the kids and how we limit ourselves in coming up with creative approaches to helping them succeed.

You are fabulously creative!

Celebrate with me the opportunities these precious children bring into our lives.