WHY THE VALUE UP TOOL KIT?
The Value Up School Culture building tool kit is our way to ensure that the powerful message, stories and trainings that the Value Up Assembly brings, will not just fade away. There are plenty of good speakers out there that could speak at your school but we want our message to be sustainable through out the school year. Through curriculum, leadership and staff training, on going discussions, books and leadership development, our desire is to have a lasting impact on school culture through our tool kit.
The social climate of a school affects so many aspects of the learning experience, but it is the one thing that is very hard for administrators to control. No matter how many good intentions we have as adults, social culture for students is mostly established by what they say to one another. So how do we get students to say positive things to one another? First, we inspire a Value Up perspective with our powerful presentations and trainings; then we follow up with our tool kit.
WHAT COMES IN THE TOOL KIT?
- Culture Building Curriculum
- Homeroom Q&A Discussion Guides for Teachers
- Free PDF download of the Value Up Book for every student
- 5 Hard Copies of the Value Up Book
- 6 Value Up Posters
- Specialized Training – Integration Workshop
Breakdown of Took Kit:
Culture Building Curriculum
20 small group 45 minute sessions for any club or group at your school to walk through together.
These are powerful ways for the students and adults to get to know each other on a much deeper level and strengthen the group as a whole. The 20 subject sessions are on:
Respect, Active Listening, Empathy, Stereotyping, Gossip, Creating a Culture of Kindness, Loneliness, Intimidation, Suicide, Failure, Forgiveness, Healthy Confrontation, People-Helping, Self-Injury, Breaking Free of the Past, Anger Management, Setting Healthy Boundaries, Self-Worth, Acceptance, and Personal Ethics.
A PDF version will be provided and then copies can be made for however many clubs/groups there are at the school.
Homeroom Q&A
A copy for every homeroom teacher in your school. Our homeroom Q&As cause brief discussions (5 min or less). We will need to know the number of teachers in the school before the speaker arrives to bring enough copies. Our belief is if a teacher captures the hearts of students, they will have their minds for academic learning. These discussions are a great exercise to do just that.
Free PDF download of the Value Up Book for every student
Written by Mike Donahue (founder of Value Up), this book has been influential in the lives of thousands of teenagers across the country. The main goal: help them to see their own intrinsic value. Put a few copies in the school library and maybe give to some select teachers and students or groups in the school. We will leave five hard copies of the Value Up book in your school.
5 Hard copies of the Value Up book
6 Value Up Posters
Well designed and relative to teens today, these poster messages can hang up around the school.
Specialized Training – Integration Workshop
In both the student and teacher training, there will be additional instruction on how to incorporate the tools. During the teacher training, the speaker will go more in depth on how to integrate the Value Up message in school in a systematic way. We also give every teacher a PDF of the Culture Building Chapter from Mike Donahue’s book, Talking To Brick Walls.
With students we will empower them to use their voice to be a positive influence in the school.
