Navigating Life: Social Academic Intervention Group (SAIG) High School Level PBIS TIER 2 Topic: Shared Agreements Learning Intention: We are learning what values are We are learning what our group members value We are learning to develop shared values for the group Success Criteria: We know we are successful when students have developed shared values for their group Materials for Activity: Large post it paper/easel/chalkboard/whiteboard Markers/Chalk Markers and pen/pencil for students Check-In Check Out Rubric ½ Sheet of construction/printer paper or paper plates (no wax) Ball of Yarn Standard Circle Set-Up: Chairs in a circle (preferable without desk attached) Center Piece in center of circle 3-4 talking pieces laying around the center piece 2-4 Copies of Shared Agreements: Listen with Respect, Speak with Respect, Assume Good Intent, Confidentiality (see page 5 of lesson) Group Procedure Welcome Greet students, get in circle. If needed, seat students strategically. Notice how the group is doing today (e.g. high or low energy, high or low motivation). Once everyone is seated, remind students of the shared agreements. Feel free to ask a student to volunteer to read them or read them yourself. Icebreaker Explain: Last week you all were asked to bring something of value to be a part of our center piece today. Let’s start circle by sharing what you brought and why it’s important to you. *If a student forgot their item, ask them to describe what they would have brought and why it’s important to them. Who would like to start? *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done,
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Navigating Life: Social Academic Intervention Group (SAIG) High School Level PBIS TIER 2
Topic: Shared Agreements
Learning Intention: We are learning what values are We are learning what our group members value We are learning to develop shared values for the group
Success Criteria: We know we are successful when students have developed shared values for their group
Materials for Activity: Large post it paper/easel/chalkboard/whiteboard Markers/Chalk Markers and pen/pencil for students Check-In Check Out Rubric ½ Sheet of construction/printer paper or paper plates (no wax) Ball of Yarn
Standard Circle Set-Up: Chairs in a circle (preferable without desk attached) Center Piece in center of circle 3-4 talking pieces laying around the center piece 2-4 Copies of Shared Agreements: Listen with Respect, Speak with Respect, Assume Good Intent,
Confidentiality (see page 5 of lesson)
Group Procedure
WelcomeGreet students, get in circle. If needed, seat students strategically. Notice how the group is doing today (e.g. high or low energy, high or low motivation). Once everyone is seated, remind students of the shared agreements. Feel free to ask a student to volunteer to read them or read them yourself.
IcebreakerExplain: Last week you all were asked to bring something of value to be a part of our center piece today. Let’s start circle by sharing what you brought and why it’s important to you. *If a student forgot their item, ask them to describe what they would have brought and why it’s important to them. Who would like to start? *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done, remind him/her to do so. *Remember who started so you know who will be the last person to speak.
Prior Week ReflectionPraise group for their participation and pass out the prior week CICO rubric on respect. Have students reflect on their performance by stating: Let’s take some time to review our goal for the week. Take some time to determine if you achieved your goal, what worked, and what didn’t work so well. Then we will send the talking piece around for everyone to share. After a minute has passed, assess the group to determine if everyone is ready to start. Then ask: who would like to start? *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done, remind him/her to do so. *Remember who started so you know who will be the last person to speak.
Topic of the WeekPraise students for their effort and then explain: Today we are going to be discussing our personal values and developing our own values for our group.
Inspiring WordBefore we begin the lesson, who wants to read the inspiring word for today?
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, and Your values become your destiny.”- Mahatma Gandhi
LessonExplain: Gandhi believed that our habits become our values and our values become our destiny. Let’s start with a definition for values. Values are principles we consider most important or moral codes that we live by. Similar words include: ideals, morals, principles or standards.
Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior. For example, if you value equal rights for all and you go to work for an organization that treats its managers much better than it does its workers, you may form the attitude that the company is an unfair place to work; consequently, you may not produce well or may perhaps leave the company.
Activity to Practice Skill State: Let’s take some time to think about what our values are. Give each participant a ½ sheet of
paper or paper plate and a marker and explain: On one side of the paper/plate, write 3 values/principles that you have and circle the one that you believe is needed most in order for us to be in a good way with each other. On the other side of the paper/plate, write the name of a person who influenced you to have those values (mentor, public figure, parent etc.).
Once everyone has finished, ask: Who wants to start with sharing their values, which one you circled and why, and who influenced you. *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done, remind him/her to do so. *Remember who started so you know who will be the last person to speak.
*As students share their values, you or a student volunteer should write the value they circled on the large post-it paper/easel/chalkboard/whiteboard so everyone can seem them. *The recorder should share his/her values when the talking piece comes to their place in the circle.*As a person finishes sharing, have him or her place their sheet in the center of the circle with the values facing upward and then pass the talking pieces to the left.
Review the values that were circled. Share any values that were repeated more than once and any similarities in values. Explain: Now let’s choose 4 values that we will hold true to during our time together. Who wants to start with suggesting the values we should have for our group? *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done, remind him/her to do so. *Remember who started so you know who will be the last person to speak.
o Once everyone was gotten a chance to share, continue using the circle process until the group reaches consensus.
*This will make students discuss and compromise.
Once values are chosen explain: These values represent our group and each of us are responsible for holding true to them in our time together.
*Circle Keeper should type or write the chosen values on the blank shared agreement sheets (see pages 5-6 of lesson), and place them in the center during future circles.
Check-In Check-Out RubricPass out new weekly CICO rubric. Have students make a new SAIG driven goal for the upcoming week. (SAIG driven goal idea: think of one value you want to “live out” in the coming week). Have students complete and turn in upon completion. Ensure that all questions are answered.
ClosingYarn Activity
Circle Keeper has a ball of yarn and instructs students to use one word to describe what he/she is willing to do in order to be in a good way with one another. Whoever starts gets the ball of yarn, takes the loose string of the yard with one hand, states his/her word, and gently tosses the ball to a participant that is across from him/her in the circle. That person catches the ball, takes a part of the string in one hand, says his/her word, and tosses the ball to another participant in the circle. This process continues until everyone has gotten the yarn.
The keeper then uses the circle process, to have everyone repeat the word they stated: Who would like to start? *Try to choose the first person that volunteered. *If he/she begins speaking without a talking piece, remind him/her to choose one. *If he/she does not pass it to the left when done, remind him/her to do so. *Remember who started so you know who will be the last person to speak.
The keeper then uses the tightness and looseness of the yarn as a metaphor of the quality of time together in circle by stating that “when we come together in a good way we are strong, and when we come together in a bad way we are weak.”
*End with thanking everyone for their participation and reminded them to take their item of value from the center.
Student AgendaTopic: Shared Agreements
Welcome
IcebreakerShare what your item of value and why it’s important to you. Prior Week ReflectionTake some time to determine if you achieved your goal, what worked, and what didn’t work so well.
Topic of the WeekShared Agreements
Inspiring WordYour beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, and Your values become your destiny.”- Mahatma Gandhi
LessonValues are principles we consider most important or moral codes that we live by. Similar words include: ideals, morals, principles or standards.
Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior. For example, if you value equal rights for all and you go to work for an organization that treats its managers much better than it does its workers, you may form the attitude that the company is an unfair place to work; consequently, you may not produce well or may perhaps leave the company.
Activity to PracticeOn one side of the paper/plate, write 3 values/principles that you have and circle the one that you believe is needed most in order for us to be in a good way with each other. On the other side of the paper/plate, write the name of a person who influenced you to have those values (mentor, public figure, parent etc.).
Choose 4 values that we will hold true to during our time together.
Check-In Check-Out RubricMake a new goal for the upcoming week. (Idea: Think of one value you want to “live out” in the coming week.)
