Values for the Yatra OCT 2011

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Value of Educators: LEGACY LEADERSThe responsibility of developing young minds and hearts is in the hands of their educators. This is a

precious and sacred vocation, a gift bestowed on the educator by the Creator. While teaching is only an act

of imparting specific information and knowledge, Education is a journey in wisdom. Educators have to make

this journey first before they can lead their students to discover their wisdom-path in life. Educators have to be

LEGACY LEADERS. In discovering Wisdom ourselves, we lead the young to become wise leaders too.

This issue of the Values for the Yatra focuses on the Diamond Value CROWN. The Crown repre-

sents Leadership. A Diamond Valued Educator is a CROWNED LEADER. F. W. Robertson rightly said, The

true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart opinions, but to kindle minds.

Legacy Leaders are those, that not only motivate and challenge their followers to excellence, but those that

awaken the soul and stretch the mind. Legacy Leaders leave the world a better place and pass on the baton

to the younger generations. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become

more, you are a (Legacy) Leader, affirmed John Quincy Adams.

As a Teacher, you will one day have to retire! What are you going to leave behind?........

An empty classroom, an unfinished syllabus, a disillusioned student, an angry heart, just a

faint footprint on the sands of time?... Remember, your students would have forgotten all

your well prepared subject matter no sooner than they have left school.

BUT, they will always remember the times when you prepared them to face life; to meet

adversity with courage, to build relationships with trust and forgiveness, to gather the brokenpieces and to refocus on ones lost vision. They will cherish the times you lead them from

fear to hope, from darkness to light, from disillusion to greater purpose, from failure to fruit-

fulness. Unconsciously, you have been a LEGACY LEADER in their journey in wisdom.

Your footprint as a Legacy leader will be hard to erase. Others will follow and continue to

cherish the gift of you. Your contribution to the world will be immense because of the many

transformed lives you have nurtured along the way.

Anna Hazare is one such present day Legacy Leader. He

has given birth to a movement with thousands of young

and passionate Anna Hazares, who are ready to take his

cause to a higher plane of action and make India a betterplace for all.. As Educators of the young, we are all called

to know way,, to show the way, to walk the way and to

Live the way.

May this DAIMOND VALUE CROWN inspire us as

Educator, each day, to become Legacy Leaders and in

the long run, our students joining us too, to make

this world a better place to live in for all times.

Fr. Glenford Lowe SDB


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SCHOOL: The Value of VISION


Without VISION: We Educators Perish

DEFINING YOUR VISION:

In Vision Framework, Jim Collins suggests three important questions to determineyour Vision. It is good to look at these three questions :

a) What would you be WORLD BEST at?b) What are you PASSIONATE about?c) What DRIVES your personal, economic, intellectual, spiritual engine?

MEANING QUESTIONS FOR LIVING BY YOUR VISION: a QUIET TIME for Educators to introspect

Your Vision statement must be a happy blend of your Institutions purpose and the guiding Values that

govern your life and the broader horizon of your educational institution. As an Educator, without a proper

Vision, we can end up as the blind leading the blind. Here are a few Important Meaning Questions that could

help you to discover your Vision and Purpose as an Educator:

1.What FOOTPRINT do you want to leave behind? ..Temporary or Permanent, Cheap or Valuable

2.What SHAPES YOU as a Person?... Your Words, your Actions, your Feelings, your Opinions, your Values

3.Where are your LESSONS learnt from?.. Your Successes, your Failures, your Opportunities, Experiences

4.What are you PASSIONATE about? Nothing, Everything, Something definite..

5.What DRIVES you on a PERSONAL level?..Fear or Faith, Ignorance or Wisdom, Convention or Conviction

6.What DRIVES you on an ECONOMIC level?...Security , Scarcity, Success or Abundance and Affluence

7.What DRIVES you on an INTELLECTUAL level? Opinions, Impressions or Influence and Quest for Learning

8.What DRIVES your SPIRITUAL engine? Superstitions and Fear, Love of God, Prayer and God Experience

9.Where is your LIFEs Destiny leading you now? ...Nowhere...Running in circles, Stagnant or Ever-flowing

10.What do you SEE at the end of your Lifes journey? Nothing, Hopelessness or Hope, Joy and Satisfaction

WHAT WOULD YOU BE

WORLD BEST AT?

1. ...

2. ...

3.

4.

WHAT DRIVES YOUR

LIFES ENGINE?

1. ...

2. ...

3.

4.

WHAT ARE YOU

PASSIONATE ABOUT?

1. ...

2. ...

3.

4.


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CROWN: The POWER of PURPOSE

"What is most important to me in my life?

What are my deepest values and beliefs?"

In stormy waters, what guides me to reach

the safe harbour?

As your life purpose and intentions become

clearer, your life is bound to

move more powerfully in

the direction you want it to

go

" It is not the length of life, but the depth of life"Ralph Waldo Emerson

As Educators, we are often caught in the web of routine we teach the same syllabus, we tell the same

stories, we enact the same dramas, we dream the same dreams, we give the same answers because we ask

the same old questions! In the bargain, we live more in the yester-world than in the present times.

The world we live in is moving rapidly and the solutions we thought were our guiding force for yesterday are

so irrelevant and outdated for today. Ten of the worlds fastest growing careers, didnt even exist ten years

ago. Were entering an age where every object, every place, is surrounded by digital data. Massive amounts

of data will be streaming in every direction. The only way were going to be able to live in this world of mas-

sive information is to be able to access it in ways that are more sensory rich. They have to appeal to our

senses, quotes Marina Gorbis, executive director the Institute for the Future.

Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley based technology forecaster, said lifelong learning will be the key to unlocking the

future. People should expect to change careers six or seven times in their lifetime. This is a brain race, said

Saffo. Its no longer warm and fuzzy. Lifelong learning will be a forced march. If you stop learning, you will

become unemployed and unemployable very quickly.

Without a proper personal and passionate Purpose, as educators, we run the risk of giving very little direction

and push to our students. Rather than becoming the wind behind their wings, we become road blocks andbarriers.

WHAT is my PURPOSE in LIFE as an EDUCATOR?

..

..

WHAT can I DO to instill the VALUE OF PURPOSE in the life of my students?

..

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ENABLING STUDENT LEADERS

5. Get Others Involved - The Student Leader's Highest Investment

By definition, a student leader is one who has people following him or her. If all

a student does is accomplish tasks, he or she is a student worker.

But if a student focuses on getting others involved and spends time equipping

them, he or she is a student leader. Remember, the world cannot be saved by

you alone...get your team to be involved. Are you a Team player?

1. Lead Yourself First - The Student Leader's Hardest TaskStudent Leaders start with themselves. Character, Values, self-discipline,

and personal organization skills determine what kind of leader a person

will be. Student Leaders must serve as an example to those who put their

trust and loyalty in them. Student Leadership starts off as an inside job.

2. Develop Your Influence With Others - The Student

Leader's Biggest Asset

Influence allows a student leader to lead. A student leader knows how to

move people in a certain direction through mission, vision, and values.

The quality of the school depends on the influence potential of the leader

3. Make A Difference Mindset - The Student Leader's

Noblest Cause

The student leader understands that there is a moment between a person's

need and their ideal future and helps them achieve that. A student leader

knows that participating in this moment is the opportunity to be the difference

that people are looking for. How is your school different because of you?

4. Clear Communication - The Student Leader's Strongest

Skill

The ability to communicate is often overlooked in student leadership. But

clear communication is what motivates and moves people. A student

leader must be able to keep people informed and focused on what's most

important for the organization. A successful student leader will provide

clarity and not confusion. How you say it is as important as what you say.

'You cannot have a learning organisation without a shared vision...A shared vision provides

a compass to keep learning on course when stress develops.' Peter Senge

Following the sun we left the Old World.' Christopher Columbus


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October 2, 2011International Day

of Non-Violence

The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader ofthe Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy andstrategy of non-violence

According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is anoccasion to "disseminate the message of non-violence, including througheducation and public awareness". The resolution reaffirms "the universalrelevance of the principle of non-violence" and the desire "to secure aculture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence".

Introducing the resolution in the General Assembly on behalf of 140 co-sponsors, Indias Minister of State forExternal Affairs, Mr. Anand Sharma, said that the wide and diverse sponsorship of the resolution was a reflec-tion of the universal respect for Mahatma Gandhi and of the enduring relevance of his philosophy. Quotingthe late leaders own words, he said: "Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is

mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man".

Violence, Abuse and Corporal Punishment: Where Schools can make a change?

The recent Government of India, Ministry of Women and Child Development report on Child Abuse in India

(WCD, GOI, 2007) based on interviews with 3,163 school-going children released startling figures:

Two out of every three school-going children were physically abused

Out of 69 per cent physically abused in 13 sample states, 54.68 per cent were boys;

Out of children physically abused in family situations, 88.6 per cent were physically

abused by parents;

Two out of three school-going children reported facing corporal punishment;

62 per cent of the corporal punishment was in government and municipal schools;

Most children did not report the matter to anyone;

50.2 per cent children worked seven days a week;

The ratio of girls physically abused was higher in Kerala (55.61 per cent) and Gujarat (54.61 per cent);

The highest percentage of abuse among boys was reported from Delhi (62.2 per cent)

followed by Madhya Pradesh (59.75 per cent) and Maharashtra (55.75 per cent).


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A great leader's courage tofulfill his vision comes from

passion, not position.John Maxwell

Leaders must beclose enough to re-

late to others, but farenough ahead tomotivate them.

People often saythat motivation

doesn't last. Well,neither does bathing -

that's why werecommend it daily.

Your attitude,not your aptitude,

will determineyour altitude


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DIAMOND VALUES: LESSON PLANCOMPETITION for TEACHERS

AVEC is organizing a Competition for all Teachers of Value Education affiliated to the ABE schools.

The Competition will require teachers to send in LESSON PLANS (a Teachers and Students

copy) on any significant Diamond Value relevant to the student of a particular class.

For the 12 Diamond Values , please refer to Values for the Yatra, June 2011.

The LESSON PLAN should keep to the following structure:

Title: (The Value that needs to be focused on for a PARTICULAR CLASS)Objectives: (The main purpose of the session, the Why to of the session)Duration: 40 minute sessionMaterials required: (use of audio visual aids, posters, etc.)Starter Activities: (Through creative ways to capture the attention of the students)Development Stage: (Deepening of the Value through various Inputs)Reflective Stage: (Creating a conducing atmosphere to help the student to absorb the Value)Commitment Stage: (Inviting the students to Own the Value and practice it beyond classroom)STUDENTS WORKSHEET (interactive session to deepen, reflect, own and practice the Value)

The RULES:

All Lessons plans must be Original Works, Creative and Practical according to the Childs levelof thinking and capacity. Please indicate the Class to be facilitated.

Participants are free to send in as many Lesson plans as they wish. All Lesson Plans will have to be endorsed by the relevant School Authority.All Lesson Plans will have to be TYPED and submitted to the AVEC Office by e-mail

and through surface mail latest by JANUARY 30, 2012..Please ensure that the above mentioned structure is followed thoroughly.All Entries submitted will remain and be used as part of the AVEC Resources.

The AWARDS: A Total Cash Prize of R 35,000/-Three AWARDS per class (std I X) : TOTAL 30 Awards to be WON!!!First Prize: R 1500 /-Second Prize: R 1200 /-Third Prize: R 1000 /-

The Rules and Decisions made by AVEC are final and binding.For further details please contact the AVEC office.

Organized by: AVEC, Matunga - MUMBAI

Together on the Valued Path


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Best Three in each category to reach

the AVEC Office before

26th October 2011. Winners will be

declared in the November issue.


NAME SCHOOL CLASS POSITIONSENIORS

Rutuja S. Khanvilkar St. Charles High School, Vakola IX A First

Aroona Jojo Don Bosco Senior Secondary Nerul X Second

Manali Vadhan St. Annes Girls High School, Dabul X B Third

Aditya J. Shah St. Xaviers Boys Academy, Churchgate X 2 Third

INTERS

Servesha Rubji Holy Family High School, Chembur VIII - B First

Rucha Ghadge Holy Cross Convent School, Kalyan VIII - B Second

Hetvi Shah Carmel of St. Joseph, Malad VIII - D Third

JUNIORS

Manav Ashok Panchal St. Xavier s High School, Vile Parle VI -C First

Hritvik Hitesh Patel St. Xaviers Boys Academy, Churchgate VI - 2 Second

Subiksha Rajagopalam Don Bosco Senior Secondary, Nerul VI - B Third

Anaida Pereira Carmel of St. Joseph, Malad V C Third

RULES:

The script for the skit must be original and

written by the students themselves. The skit

could be enacted in the class/school itself.

The DURATION: 1215 minutes

NUMBER of Actors/Actresses: 1215 max

THEME: Any of the 12 DIAMOND VALUES


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AVEC E-Letter Values for the Yatra is an initiative to provide Animation Resources forTeachers involved in Value Education in the ABE schools/ Jr. Colleges .

Values for the Yatra is published every month and is forprivate circulation.Your valuable suggestions are most welcome to assist us in making Values for the Yatra

a useful tool of animation and bonding among the Management, teachers and students of the

ABE schools in Mumbai.

CONTACT:Fr. Glenford Lowe, SDB / Michelle DSouza / Rochwyn Fernandes / Margaret Dubey / Sr. Vera Almeida

AVECDon Bosco Youth Services, Matunga 400019 , MUMBAI

Ph: 24154477 e-mail: [email protected] blog: avecmumbaidbys.blogspot.com

The Archdiocesan Value Education Centre (AVEC )

will be organizing a Value Education Seminar for

ALL VALUE EDUCATION COORDINATORS

affiliated to the ABE (Mumbai)

VENUE: DON BOSCO MATUNGA, Primary School Hall

DATE: November 17, 2011

TIME: 8.30 am4.00 pm

Registration Fee: R 250 /- per participant

(includes Registration, Refreshments, Lunch,

DVD with Value Resources, and Certificate of Participation)

Invitation is also open to Managers and Principals of Schools.

Lets Come Together on the Valued Path

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