What a powerful day. So much has happened- so much is going to support my studies. I saw a group of students speak today and they blew me away! They were shining as they spoke of personal vision and their love of school and their dreams.
I met Sean Covey today and told him about my dissertation- he connected me with the director of research who is going to assist me as I study the effets of the Leader in Me. He told me 5 others are doing their dissertations on this topic as well. I was excited to hear that now 250 schools are Leader-in-Me schools and India is going to launch 100 schools next year! All of the high schools in Guatemala are required to use the 7 Habits!
I also ate dinner with David Langford from Langford Learning. He invented the consensusgram. His work with Quality tools is powerful and he had a diagram that represented schooling on a spectrum from external to internal motivation. I will connect with him in the future too.
I also shared the meal with Principal Solome Thomas-El. He is an inspirational speaker- one of his lines that made me laugh was when he said: "I have students that give asprin a headache." He is working on his doctorate and it is focused on Self-Efficacy. He says part of his motivation is to be a role model for children and teachers. He wants to build data folders into his school.
Over and over I felt confirmation that this research is important- we can help this profession move forward by identifying the student levels of the Private Victory in students.
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