Values

​What do values mean to you?

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​VALUES

​What do you Value?

​Were their Values showing?

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• Your values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work.

• They (should) determine your priorities.​

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• Values exist, whether you recognize them or not.

• You learn who you are, when you acknowledge your values.

​How Values Help You

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​Defining Your Values

When you define your personal values, you discover what's truly important to you.

• A good way to do this is:

  • Reflect on your life past & present

  • Find a person you admire​

  • Identify who you are and who you want to be

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​Looking at this picture, what do you think this child values?

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​What about now?

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Thinking about what values are most important to you might be difficult, ​but because you will have to choose between solutions that might satisty different values when making a decision, it's the most important step.

​Prioritize your top values

​Which value to lead with at the appropriate time.

Multiple Select

Values _________(finish the sentence)

• are the foundation of your beliefs/actions

• are the heart of classroom culture

• Only matter at Costco

• are how you change behavior

Values Tournament

By E Simmons

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Justice

• Communication

• Loyalty

• Creativity

• Professionalism

Poll

Pick 1 or 2 only

• Family

• Balance

• Love

• Laughter

• Equality

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Integrity

• Responsibility

• Beauty

• Intuition

• Collaboration

​Turn and talk

• Why did you choose that Value?

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Kindness

• Gratitude

• Empathy

• Peace

• Autonomy

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Curiosity

• Enthusiasm

• Courage

• Respect

• Wisdom

​Which of the last values would your toughest student pick?

- Turn & Share

-​Curiosity -Enthusiasm - Respect

-Courage​ - Wisdom

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Flexibility

• Caring

• Patience

• Confidence

• Equity

Poll

Pick 1 or 2

• Accountability

• Opportunity

• Life

• Trust

• Diversity

Importance of growth in this area​

• Identifying and understanding your values is a challenging and important exercise.

• Your personal values are a central part of who you are – and who you want to be.

• By becoming more aware of these important factors in your life, you can use them as a guide to make the best choice in any situation.

• Some of life's decisions are really about determining what you value most.

• When many options seem reasonable, it's helpful and comforting to rely on your values – and use them as a strong guiding force to point you in the right direction.​

• Know more about ourselves​

• Know more about others

• Stronger relationships

• Positive Intentions​​

​How this helps US:

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Why are you here?

Turn and tell a partner​

Draw

Fill in your Values Bracket

​Tournament Time!

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• To start, choose your top 16 Values and write in your Values Bracket

• Each round - eliminate half of your Values until there is only 1 Value left.

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​-Mahatma Gandhi

" Keep your values positive beacuse your values become your destiny. "