Responsibility In School
vs. unreliability
Knowing and doing what is expected of me
To practice Responsibility, I will: 
- do my work to be best of my ability
- keep my commitments
- clarify expectations
- not make excuses
- correct my mistakes
Failing Forward
An Engineer co-worker organized a Geek Week for employees’ children at our workplace. He said that one of the main things he wanted to stress was a safe place to fail. If you weren’t failing, you weren’t trying hard enough. We all fail sometimes, but the responsible part is learning from that and moving forward, not stopping. Students need the same safe environment to fail. If they have done something wrong, they need to know they can take Responsibility and own up to it. When learning something new or stepping out of their comfort zone, they need to know that it is safe to fail before moving forward. Taking Responsibility for your learning is a big step for students, and it happens in different grades for each student. It’s scary, but if we create that safe environment where they can question and try, we will build their ability to take Responsibility for more than just their learning.
How can you model failing forward?
The Links below will take you to Resources you can use in the classroom or in homeschool
to teach the Character Quality of Responsibility.
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Shamrock Shuffle
Arrange the participants in chairs in a circle with one less chair than people. Larger groups may need multiple circles. Have the person without a chair stand in the middle. They are to call out a sentence that describes him or herself. Examples: People wearing a red...
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Teambuilding
Power Up with Character
Interview Questions
Adult Business Books
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Quotes
Character All Month Calendar
Related Qualities
Character Holiday Activities
Family Activity (with a printable for sending home to parents)
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Christian Family Activity
Bible Verses
Christian Poster
Prayer and Reflections
Archived Resources