Title: Lindsay Hunt
1Defining All Kinds of Minds Through LifePrep
Great Minds Dont Think Alike
2- 100 years of psychology has taught us only what
makes us unhappywhy not study and discover what
makes one happy?
3Vision
Attitude Is Everything
- Defining our children's minds not just through
standardize testing but actually finding what
their strengths and weaknesses are. Focusing on
their abilities and guiding them into the
direction of success.
4- The goal of this project is to build on the basic
concepts of the LifePrep, by utilizing the
measuring system of the Kolbe Index, and the tool
box of The Strategic Coach.
5The Concept
Its not who we are that holds us back, its who
we think were not. -Michael Nolan
6Life Prep
- High school students are primed to get into the
best possible colleges or land lucrative jobs.
Some institutions even call themselves college
prep schools. The term is most often a
euphemisms for college admissions prep. Why not
life prep? Dont we need to prepare our kids
for the tough demands of adult life? I believe so
7Vision of LifePrep
- To identify the students strengths, weaknesses,
talents, and abilities in an academic
environment. - To encourage and cultivate weaknesses but to
create a path for a student to pursue their
strengths and passions
8Goals
- Self Knowledge
- External Knowledge
- Life Skills
- Service
- Vocation
9Self Knowledge External Knowledge
- To understand ones strengths and weaknesses and
potential, not just for the teachers awareness,
but for the student to understand as well - Gaining the confidence needed to express
qualities - To provide new and more opportunities, not just
college admission but for life skills
10Life Skills
- The practical skills needed to succeed at the
highest levels in life. - Potential Curriculum ethics, civility,
etiquette, citizenship, ecology, financial
planning, interviewing skills, brainstorming,
critical thinking, reasoning, logic, public
speaking, and business ethics
11Service
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- Gratitude in action
- Given unconditionally
- Personal
Finding success through service
12Vocation
- To help students decide on a college and career
that complies with their strengths weaknesses and
ability - Starting with internships
- Choosing an internships that will benefit the
student in their future, not something that
looks like fun.
13Goals
- Self Knowledge
- External Knowledge
- Life Skills
- Self Responsibility
- Service
- Vocation
14If you dont know where youre going, how ya
gonna get there?
-Anonymous
15Success is the freedom to be yourself
-Kathy Kolbe
16The Kolbe Systemby Kathy Kolbe
- Studies the innate ability of human beings. And
helps people discover and use their natural
instincts - Has researched this methodology for over 40
years, spanning over six continents
- Pioneered a distinct cluster of human
behaviors that led - to breakthroughs in the understanding and use
of innate - abilities.
- She has lectured and conducted reasearch in
over 20 - univerities
- She has been asked to be a consultant to
school districts - and state departments around the country.
17The Kolbe System Vision
- To change the way people think.
- To remove them from the mindset that they have to
accomplish something one particular way
18Kolbe System
- A system of aptitude tests that reveals ones
strengths, weaknesses, talents and abilities. - These tests provide different levels for
different ages, - -IF Index for younger, Y Index for
teenage, A Index for 18 plus - Does not show ones learned behavior or
personality traits, but shows ones instinctive
abilities. People instinctively want to be happy.
19The Index
- This aptitude test would be administered four
different times during ones school career - - Lower School
- - first grade - Y1 index
- - Middle School
- - fifth grade - Y Index
- - Upper School twice
- - freshmen year - Y index
- - senior year - A index
20The Index
- Teachers would also take the Index
- -Would take the A index
- This would allow students to be placed with
advisors\teachers with similar abilities and
strengths. - Allowing more productivity and confidence by
students in the classrooms
21The Toolbox
People talk about finding their lives. In
reality, your life is not something you find-its
something you create -David Phillips
22The Strategic CoachBy Dan Sullivan
- Has 25 years of experience as a highly regarded
speaker, consultant, strategic planner, and coach
to entrepreneurs. - Coaching skills works to help entrepreneurs reach
their full potential in business and personal
lives. - Books Focusing Your Unique Ability, How the Best
Get Better, and How to be A Global Thinker
23Strategic Coach
- This is a program that provides a tool box of
concepts to maximize ones strengths abilities and
talents. - Concepts such as The Unique Ability, The Time
System and The 21 Day Gratitude Concept.
24The Unique Ability
Those on top of the mountain didnt fall there
-Marcus Washling
25Unique Ability
- Ask yourself what am I good at? What are my
special talents? What do I like to do? - Begin to discover your special talents and skills
and try to work more in your area of Unique
Ability and delegate or isolate yourself from
the tasks you lack skill in - Any activity you take part in can be categorized
into four groups
26You have superior skills in activities you love
to do- more confidence
You only contain mediocre skills in these areas
and your skill level never rises
UNIQUE ABILITY
EXCELLENT
COMPETENT
You have superior skills in this activity But no
passion to do these activities
- activities your often experience failure,
frustration, and stress. Activites you dread
doing, because you dont want to do them
INCOMPETENT
27The Time System
Thats what freedom is all about-a chance to be
better
-Albert Camus
28The Time System
- Helps to break your day into three time segments
- Focus Time
- Buffer Time
- Free Time
- This allows you to organize and accomplish more
tasks during the day. Also one finds they have
more free time
29FREE TIME
BUFFER TIME
PREPARATION
REJUVENATION
FOCUS TIME
PRODUCTIVITY
30Focus Time
- Needs maximum concentration without any
distractions to finish the most important
activities - Focus activities are things one wants to succeed
in and what one likes to do - Exams, tests and quizzes, projects and
extra-curricular activities and sporting events
Focus Time 1
31Buffer Time
- Is used to break down and organize the most
important activities - This time is used for preparation
- to clean up messes
- Taking care of activities that are not productive
- -Example cleaning your room
Buffer Time 2
Focus Time 1
32Free Time
- Time for rejuvenation, and to do activities you
want to do - Complete separation from obligations and
work-related activities
Buffer Time 2
Focus Time 1
Free Time 3
33The 21 Day Gratitude Focus
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- Gratitude is an internally-generated
- capability, which allows an individual to create
and discover an unlimited meaning and value in
every situation and relationship in life - -Dan Sullivan
3421 Days of Gratitude(service)
- Creating the habit of expressing sincere
gratitude from an early age - By doing this children will learn the values of
giving (service) - Also creates more productivity and happiness
35How Does All This Relate?
- The Kolbe System is designed to identify ones
natural talents, strengths and weaknesses, going
back to LifePrep, all of those concepts
36Action Plan
- 1) Form and Advisory board to begin process of
shaping curriculum. - - 3 Administrators
- - 3 Teachers
- - 3 Students
- 2) Adopt the Kolbe Index as the measuring
system - -Administer IF to LS- 1st grade
- -Administer Y to MS- 5th grade
- -Administer Y to US- 9th grade - A to 12th
grade - - Utilize results of the Kolbe Index to help
teachers/advisor - develop the best curriculum
- - match student and teacher traits/abilities
for better realationships - and higher productivity
37Action Plan
- 3) Adopt Strategic Coach concepts and Strategies
as the tool box - - Unique Ability
- - Time System
- - 21 Day Gratitude Focus
- 4) Target Date
- Fall 2007
38- Attitude
- Confidence
- Happiness
- Productivity
39- Listen to your dreams- those are the sounds no
one else can hear. - -Kobi Yamada
40- We embrace change as an investment in our
future. We realize that there is always room for
improvement in everything we do. We feel that
the process of constant constructive change and
improvement is the highest of goals and dedicate
ourselves wholeheartedly to it. We look forward
to the future with confidence, knowing that our
past and present endeavors have prepared us for
success tomorrow -
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-UDA vision