TRUE COLORS!

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TRUE COLORS!

• Why do your teachers act the way they do?
• How could you communicate better with your
  parents?
• Do you want to get along better with family and
  friends?
• Do you want to know yourself better and
  understand others?
• What would happen if you were a better student?
• Can you shift into a task-appropriate color?

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TRUE COLORS

• What is True Colors?
• Personality Profile
• Simple
• Age Appropriate
• User-friendly
• Memorable
• Practical Wisdom
• for Life, Love, Work, and Play!

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TRUE COLORS

• Today you will have a powerful opportunity for
  developing an understanding of natural human
  differences.
• Today you can change the dynamics of your
  classroom, your school, and of your home.

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TRUE COLORS

• We will start with a COLORS QUIZ!
• The good news is that there are no wrong answers
  in our personal assessment.
• We each have some of all the colors a color
  quality may come out more strongly at different
  times. Awareness is KEY!
• Answer as you are in your most natural and most
  comfortable setting.

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COLORS QUIZ

• Step 1 Read each group of words in Row 1
• Step 2 Mark a 4 in the box beside the group
  that is MOST like you.
• Step 3 Mark a 1 in the box that is LEAST like
  you.
• Step 4 Mark a 3 in the next MOST LIKE you and
  a 2 in the NEXT LEAST like you.
• Step 5 After completing each horizontal row in
  the same manner, add each column to get your
  total score for each.

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ORANGEGOLDBLUEGREEN

• ORANGES view the world and their relationships
  through the lens of FREEDOM and FUN!
• ORANGES lead with physical skills and sensations.
• ORANGES value individuality!

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GOLDBLUEGREENORANGE

• GOLDS see it as their duty to view the world,
  chaotic as it is, through the lens of ORDER.
• GOLDS lead with judgments and standards.
• GOLDS value service and responsibility.

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BLUEGREENORANGEGOLD

• BLUES view their world through FEELINGS and the
  RELATIONSHIP lens.
• BLUES lead with their heart.
• BLUES value authenticity, empathy, and
  cooperation.

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GREENORANGEGOLDBLUE

• GREENS think about the world, globally, and the
  PROCESS required to get to the bottom line
  solutions.
• GREENS lead with their thinking.
• GREENS value rationality, objectivity, and
  personal integrity.

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Will my color guide which career I choose?

• Fun/Freedom
• Order
• Information/Process
• Help Others

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ORANGES

• Moving, just do it, happening, going, doing,
  freedom, variety, competitive, action,
  excitement, impulsive, spontaneous, creative,
  energetic
• Coaches, farmers, elementary teachers, EMTs,
  entrepreneurs, childcare, artists, receptionists

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GOLDS

• Leads with judgments and standards of excellence,
  organized, time order, practical, traditional,
  committed, hardworking, productive, planner, list
  maker, dependable, loyal, needs security,
  respectful of rules, responsible
• Administrators, surgeons, managers, nurses,
  auditors, CPAs, lawyers, dentists, teachers,
  policemen, military

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BLUES

• Leads with the heart, dreams of a better world,
  peacemaker, nurturer, feels joy and pain deeply,
  sensitive, reacts emotionally, responsive,
  social, gregarious, attached, imaginative
• Social workers, teachers, service workers,
  clergy, counselors, entertainers

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GREENS

• Figure it out!, Information gatherer,
  exploration, loves to solve problems, generates
  new ideas, hates to be told twice, wants proof,
  analysis of facts, does not like to be told the
  details, curious, factual, bottom line
• Researcher, librarians, professors, physicians,
  engineers, teachers, accountants, auditors,
  lawyers, artists, entertainers, writers

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Dark Side of Colors

• Oranges do not want structure! Do not box in
  the orange.
• Oranges priority is FUN!
• Oranges may take on 10 jobs how many will they
  finish?
• Oranges exaggerate.
• Oranges skip the facts.
• Oranges are impatient.

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Dark Side of Colors

• Golds control! My way or the highway
• Golds cant delegate they micromanage!
• Golds believe that almost right is wrong
• Task oriented and impatient

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Dark Side of Colors

• Blues omit the truth, skew the truth, lie
• Blues have difficulty setting boundaries
• Nothing colder than a blue cold shoulder!

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Dark Side of Colors

• Greens can have a flat expression
• Greens can be intimidating
• Greens always ask so many questions
• Greens must think before having fun

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Why do my teachers act the way they do?

• Ms. Alexander?????
• Mr. Nicks????
• Mrs. Hughes??????
• Ms. Weaver-James???????????
• Ms. Ankeman????????
• Ms. Kripinski??????????

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Teaching Styles

• BLUEs
• High participation, variety, creativity
• Emotional safety personal encouragement
• Cooperation over competition
• Discipline through understanding

• GOLDs
• Strong work ethic traditional content
• Clear routine and structure
• Detailed, tried and true lesson plans
• Demand for student accountability
• Emphasis on appearances propriety

• ORANGEs
• Spontaneous, free-flowing structure
• Variety, action, hands-on, applied
• Relevant, concrete, here and now
• Humor and fun
• Upbeat competition personal power
• Situational discipline

• GREENs
• Theory, lecture, dialogue, explanation
• Skepticism, Unstructured Exploration
• Independent thinking interest based motivation
  critical analysis
• Disciplines through guidance, suggestion and
  natural consequences

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What color will help me earn better grades?

• Time
• Tasks
• Expectations
• Point of View

• Deadline/Process
• Journal writing/Research paper
• Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Ability to shift into secondary colors

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Student Learning Styles

• BLUEs
• Emotional safety/minimum conflict
• Personal encouragement
• Recognition/personal expression
• Inspiration/creativity
• Global/conceptual learning
• Discipline based on understanding

• GOLDs
• Order, structure/ Repetition, practice
• Clear expectations and directions
• Specific content/ foundational learning
• Freedom from mess and confusion
• Visible recognition and reward
• Justice based on rules and authority

• ORANGEs
• Application of learning
• Skills over knowledge/learns by doing
• Action over talking or listening
• Variety of experience/discovery
• Competition/ Loves to win!
• Frim, respectful, consistent discipline

• GREENs
• Exposure to concepts, ideas
• Understanding of cause and effect
• Time for thought/Time to answer
• Freedom to doubt and question WHY?
• Recognition of capabilities
• Rational discipline/Natural consequences

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VALUE

• BLUEs
• Persons are precious to us! We want to
  cultivate and contribute to the growth of our
  family and we want to be important in a childs
  life. We strive to bring out the best in
  everyone!

• GOLDs
• We place the highest value on doing
  important work in life. Commitment and
  dedication are the cornerstones of our work
  ethic. By paying attention to details and
  focusing on goals, we prepare children for each
  step of lifes path we keep our family
  together.

• ORANGEs
• We see life as a challenge and as an adventure.
  Each day is an opportunity to try new things. We
  encourage skill in action and we promote energy
  and creativity. We teach our children to be
  strong, independent, self-reliant and resilient.
  To our family we bring an element of FUN!

• GREENs
• A rational critique of someones thinking or
  behavior is an expression of our caring. We
  question in order to understand. We influence
  rather than enforce. Discussion is high art to
  us and we will draw out our childrens interests.
  We bring to our family the LIFE of the MIND.

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MOVING FORWARDMotivations and Rewards

• Colors give BLUEs permission to honor their
  sensitivity and a much needed blessing on
  emotion.
• GOLDs will find keys to cooperation for the
  greater good.
• GREENs can deepen their awareness of their own
  uniqueness and Colors can be a bridge in finding
  our way into the inner life of others.
• ORANGEs get the permission they have needed all
  their lives.

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How will you use your knowledge of TRUE COLORS?

• With my teachers
• With my friends
• With my family
• With myself

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Thank you !

• Mrs. Weaver-James thanks you for your time and
  attention in learning your TRUE COLORS.

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THANK YOU!

• Thank you to Tom Maddron, author of LIVING YOUR
  COLORS, for his insights.