"Reform the environment. Stop trying to reform people. They will reform themselves if the environment is right.” ~ Buckminster Fuller Part 3

Flow  Foundations: What is a sense of community? Why create a sense of community in schools?  Creating Conditions/Tools: What are the conditions for a sense of community to develop? How can the conditions help to establish a container for community building? What are some tools for making it happen?  Facilitator Knowledge  Application

Part 2: CREATING CONDITIONS What are the conditions for a sense of community to develop? How can the conditions help to establish a container for community building? What are some tools for making it happen? Conditions for Creating a Sense of Community Community building tools

The Best Workshop Ever Facilitators  Be prepared  Lessons are interactive  Facilitate conversation & communication Be engaging  Build in breaks and allow for sustenance  Turn cell phones off and present  Teach with purpose  Be playful and laugh  Be positive and encourage

The Best Workshop Ever Everyone  One person talks at a time  Have an open mind and good attitude  Be positive and encouraging  Be on time  Be an active listener and respectful of others’ opinions  Cell phones off (except for need)  Appropriate and respectful language (be kind)

The Best Workshop Ever Everyone  Be alert and present  Watch our sarcastic humor  You can only volunteer yourself  Be sensitive to differences and learning styles

Conditions for Community to Develop  Intentionality Invitational Education Time  Safe and Trusting Environment Safe Environment Relational Trust  Balancing “Me” and “We” Empowerment (Me) Social Commitment (We)

Conditions for Community to Develop  Positivity Nurturing the Positive Positivity Ratio  Ownership Focus (goal setting) 3 R’s: Routines, Rituals, Responsibilities  Others?

Invitational Education – a Container Framework Making time for relationships

Safe Environment Relational Trust

Empowerment: “Me”

“Me” Topics  Noticing vs. praising  Challenge with choice vs. right to pass  Competition  Pseudo choice  Other topics?

SOCIAL COMMITMENT: “WE”

The central message of the consumer culture in which we live is: You’re the most important thing on earth. You’re the heaviest object in the universe and everything orbits around you. And we’ve enshrined this idea as ‘human nature.’ Not remembering that most people in most places have had other things very near the center of their identity – the tribe, the community, their relationship with the natural world, or the Divine – something that gave them more of a sense of identity not obsessively rooted in themselves Bill McKibbon (Interview aired on May 26, 2007)

Reflections on the 10  Joy  Gratitude  Serenity  Interest  Hope  Pride  Amusement  Inspiration  Awe  Love From: Fredrickson, B. (2009) Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive. New York, NY: Crown Archetype.

Positivity 1. Broadens our minds and our hearts 2. Transforms us for the better 3. Fuels Resilience 1. Asking questions and focusing outward (open to new ideas) 2. Connectivity and attunement of the team. More responsive to one another 3. Bouncing back from adversity rather than getting stuck in self- absorbed advocacy

Positivity Ratio The Tipping Point Flourishing = 3 to 1 “… only when positivity ratios are higher than 3 to 1 is positivity in sufficient supply to seed human flourishing.” (Fredrickson, 2009)

Ownership  Routines What are some routines you have in your classroom/school?  Rituals What are some of your family, cultural, or personal rituals? What are some of your school traditions? What is a rite of passage you have experienced?  Responsibility What do you in your classroom/school to engender responsibility toward self and others?

How can we set up the classroom so the students have the maximum ownership?  Participation in classroom rule creation  Classroom jobs  Explicitly teach all routines and expectations (Wong)  Small group work  Independent tasks  Choices

Homework: Alone or with a buddy/truddy – prepare a short activity to present with the group. Artifact?