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Lifelong Guidelines & Lifeskills
Lifelong Guidelines
Lifeskills
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| | CCDS utilizes a set of beliefs and values – what we call our Lifelong Guidelines and Lifeskills – to help us define how we (students, teachers, community members) interact and work with one another. | |
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| | There are five Lifelong Guidelines which, taken together, represent the expected behaviors of a CCDS community member. Community members are expected to strive to use the Lifelong Guidelines in their daily interactions and students are held accountable to the Lifelong Guidelines throughout their entire CCDS experience. Families will be notified when students are both exemplifying and contradicting them. The five principles are listed below.
Trustworthiness: At CCDS we effectively act in a manner that makes one worthy of trust and confidence.
Truthfulness: At CCDS we believe that everyone should be honest about things and feelings with oneself and others.
Active Listening: At CCDS we listen with the intention of understanding what the speaker intends to communicate.
No Put-Downs: At CCDS, we strive to never use words, actions and/or body language that degrade, humiliate, or dishonor others.
Personal Best: At CCDS, we do our best given the circumstances and available resources. | |
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| | The Lifeskills are:
Caring ~ To feel and show concern for others
Common Sense ~ To use good judgment
Cooperation ~ To work together toward a common goal or purpose
Courage ~ To act according to one’s beliefs despite fear of adverse consequences
Curiosity ~ A desire to investigate and seek understanding of one’s world
Effort ~ To do your best
Flexibility ~ To be willing to alter plans when necessary
Friendship ~ To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring
Initiative ~ To do something of one’s own free will, because it needs to be done
Integrity ~ To act according to a sense of what’s right and wrong
Organization ~ To plan, arrange, and implement in an orderly way; to keep things orderly and ready to use
Patience ~ To wait calmly for someone or something
Perseverance ~ To keep at it
Pride ~ Satisfaction from doing one’s personal best
Problem Solving ~ To create solutions to difficult situation and everyday problems
Resourcefulness ~ To respond to challenges and opportunities in innovative and creative ways
Responsibility ~ To respond when appropriate; to be accountable for one’s actions
Sense of Humor ~ To laugh and be playful without harming others | |
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