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=DECIDING ON CORE VALUES FOR CSI HIGH SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES=

Lesson on Core Values (from Heather)
I came up with a lesson on Don Profitt's ethical dilemmas. If anyone is interested I can e-mail you the dilemmas (or they are on his website). Lesson (1-2 periods) Students use graphic organizer (I have that as well) to decide 1) what are the two choices, and 2) how are these both good choices?
 * Check-in**: What was one of the most difficult decisions you ever made? Explain.
 * Lesson**: Students are paired up, read dilemmas together
 * Wrap-Up**: Share Out - class discussion (we didn't get to this on Friday; we're tabling our share out until next Weds.)

OUR WORK (FROM OUR WORKSHOP WITH DON)
This is the list of values we came up with at our Ethical Fitness Training. It would be great if each advisory could look at this list, discuss the values we came up with in terms of ethics, and use the process to come up with a list of five core values from the list to help us in the next step of developing our school's core values. To help add meaning to the process, if you would like to use any part of Don's Power Point on ethics in your advisory as part of a lesson, I have it on my computer and would be happy to share it with it you! I also have the poetry book he read from and the examples from most of the stories he told us as well as the quotations he left, which are a great start to a lesson, a good way to continue the conversations, make great journal prompts, etc.

Here is our list: TRUST/TRUSTWORTHINESS TOLERANCE INTEGRITY ALTRUISM COURAGE SUPPORTIVE INCLUSIVENESS AUTHENTICITY CURIOSITY**
 * RESPECT
 * HONESTY
 * COMMITMENT
 * COMMUNITY
 * RESPONSIBILITY

Those with stars were our top choices. Additional questions for us to discuss as a staff and as a school community: How do we expand the moral perimeter of our school?**
 * How do we operationalize these values?

**[|ETHICAL DILEMMAS]**
Link to the Institute for Global Ethics for right versus right ethical dilemmas you can use in your advisory to help kids learn how to deal with the right versus right choices they make in their daily lives. This can also help in the process of narrowing down our list so that we can have five core values for our school. These are great, short dilemmas that will help kids realize the kinds of right versus right decisions they must make; individual versus community; honesty versus loyalty; and justice versus mercy.

This is also a good place for us to share our thoughts about this list as well: I have been thinking a lot about what Susan said yesterday and how integrity encompasses honesty. Although my group had honesty as one of our top choices, I have to say that after hearing Susan yesterday, I believe that integrity does encompass honesty. I am also thinking about kids and this list; it will probably help them to have a dictionary handy when discussing these terms and to discuss what they mean before comprising their own list.

I really like the suggestion of getting parents and students in on this discussion. Othewise I'm concerned they're Faculty core values and limited though that lens. Could this be a cafe activity at the upcoming potluck or some other community event? - Bridgette I agree completely! We really want the students to take ownership of this. The plan is to have students work on narrowing down the list we created in their advisories, then having a list from each advisory, then bringing it to parents (probably with Don there) at a potluck dinner with parents, students and staff. After we get all of that input from each constituency, having a committee comprised mainly of students to finally determine the core values. What do you think? Would love to hear additional suggestions! Aimee
 * //WHOSE VALUES?//**