P2 cofounder and president Mike Erwin will lead, and educators will learn how to implement The Positivity Project in classrooms and school-wide.

Please Note: You can pay by credit card or check. Checks can be mailed ahead of time to The Positivity Project at:

85 McKenzie Rd. E.

Pinehurst, NC 28374

To pay by check, please do the following: Email us at info@posproject.org with the email title "Pay by Check" and we will set you up.

Agenda

– Introductions

– Objectives and Outcomes

– Start with Why: Mission and Vision of the Positivity Project

• History of the project
• Mission and vision
• Building a movement
• The critical role of everyone in this room

– The World in 2030

• Automation and Artificial Intelligence
• The economy of the future
• What skills will be in the highest demand?

– Recent Research on Today’s Youth

• Trends on mental health, specifically narcissism and anxiety
• Increasing desire for fame, in place of developing a meaningful life purpose
• Hyper-focus on individual achievement vs. treating others well
• Children’s perceptions of parent and teacher priorities

– Break

– What is Positive Psychology?

• Overview of the history and science behind positive psychology
• Dr. Chris Peterson
• Other People Matter

– VIA Character Strengths Surveys

• Discuss results of the VIA Character Strengths Surveys

– What is Character?

• The science behind character
• How The Positivity Project defines character
• Why character is so important
• Character vs. behaviors
• The 24 character strengths

– Lunch and Time to Connect

– What is Character? Continued...

– Break

- School-wide implementation

• Why The Positivity Project is different than other character education programs?
• Prioritizing character education in lesson planning
• School-wide effort (e.g. librarian)
  • Banners and posters
  • T-shirts
  • Monthly assemblies
  • Parent engagement
  • Social media
  • Developing students as leaders
  • Impact on faculty

– Classroom Implementation

• What this looks like in the classroom
  • Where are you implementing The Positivity Project?
    • Morning meeting/Closing meeting
    • Book selection/Read aloud/Independent Reading
    • Weekly/Monthly recognition
    • Classroom newsletter shout outs
    • Run through of Facebook/Twitter feed
    • Conversations continuing at home

• Impact on students
  • Self-awareness and self-confidence
  • Empathy and social intelligence
  • Vocabulary to describe their own feelings and emotions
  • Vocabulary to describe the good in others

• Impact on classroom community
• Depth of conversations
• Keys to success
  • Importance of principal support
  • Lesson planning and weaving character strengths into other subjects
  • Social media

– The Power of Social Media

• Connecting with parents and moving the conversation into the home
• Learning from Partner Schools
• Growing The Positivity Project

– Building the Movement and Our Tremendous Opportunity

• Key concepts
• The power of social media