Activating Character Strengths in the Classroom

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Consider what it might look like to plan for instruction based on what’s strong with students, not what is wrong with students. For instance, how can instruction be planned to build on strengths such as curiosity, kindness or judgment?

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  • Character Strengths
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  • Educator Training
  • After School and Beyond
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Teen Engagement

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Explore how the via character strengths relate to creating a Thriving mindset in Jewish Education

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Celebrating Strengths - VIA Character Strengths Image

Jenny Fox-Eades, character strengths researcher and educator, shares examples of using character strengths with children in a practical and impactful way.

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Periodic Table of Making Mensches

Inspired by Tiffany Shlain’s “Periodic Table of Character Strengths,” this powerful and well-resourced interactive table allows you to explore the substance of each “middah” or character trait (Mussar quality).

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