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10 Ways to Use the Life After Birth book to Help Teen Moms

Summer Owens — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 05:37:13 +0000

When I published my memoir, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, my number one goal was to help teen moms. I ultimately created a powerful, trauma-informed curriculum that promoted academic excellence and social and emotional development. Before I created the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education […]

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Annette McNeil: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:30:16 +0000

It’s never too late to get your degree(s). That’s one of the first thoughts I have when I think of Annette McNeil. Another is how she too was a 15-year-old mom. A third is our connection to the Fogelman College of Business and Economics and how Dean Rajiv Grover played an amazing role in our […]

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Marcus Heaston S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:00:25 +0000

It’s funny when you meet someone who has “known” you for 20 years. Because I’m on a mission to impact as many youth and young adults as possible with the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education Curriculum, I am always connecting with educators. When I sent a connection request on LinkedIn to Marcus […]

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Burned by Bullying, Victorious as a Veteran – Justin Brazil S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 05:00:28 +0000

Once I started sharing my story, I began to hear and embrace the stories of others more and that includes Justin Brazil story. A few years ago, I spoke on a local panel and met an amazing man with an incredible story of resilience. One of the topics of the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, […]

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Graduating Against the Odds: How I Made it to My 20 Year College Graduation Anniversary

Summer Owens — Tue, 04 May 2021 01:02:52 +0000

It’s graduation season, and many students are graduating against the odds. Financial challenges, lack of support, illnesses, competing priorities, too many responsibilities and so many other obstacles keep many people from completing college. But so many did it in spite of the odds. Many overcame tremendous obstacles, self-doubt, and doubt from others…but you did it! […]

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What Makes a Successful Character Education Curriculum

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:38:01 +0000

I don’t think anyone sets out to do or create anything without the goal of success. And that’s why it was my mission to create a successful character education curriculum. I had completely exposed myself and felt completely vulnerable after publishing my memoir, but it was completely worth it once I learned just how much […]

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Six Pillars of Character Education

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:22:15 +0000

In my post So What is Character Education, I began to explore character education. A group of experts and educators came together in 1992 to develop the six pillars of character education. These six pillars of education were designed to help students develop character through school activities. The interesting thing about the six pillars of […]

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What are the 11 principles of character education?

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:10:26 +0000

After digging deep into the pillars of character education, I spent time focusing on the principles of character education. That I wanted to include into the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education curriculum. Character.org (formerly the Character Education Partnership) developed the detailed framework called 11 Principles Framework for Schools: A Guide to Cultivating […]

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SO What is Character Education?

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:35:40 +0000

After focusing on literacy and life skills for the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education curriculum. I began research specifically on how character education. I knew that getting students to read and to read better was critical. And I also recognized how easily I could teach important life skills through my story, but […]

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