Middle School Curriculum Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What!

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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The Importance of Literacy

Summer Owens — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:36:01 +0000

The importance of literacy can’t be stressed enough. On my lunch break for four years, I visited my mentee at the Adolescent Parenting Program. She complained about her relationship with her father and how he had no idea how she felt as a teen mother. She had read my first book, Life After Birth: A […]

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So What are Life Skills and Why are They Important?

Summer Owens — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 22:35:21 +0000

When I set out to write my memoir, my purpose was simply to help teen mothers with their lives. I wanted to share life skills to help them be successful in spite of being teen parents. Then many other people started reading it, and I realized that my story, my book, were supposed to give […]

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