Teachers as Role Models: Seven Ways to make a Positive Impact

They want to be just like you. Are you being a positive role model?

Seven Ways to Be a Powerful Role Model
Br. Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman

Note: This article appears in an altered form on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog as a service of the Powerful Words Character Program for member schools.
A role model is a [...]

Dr. Robyn is a STAR!!

Wow! I had the most amazing weekend ever! As many of you know, our very own Dr. Robyn Silverman took on the role of Rosie Alvarez in Bye, Bye, Birdie…and I gotta tell ya…she was AWESOME!
I had the pleasure of watching the show on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon and it [...]

Taking good risks: Teaching courage by example

Teaching by example. We talk about it often. But how do we teach courage when adult life can often appear mundane or monotonous? Sometimes, we just have to do something out of the ordinary.
Just as our coach did with us, when I work with my coaching clients on envisioning their best year for [...]

Justice for Ashley: My Niece’s Teacher Died Too Soon

The kids all called her “Miss Mac” and loved her greatly.
Hi everyone-
I wanted to share a personal story that was featured in the Washington Post today that has touched my life recently.
My six year old niece, Evie, and her classmates received some devastating news when one of their favorite teaching assistants, Ashley McIntosh, [...]

Parents Choice Writing Award And Parenting Publication Awards

I couldn’t wait to share the good news with all of you…
As many of you know, I am a proud columnist for Bay State Parent magazine, a highly praised monthly in New England. We just received notification that Bay State Parent was designated a “2008 Parents’ Choice Approved” award winner in a national magazine [...]

Cool Tool to Build Traffic and Google Rankings!

I am always on the hunt for marketing systems that will make my life easier and our business stronger. Over the years I’ve invested a nice chunk of change to test drive a host of different tools and today, I’d like to share one with you that absolutely LOVE!
About 6 months ago while at [...]

Birthday Specials for Everyone!

Happy Birthday…to Me!!! Yup, it’s that time again – I’m excited to say that I’m another year better, another year smarter, and another year closer to reaching all of my goals!
As many of you know, I always like to GIVE a birthday present on my birthday to others…with Gratitude month coming up shortly, [...]

New Checklist to Ensure Success

Greetings All~
As most people know about me, I’m a big fan of systems. That being the case, I’ve just created a great checklist for brand new POWerful Words clients to ensure that they quickly, easily, painlessly, and properly implement our system in their school(s).

Most of our clients believe in Constant and Never Ending Improvement…So… I [...]

Are Children Showing Self Reliance at Your School?

A version of this article is on Dr. Robyn’s Powerful Parenting Blog for parents who attend your schools and use the Powerful Words Character System to help their children thrive. This blog is a free service of Powerful Words Character Development.

Because it’s Self Reliance month for Powerful Words, it’s important that we provide children with [...]

Heads up! Get Ready For Teacher Appreciation Week

April is gratitude month! How about some Spring Cleaning? While we are still in March, we are busily getting your Powerful Words curriculum ready for next month when Powerful Words schools can run the wildly successful “Teacher Appreciation Week!”
Here are a few helpful hints to bring your school appearance up a notch:

Fix old [...]