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The Guidance Center provides information and links to additional web sights
that will assist students as well as parents regarding values, family faith-life,
self discipline, relationships, study tips, and planning for future educational
needs.
Below are topics of interest and recommended
links:
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St.
Theresa's Conflict Managers Program
Learning to peacefully solve problems and listen to
other points of view.
The Benefits of Conflict
Managers At School
Students participating in a school-based Conflict Managers
program often feel an increased sense of control and positive self esteem.
Additional benefits have been found as follows.
1. Conflict Managers teach students to see conflict as a
positive opportunity to learn more about others.
2. Conflict Managers have been shown to teach acceptance
of responsibility more so than detentions and suspensions.
3. Conflict Managers aid in building a better school
environment including decreasing absenteeism and violence.
4. Conflict Mangers can be generalized
to life outside school and becomes a life skill that enables students to treat others with
respect and communicate more effectively.
5. Conflict Managers promote understanding and sensitivity to the needs
of others and decreased discriminatory behavior.
Qualities of Conflict Managers
- The conflict manager remains unbiased.
- The conflict manager is an empathic listener.
- The conflict manager is respectful.
- The conflict manager helps people work together.
- The conflict manager keeps information confidential.
Attack the problem, not the person !
Goals for conflict managers
Mediation is an approach to resolve conflict
in which the disputants, or the people who disagree, have the chance
to sit face to face and talk uninterrupted so each side of the dispute is
heard. After the problem is defined, solutions are created and then
evaluated. When an agreement is reached, it is written and signed.
The goals of conflict managers are as follows:
- For disputants to understand and respect different views.
- To open and improve communication.
- To develop cooperation in solving a
common problem
- To reach agreements that address the interests of both sides.
It takes cooperation and understanding to resolve conflicts. Conflict
Managers is based on the belief that, in order to resolve conflicts,
people must be willing to do the following:
- Stay calm and control their anger.
- Focus on the problem and not blame the other person.
- Honestly state their wants and feelings.
- Understand and respect the other person's point of view.
- Cooperate and create solutions that meet the needs of everyone
involved
Duties of Conflict Managers
Conflict managers will be trained to build
skills in active listening, ability to express feelings, problem solve,
thinking critically, teamwork, assertiveness, anger management and the
conflict mediation process.
Upon completion of the training, conflict
managers are available during recess and study hall time to help students
resolve minor conflicts, such as name-calling, rumors, game rules,
and teasing.
The conflict managers will meet once a
month with adult advisors to discuss problems, participate in additional
skill-building activities and to provide support to each other. |
St.
Theresa's Conflict Managers Program
Learning to peacefully solve problems and listen to other points
of view.
The Benefits of Conflict
Managers At School
Students participating in a school-based Conflict Managers
program often feel an increased sense of control and positive self esteem.
Additional benefits have been found as follows.
1. Conflict Managers teach students to see conflict as a
positive opportunity to learn more about others.
2. Conflict Managers have been shown to teach acceptance
of responsibility more so than detentions and suspensions.
3. Conflict Managers aid in building a better school
environment including decreasing absenteeism and violence.
4. Conflict Mangers can be generalized
to life outside school and becomes a life skill that enables students to treat others with
respect and communicate more effectively.
5. Conflict Managers promote understanding and sensitivity to the needs
of others and decreased discriminatory behavior.
Qualities of Conflict Managers
- The conflict manager remains unbiased.
- The conflict manager is an empathic listener.
- The conflict manager is respectful.
- The conflict manager helps people work together.
- The conflict manager keeps information confidential.
Attack the problem, not the person !
Goals for conflict managers
Mediation is an approach to resolve conflict
in which the disputants, or the people who disagree, have the chance
to sit face to face and talk uninterrupted so each side of the dispute is
heard. After the problem is defined, solutions are created and then
evaluated. When an agreement is reached, it is written and signed.
The goals of conflict managers are as follows:
- For disputants to understand and respect different views.
- To open and improve communication.
- To develop cooperation in solving a
common problem
- To reach agreements that address the interests of both sides.
It takes cooperation and understanding to resolve conflicts. Conflict
Managers is based on the belief that, in order to resolve conflicts,
people must be willing to do the following:
- Stay calm and control their anger.
- Focus on the problem and not blame the other person.
- Honestly state their wants and feelings.
- Understand and respect the other person's point of view.
- Cooperate and create solutions that meet the needs of everyone
involved
Duties of Conflict Managers
Conflict managers will be trained to build
skills in active listening, ability to express feelings, problem solve,
thinking critically, teamwork, assertiveness, anger management and the
conflict mediation process.
Upon completion of the training, conflict
managers are available during recess and study hall time to help students
resolve minor conflicts, such as name-calling, rumors, game rules,
and teasing.
The conflict managers will meet once a
month with adult advisors to discuss problems, participate in additional
skill-building activities and to provide support to each other. |
