'Thrive' is a small program that I created a few months ago geared towards providing junior employees with the opportunity to improve the essential soft skills needed to be a success in the business environment.
I have had the pleasure of working with two groups of employees from the TCI Sports Commission. The first group finished up last Thursday. We had such fun and learning as we dove deep into the idea of mindset and the level of professionalism required to 'thrive' in diverse fast paced workspaces.
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Last week, Mrs. Guilmise had the pleasure of joining a group of teachers from the Department of Education in Grand Turk to be trained on 'The Brain Power Classroom,' a program that focuses on building mindfulness, focus and emotional wellness in students. They spent time being trained by facilitators from New York, and then had the opportunity to try out the strategies and techniques that they learned with students at Ona Glinton Primary School and Eliza Simons Primary.
Learn and Lead looks forward to supporting schools as they embark on a journey to improve the daily wellness of their students. We are very excited to add a new coaching program to our repertoire. We are often asked whether we provide support for mature students returning to higher education and in need of writing support. This program, created and coached by Ms. Tatiana Handfield, is perfect for individuals entering higher education and wanting to improve their academic writing skills.
Program Description: Crafting an essay can be a daunting task for even the most experienced writer. That's why we created a 6-part series for mature students that simplifies the process. Our series takes you step-by-step through the entire process, from brainstorming to proofreading and everything in between. Our comprehensive approach to essay writing is designed to help you develop your skills and become a better writer. With our series, you'll be able to craft well-written essays in no time! Visit our Summer 2023 page for program description and registration! As we are knocking on June’s door, many of our students are starting to prepare for their end of term exams. A common complaint that I get is that ‘my child doesn’t know how to study.’ If you are in this boat, not to worry, I have some tips the twill help.
Firstly, it’s important to remember that studying is a skill that can be taught. When our kids are not given instruction on how to study, they often just look over their pages endlessly with without a goal in mind. For studying success, we want them to have study strategies that can help them improve. Start by looking at the subject areas that your child needs to study. In areas where there are example problems or papers that can be used, guide them through the practice questions that can be completed. Plan with them as to how many review questions they should get done within a certain period. In subjects that require memorization of definitions and facts, it may be helpful to make some flash cards. Put the term on one side, and the definition or important facts on the other side. Teach your child how to go through the stack of terms and say the definition or facts orally before checking the answer on the back of the page. When there is a lot of reading involved, suggest that they look at the headings of each section and turn the headings into questions. For examples, if the heading of a section is, “Natural Resources within the Turks and Caicos Islands,” guide them into turning this title into a study questions – “What are the natural resources found in the Turks and Caicos Islands?” Writing the questions, they make in a notebook or on flash cards provides a great way for them to review content. In addition to the three strategies provided above, here are some important tips to keep central when supporting your child through exam season.
![]() In this second video with the Youth Help Foundation, I touch on 10 important skills that parents can nurture with their children in the early years. "The Youth HELP Foundation empowers vulnerable children and young people to maximize their innate potential through partnerships with other non-profit and civil society organizations that together ensure equitable access to resources for health, education and literacy programs." If you would like to know more about the Youth HELP Foundation, visit their website at www.youthhelpfoundation.org. “Creating and managing a diverse workforce is a process, not a destination.” –R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. Today I had the pleasure of working with the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force. The Acting Commissioner of Police and team members took a deep dive into the topic of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is an essential topic to explore for today's management teams. We focused on the following areas:
Last night it was a pleasure to join the Rotary Club of Providenciales to discuss Mental Wellness for Mental Health Awareness Month. In our time together we look at mental health, stress management and work-life integration.
Rotarians and their guests were encouraged to spend the time learning about mental health, gaining strategies for stress prevention and stress management, and evaluate their work life balance. Our closing activity encouraged them participants to evaluate where they are in 8 domains of their life and make a plan for where they would like to be in order to achieve their own 'work-life' balance. ![]() As you know, at Learn and Lead we are extremely passionate about early childhood development, so we were more than happy to support the Youth Help Foundation in an initiative to raise awareness. "The Youth HELP Foundation empowers vulnerable children and young people to maximize their innate potential through partnerships with other non-profit and civil society organizations that together ensure equitable access to resources for health, education and literacy programs." If you would like to know more about the Youth HELP Foundation, visit their website at www.youthhelpfoundation.org. In this video we discuss the type of development that we would like to see children have in the early childhood years that make them ready for school and ready to learn. We want them to be able to:
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kenned Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with the Executive Management Team of the Financial Services Department. This was the final session in a series of team building sessions undertaken by the FSC. Soft Skills training is essential to the success of today's workplace. Participants enjoyed working together to explore understanding paradigms and managing team development, emotion intelligence, interpersonal skills, and creating synergy.
All the best to team FSC! It has been a pleasure working with you! May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health refers to our feelings, our emotions our thinking and our moods. As parents it’s important to understand that mental health is not simply the absence of a mental disorder, but that it is a state of well-being. A healthy parent-child relationship has a great impact on a child’s mental health, so firstly, always look for opportunities to develop and maintain a strong relationship with your child and presence in their lives. You are likely their most consistent role model.
According to the CDC, “Being mentally healthy during childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones and learning healthy social skills and how to cope when there are problems. Mentally healthy children have a positive quality of life and can function well at home, in school, and in their communities.” Children, all over the world, have been through a lot in the last few years. Many of them have had to cope with great change, great loss, and had to make many shifts. With this, many emotions have come, and it’s important that we give our children a safe space to feel these emotions and to work through them. A mentally healthy child doesn’t mean that they will always be happy. With the increase is social media, it’s important to highlight to our children you can’t tell what someone feels like by what they share online. Children gain the mistaken belief that if they aren’t always feeling positive emotions, that something is wrong with them. Take the opportunity to explain to them that just like physical health, we all have mental health. Feeling angry, stressed and down is part of life, just like it’s normal to feel happy, confident, excited, and care-free. Good mental health is about experiencing both types of feelings. Here are my top 5 tips to help navigate mental health with your children.
For Age specific recommendations on supporting Mental Health and Welbing of your children, visit UNICEF parents. |
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