The Top 20 Schools Program Details

What challenges are addressed at your school?

  • How can we become more effective students, parents and educators?
  • How can we create a healthy school culture of safety and trust?
  • How can we keep students engaged in learning?

How will the Top 20 Team help schools make this happen?

Throughout this 3-year program, All Top 20 Schools receive the following:

 

  • Support to the school’s leadership team, including yearly assessments for determining the effectiveness of the program and the development of a yearly plan for implementation.
  • Professional training of all school personnel
  • Access to all Top 20 curriculum, books and resources
  • Student retreats for grades 5-12 on Becoming the Best Version of Ourselves
  • Parent journals and materials so parents understand what their students are learning and to help parents implement Top 20 principles and strategies at home
  • Ongoing consultation with a Top 20 senior Facilitator
  • Access to Top 20’s online portal that connects Top 20 Schools educators from throughout the country to learn from each other’s experiences and share best practices
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What are the Program Benefits?

Increase in:

Awareness of self and others
A more positive school culture
Feeling a sense of connection and belonging
Star Qualities such as responsibility, curiosity and self-discipline
Student engagement in learning
Effective conflict resolution
Learning from mistakes and failure
Celebrating confusion

Decrease in:

Roadblocks to learning
Negative mental habits such as boredom, procrastination and self-doubt
Feeling alone or disconnected
Fear of other peoples’ opinions
Negative thinking (Thought circles) and communicating (Social Tornadoes)
Dishonoring the absent
Conflict
Blame