Voyage To Excellence Chugach
School District
9312 Vanguard Drive,
Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99507
Phone: 907-522-7400
Fax: 907-522-3399 Send
Email
Make Their Day Make their day by you taking action to
make others feel good about
him/herself.
M • Make Their Day
• Smile more in AM
• Be available to listen/help students
• Communicate with colleagues in a positive
way
• Send flowers to mom
• Compliment others each day
• Send candies to my kids
• Give authentic feedback that makes people
feel special
• Make thank you videos for stakeholders
• Visit with staff for a minute in the morning
to say "hi". It's good to see all staff
beforehand
• Buy my mother imitation crab meat, if she
eats it with seal oil
• Say thank you and encourage good work
• Ask if others need help
• Make myself available to stakeholders
• Send emails to encourage them
• Tell a joke - praise - make a card
• Write a letter
• Specific positive comments and quality
feedback
• Notice
• Tell someone a positive story about them
they didn't notice
• Look people in the eye and say their name
when you speak to them
• Respect others
• Do service work
• Flowers
• Create a community / teacher program
• Make a special meal
• Pick a student randomly in the building to
do something nice for
• Thank you cards
• Send a Christmas card to clients and offer
free services
• Do chores for someone
• Provide lots of opportunity for others to be
successful
• Make songs about each student made by
all
• Give a smile or hug
• Do a fun activity - be lively
• Mention something specific that you
appreciate about someone
• Take someone to lunch
• Share with our kids - teach our kids values,
and pass on our culture
• Help with community/school projects
• Smile and welcome each student to school in
the morning
• Give responsibility to a student who isn't
usually trusted: Count on them for something
• Notice someone's hair - clothing
• Being home on time
• Make pastries for Elders
• Give credit where credit is due
• Remember Birthdays
• Play Alaska Tribal games with kids
• Accept AM moods
• Bring in coffee
• Share information and be flexible
• Ask someone for help - makes them feel
needed
• Call special people once a week
• Treat others how you want them to treat
you
• Bring dinner home
• Attend a day at school with my kids
• Give out awards
• Be committed
• Help my child with homework
• Write sticky notes to make colleagues
day
Choose Your Attitude There is always a choice about the way
you do your work, even if there is not a
choice about the work itself.
A • Choose Your Attitude:
• Be happy no matter what
• Don't get caught in the rut
• Be positive and smile
• Don't get down
• Smile at all costs
• Smile at least every half hour
• Be more positive in staff meetings
• Spread the positive attitude
• Be pleasant
• See the positive/bright side of things
• Always be nice to everyone
• Get up each day with a positive attitude -
knowing it has new possibilities
• Smile- laugh -sing silly songs - laugh game
- Happy Valley Visualization
• Pray for a happy heart daily
• Don't take things personally
• Stay tough
• Re-energized when necessary - walk
around
• Be less needy
• Be conscious of yourself around others
• Don't let others attitude get to you
• Find the good and focus
• Declare the day a "no complaints" day
• Put MAPP on your dashboard
• Find, read and implement books. For example:
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
• Don't leave the house unless I have a good
attitude
• Choose to laugh when something is
embarrassing
• Choose my attitude before I get out of
bed
• Come in early
• Read inspirational quotes each morning
• Acknowledge efforts - whether wrong or
right
• View the glass as half full
• Pass positive attitudes on to our kids
because they are our future
• Take accountability for your own
learning
• Smile - be excited about school work
• Don't let the little things get to me
• Be calm and pleasant
• Cheerful morning greeting
• Be responsive when asked to do a task and do
it on time - happily
• Use positive self talk
• When others don't respond the way I like -
SMILE
• Choose your attitude - everyone is a
magnet
• SMILE - no one wants my problems
• Meet every challenge with a positive
attitude
• It will be an awesome day
• When the kids spill red juice on the carpet,
think of it as an opportunity to finally shampoo
the carpet
• Enjoy the MOMENT!
Be Present The past is history
The future is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why we call it the present
P • Play:
• Play with my daughter and her teenage
friends
• Sled on Saturday with kids
• Walk more everyday
• Use a sense of humor and laugh
• Go bowling
• Play with my grandkids
• Read
• Call my friends and ill ones
• "Dance" on the way to the copy machine
• Unstructured time with staff and
students
• Increase workouts
• Go sledding with my son
• Play some games after work
• Allow for play time
• Take students for a break to the gym
• Take a break to have a good laugh
• Play with all staff
• Crafts
• Schedule guilt-free free time
• Take time for yourself daily
• Hunt - fish
• Be around young kids and enjoy their playful
attitude
• Play to learn or learn to play
• Dance to a tape/CD
• Play a family game
• Play friendly jokes on others
• Play hide and seek in the classroom
• Play games with students during lunch
• Snow shoe/ski
• Play every chance you get
• Encourage your boss to provide for a team
building, playful seminar weekend
• Do crafts with students
• Dress up
• Golf
• Walk the dog
• Design some fun but productive
activities
• Play music
• Sing to myself at work
• Do outside chores
• Play outside
• Take a long walk at lunch
• Make a game out of wellness activities
• Dance while cleaning house
• Be interactive - go to night gym
• Make snowmen
• Go swimming
• Work out after work
• Make games to check knowledge of
concepts
• Purposefully connect with someone
special
• Laugh a lot
• Make play priority
• Chase my kids
• Volleyball - Basketball
• Learn a new activity
• Sing songs with students
• Play hackey sack with employees
• Play Frisbee, golf, or sledding
• Play with my kids
• Go for a group walk
• Get on the floor with the kids
• Play soccer
• Turn work into a game
• Enjoy the outdoors
• Plan a fun thing each week
• Take a five minute break
• Exercise with a friend
• Get to know students by playing a game with
them
• Take the children to the library for story
time
• Go ice fishing
• Being each staff meeting with an ice
breaker
• Invite someone to dinner
• Play in the sun
• Eskimo dance and sing
• Get to know my boss
Play Humanity has advanced, when it has
advanced, not because it has been somber
and cautious, but because it has been
playful, rebellious, and immature.
- Tom Robbins
P • Be Present
• Stop, look, listen, and respond
• Put email away when talking with someone
• Reach out to more people
• Active listening and eye contact
• Turn off computer
• Listening attitude
• Turn off cell phone when in meeting or
workshop
• Be available to all
• Repeat back to person what was said
• Attend staff meeting to listen thoroughly
and openly to co-workers
• Give your full attention
• Stop what I am doing to speak with
people
• A good handshake and a smile
• Ask questions
• Pray everyone will notice you being
there
• Take time to slow down so that others know
you are present - take time to visit
• Listen with all your senses not just your
ears
• Don't miss work
• Make more phone calls to family and friends
who live far away
• Consistency
• Soft touch to encourage
• Stand when introduced
• Notice something special about someone
• Don't interrupt others when they are
speaking
• Don't multitask
• Keep a clear desk to welcome visitors in
your office and take notes while they're talking to
you.
• Be on time, stay awake, good posture
• Make a person feel special and that you are
there for them
• Use wait time for responses
• Stop all activity, direct attention, review
topics
• Pay attention to details
• Close door so you and client have
privacy
• Get out of desk and move around the room
• Be there for the children
• Greet kids at the door
• Speak to students one-on-one
• Praise and honor another
• Return phone calls promptly
• Body language
• Close the computer when my family comes
in
• Breath and take time
• One person or problem at a time
• Be there for all students look at them as
individuals
• Show up to meetings
• I will make eye contact with my husband when
we are talking
• No radio or TV at meal time
• Hang up the phone when my kids need me
