The Mustang Message
Congratulations to our Staff Member of the 6-Weeks, Reading Specialist Caroline Williams!
While Caroline may be new to our Mustang Family, she has already made a tremendous impact on our campus. Her passion for helping students grow as readers, her commitment to supporting teachers, and her positive attitude make a difference every single day. We are so grateful to have her as part of the Daniels Elementary team!
A special thank you to Scooter’s Coffee for their continued partnership and support of our staff recognition program. Your generosity helps us celebrate the amazing educators who make Daniels such a special place to learn and grow!
Join us in congratulating Ms. Williams on this well-deserved recognition!
We are so thankful for Coach Carlson and Coach Lowrance and the energy, encouragement, and Mustang spirit they bring to our campus! Thank you for cheering on our Mustangs and helping them grow both on and off the field.
We appreciate you, Coaches!
What does it mean to Self-Direct?
Self-Direction is the ability and learned skill to cast a vision of future goals and then take intentional steps toward who, where, and what we want to be. Instead of focusing on things to control or avoid, we emphasize our responsibility to make positive choices related to our emotions, attitudes, and actions.
Why focus on Self-direction?
- Self-direction strengthens relationships. Self-direction helps to grow social skills and develop meaningful, positive relationships with others.
- Self-direction teaches personal responsibility. Learning to self-direct teaches students to take responsibility for their own actions.
- Self-direction helps us to regulate emotions: Self-direction empowers students to regulate their impulses and emotional responses to situations and circumstances in their life.
Self-Direction in Action:
- Practice goal setting and action planning. When we establish goals and develop action plans, we learn to take intentional steps to successfully achieve goals.
- Monitor and adjust. Provide students with regular feedback and opportunities to self-assess progress toward goals to make adjustments and improvements in their behaviors.
- Reflect and evaluate. Facilitate discussions and reflection to prompt students to examine what they do, think, and say against their goals and vision for their life and learning.
