GLPS Staff Members Learn How to Capture Kids’ Hearts

25 Grand Ledge Public Schools (GLPS) staff members are participating in a professional development opportunity this summer called Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH).  CKH is not a curriculum, rather it is a teaching and learning program designed to provide administrators and teachers with the awareness and strategies to improve and build positive, productive, trusting relationships among themselves and with students.   

CKH is primarily a process to:

• Build relationships with colleagues, customers, students
• Promote accountability and responsibility for each other and our students
• Help educators and students take responsibility for our own attitudes and behaviors - building self managing classrooms and work places
• Help motivate educators & students reach high academic, career and professional goals

The goals of the program are to:

• Build relationships 

• Build high performing teams 

• Build safe classrooms and schools

Capturing Kids’ Hearts supports the district’s ongoing PBIS initiative and promotes appreciation for diversity, character education, bully prevention, service-learning and safe school initiatives.

GLPS sponsors professional development in Capturing Kids’ Hearts through the Flippen Group from College Station, Texas.  To date, over 100 staff members have participated in CKH training and the district’s goal is to train all K-12 staff.  The feedback from the participants has been overwhelmingly positive.  As the CKH process spreads participants hope to inspire and encourage students and colleagues to improve relationships.