Meeting Pattern

Zoom Meetings from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.   

• June 3 & 10, 2024

Participants must be present at both meetings to meet the credit requirements.

Description

This course is an opportunity to learn with ND professionals, collaborate through reflective practices, and implement strategies to improve overall wellness. 

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

Teachers will understand and experience:

• Networking and learning opportunities through zoom meetings with professionals across the country.  Networking is a major component of this credit.
• A variety of texts and facts presented in many of Jon Gordons best-selling books.
• Sharing and implementing the lessons presented in the texts.
• Implementing the lessons learned into participants classrooms and PLCs.

Texts:

Select 2 Texts from the following list. One text from each meeting listed.  

Note: If participants have taken a similar Jon Gordon Book Review Class, participants need to select a different text from previous classes. 

Meeting 1: Monday, June 3rd: 

Select 1 of the following books - Participants will read and be able to summarize 1 text for the group. Find at least 5 quotes or pieces from the text that you will share or pass along with someone or students. Participants must be present at zoom meeting to meet requirements for this credit. 

• The Energy Bus, the internationally bestselling fable that takes you on an enlightening and inspirational journey to true accomplishment for yourself and your team. Discover the ten secrets for fueling your life and work with the kind of positive energy that can turn any negative situation into positive achievement.
• In The Energy Bus for Schools: 7 Ways to Improve Your School Culture, Remove Negativity, Energize Your Teachers, and Empower Your Students, bestselling author Jon Gordon and education leader Dr. Jim Van Allan provide concrete strategies and powerful stories to help build a positive school culture. (new release 2024)
• Stick Together delivers a critical message about the power of belief, ownership, connection, love, inclusion, consistency, and hope. This illustrated fable takes you on an inspirational journey that will help you and your team create an unbreakable bond, persevere through challenges, overcome obstacles, and create enduring success―together.
• The Coffee Bean, a powerful illustrated fable that teaches you how to transform your environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change in yourself and those around you.
• In The Sale, bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Alex Demczak deliver an invaluable lesson about what matters most in life and work and how to achieve it. The book teaches four lessons about integrity to create lasting success.
• In Row the Boat, Minnesota Golden Gophers Head Coach P.J. Fleck and bestselling author Jon Gordon deliver an inspiring message about what you can achieve when you approach life with a never-give-up philosophy. The book shows you how to choose enthusiasm and optimism as your guiding lights instead of being defined by circumstances and events outside of your control.

Meeting 2 – Monday, June 10:

Select 1 of the following books: Participants will read and be able to summarize 1 text for the group. Find at least 5 quotes or pieces from the text that you will share or pass along with someone or students. Participants must be present at zoom meeting to meet requirements for this credit. 

• Soup gives you the "recipe" for creating a winning culture and boosting employee morale and engagement. Learn the key ingredients for uniting, engaging, and inspiring your team―and stirring the passion that delivers superior results.
• The Carpenter shows you that there's no such thing as an overnight success―but there are timeless principles to help you stand out, achieve, and make a positive impact in the world. Packed with powerful lessons and success strategies, this engaging story will inspire you to build a better life, career, and team.
• In Difficult Conversations Don't Have to be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better, bestselling author Jon Gordon and veteran human resources professional and executive coach Amy P. Kelly deliver an engaging and inspiring new take on how to make tough workplace conversations an asset in building a stronger team and organization.
• The One Truth guides you on a path to discover revolutionary insights, ancient truths, and practical strategies to elevate your mind, unlock your power and live life to the fullest. The One Truth is that our state of mind, the thoughts we think, the words we say, the life we live, the power we have and everything we experience is ultimately influenced by oneness and separateness.
• The Seed, an enlightening business fable that takes you on a cross-country search for the meaning and passion behind work. Discover how planting a seed of inspiration reveals surprising new sources of wisdom and discover your purpose in work and life.