VIA

Value’s in Action Survey of Strengths for Youth

2. Click on the yellow button that says “Take the free VIA survey”

3. Take the Youth Survey

4. Look at your results

5. Create a document (see below)

a. List your top 5 strengths (the first 5 mentioned)

b. Find the page on each of your “character strengths” (tab is on the top of the page)

c. On your document list the motto, one exercise you could do, as well as one movie and one song that represent each of your 5 character strengths.

d. Write a short paragraph explaining your reaction to this information.

6. Share with me (Tara.Hoffman @ahschools.us) or send to me (Tara.Hoffman @anoka.k12.mn.us)

7. Fill out the final box on your Teacher for a Day Brain Dump. Did this activity inspire any possible Teacher for a Day topics?

8. On the bottom of your brain dump sheet, please tell me if there are any topics that are really standing out at this point in the process. If I told you today that you had to pick a topic to present to the class, and that it had to relate to you in some way… what would be your top 3 choices.

9. Make sure your both your yellow community reflection and your random acts of kindness reflection are completed for Monday. (These will be collected and are worth points!!!)

Example formatting for your document:

1. Kindness: doing favors and good deeds for others; helping them; taking care of them.

Motto: Be helpful, err toward charing

Exercise: Perform a random act of kindness each day

Movie: Pay it forward

Song: Lean on Me by Bill Withers

2. Perspective: Being able to provide wise counsel to others; having ways of looking at the world that make sense to oneself/others.

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