Core Values and Beliefs

"Our values orient us, drive us, and anchor us." As you explore how your core values and beliefs contribute to your identity, consider these supporting resources.

How Core Values Foster Resilience in Educators (Opinion)Knowing and acting on core values is essential to being a resilient educator—and resilience is key to managing the continuous challenges that any educator faces.

10 Core Beliefs of Extraordinarily Resilient PeopleThese beliefs create the resilience that allows you to succeed when others would have long since given up.

Core Values: A winning organization has it right! - OnwardThe Golden State Warriors have core values as an organization. Love this! Does your organization?

Onward Workbook Activities

We have pulled some activities from the Onward Workbook to share with you as you continue to explore your core beliefs and values and how they shape your identity. Consider using some of these independently, during your weekly conversation hours, or even adapting them to use with your students.

Identifying Your Core Values

Use these two documents to identify your top 5 core values and beliefs and explore how they were formed.

Core-Values-List.pdf

Mentor Version: Exploring Beliefs and Core Values

Make a Values Jar.pdf

Make a Values Jar Activity

This activity has so many different applications for both your personal and professional identity work.

Values At School.pdf

Values at School Activity

This activity walks you through an exploration of how your personal core values align with your work values.

Aligning Actions to Values.pdf

Aligning Values to Actions Activity

This activity helps you explore how your values do or do not align with the actions you take on a daily basis.