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10 Back to School Success Ideas

Editor's Note: This article is possibly aimed at parents of older children but the ideas are so good and the message behind the article - that goal setting is vital for success at all levels - is so important, that we wanted to feature it. And of course many of the ideas can be adapted for younger children.

Back to school success

By Laura Bishop

New book bags, clothes, sneakers will not guarantee a child’s school success. Thirty days after school starts the book bag will be torn, the clothes will be dirty and the new pens lost. Now what?

These things may give a child a good first impression with a new teacher, but they will not insure their success during the entire school year. The key to a child’s success in school is educational responsibility. Here are some ideas to help them.

Top 10 Rules for Success in School (and in life)

1. No Vision = No Direction. Write down what you want to accomplish in the first 30, 60, 90 days of the school year.

2. Don't Find a Fault; Find a Solution.

3. Minimizing the Bummer Words that can hold them back from reaching their full potential – no, can't, won't, never, maybe, and if.

4. Learn how to set and achieve goals and how to use these principles in the classroom.

5. To get ahead in life - learn more, do more.

6. Use the "I'll Make It Happen" words: yes, I can, and I will.

7. Eliminating excuses.

8. Ask yourself everyday: "Did I give my best effort to today's activities?"

9. Help others.

10. Enthusiastically take action on your dreams.

Suggestions for implementation

Highlight one rule and focus on it for one week. The next week choose another rule to focus on for the week. Over a ten week period each rule will get your attention for one week. Repeat the process until these rules become a habit. You Are a Winner!

When teenagers develop an "I'll Make It Happen" attitude it will positively impact their attendance, class participation, personal decision making, and the overall academic achievement. With these life skills teenagers will be able to more clearly define what is important in life. They will learn that success takes time, planning and determination.

Goal setting and educational ownership are fundamental building blocks our teenagers need to become active participants in their education and their future success.

Accent On Success® is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping children succeed in school and in life. We want to reach 2,000,000 students by September 1st. www.TeachingMoments.com

John Bishop is the Executive Director of Accent On Success® and author of the Goal Setting for Students® book which has recently won three national book awards.

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