What is Empowerment?
Empowerment is a social skills curriculum developed for use with students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities in St. Paul Public Schools.
It is an approach to people and behavior that is founded on the belief that each person has core value - a universal birthright meaning that every person is lovable, important, and valuable regardless of a their behavior or any other personal characteristics.
Read more about Empowerment.
Use & Copyright
Many of the posts on this website are intended for use in Empowerment groups in Saint Paul Public Schools. Therefore access is limited.
All lessons are under copyright by Saint Paul Public Schools' Empowerment. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
core value Archive
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Lesson #2- Core Value (Benjamin Button)
Film clip from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is used to illustrated the concept of Core Value. -
Juan Diaz- A Social Worker Mugged
An audio clip is used to highlight core value, statement of mind, snap judgments -
Katy Perry Firework Video (Core Value)
Watch Katy Perry "Firework" video to highlight concept of Core Value. -
Lesson #14
Shiny Penny vs. Old Dollar Bill -
Lesson #12
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Lesson #11
Core Value Introduction- Apple Core -
Mary J. Blige Video
This is a video of Mary J. Blige talking about her childhood, past addiction, and current effort to help those in her childhood neighborhood. Three Lesson Ideas are included: Core Hurts, Weak Mode/Power Mode; Looking Within; Core Value. (These are the same lessons printed in the Mary J. Blige 60 Minutes Interview.) -
Mary J Blige- Life Story (Article)
Mary J Blige's life story reveals numerous examples of core hurts, how she coped in unhealthy ways (weak mode), healthy ways (power mode), and her strong belief in taking personal responsibility (looking within.) A transcript from a 60 Minutes interview is included. Three lesson plans included: Core Hurts/Weak Mode/Power Mode; Looking Within; Core Value -
World Class Violinist (Concert Hall)- State of Mind (Part 2)
Joshua Bell, an award-winning, world class Violinist, performs "Summer" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concerto. State of Mind Lesson included. Students compare beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behavior about his playing by comparing the video in the subway station to this concert video. -
Prisoner Writing Program at Stillwater Prison
Prisoner Writing Program at Stillwater Prison Deborah Appleman didn’t ask her students what they had done, because she knew they had done terrible things. “Every single other person in their lives — from their lawyers, to their parole officers, to their families, to the guards — viewed them as inmates,” she said. “The one important [...]