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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Prison Hospice Program- Core Value/Power Mode (Newspaper Article)
Inmate in a New York prison volunteer to sit with fellow prisoners in the last six months of their lives to provide comfort and support so that the ill inmate doesn't die alone. -
Homeless Choir Video- Power Mode & Core Value
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Together (A Song for Haiti)
Moved by the tragedy in Haiti, students from Hip Hop High created this song & video. Example of Power Mode and Core Value. -
Birth of a Baby (video)- Intro to Core Value
A short documentary about a new father. -
Empowerment Posters
Posters that illustrate key Empowerment ideas, such as "Core Value" and the difference between "Weak Mode" and "Power Mode." Available for purchase for your classrooms and offices.