values game: establishing relational capacity

What are your values?

Building trust by getting to know your colleagues.

Game Rules   Read each value as they appear. There will be one word

per slide.

  You will need a pen & paper (or you could record your responses digitally on your computer, iPad or other note taking device).

  Each slide will display one word which represents a value.

  You are allowed to choose only a maximum of 5 Values that are “most” important to you. Go with your gut. There is no right or wrong answers.

  Are you ready?

Before we start: Why care about what your colleagues value?

 Social resources are generated through social relations!

 This is a “dimension of school capacity”

 “Scholars have empirically identified collegial trust as a social resource that is an important element of school capacity.”

 Cosner, S. (2009). Building organizational capacity through trust. Educational Administration Quarterly, 45(2), 248-291

Compassion

Freedom

Dedication

Creativity

Accountability

Humour

Cooperation

Trustworthiness

Advancement

Loyalty

Security

Recognition

Professionalism

Morality

Patience

Success

Responsibility

Respect

Honesty

Empathy

Integrity

Justice

Health

Helpfulness

Knowledge

Wisdom

  Does anyone want to share? (if I were doing this with a small group, I’d ask everyone to share at least one…with a large group, just those who are comfortable)

  Put your hand up in Elluminate! We will share the top 5 students just to get a sense of the diversity of our group (and because the presentation is time-sensitive).

  How does it relate to building trust? It not only gives us a “snapshot” impression of each other’s values, paradigms and perspectives, but also helps to build “social relations” and therefore, trust in our school.

  Adapted from www.icarevalues.org