FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 1, 2005
Pennsylvania School District Uses True Colors
to Manage Communications and Discipline Problems
Red Lion, Pennsylvania…It was a day like any other school day at the Red Lion Area School District in Pennsylvania, when violence erupted at the high school. This tragic incident, which ended in loss of life, spurred the District to form a Security Committee to research and find strategies and on-going programs that would avert such incidents in the future and would build more effective connections and communications between administrative staff, teachers, and students. The intention was to improve and maintain high levels of attendance, improve student’s self esteem and academic achievement, and to build a positive climate on the high school campus and throughout the district.
The result of that search was the introduction of True Colors personality assessment (based on Meyers-Briggs and Keirsey Temperament Theory) and presentation of interactive Basic Awareness Seminars, designed to facilitate communications, team-building, conflict resolution, and teaching/learning styles. For over 25 years, True Colors has been presenting programs in hundreds of school districts, corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations across the country and worldwide.
“The True Colors methodology is an easy-to-use program that helped teachers and administrators to better understand and honor their own individual personalities and temperament,” explains Dr. Frank Herron, Assistant Superintendent for Red Lion Area School District. “Teachers could quickly grasp and understand the four personality types and temperament styles and carry that knowledge back into their classrooms. They were able to be proactive and could make more effective and collaborative connections with their students.” An example of the positive feedback Dr. Herron receives from teachers: “I can easily identify the student’s gold, orange, blue and green personalities, which allows me to more easily engage that student.”
“In the classroom setting, I can quickly see when a student exhibits more of one color than another and then talk more effectively to that temperament. The result creates an opportunity for more open and productive communications between us.”
According to Dr. Herron, “The results of the True Colors program are a heightened level of sensitivity, awareness, and understanding of how personality and temperaments impact our reactions to student behavior. True Colors has helped communication on all levels.”
True Color’s offers a variety of programs, including exciting, interactive Edutainment Events to school districts, colleges and major universities, and corporate clients, such as General Electric, Microsoft, Barnes & Noble, Pacific Bell, John Deere Landscapes, MBK Homes, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Ford Motor Company, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, TV Guide, Washington Mutual, Motorola and many others.
For more information about True Colors visit www.True-Colors.com or call 800-422-4686.
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