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The Ripple Effect is published by the Health & Physical Education Department, in co-operation with the College of Education, Northeastern Illinois University: Dr. Michael Carl, Dean, College of Education |
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Our Mission Teachers of Experiential and Adventure Methodology (T.E.A.M.) is an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the process of experiential and adventure based learning. Through the sharing of ideas, skills, and curricula, T.E.A.M. provides individuals and organizations in all fields of human and community service with personal and professonal growth opportunities. The annual conference and bi-annual Ripple Effect newsletter serve as a networking center for everyone seeking to learn about, start or enhance experiential and adventure programs. Newsletter
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Dear Friends and Colleagues, Does it seem like summer was over (again) in just a heart beat? Remember when you were a child and it seemed like it would take forever for the holiday seasons to circle around again? If you have forgotten, go rent the video "A Christmas Story" and it will refresh your memory about how exciting, full of wonder and experiential life was when we were "little people." We hope you re-energize your batteries this summer and are looking forward to the upcoming year. We have five great workshops planned for this Fall. We have designed these based on feedback and comments from past workshops and at our annual TEAM Conference. Two workshops will serve as fund-raisers for specific organizations. The workshop flyer is enclosed. "T.E.A.M. 2000", our 11th Annual Conference will be February 18 & 19, 2000, at Northeastern Illinois University. Our space crunch from last year will be alleviated by the opening of the Fine Arts Building and the completed renovations of the Student Center. Thank you for your patience last year! We have mailed invitations to over seventy-five speakers, and plan to have a full spectrum of workshops to meet your professional and personal interests. We have invited thirty new speakers to the conference this year, and are excited about the energy and new areas of expertise they will bring. We plan to have a category entitled "Wisdom of the Elders." Two or three recognized "leaders in the field" will share their thoughts and expertise on various topics followed by a question and answer period. We are adding a new Department to the newsletter entitled "Calling the Circle." The title comes from a book written by Christina Baldwin. Debriefing and processing are the heart and soul of experiential based activities and programs. We feel it is vital to address this area in every issue and share how various formats have been implemented and utilized. Dr. Jeff Edwards and his counseling interns in the Masters Program here at Northeastern wrote this initial article for us. Read this article entitled "The Fire Within the Circle Within Ourselves" and you will understand why more educators and groups are implementing talking circles into every format of their school and organization. The Ripple Effect continues to grow. This fall the Illinois State Physical Education Convention, November 19-20, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, will sponsor over twenty-five separate workshops promoting Adventure/Challenge Education. School administrators are beginning to realize the positive impact adventure programs can have on the emotional climate of their entire district. Dr. Bill Collier, a Superintendent, wrote an article for this newsletter dealing with that very topic. E-mail: Sylvia Dresser (SDres15556@aol.com)
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The Ripple EffectFirst, get your own life in order. Ground yourself in the single principle so that your behavior is wholesome and effective. If you do that, you will earn respect and be a powerful influence. Your behavior influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences. If your life works, you influence your family. If your family works, your family influences the community. If your community works, your community influences the nation. If your nation works, your nation influences the world. If the world works, the ripple effect spreads throughout the cosmos. Remember that your influence begins with you and ripples outward. So be sure that your influence is both potent and wholesome. How do I know that this works? All growth spreads outward from a fertile and potent nucleus. You are a nucleus. John
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