Format
Poster Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Egg Harbor Township Schools
Second Presenter's Institution
Egg Harbor Township Schools
Third Presenter's Institution
Egg Harbor Township
Fourth Presenter's Institution
Egg Harbor Township
Fifth Presenter's Institution
Egg Harbor Township
Location
Meet & Greet Poster Reception (Harborside)
Strand #1
Social & Emotional Skills
Relevance
Dr. Gary Chapman's book entitled The 5 Love Languages of Children is integral in meeting the needs of all students. Each child has a specific love language in which they yearn for. It is important to recognize the way students feel loved. In order for students to achieve at their highest level, their love tank must remain full. This book is relative to the growing trend of social and emotional learning.
Brief Program Description
Do you know what the 5 Love Languages are? Everyone has a unique way of feeling loved. Based on the #1 NY Times Best Selling book, “The 5 Love Languages of Children,” this session offers information/strategies into the secret of incorporating effective and loving teaching/administrative practice that enables children to achieve their greatest potential. We will discover the “5 Love Languages of Children,” and the importance of ensuring all students’ social/emotional love tanks are full!
Summary
When a child feels loved they can achieve their highest potential, and ultimate conquer the challenges they face in life. The 5 Love Languages of Children helps educators and parents understand how children feel loved. It is important to meet the social and emotional needs of every child, especially in school. The strategies present in this #1 NY Times Best-Selling book helps equip both educators and parents with an understand of love languages, and how to create an atmosphere in which every child's love tank is full. Since this book focuses more on parenting, we have developed practical methods and specific strategies to be used in the classroom.
Evidence
Each year, we have our teachers administer The 5 Love Languages assessment to all their students in September. Teachers use this information as a guide to meeting the social and emotional needs of their students. In addition, administration also uses this information/data when dealing with discipline and academic referrals.
Biographical Sketch
Latifah J. Potter
Principal, Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School
Assistant Principal, Olivet Elementary School
Math Coach, Pleasantville Middle School
Math Teacher, Pleasantville Middle School
Turnaround Leadership, School Climate and Culture, Social and Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices
General Education, Special Education, ELL, Title I, Autism Spectrum, Gifted and Talented
Curriculum Alignment and Mapping
Response to Intervention
Professional Learning Communities
New Jersey Elementary Education K-8 (middle school math)- Standard Certificate
New Jersey Principal - Standard Certificate
New Jersey School Administrator - Certificate of Eligibility
The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated “Excellence in Education Award” 2018
District and NJ Department of Education Presentations: “The 5 Love Languages” for district staff and parents as well as NJ state-wide educators
Training all non-tenure staff on “The Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching”
Egg Harbor Township Principals and Supervisors Association, Vice-President
New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Joan C. Day
Assistant Principal, Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School
Math Teacher, Alder Avenue Middle School
Turnaround Leadership, School Climate and Culture, Social and Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices
General Education, Special Education, ELL, Title I, Autism Spectrum, Gifted and Talented
Curriculum Alignment and Mapping
Response to Intervention
Professional Learning Communities
Creator of Peer Coaching Program at Dr. Miller School
New Jersey Elementary Education K-8 (middle school math)- Standard Certificate
New Jersey Principal - Standard Certificate
District and NJ Department of Education Presentations: “The 5 Love Languages” for district staff and parents as well as NJ state-wide educators
Training all non-tenure staff on “The Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching”
New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Keyword Descriptors
Social, Emotional, Behavior
Presentation Year
March 2020
Start Date
3-9-2020 4:45 PM
End Date
3-9-2020 6:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Potter, Latifah J.; Day, Joan C.; Kahn, Craig M.; Boyd, Kristen; and Bridgers, Hollisha, "The 5 Love Languages of Children" (2020). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 38.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2020/2020/38
Included in
Child Psychology Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons
The 5 Love Languages of Children
Meet & Greet Poster Reception (Harborside)
Do you know what the 5 Love Languages are? Everyone has a unique way of feeling loved. Based on the #1 NY Times Best Selling book, “The 5 Love Languages of Children,” this session offers information/strategies into the secret of incorporating effective and loving teaching/administrative practice that enables children to achieve their greatest potential. We will discover the “5 Love Languages of Children,” and the importance of ensuring all students’ social/emotional love tanks are full!
