Life Compass
Resources for Parents & Educators
Resources for Parents
In addition to the new Montrose podcast and LCI blog, LCI hosts professional development and events for parents inside and outside the Montrose community including the LifeCompass Speaker Series at Montrose School, monthly “Coffee and Conversations” to address current parenting challengings, and “Habits of Mind” parenting workshops.
Visit the LifeCompass Blog: Practical wisdom for today’s parents and educators
3 Ways to Help Students Develop Their Focus Muscles
The Power of a Family Story
How Families Can Make Time for Reflection
What Teens Need from Parents
Too Busy? How to Improve Your Relationship with Time
Why I Want to Be a “Good Enough” Parent
The Power of Compassionate Self-Talk
Bounce Back: Learning How to Build Resilience
The Power of a Family Story
How Families Can Make Time for Reflection
What Teens Need from Parents
Too Busy? How to Improve Your Relationship with Time
Why I Want to Be a “Good Enough” Parent
The Power of Compassionate Self-Talk
Bounce Back: Learning How to Build Resilience
Read more parenting ideas from Deborah Farmer Kris, LifeCompass Institute Associate Director.
Featured in PBS Kids for Parents
Why Reading Aloud to Kids Helps Them Thrive
Choosing Honesty: Tips for Raising Trustworthy Kids
"Let's Find Out!": Three Tips for Raising Curious Kids
The Superhero Solution: How Make-Believe Boosts Kids’ Perseverance
Raising Grateful Kids: Why Giving Thanks Is Good for the Soul
“You Are Brave and Kind”: Helping Your Child Get Ready for the First Day of School
Choosing Honesty: Tips for Raising Trustworthy Kids
"Let's Find Out!": Three Tips for Raising Curious Kids
The Superhero Solution: How Make-Believe Boosts Kids’ Perseverance
Raising Grateful Kids: Why Giving Thanks Is Good for the Soul
“You Are Brave and Kind”: Helping Your Child Get Ready for the First Day of School
Featured in MindShift, an NPR education blog
How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience
How Self-Compassion Supports Academic Motivation and Emotional Wellness
Helping Young Girls Find Their Voice While Developing Friendships
Being Popular: Why it Consumes Teens and Continues to Affect Adults
Emotional Agility as a Tool to Help Teens Manage Their Feelings
Five Ways to Help Children with ADHD Develop Their Strengths
How to Help Kids Manage Sleep, Schoolwork and Screens
Preschoolers and Praise: What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?
How Self-Compassion Supports Academic Motivation and Emotional Wellness
Helping Young Girls Find Their Voice While Developing Friendships
Being Popular: Why it Consumes Teens and Continues to Affect Adults
Emotional Agility as a Tool to Help Teens Manage Their Feelings
Five Ways to Help Children with ADHD Develop Their Strengths
How to Help Kids Manage Sleep, Schoolwork and Screens
Preschoolers and Praise: What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?
Resources for Educators
LCI supports Montrose teachers by providing in-house professional development -- including a two-day intellectual retreat each March. Montrose faculty and administrators support LCI’s outreach efforts by presenting at conferences, exploring new initiatives, and sharing their expertise with visitors who come to Montrose to learn from us. LCI also works in partnership with Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility and the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtue to provide training and curriculum resources to public and private school educators.
Professional Development
The following talks and workshops have been delivered at schools, community groups and universities in Boston, New York, Denver, LA, London, Oxford, Pamplona, Rome, Vienna, Tokyo and beyond.
The Power of StoryTelling
The Power of StoryTelling
Vision & Virtue: Educating Minds & Hearts
Navigating Stress Tests: Practical Wisdom for Parents & Educators
Teaching Habits of Mind that Help Children Thrive
What Girls Need to Lead
The Odyssey of Adolescence
Aristotle for the Modern Educator: Virtue & Practical Wisdom
Why Poetry Matters: Virtue, Vice & Verse
The Schooling of Desire: Literature & the Moral Imagination
Stress Tests of Character
This curriculum resource invites you to explore how you can integrate storytelling in your units and lessons as one tool for helping students develop the strengths they need to meet these challenges.
Coming Spring 2020: Stress Test of Character Curriculum. Click here for a preview and sample lessons!
Montrose Podcast
What are the Habits of Mind that can help us learn a new skill, build a new habit, or stop procrastinating? Deborah Farmer Kris, Montrose Teacher and LifeCompass Associate Director, sheds light on these topics and more in this episode of Montrose Podcast.
Karen Bohlin on What Girls Need to Lead
Head of Montrose School Dr. Karen Bohlin talks with parents from Montrose and the wider community about how they can help give young women the habits of mind, heart and character that they need to lead. From the importance of making mistakes, and how to overcome them, to the benefit of making one small change, Dr. Bohlin covers the pitfalls and opportunities that lay wait in any given day of parenting. Most of all, she encourages parents and educators to “teach like coaches” in calling girls to greatness.
An independent school for girls in grades 6-12
Inspired by the teachings of the Catholic Church
Inspired by the teachings of the Catholic Church
