We Expect Respect Requirements Inclusion Overview 

 

WER is a 1, 2 or 3-day interactive program designed to meet the needs of a student and educator population faced with difficult health, safety, wellness and mental health issues while respecting the need for outside programming to meet all requirements for Texas Education mandates.

 

Our program meets those needs through the following components: 

~Day One 

Components: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Teamwork, Social Responsibility, Personal Responsibility, Comprehension, Collaboration, Reading, and Writing

 

~Day Two 

Components: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Empirical and Quantitative Skills, Decision Making, Teamwork, Social Responsibility, Personal Responsibility, Health, Media-Literacy Reading, and Writing 

 

~Day Three 

Components: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Goal Setting, Health, Planning, Social Responsibility, Personal Responsibility, Comprehension, Collaboration, Reading, and Writing

 

Definitions for the six Core Objectives for the TCC for Higher Education are as follows:  

 

Critical Thinking Skills (CT) - creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information  

 

Communication Skills (COM) - effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication  

 

Empirical and Quantitative Skills (EQS) - manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions  

 

Teamwork (TW) - ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal  

 

Social Responsibility (SR) - intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities  

 

Personal Responsibility (PR) - the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making 

 

In addition, We Expect Respect also meets the Elementary, Middle School and Highschool CCE requirements in several areas: 

 

COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Anchor Standards for Literacy: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 

 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7 – Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. 

Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening: Comprehension and Collaboration 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 – Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2 – Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3-Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. 

Anchor Standards for Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4 – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

Anchor Standards for Writing: Range of Writing 

ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.10 – Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.