Pacific Accord Inc.
Solutions for All Levels of Education
Client Comments
"I have grown more than I ever thought possible in just 48 hours... I realized what I need to do with my life.
I had no idea that all of this was inside of me."
Scott Campbell, age 17
Mt. Zion, Illinois
- Graduate of The Pacific Institute's Pathways
to Excellence program for high school youth.
"Each of us must maximize our personal potential, so that we can be
appropriate models for the achievement efforts of the students and staff we head. The Pacific Institute's training model is a significant
contribution to helping each of us build that capacity."
- Dr. Brian Benzel, Superintendent, Spokane Public Schools
What are many children losing?
Studies indicate that most children start school with a sense of enthusiasm and positive attitude. By the fifth grade
many children have lost that internal spark, their drive to achieve deteriorates and their grades plummet. Albert Bandura,
renowned cognitive psycholgist, calls that spark, Self-Efficacy. He defines self-efficacy as a belief in one's capabilities
to organize and execute the sources of action required to attain a goal. (Bandura, 1986)
What does self-efficacy do?
1. It
affects the achievement-oriented choices
children make.
2. It regulates the effort exerted.
3.
It affects how long they persist in educational
tasks when confronted with obstacles.
How do we rebuild that spark?
The Pacific Institute's 21 Keys for High Performance Teaching and Learning™ helps teachers under-stand
and address self-efficacy in the classroom. Also, TPI's offerings of age-appropriate curricula guide youth to learn new skills that
strengthen self-efficacy. >>More
As President of the Canadian Psychological Association, I can tell you that there is no organization as effective in transferring
knowledge from psychological to educational settings than the Pacific Institute.
Dr. Gary Latham, Univeristy of Toronto
Habits,
attitudes, beliefs, and expectations affect student performance positively or negatively, just as they do in organizations composed
of adults. The Pacific Institute has programs that have demonstrated their effectiveness in working with students from K-12 through
college.
Where these programs have been implemented in K-12, students increase their belief in their ability to learn, elevate
their persistence in completing tasks, heighten their eagerness to learn, and improve communication with parents and peers. There
is less absenteeism and more homework turned in on time. Central to stduent success at this level are such TPI programs as 21
Keys for High Performance Teaching and Learning™ and Achieving Your Potential® Through Education.
TPI's curriculum
for college students, Thought Patterns for a Successful Career™, helps develop performance skills most desired by employers:
flexibility, critical thinking, creativity, resiliency, accountability, and leadership. When used as a central element in first year
seminar programs, the curriculum greatly increases student retention, class attendance, and grades. Students, also, are enthusiastic
about the curriculum because it helps to greatly improve their ability to cope with new challenges and raises their sense
of self-efficacy.
