CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. ONE EPISODE AT A TIME.
The Harbor, featuring Mike Smith and guests, facilitates the teaching of character development in classrooms by showcasing tangible life lessons through a school year’s worth of episodes with rich, raw and engaging video content. Designed for the classroom, Jostens Renaissance members have access to a downloadable critical thinking discussion guide to foster student-led discussions for each episode
All 160 episodes are listed below: Use the “Browse by Keyword” link below to see topics covered and filter episodes by topic.
All of The Harbor episodes are copyright Jostens 2015-2020.
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Showing Up
Many of us have experienced stepping onto the field, court, or stage and looking around to see who’s there. Simply showing up for other student groups can help improve a school’s climate, culture, and sense of community.
SELF-REFLECTION
Spending time reflecting can be scary, but it’s critical to gaining insights about ourselves and others. Mike shares how reflecting on his setbacks and successes has made him a better boss, coworker, and leader.
CLIQUES
Mike highlights that we all share a responsibility to create positive school spirit and community in our schools, and we do that when we start celebrating each other.
START BEING MORE PRESENT
Having computers in our pockets can connect us to the world in unprecedented ways, but it can also leave us in a constant state of distraction.…
EXPANDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Mike sees perspective as a soft skill that can be practiced and developed — and one that’s essential to becoming a good leader and accomplishing your…
HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH EJAY O'DONNELL
Ejay O’Donnell, Vice President of diecutstickers.com, reminds us that life is fragile and hopes that we focus on how we treat others – as humans, not robots.
DIGITAL DETOX
A call to students to be present with people and take time away from their devices.
STORIES NOT STUFF
A lesson on defining yourself through life experiences rather than the things you own.
DISTRACTIONS
Mike takes on the topic of distractions, namely those brought on by smart devices and social media, and recommends taking a “digital detox.”
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