Welcome to the
I Create What I Believe! Pilot StudyOur Mission is to support teachers in creating peaceful, self-empowering learning environments that encourage introspection, creative problem-solving, conscious awareness, and expansion of the natural intelligence of their diverse members, while increasing students’ ability to perform academically.
In the spring of 2009, Nancy Marie began teaching the I Create What I Believe! program to a small, select group of gifted educators from four different schools around the United States. During the school year of 2009-2010, 570 fifth through eighth graders were then introduced to the I Create What I Believe! (ICWIB) program.The purpose of the I Create What I Believe! Self Awareness Art Program Pilot Study was to determine if children in a classroom setting or in an after-school class, through the use of the ICWIB program, could learn to recognize and remove personal stress, and improve self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and school performance.

All teachers saw positive benefits from the use of the program, though several, because of personal and workload stress, were unable to fulfill the complete tracking process. Instead, they opted for a more informal approach and provided us with anecdotal feedback. The numeric results posted on our website are from our “lead” teacher, who was able to complete the full tracking process for 135 sixth-grade students.

The specific areas of focus were students’ classroom participation, listening, self-initiation, self-regulation, creative problem-solving, the ability to focus for longer periods of time, accomplish more in a designated period of time, and an overall improvement of their academic performance. We were also interested to see if using the program would increase a teacher’s enjoyment of teaching, and reduce absentees and suspensions.

Data Indicated
Implementing the Program
Outcomes of the Study
Conclusion
Teachers’ Comments

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