Students of CEL learn and demonstrate how to:

• Make, keep and renegotiate agreements
• Handle their emotions and life circumstances
• Self-generate patience, tolerance, and respect for self and others

CEL, in collaboration with Garza High School, was awarded a Wagner Peyser B Funds research grant to develop and implement a curriculum entitled Business: The Art and Science of Relationships (BASR).  Evaluation statistics revealed:

• 100 percent completion rate
• 100 percent Texas Essential Knowledge Skills (TEKS) mastery
• 85 percent of participants had perfect to good attendance
• An 8.2 student approval rating on a scale of ten (with ten being the highest)

Testimonials indicate that students used CEL's Methodology at home for self-care. We never asked them to do this; we believe the worth of information is its usefulness to the holder. We learned that our method not only taught on-task attitudes and behaviors in the classroom but gave students the abilities to self-reflect and self-correct on their own as indicated in their testimonials.

"I am very proud of what we accomplished. We accelerated their academics, gave them a foundation of the business world, helped them to know themselves better, and become aware of their surroundings." - Randy Atchison, Co-Facilitator, Garza H.S.

More Testimonials

"Sitting in on various classroom activities, I was amazed at the comfort level these 4th through 5th graders had with one another and their abilities to talk about themselves in the context of classroom academics." -- Judy Taylor, Principal, Becker Elementary

"I learned how to control my body and emotions in hard situations and not let these situations stress me out. It is being healthy, having a good self-concept and eating properly." -- Student, Garza Independence High School

"After a few more classes, he went on to say that you were teaching him to be himself, but to first learn who he was. He stated that he was really happy to be in the group. He likes the idea of looking at himself and at others in ways which were unfamiliar to him before now." -- M.A. DeRusha-Morris, Parent, Fulmore Middle School

"Gayle Temkin has the vision and the skills to impact society through the schools, and through the business community. Wouldn't it be wonderful to live and work in an environment where every individual was valued, respected and fulfilled? It could happen!" -- Victoria Baldwin, Principal, Garza Independence High School.