Skill Not Will: A Mindset For Social-Emotional Growth for All
Summary
A Culture of Growth, that concentrates first on adult beliefs, mindsets, behaviors and narratives, provides a pathway to learning, whether it's academic attainment or improved social-emotional behaviors. In this way, teachers, school leaders and support staff won't see this presentation as one more thing, but instead will understand how minor adjustments in approach and practice will infuse their classrooms and schools with greater success. I will start with beliefs - what are educator beliefs, are they rooted in data or perception. What we believe is exposed in our mindsets, behaviors and narratives we share about our work. Next, we will explore mindsets - fixed, mixed and growth. We will share our own stories of failure and success, which corresponds to fixed mindedness when we give up and growth mindedness when we learn, even though it's hard. We will also explore the conditions for fixed mindedness starting with our own self-talk. Following mindsets, we will share the behaviors of the correspond to growth - planning, teaching, and assessing with special emphasis on feedback - something teachers provide every day. Participants will be provided with examples of growth-minded feedback, as well as moving away from judgmental that escalates misbehaviors to a culture of noticing. Finally we will revisit our stories from earlier in the presentation to discuss how and why we must allow room for our most challenging students to be given a voice and choice in how they learn.
Skill Not Will: A Mindset For Social-Emotional Growth for All
A Culture of Growth, that concentrates first on adult beliefs, mindsets, behaviors and narratives, provides a pathway to learning, whether it's academic attainment or improved social-emotional behaviors. In this way, teachers, school leaders and support staff won't see this presentation as one more thing, but instead will understand how minor adjustments in approach and practice will infuse their classrooms and schools with greater success. I will start with beliefs - what are educator beliefs, are they rooted in data or perception. What we believe is exposed in our mindsets, behaviors and narratives we share about our work. Next, we will explore mindsets - fixed, mixed and growth. We will share our own stories of failure and success, which corresponds to fixed mindedness when we give up and growth mindedness when we learn, even though it's hard. We will also explore the conditions for fixed mindedness starting with our own self-talk. Following mindsets, we will share the behaviors of the correspond to growth - planning, teaching, and assessing with special emphasis on feedback - something teachers provide every day. Participants will be provided with examples of growth-minded feedback, as well as moving away from judgmental that escalates misbehaviors to a culture of noticing. Finally we will revisit our stories from earlier in the presentation to discuss how and why we must allow room for our most challenging students to be given a voice and choice in how they learn.
