MINDSET By Carol Dweck, Ph.D.

MINDSET Applies to Us in our own work Our attitude toward our work Applies to our students We help our students to develop a positive mindset for learning Especially with students who depend on teachers to learn.

FIXED MINDSET My ability is limited Resistance to change

I like to learn, grow, stretch GROWTH MINDSET I can be what I want to be I like to learn, grow, stretch

Binet, of France, invented IQ NOT TO SUMMARIZE CHILDREN’S UNCHANGED INTELLIGENCE But to identify children who were not benefiting from Paris schools so new programs could be designed to get them back on track, not to establish ability level

Mental Toughness FIXED MINDSET Growth mindset Do not believe in effort I can’t do this Can develop ** Passion for stretching, sticking to it even (especially) when it’s not going well

MINDSET Think about where you’d like to go And your mindset will take you there

STRETCH TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW GROWTH MINDSET PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE AND RESILIENCE

CA Governor Jerry Brown Exceptional people seem to have a talent for converting life’s setbacks into future success California Governor: Growth mindset From Governor MoonBeam to turning state deficit to surplus, increase minimum wage, green energy

MICHAEL JORDAN, Basketball hero Cut from HS Varsity basketball team Not recruited for college he wanted Not drafted for the 1st NBA teams who could have drafted him Jordan’s mother: “I told him to go back and discipline himself” Worked on his weaknesses, practiced shots

US BERKELEY PROFESSOR: “I WAS CONVINCED I DIDN’T HAVE A MATH MIND” Dweck research: Student intelligence can grow through deliberate work

Invite students to acknowledge their self-worth, by focus on a self-affirming value: Connect students’ values with class setting As students feel more secure, will make greater effort, become more successful. Success begets success.

What do you want for yourself? Can we embrace change and challenges? Want for your students? Students don’t have the long view of life; we do It’s our job to help them on that path

Do our students believe in themselves? MINDSET Do our students believe in themselves? Are we centered and confident we can take the next step?

Professional Learning Communities

RICK DUFOUR: THE DEGREE TO WHICH PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER DETERMINES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY ORGANIZATION

POSITIVE AFFECT, ENVIRONMENT, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, PURSUIT OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES BRINGS POSITIVE RESULTS

PROACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, COMMUNICATE POSITIVE REGARD, APPRECIATION AND RESPECT

PROXIMITY IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR AN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE TEAM PROXIMITY IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR AN EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE TEAM. MINDSET IS.

SINCE THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL IS TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING, THE GOALS OF THE TEAM MUST BE TIED TO THAT PURPOSE

POSITIVE MINDSET AND GROWTH MINDSET RESULT IN WINNING PRACTICE

Focused Team Wins

THE PATH IS WINDING

TEAMWORK BRINGS SOLUTIONS

FOCUSED PROBLEM SOLVING BRINGS RESULTS

POSITIVE PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION NOT “COBLABORATION “

LUCY CALKINS, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY “Curmudgeon or Gold” “It can be fun to gripe” Negative effect on others ELL: Can Do model, not deficit model

A NEGATIVE COMMENT NOT WELL PHRASED HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE GROUP NEGATIVE LANGUAGE SHUTS DOWN POSITIVE PRODUCTIVE THINKING

WINNING IS MORE FUN