Empowered by Mindsets Access Presentation Here: bit.ly/MindsetAug2017 Determine your current mindset: click here for quick(ish) self-assessment.

Mindset: Belief about... Others Ourselves as learners Our students as learners

Mindset - Growth or Fixed? Video https://youtu.be/Xv2ar6AKvGc

The difference between those who succeed and those who don’t is not the brains they are born with, but their approach to life, the messages they receive about their potential, and the opportunities they have to learn. Boaler, 2016

Can You Tell a Growth Mindset from a Fixed Mindset? Read the statements in the plastic bag. Classify into 2 categories: Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset Need some support? Click here for a helpful infographic for educators from JCPS Program Evaluation.

Pick statement that you struggled most to categorize. Muddiest Statements Pick statement that you struggled most to categorize. Add it here, in the tab with your presenters’ names. We will discuss & fill in the other 2 columns as a group.

Turn & Talk How did this activity model a growth mindset for both facilitators and participants?

What About TEACHER Mindsets? We model the change we want to see happen.

Why do students give up? WE Educational psychology has focused on the concepts of learned helplessness and more currently growth or fixed mindsets to explain how and why students give up in the classroom setting. These ideas can also be applied to educators due to forced standardization, testing, scripted curriculum, and school initiatives. Many educators feel forced into a paradigm of teaching where they feel subjected to teaching practices outside of their control. When asked to engage in a process of continued growth and development, we hear...

Why do students give up? WE The Point: What was your article about? Self: What realization or Hmmmmmm…. moment did you have as you read the article? Students: Regarding mindset and student learning, what did your reading suggest? One Take Away: Moving onward and upward, what is one thing you will do to stretch yourself in this area? Name

Why do students give up? WE bit.ly/gmarts Step into the mindset conversation Developing a Growth Mindset (January - March) Growth-Fixed mindsets (April - June) Learned helplessness & mindsets Learned Helplessness (July - September) Learned Helplessness Attacks! (October - December) Already know a little bit about growth and fixed mindsets? Revisiting Growth Mindset (extension)

Why do students give up? WE The Point: What was your article about? Self: What realization or Hmmmmmm…. moment did you have as you read the article? Students: Regarding mindset and student learning, what did your reading suggest? One Take Away: Moving onward and upward, what is one thing you will do to stretch yourself in this area? Name

Shifting to Growth Mindset A mental shift occurs when a fixed mindset starts to believe that there are options; that one can grow, change, and be significant.

Teacher Agency “The bottom line, is that teachers need to reclaim their perceived and real teacher agency, voice, and empowerment. They need to develop a growth mindset that they can and do have agency in their profession.” Teacher Agency and Today’s Teachers

Making the Shift Learn to hear your fixed mindset “voice.” Answer key of Fixed vs Growth Mindset Recognize that you have a choice. How will you interpret challenges, setbacks, and criticism? It’s up to you! Talk back to it with a growth mindset “voice.” Take the growth mindset action. Source

Reflect on either… a former belief you held about yourself Image/ Video source a former belief you held about yourself a really horrible, no good, very bad idea / lesson/ task

Now... What did you from the lesson/idea/task? How has your belief changed? Participants create back side of sign TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Brittany & Jen Example 1 Example 3 Example 5 Example 7 Example 2 Example 4 Example 6 Example 8 Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 5e7219 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/5e7219 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Pam Biggs & Kathy Price Example Example Example Example Example Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 74ca12 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/74ca12 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Dana & Randy Example Example Example Example Example Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 74ca12 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/74ca12 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Pam Batchelor & Katie Wall Example Example Example Example Example Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 5e7219 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/5e7219 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Dave & Jenna Example Example Example Example Example Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 9a40b9 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/9a40b9 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Heather & Jen Example Example Example Example Example Use the Flipgrid app on your phone to record yourself or a partner. Code: 9a40b9 OR Use your Chromebook to record yourself. flipgrid.com/9a40b9 TELL PARTICIPANTS THEY WILL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION Participants create back side of sign

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Talent vs Effort Video is 3:08

Talent vs Effort We all have natural talents, and areas that we feel most comfortable. Are those the only areas worth our time and effort?

Equipment to Run &... How Not to Talk to Your Kids The Praise a Child Should Never Hear Why Praise Can Be Bad for Kids Connecting Growth Mindset to Assessment Mindset Quiz for Students Mindset Quiz for Students, Online Mindsets Online Course Another Online Course, Sport-Focused Teacher Agency: Educators Moving from a Fixed to a Growth Mindset by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Jo Boaler’s TED Talk Mindset Cards Edutopia has some great resources on the topics and here are just a few: 5 Steps to Foster Grit in the Classroom by Andrew Miller Avoiding “Learned Helplessness” by Andrew Miller Developing a Growth Mindset in Teachers and Staff by Keith Heggart True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It by Vicki Davis Resources for digging deeper...