8/30/2014 Unit 1: Success Essential Question: What does it take the be a successful high school student? Today’s Topic: What DOES and does NOT predict success in high school. Objective: Leave today able to define grit and explain how it helps you succeed.

Four habits of mind can predict success Grit Growth Mindset Outlook Resiliency

The Passes had . . . Consideration of Future Consequences They could picture the future They could delay gratification

You need something else But just considering the future isn’t enough.

Duckworth studies many different situations: We went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out.  We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition. We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? 

Definition of Grit Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Perseverance means that you will do something even though it is difficult and might take multiple tries. Pasion means that you care about the thing you are working toward.

You need GRIT to reach your goal.

What’s the connection between Grit and Success? How will this make me more powerful? Being gritty helps you succeed because it allows you to last long enough to reach meaningful goals.

What does NOT predict success as well as GRIT? Social intelligence (street smarts) Good looks Physical health IQ

They needed Grit