1. MINDSET
By Carol Dweck, Ph.D.

2. 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.

3. FIXED MINDSET
My ability is
limited
Resistance
to change

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. STRETCH TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW
GROWTH MINDSET
PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE AND
RESILIENCE

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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.

13. 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

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

15. Professional Learning Communities

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

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

20. PROACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, COMMUNICATE POSITIVE REGARD, APPRECIATION AND RESPECT

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

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

23. POSITIVE MINDSET AND GROWTH MINDSET RESULT IN WINNING PRACTICE

24. Focused Team Wins

25. THE PATH IS WINDING

26. TEAMWORK BRINGS SOLUTIONS

27. FOCUSED PROBLEM SOLVING BRINGS RESULTS

28. POSITIVE PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION NOT “COBLABORATION “

30. 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

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

33. WINNING IS MORE FUN