1. GRIT St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
Principal’s Coffee – January 2016

2. GRIT Agenda What is GRIT? Assessing & Researching GRIT
Reasons for fostering GRIT
Strategies for fostering GRIT
Resources for GRIT

3. Defining GRIT
Persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure - Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D
“...men do not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; and I still think there is an eminently important difference.” - Darwin
“At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.” - Hebrews 12:11

4. GRIT TRAITS Self-control Persistence Tenacity Resilience
Courage Optimism
Delayed Gratification Gratitude

5. Angela Lee Duckworth, Ph.D

6. Walter Mischel’s Marshmallow Test

7. Assess Your GRIT
item%20Grit%20Scale pdf

8. Why Foster GRIT? What do employers want in their employees?
Model of Jesus - took the harder road, sacrifice
Mistakes help the brain learn and develop problem solving
Science says that intelligence is not fixed.
It develops creativity.
Who promised us that life would be easy?

9. You Can Learn Anything….

10. Developing GRIT: One Approach
Technique - find and use the strategies that help you learn/achieve best
Effort -putting 100% into your attempts
Attitude - belief in yourself
Mental Discipline - overcoming setbacks, avoiding distractions

11. Self-Regulation Process for Developing GRIT
Goals and Planning
Strategy Use (Find which ones are effective)
Self-monitoring and Self-evaluation
Adaptation
Self-efficacy beliefs
Intrinsic motivation
Self-satisfaction

12. Self-Regulation

14. Confused….?
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15. The Creative Process
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16. Effort = Achievement
“Your results on this project reflect how hard you worked on this assignment.”
“Do you feel that you gave your best effort?”

17. Reactions to Setbacks
“A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Turn a Setback into a Comeback.”

18. Foster Optimism Permanence: I’m all washed up.
Universal: My teachers are unfair.
Hopeless: I’m lucky.
Temporary: I’m exhausted.
Specific: Professor Jones is unfair.
Hopeful: I’m talented.

19. Foster a Growth vs. a Fixed Mindset (handout)
I’m not a math person.
Not everyone is good at _______. Just do your best.
Great effort. I know you tried your best.
Growth Mindset:
I’m not a math person YET.
When you learn this new skill, it grows your brain!
The point isn’t to succeed right away. The point is to grow and improve gradually.

20. Practice Makes Perfect
10,000 hours
The Beatles = 4 shows a day in Germany for several months

21. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who as practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee

22. GRIT Role Models

23. Talent. vs. Character

24. Talent vs. Character

25. Martha Graham:Dancer, Choreographer
“Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to the paradise of that achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration. There are daily small deaths.”

28. Savio and GRIT College Prep Curriculum
College Readiness - Ready for the Workload, Ready to be Challenged
Commitment to Organizations and Teams
Self-Advocacy

29. Resources for GRIT
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiousity and the Hidden Power of Character - Paul Tough
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown. Here’s How - Daniel Coyle
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Dweck
Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals - Angela Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews and Dennis R. Kelly

30. Resources for GRIT
Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents - Duckworth/Seligman
The Zone of Proximal Development - Lev Vygotsky
“True Grit: Can Perseverence Be Taught?” - Angela Duckworth, TED Talk

31. Resources for GRIT
The Future of Self-Improvement, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than Talent - Jocelyn K. Glei
An Athlete of God - Martha Graham
The Importance of Frustration in the Creative Process, Animated - Maria Popova
Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcom Gladwell

32. Resources for GRIT
Optimistic Explanatory Style - Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.