Week Four: Final Steps

Final Steps:

For your last requirement, please commit to trying one of the following fieldwork activities this 2015-2016 school year. (Please comment below on which you choose to commit to and any additional ideas or goals you wish to share)

Mindset Language Diary Keep a personal, language diary/journal for about a week to track the language you use (praise, talent, fails, mindsets).	Accountability Partner Find an accountability partner and co-visit each other’s classrooms. Observe and listen for mindset cues/clues. Debrief the observations with each other.	Mindset Learning Walk Learning Walk with the specific objective of recording instances of growth mindset reinforcements and/or instances where you could develop better ones.
Creative Confidence Participate in a community challenge or contest that inspires children and/or students to develop their creative confidence.	Minority Report Attend a gathering where you are the minority (religion, political, educations, ect). Use a thinking routine (connect, extend, challenge or “I use to think, now I think”) to reflect.	Explore and More Look through the tools on http://www.mindsetworks.com/free-resources/ and commit to using some this school year.
Archive Your Strive Practice something for 100 days and document your growth and mindset with others on Giveit100.com	Out on a Limb-Together Teach in a different division/area for a full day. Create some kind of reflection in any media or combination.	“I Coulda Been a Creator” Write your own. After all this is about developing a growth mindset. Use your creative confidence, power of choice, chose to take a risk and passions.

Also, In order to give final recommendations for 15 credit hours to the Teacher Center, please fill out this Final Survey: Click Here

Week Four: Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Changing Mindsets

Watch the following clip on the power of belief that helps to summarize all that we have read: Click Here.   

After you have finished the book, for your last post, please share why you think Mindsets are so important for educators and share one final reflection about what you have read in this chapter that is worth noting. 

Week Three: Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Parents, Teachers, and Coaches: Where Do Mindsets Come From?

After reading this chapter watch the following news clip:  Click Here  

Also, read the following article: Classroom Strategies to Foster a Growth Mindset, and focus on the different strategies to foster a growth mindset environment. 

Comment on the following:
What are some ways you could put the growth mindset strategies into practice right away?

This chapter offers quite a bit that i am sure as parents/teachers you can relate to. Please take the time to reflect and share with the group any comments you may have after reading this chapter and comment on each others posts as well.

Week Three: Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Business: Mindset and Leadership

Comment on the following:

Do you think leaders are born not made, as in "a born leader"? Why?
Do you have a co-worker who has a fixed mindset? How does it show itself? What are some steps you could take to teach him or her growth mindset?

Comment on each other posts offering suggestions in dealing with a fixed mindset coworker.

Chapter 4 and 6

We will not discuss Chapter 4 and 6 as a Group. You can read it on your own time and comment below if you wish.

Week Two Chapter 3: Part 2

Chapter 3: Looking at Negative Labels and How They Work

After reading this chapter watch the following clip:  Click Here

Sometimes negative labels and stereotyping can keep a person from reaching their full potential and often we as humans trust other peoples opinions WAY too much!  

Think about a time you or someone you know trusted someone's negative evaluation of ability or talent. Describe the situation and how it could be changed. 

Also comment this week on how you can give your students the gift of growth mindset.

Week Two: Chapter 3 Part 1

Chapter 3: The Truth About Ability and Accomplishment

Think about some of the most common phrases you use when your praising your students...
For your comment this week, list a few of these praises and reflect on whether your are praising their intelligence/ability or their effort.


Open the following Google Doc:  Click here.   Choose one or two statements and identify what the hidden message is. You can comment right in the document, the entire group will work within the google doc so more then one answer for a statement is great!  (you can highlight your answer in a different color if you choose too and sign your name)

Week One: Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Inside the Mindsets

After reading this chapter watch the following clip:  Click Here

Comment on the following:

     - What makes you feel smart? 

     - What can we do as educators to help students feel smart and love to learn?

Also, think of some problems you may face as an educator, discuss how you could use a growth mindset to take responsibility and start to correct the problems you face. 

Offer suggestions to others' comments on how to switch "problems" in education by having a growth mindset. 

Week One: Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Mindsets

Take the short questionnaire at the end of this chapter or visit here: Test Your Mindset to take the short quiz.

Comment below on the following things:
     - What mindset are you?
     - Why do you think you have the mindset that you do?
     - Can you think of a time when you faced an important opportunity or challenge and had a fixed mindset? Describe your thoughts and the challenge. How can you take that same opportunity or challenge and switch into a growth mindset? 

Also, make at least one comment to a colleague on how they could switch to a growth mindset in regards to the challenge or opportunity they described.

Introductions

Blog Conversations will all be done in this forum. In order to respond to my post you must comment at the bottom of the conversation. In order to reply to other people's comment you will hit "reply" under their comment.

To begin, please share with everyone your name, school district, title, background in education, and what you hope to accomplish by attending this online workshop. 

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Online Book Talk on Mindset The New Psychology of Success by: Carol S. Dweck

This online book talk is designed to engage you in meaningful educational conversations about the power of our mindset and how we can apply it to our teaching practices.

My name is Jessi Toepfer and I will be your facilitator for this online workshop. I currently work at O/N BOCES as a PD Specialist and I am here to help in any way I can.
My work contact information:  Jtoepfer@onboces.org      (716)-731-6800 ext. 3758
My email for this Blog is: Jccheer26@gmail.com
Please dont hesitate to contact me for anything that you may need!

Throughout this four week online study please feel free to share anything you have learned thus far and ask any and all questions so that everyone can learn together! The benefit of learning online is the flexibility of being able to learn and explore at your own pace. I will be posting each week with the idea that 2 chapters a week will be read, but please feel free to work at your own pace. There will be two posts a week for you to respond to about the 2 chapters read for that week. ** The videos and articles posted are supplements to what we are reading and are not required. 


The last date of this workshop is Friday, October 16th, 2015. I will submit all certificates for 15 credit hours upon completion of all your posts by Monday, October 19th, 2015. If you have any required forms that need to be filled out for your district I will be happy to get those sent back to you ASAP. It is your professional responsibility to participate in the workshop to the best of your ability in order to receive the 15 credit hours of PD. I ask that you comment at least once on your own for each post I create and respond to a minimum of one other persons comment per post if needed.

To create a profile you can click on the upper right corner (Sign In) and this will also connect you through your Gmail account so that your name will be shown.
Before beginning class  please create your account by signing in (top right-hand corner of the blog)  AND click on this link to fill out a required form:  Click Here


Please feel free to give any feedback to me throughout this course and there will be a final course evaluation given in order to help us better help you! Thank you in advance!
Jessi Toepfer