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).
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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.
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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.
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Creative Confidence
Participate
in a community challenge or contest that inspires children and/or students to
develop their creative confidence.
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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.
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Explore and More
Look
through the tools on http://www.mindsetworks.com/free-resources/
and commit to using some this school year.
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Archive Your Strive
Practice
something for 100 days and document your growth and mindset with others on Giveit100.com
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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.
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“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.
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I will commit to keeping a mindset language diary. I will be curious to see how I use praise on my students. Will I catch myself praising them for something other than effort put into an assignment, I will also be interested in keeping track of moments in which I could fall into a fixed mindset. What was occurring at the time? What could I do differently in the future to prevent falling into old patterns. Thank you for a wonderful workshop I enjoyed myself and learned valuable ideas.
ReplyDeleteThank you Shannon, I have been doing this for two weeks now and what a powerful way to reflect as an educator.
DeleteI also like the idea of committing to a mindset language diary. I know this is something I could use work on as I've reflected on sometimes praising a right answer more than effort. I think it takes awhile to get out of that habit and if I write down my praise, I'll be more likely to praise effort as opposed to ability/right answers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jessi for a great workshop! It was really important to have fixed versus growth mindset brought to my attention. Now when students are getting down on themselves and thinking they are not as capable as the rest, I'll have more ideas for pulling them out of that slump and motivating them.
Thank you!! Can you see using this book with any of your students in the future?
DeleteThe fieldwork activity that I intend to commit to during the 2015-16 school year is a Mindset Learning Walk. I took up running a couple of years ago, but have been having some problems with my knees. Lately I’ve been walking instead, and it truly helps to clear my head and rid it of much of the “business” that accompanies every day. Focusing on a growth mindset, and perhaps keeping a Mindset Journal seems like a great way to build upon what I’ve learned from this book.
ReplyDeletelol great idea Mike! Stay off those knees! I am a firm believer in walking/running, it is when i do my best work in my head :-)
DeleteI will try the accountability partner. Since I am already mobile in my building and I push in to each classroom to teach math it is easy for me to get the time to watch my co-workers teach and plan for their lessons and watch for mindset cues.
ReplyDeleteI have a few co-workers in mind that would be willing to do this with me and they might benefit from this activity.
The fieldwork activity that I will try is the Mindset Learning Walk. I like the idea of reflection because it always make you think about outcomes, either positive or negative, and having the ability to grow from the situation.
ReplyDeleteThe fieldwork activity that I have chosen is the mindset language diary. I have always kept a journal for some reason or another and I think it will help me at school and at home to keep the growth mindset going - maintenance! I have shared this book with other teachers as well as parents. It had an impact on me and I want to share that. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI think that the illustration in the book of how the brain processes is actually very useful. I have made a copy and I am going to use that to help remind me of how I can process information. I know it sounds crazy, but I feel like that might actually help me head in the right direction. I also want to use the Mindset Learning Walk. I love the idea of reflecting because it can help me see things in a different way. It will help me apply the conclusions I draw. Like Carol said using positive and negative situations to grow. The only way that will happen is if I have time and that I will need to make for myself. Trina DiVincenzo
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ReplyDeleteI signed up for the free registration for Resources and Online Community at the home of Brainology (www.mindsetworks.com). I have been able to look at some of the offerings and find them fascinating. I look forward to using these tools throughout the school year and in the future. Thank you for the class!
ReplyDeleteI'm committing to trying Archive your Strive. I am working on developing new habits and mindsets and the challenge of taking on a challenge for 100 days sounds like fun. Although I did hear that you can develop a habit after 30 days of consistently doing it, so we will see how soon these new habits can be set in stone. Thank you Jessi for a meaningful, applicable, and very important course. I think all teachers can benefit from this information. You are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI also registered for the free resources at mindsetworks.com and commit to using both the class motto activity and the "You Can Grow your Intelligence" article this year, to impart the knowledge I've learned in the class to my students.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this class. What an inspiring way to start the school year!!