Mindset Training for Teachers

Mindset Training For Teachers:

Commonly heard by students: “ I am just no good at math. My mom wasn’t good at it. “ Commonly heard by teachers: “ How do I teach kids higher level math if they don’t know their basic facts?”

Watch: Carol Dweck – Developing a Growth Mindset – the power of yet. First 5 minutes And Jo boaler video http://www.youcubed.org/brain-science/

Read “Even Geniuses Work Hard”- Carol Dweck http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational- leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Even-Geniuses-Work-Hard.aspx Annotate using ! for new ideas or said in a way you hadn’t heard before ? for ideas I want to explore some more + for important ideas

In small groups Round robin – each person takes a turn sharing an annotation

Setting Up Positive Classroom Norms- Jo Boaler https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwynQmNlNEXmOE5pY0RNSjViQWc/vie w?usp=sharing

Create posters of the 7 norms. Put up the poster in your classrooms – but just putting up the posters about the norms is not enough. Develop them and reinforce them on a regular basis. Suggestions are provided for fostering these norms in the document. Use them.

Discussion questions for teachers: How do the norms connect to the previous videos and reading? Ask teachers how else they might develop and reinforce the norms.

Other Links For Teachers

Read Neuroplasticity: Learning Physically Changes the Brain http://www.edutopia.org/neuroscience-brain-based-learning-neuroplasticity MINDSET ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER SCHOOL

Teachers who attended our pd agreed to use about ½ hour of class time each day for the first 4 days to the following mindset activities with students.

For Students:

Day One (about 1 hour)

1) Do a getting to know you activity with students.

2) In order to get to know how students think about math, have them take the Mindset Quiz and self score it. (15-20 minutes) The scoring directions will need to be explained and demonstrated.

3) Show http://www.youcubed.org/boosting-messages-from-how-to-learn-math- for-students/ (4-5 minutes) NEED SPEAKERS

4) Post Jo Boaler’s 7 Positive Classroom Norms and discuss. (You could have students make posters of the norms.)

Day Two:

1) Watch “ The Power of Belief” TED Talk (first 5:30 minutes) with students and stop to discuss as you go along. (NEED SPEAKERS) http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pN34FNbOKXc&edufilter=zGUy2baYqkDZkZN3MS9B7Q

Stop at 1:57 Briefly discuss Josh’s story and the Quote: “ The moment we believe that success is determined by and ingrained level of ability, we will brittle in the face of adversity”- Josh Waitzkin

Stop at 4:20 Discuss the study about 7th graders with both fixed and growth mindsets.  What is a growth and fixed mindset?  What happened to the 7th graders’ scores over the next two years?

Stop at 5:30 Discuss differences in Growth and Fixed Mindsets.  What do people with fixed mindsets focus the most on? How do both mindsets view effort?  How do both mindsets view obstacles? Watch “ Success through Effort” – John Legend speaks about while having an innate talent, it still took effort to be successful. Questions:  How long did it take John Legend to be signed by a record label?  What are some things that helped him get better and succeed?

Day Three:

1) Students fill-out the Mindset Scan – worksheet (10 minutes) Students evaluate their response to a situation where they were unsuccessful

2) Discuss Mindset student packet. (10-15 minutes)- Have students make personal commitments to help them succeed in the Summer class : “ Choose one of the statements from the Growth Mindset that encourages You and write it on …..(use cardstock, index cards

Day Four:

Students fill out the “Learning Experiences that Work” worksheet and reflect on what made that learning experience successful.

Watch video on Math Talks: http://www.youcubed.org/from-stanford-onlines-how-to-learn-math-for-teachers- and-parents-number-talks-2/ (NEED SPEAKERS)

After Day 4: Continue to develop mindset by providing examples of people who worked hard to accomplish a goal. WD40 ( 40 = # of tries it took to get it right) Einstein failing math when he was young. Etc… Use suggestions from positive norms