Nov. 7th DLD: Creating a Growth Focus in the Classroom

Creating a Growth Focus in the Classroom

Katie Roy

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South-Doyle High School

Welcome!

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Quick introductions! Just to see who all we have here today. Please include your name, if it was not auto-generated, your content area, and school.

Poll

Now that we are acquainted, let's be honest! What do you feel when you hear "growth focus in the classroom"?

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What sticks out in this image?

Growth Focus in the Classroom

How do we do it?

• Questioning

• Grading

• Feedback

• Culture

• Volunteer and cold-calling

• Questioning student answers

• Guiding and facilitating redirection​

​Questioning

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How do you or could you foster a growth focus in the classroom through grading?

• ​Late Work?

• Retakes or test corrections?

• Completion Grades

• Participation

​Grading

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How do you or could you foster a growth focus in the classroom through questioning?

• Written

• Verbal

• Positivity Sandwich

Feedback

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Can you give an example of growth focus feedback?

• Nobody's perfect...including us

• I like to say,

  • "Failure is one step closer to getting it right."

  • "Tomorrow is a new day."

  • "Get it wrong today and you will get it right tomorrow."

• Celebrate the wins!

Culture

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How do you or could you foster a growth focus in your classroom through the culture? Is there anything that you catch yourself saying that builds it?

Poll

Do you feel like you learned something of value in the session today?

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Thank you so much for attending this session! Please leave me some feedback if you do not mind so I can GROW as a presenter.

Some Resources...

• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

• Edutopia (multiple resources on there)

  • Growth Mindset

  • Learning from Failure

• Me! [e-mail]